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TIE FIKST DAILY PAPER PUBLISHED IN OKLAHOMA.
VOL. 5.
GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AUGUST 22 1893.
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SELF-PROTECTION
The Veterans of the War Once More
in the Saddle.
PENSION COMM'll LOCH KEN.
lln Nln.he. Secretly lulu Ihn (Mil Com-
rntlm anil Thrjr Am Awnlteiiliiir
All l)er til ii L'mintrjr -The
Itr.iiliitluu. of tlii Ok
lulitiiiin (Intuit
Arm).
A grand minion wus liclil ut Dover
on the KocU Island railroad August
17 1903. Tho bountiful grove was
handsomely decorated.
Comrade lleeknell (Jovcruor Scay
Department Commander Sowurri Cupt
J. H. Wallace and others addressed the
large audiences. The enthusiasm was
such as litis rarely been seen since the
war: The comrades are forming the
lines and elbow is touching elbow
again.
The rulings of Pension Commissioner
Lochrcn have awakened the veterans
antMHey will be In the ranks again.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Wiieiikas The pensions of honoru-
bly discharged union soldiers who
Iiotc been pensioned under the net of
congress of June 87 lH'JO are being
svspeutlcd by the commissioner of pen-
slaiiR without uny evidence or charges
of fraud; and
Wiikukab A line of destruction In
this respect Is being drawn which Is
unjust wrong and contrary to law;
therefore be It
JAlr'ii Thut we protest us honor-
ably discharged soldiers ugulnst this
great wrong.
.Second '1'liut we demand that evi-
dence or charges of fraud be preferred
ugulnst us before our pensions ure Mis-
pended. Third That the national encamp-
niunt anil our representative In congress
be requested to present our protest to
the commissioner of pensions the sec-
retary of the Interior and the presi-
dent. Among the uddresses made was the
following by Commander Col. T. II.
Soward which will prove in its nature
u uatiouul document:
A remarkable letter headed "lie-
tiurlment of the Interior Ilureau of
Pensions Washington. OMIce of the
Commissioner August l.ls'.iS" was ml
dressed to lion Ueorgc K. Lemmon
the editor of the National Tribune. I
huve read and re-read It with surprise
and amazement. This letter is from
Comrade William Lochieu I'nltcd
.States pension commissioner to Com-
rade. George W. I.emmon In response
to a request of Comrude Lcmmnn's oft
repealed asking comrade Lochrcn to
take tlve hundred consecutive cases
from the pension llles allowed by Com-
missioner ltluck u democrat and live
hundred allowed by Commissioner
Uauin a republican and see how many
fraudulent pensions were allowed by
them In these cases; in other words
make a fair lust ami equitable com
parison between the administration of
! 11.... .....i..- i- t. t.. ......
eonsccullve cues under the republican ! Hated to perform nmniinl labor? I'rnin protection mid lonsiilorullon. nod thut
&iiiiiiiif.it......fti....i.. .. ...i. . i iii. .. i...... ..... I.. .. . . ... . . .. '
..... .. ii i i-iinitm vtMiiuiissiuii i uu- iiiiikuukc on iim's we iiciievo ir
er Ituiim would not "disclose on In- does and we are forced to this conclu-
stance of fraud." I urn Informed by slou outdde of his language on :u
the press that Comrade Lochrcn hits ' count of his objeetlun which we sub
dropped from the pension rolls six mlt from his letter t the rating of
pensions under net of .lune '.'7. s'i
lie says:
tliousi I of bis eomrndes since hi
cuine Into olllcej the object of this let-
ter Is to ascertain whether he hus done
so In accordance with law. equity mid
Justice lie savs that no don lit "rents
on the class of cases of soldiers who
obi "actual service In the Held on ac
count of disabilities of service origin."
I presume there Is no doubt the pen-
sioners In this instance to whom he re-
fers are those under the pension laws
granting pensions to soldiers prior to
lune 87 Isiio when he says there is no
doubt about their pensions being prop-
erly allowed. I want to here state
that there Is more doubt nhoul the
pensions under the original pension
laws which have been allowed than
there Is about the pensions allowed
under the act of .lune 87 In'.hi. Why''
ITrst because the pensions allowed
under the orlelnul pension laws rest
entirely upon evidence as to when
where and how these disabilities were
Incurred. These cases were pensions
under a law which required a soldier
to prove ny the testimony of lils nfuccr
ivnv in: piioi'I'I'.p iiii m.
"The examination of the dune '.'7.
I swi eases Is made not hccuit of iiti.t
fraud on the part or the eluiuiauls. hut
because it was discovered that tin- ha
ircut) had by the adoption of an ii-.i
I neons rule for adjudication allowed
many pensions not iiiithoiictt by law.
I l' nilcr prior laws pensions were only
I granted on nc.'ount of disabilities o'f
service origin. An the acts of emi-
griss had in many cuses ll.ed speellle
rates of pension for designated injur-
les or disabilities and provided gciiei-
ally that for inferior disabilities of
I permanent chiiruetr-r proportionate
ratings should be allowed; mid under
the general provision the commis
sioner with the approval of the secre-
tury hud llxed schedule rates for such
Inferior disabilities of service origin.
Hut by order 101. Issued October 1.1
1-tlH) the commissioner with the ap-
proval i f the assistant secretary ill-
or fellow "soldiers In connection with j Tr ... I . ' ' " t "
........ i.. ...i.... ..... .. . ..... be ruled under this act. the same us
Host lllierallv construed ..til ll Ikh rs r- rrr r-s r-. r-. r- .-...!.
wehuve a ili'hl to betrd bv Ihesiinie ! th.Mii. Pui-iImui I..l..r ..... i-.. ... N h J I M ft1 KM W IK I U fJrn CPinnrt I r)..v..
law H UK uny Other Alllurleilll eitlcll arouse feel In ir fur nirtU-.li nn.L 'll.it UIIIUUU I U 1 .1 1 I yit30lUllUI Ull LUlUf U
uny other American eltlcn arouse feeling for partisan ends
an examination before a board of pen
siou commissioners; first thut he wus
free from all disease when he entered
the service; second thut his disability
was incurred while in the lie d and In
line of duty; third that these dUublll
ties were of u pensionable character
The pensioners under the law of Imho
only required ti showing of disability
to perforin manual labor so as to eurn
a support Comrade Loclitvn says thut
the cases tinder the pension laws oilier
thuu.lunc 87 IS'.K) are not being in-
vestigated ''except where evidence Is
received showing some particular ease
of fraud." There Is nothing on the
face of the pipers under the net of
lutie87 lsti.1. to show fraud; they are
"apparently well established and In-
comestible" on their face. I'roui Lis
letter thure Is nothing on the face of
the papers under the act of June 87
lbli" to show fraud; "II ev are appar-
ently well established and Incontestl-bits."
they would luive been rated under
prior laws had the disabilities been of
service origin up to St.' per month.
"The effect of this order was shown
III the Hemic tt ease which culled ut-
tentlon to It. There the claimant ap-
plying under this act of .lune 87 Is'Jii.
was allowed u pension of 818 pTmonlli
for slight ilfHfncsB not of service ori-
gin and which manifestly would
scurcely Interfere with his capacity to
perform manual labor."
under these former laws are presumed
to have been properly granted anil
they are not being examined except
on Information showliiL' fraud In some
particiilm case us has ulwuys been the
practice. Hut the act of June 87 1-".mp.
granted pensions to pcis ins who had
served ninety days or more. If stiller
lug from a mental or physical disabili-
ty of a permanent character not the
result of their own vicious liublts in-
capacitating them from the perform-
ance of manual labor in such a degree
us to render thrui unable to earn a
support by muiitt tl labor. I'mler this
act the disability need not be
of service origin: but to be pensionable
at mi tue itlsauiiiiy must lucup'i'-lt'ite
tl.e person from manual labor s i as to
the pension otllce tinder Commissioner rentier him unable to earn a support
JllaeK and Commissioner uuum anil as- i i'"""' mmi mimes us mien were tun
sltot i. ii i ii i; in. km rii '.'
Comrude Lochrcn us commissioner
of pensions objects to the ruling pen-
sions under net of .lune -.'7 I?'.ki and
the question K did congress intend
thut the pensions under that act should
berated'.' if they did not why did
"ongress puss the law rating them dot
less than six nor more than twelve tlol-
lars per month'.' Can there lie any
doubt upon this question about whut
congress Intended? We hate quoted
the law us set forth in Comrade Lo-
ehren's letter and we unhesitnt nirlv
say tliul congress did intend thut llie.v
should be ruled us under former luws
only limiting them between six ami
twelve dollars inid that they did not
intend as Comrude Lochrcn claims
thut u man who was utt honorably dis-
charged soldier mid served fur n.nctv
days or more during the war. should be
"totally disabled for pi-rfoimiiig man-
ual labor" befo e he coit'd be peiislor-
a le under this law. Hut how d ics
Comrade Lochrcn determine who he
As I said before all pensions imm tiled should drop from the nnsiuii rolls-
III- M1YB 111 Ull? lirsi MM-UOJl III HIS
.NO CIIAIUIK OK I'llAl'l).
) '.tut Comrade Lochreu's letter the
cases under the net of June 87 Is'.lo.
and the cases of pensions under acts
prior thereto all uppcif to be wel
established and licoutestlb!e"oti their
fuce. Why dots Comrude Lochren us
pension commissioner If thlsstiiteiuciit
is true aMuck thu comrades who are
drawing pensions under the net of
Mine 87 IS'J'l. without u churire of
fraud more particularly than he at-
tacks the pensions of comrades under
oilier pension laws? Lei him speak
certain the number of fraudulent pen
sions In one thousand eases. Comuils
sinner of 1'enslons William Lochren.
declined this lest for the following
reasons:
l-'lrst. "rratidulent cases II uny ex
pensionable Ut all under that net. nor
entitled to consideration eveepl as
they might ulVect the capacity to per-
form manual labor.
WHO AIIK I'lT hit ?
Who ure the soldiers who art
ist cannot be discovered in that wuv. I. "' the soldiers who are diuw-
A raudulent pension must ordinarily "f1':0'lU.18U"lir l '" "l of.1Jui"; s7
have been obtained upon false test - lwf I ""dertake to s. that font
my Oil the fuce uf tli papers such """ "" ' 'f Hu-m re si.ltllers
a case would nrobablv appear to t. I "ho served three years lnsteu.l of three
well established and lucoutesttble."
WHAT KVIIIK.NCK HAH UK?
We will ugrce with Comratle Lochren
that the above statement is true; then
Comrude Lochrcn or his lsmrd of revi-
sion by lilui appointed us will appear
from Ills letter must have some oilier
means of ascertaining who .ire the
fraudulent pensioners outside of the
face of the papers on tile In his depart-
ment. Hy the public press I um In-
formed that over six thousand of Com-
rade Lochren's comrades whoso oases
are "well established anil Incontestl-
ble on the face of their papers" have
been suspended whether the number
suspended be correct or not I do tut
know; one of the six thousand docs not
clfect the question before us; numbers
111 this case only adds horror 1 1 the
subject as the number of cuusiiiilltles
ill u cyclone docs.
lithe pensions of Comrude Lo t hi t n
comrades ure "upp.trently well estub
llslicd and in o ilestible on thu fuce of
the jeipcr' h.w do -s he iibceital'i
thut they should be dropped? In hi
letter Ui 'Comrade Leiuiiioii he says the
cases are allright on the faeei.f the pa
rer and liti farther says: "No one
whose opinion U entitled to uny con
slderutlon bus. us I think had the
hardihood to einliu thut the great muss
of adjudicated pension case Is pe
located with fraud open anil plali i
the papers so that the culmination of
Olie thousand cuc a would disclose mi
Instance. And I certulnly huvo fur
too high on opinion of my old comnnli s
to believe tint uny large number of
them ure scoundrels who have suught
Mid obtained pensions dishonestly
i;peclully I believe that the pensions
granted to soldiers who did lutiu! ser-
vlcu u the Held on it 'count of tllsabl -Itien
of service origin are usually lion
est nnd well tlesiretl. Nodoubt rests
on this class of cut.es mid no examina-
tion of them are being made extent
where evidence Is received tending to
ultutv thut some particular ease Is
raudulent or bus been Improperly de-
I'lded Kvi'ii iiinong the twelve Apov
lies there wus one who was unworthy
mid among the brum mid true soldiers
pi the union army It cannot be denied
that tliere were it few bounty Jumpers
liutl ni ell who were of no credit to us
mid of little deserving mid who have
iwen periling uniting the in.isl
for u niauu
high rating.
months or ninety days: what is the
proportion of thu three mouth s r
vice pensioners? h jw docs the imutcr
stuud? Out of nearly half a million
pension cerllllcat.'s examined with the
special purpose of determining the av-
erage length of pensioners' service the
result is:
'1 hree months' men 1SI3I
Thirty-four months' men 31517
Thirty-six months' men 31 .10(1
Twelve months mid more :i:iliii'.i
Lleven uioiilhsutid more KM 7 lit
Th. record further shows that out
of IT.'i.IU.'i cases examined Jo.'i.odo pen-
sioners hail served for it nils ranging
between tnirty-four and forty eight
mouths; the three months stor N k.iii-
plv uit untruth promulgated hy men
who knew it to be false with the de-
liberate intent to create public senti-
ment ugulnst those men who made u
republican form of government a fact
instead of a speculation.
I'ltoOr' ItAllll lo oi.r.
. large number of the pensioners
illuler the act of June 87 Is'iil aie sol
tilers wlio wtr unable to obtain the
neeet.su ry evidence to prove their
claims under theorlglnul pension laws
time the fallibility of memory nil
conspired 1 1 m ike it dlllicitlt for tin m
to prodiiee the necessary evltleiiee I
show that their disabilities were eon
traded In the sen Ire while In the Hue
of duty. To u to tiler who went
through that war it Is imt necessary
for me to unlininlvcit on tills question
No in an who wus on the front uud
went through the war with his com-
pany or regiment needs any uign-
uieiil on tills question. We iiave all
had applications from comrades who
were eieii In our mess with u.who
fought side by sltle with us mi many it
buttle Held asking us if we reiui m
hired certain facts ami Incidents while
In the Hue of duty mid on account of
fallibility of memory Wi hae replied
that we did n it. Thousands of them
on ui his ii
uiurkable letter to comrade I.emmon
Unit mi the fiitv tif tlir (hi;k-) 'Hi iiin
iilliiiiitiiliC UiH istiiliUhlml unit Intuitu
llifi " He makes no tllseriiiiliia'i.ii in
tills first section between t lie u-
under the original pi nslou luws . a .
tlie cases under the act of Jin e
l Still on their Jim thin oil "nmxoi t iy
mtl ii-ditillxlial iiml Iniinitistlhlt:" How
dties lie attack the pensions under Int-
act of June 17 It'io? lie nipoltits u
luard of revision 'ii majority f whom
are republicans ) Does he s'ttite u ma
jority of them ure republicans In order
to give eoiilitlenee to the union soltllt r-
about this mutter or does he do It to
stab the republican purtj" And l lI.
board Is totlraw from the llles t.f tin
pension olllce these "well estaliKshed
and liicoiiustible eases" on their face
under act of June 8; sj ami witliout
any evitlenceal all. without any charge
without any notice to the pensioner.
si thousand of them are suspended
for sixty days (ami re'entlng since
makes it one li ndred and i w enty dnysi
ami continues tills grand work on the
face of these "iuctiutestibln'' papers by
a majority of u board who are republi
cans at the rite of one hundred ami
seventy per day.
UIUI IS l I'KN'HION?
What Is a soldier's pension? ll is a
Until of the government given to n pa-
tiiot as part payment for work labor
blood and Injuries done and perform-
ed shed anil sustained at the special
Instance mid request of the goiern
ineiit. It is a contract fe.tleil in blood
ami saerlticetl. and as binding lis any
contract ever made. You cannot lev
uu execution or mi iittuctimunt on a
pension you cannot ta. it or take il
to pay olliir tuxes under the liws of
any stute in the I'm ted States; the on-
ly way you cun reach It stop it or set
It ushie Is by showing thut it was
fraudulently obtained Hut Comr.nl
I y.'hren's Uinrd of revision "ti th f tee
ot the papers "well establl-hed mid
apparently iuroiitestlble" willn til a
charge of fraud suspendsslx thousand
pensioners in a mouth or t m. and pub
lisheil to the world that the grand anil
glorious work is going on at the rite
.A .IhII llrrikrr'. Kml.
llltl.oiT Ivan Au. 88 AuiMiit lu
All of them ure honorali'v disci a i.cii
soldiers of the mil hi arm v. and the
aut of June 87. IN'.iii wus lim le to us-
iltt in providing for their uctit tl aeees-
sltles. I'oinrad.i l.ni.lir - - it. iik
i) Hie i' iisiiiii row in u UlU(( u M1l xUu p.MM lllw . llJt
I) rst ll in ot'.ler to draw- u iwoishm r
yKT UK llltoi'l'KI) HIV TlbltisAMIi . penslonuole ut ull under the u. t
A Jut nd fulr anutyslsof this see-; of June 87. I SIM) "the d nubility must
old section of Comrude Lochren's let- incapacitate tint person from muuiial
ter makes us Bay just as lie ays tint i lu'ior io us in render liliu unable to
lortiiit hiiiiiiretl mill h.t'..iiiv ..
in ..iiiiiiin i.in-iui-ii uuiiiuiissioiier ol
pell Ions proclaims himself the ungl
nator leader iiml illreotor of this
emit ami ut the snuie time insult
every soldier liy saying he is their
fi lend mid comrade. Take your sal
ary away from you us eoininis.oni i ut
ju-ii- mus mm jini wiiiiin Hut tlo this
iirli or ben party to the wrong and
niiniKi' i '"I are gelling the pieces
f siller for lhls. Aren't ymi proud ol
vnur nosiiiiiur mil sal that the see
i-etu.y of the Inteilor Is more liberal
Until you or your associates. Who art
tour associates lu this uu'awfiil eriuii
I) i un meiiii your Uiurtl of revision a
niaj itlty of whom ion say ure republi
cans? If so. give us their uuuies; sueh
men should go down in history am:
uieei su n reiiieinnriiuce us a patllotic
rt'ot 1 tie m they deserve. Comuils.
si ii.er Loclin n will you be kind
enough to tell Us why Seeretury Hoke
Smith who Iris ulwttyh been morecoii-
slilerutn mill llbi ral than vour assoel.
aiv men who stirvetl ami languished j the. union soldleis and unotlier rule of ""T ".V1 '"'rs'f' nppolntetl you to
u h mtlierii lirlsons. and othtr thou . i.v f...- .... rv Mth.r .......i. ..i.i Tuid allows you to retain vonr nresi.nt
sands of them arj men iv'.o from the further submit that no deptu tment J"sUI""' 1l"''t' '"' ll"-" ."iu
elfectH of exposure lucid nt to wir of u iveriiment In this t-tuintie his i t'"in"L'". "'' is .""r discoverer; we
liaye hecoiuu diseased since the war hieii siiblecled to u more .... i-.. ..i.l never heatl of yon befoit". uud we
cell t rgunled Piukerlon di-t-t tlvt ' 'V . . ' l " "'i' heitrtl I lle.lnt.rt ll.u ..t lt.ni.it.
system thin the pension tie .ititinenf I "' "'.V """''!1 ' ' fidiiry until he St I'ui . .Minn Amr 85. -St. Paul
to this mi etiinriiili" and I d i tint mv-' JVufc 'Hseoier. tl hy the soldiers' friend. Typographical union No :io br unanl-
I I'l IILIHIIII I 111 I'll I. 111! -!..... .11 . . .. ..
self oi'Jetl; we want no iin'.'O'Uiy sol-' ' " """ . " V . ""' usiue uioiis Vote rejected the
tiler. Uititity juniper or "eoll'ee enoler
per tlay. They demand tJf these sus
peuiletl soldiers whtiC' Tint they
jirove In sixty ot one iimulre I an'o
iivenl.i duys that they are not frauds
thieves anil perjurers. t'omiatlit Lo
ehi-Jii says to ev. ry s ilil'.er w hose pen-
shin be suspeiltls I believe you are It
friinil. I believe y in urn it thief and
perjurer mill I give you one hundred
ami twenty days in which to prove you
ure not; I cmn.ot prote 1011 ure u
ft uud but you in-ist prove yn are mil
In face of the fa 't that tl lias tal.en
unity of these men one two three
years to obtain the tc-dtuiony to estub
lisii their eases I submit thut one nun
tired mid twi 11 ty duys Is not adeqiutle
time; 1 further submit that where a
charge of fraud 'nrceny perjury or
any other crime is untile i.gnlnst'iiiiv
ellien of the I lilted nf Annrict that I
the rme 01 me law 1. "enoi k mi
ciiAiitiK." uinl it is in no ease Incumbent
on the accused lo tlrat prove hiuisc f
not guilty Whyoni. rule of law foi
charged wiui irauil or crime and yet.
miller this astounding letter of William
Lochren. commissioner of pensions
this right is denied to every pensioner
mulct act of June 87. IN'ni. liie uni-
versal rule of 1 11 iv on this subject Is re-
versed anil until we prove ourselves
Innocent we stand miller the charge
and suspicion of being; fraudulent pen-
sinner.. if we draw them tinder tl
lift of June 87 Is'in. j;
Mtltller who is tlra wing a
pensions under act of June 87 isiin is
free front this charge and suspicion
and not one .if them known when the
guillotine wielded by Comrude Loch-
leh's hoard of 1 .'vision will stop their
pensions This u fulU not after
trial not after charges but by his own
letti r he says that this ti.y falls when
the board of rerlslnu thinks it should.
after drawing from his llles papeis
li hleli appear lo well tttnhiish their
fuses anil to be ' lucolitestiltle" 011
their faces. Comrade Loehrrn gives
as one of his reasons why his com-
rade's pensions under this m t should
he Giirpcudcd "thut among t.n twelve
apostles there was one who was un-
worthy " Thut Is true and the Sa-
ilor of the world died betrayed by the
traitor betrayed for a few pie.es of
silver but they did not take uway the
tipostleslilp from the otln r eleven.
The traitor stilTeretl and no reproach
or stigma was east upon the others
lomriiile Lochren in Ills letter casts
reprouch upon every soldier drawing n
pension iinucr inc net 01 June 87 ISM.
UK SI1IKI.I) .SO I'tlAl lis.
We desire to say to Comrade Lochren:
We are ready mid willing to aid you In
bringing eiery traitor mid fiain'luleiit
pensioner lo a swift and sticetlv pun
ishment but we are not your coiuiade
mill will not be a pirly to our iiilsln-t-rpretatlou
uf our pension laws In
your wholesale slnughter of our com-
rades' pensions their lives their
homes their wives mill children We
claim that a pension under net of June
87 1 still Is just us sucretl ami Invlolu-
ble us uny other pension certillciite.
and when you suspend them without
chm ges and through your b unl of
reiisiou. by guess from papers on
their faces "apparently well estubllsli-
'ng their cases and lucoutestible ' our
comradeship ends. If they are fraud-
ulent pensioners why don't you sum-
marily drop them uud prefer your
charges against them? Why torture
your victims by asking them to spend
from their miserable pittance from Sin
tot&ii trying to obtain additional
evidence mid rcc.xamlnution before
pension boards whose chief rrcom-
inendatlou to you will be the number
if applicants pronounced ttnpcusioua
ble. I can not address you any longer
as iiiuiraiie i.oenren. 111 your own 1
letter you tell us that this is not the
work of the secretary of tho Interior
Let us have you own lunguaxe:
"I have perhaps written more than
I ought but my comrades who rend
four paper ure Interested In under--.landing
this matter rightly uud us It
is. The man generally mlsiepreseut-
ed is the secretary who has in fact al-
ways been more considerate and lib-
eral toward pensioners than any of his
subordinates myself Included "'
lion siitrii i.ovi's (?) us.
Do you mean that the honorable sec
retary of the interim' Is more liberal in
Ids views to my conn ules than the law'.'
Thai is what .1011 sai . or else you su
that you ure Itss iiiiertil than the l.nv.
What do you uieuii. Mr Commissioner?
Vie ion trying to out-Herod Herod;
'o'ng beyond tl.e law and beyond the
tit ws of the seen tury of the' Interior
in n ganl to law'' Are ymi tleslious ot
acquit lug a fame In this country In 1I1.
department of pensions similar to Uu
fame acquired by the butcher Jell revs
under James 11? How many of the
11000 pensioners who are being sus-
pended by j on will die before they ure
icstuicJ if they Lier can bu? How
many wiles mid little children will
stilVir f ir clothes and the uctuul neces-
saries of life while you with your
pieces of silver obtained fiom your up-
polntinent to this otllce live with your
family. If you have one. In royal peace
mill plenty? Let me put a ease to ymi.
Into mv olllce yesterday came mi old
anil liitlrm man who has a family of
small children actually dependent for
me necessaries 01 llle upon his pcutloii
1111 11 eminti.i postolll.-e thut will per-
haps be I.1I.1.-11 uwuy fioiu him under
tins uiiiiiiiiisirauou. uu aslted nu-
ll lint to tlo. I told It I ti . "Make out
your c.'ise In ICO tlnyt if y.m can." ami
his n mark was: "lean mtike no bet
ter ease than I have." Say do j
knoii who we think is the Jinlai Is-
etirlot In this mutter'' Who Is getting
the money for this work.' It is no'
mv comrades Von say that lion Sec
retary lloke Smith does not agree with
you. of course Prislilcnt Cleveland
does not know anythinL' about It. ibe
the execution of the law upon the con
structlon given it by Jie heads of the
same department of opposite polities
which construction is admitted bv
everybody to be correct has no politi-
cal character and I do not hesitate to
commit the work of the board of re-
vision whose nblllty tilted them for il.
though most of them with tlielrebief
ure rcpublteuns. They ure able and
fulr men nntl select from tlay to day
from the cuses examined such eases us
they deem unlawfully allowed. If
thut was the class of cases you wished
drawn anil examined the work is done
every day by this board None of the
pensions in these are suspended until
after condemnation by this board. It
Is evpwcted thut lu very many such
cuses the pensioners will be able to
produce testimony showing them en-
titled to pensions under the law In
which case tho suspensions will be re
moved.
what 1vou1.11 111: jfsr?
Permit me as a soldier to state mv
views of whut will be equltuble anil
just uutler the law as pension commis-
sioner. rirst. I would tinder the law hon-
estly endeavor to grunt a pension to
every worthy applicant whether It be
an old soldier widow or orphuu.
Second. I would deem ll equally
my duty to purge from the pension
roll every fraudulent pensioner
whether It be un old soldier or a
widow' and 1 would not believe my
duty to be any more binding In the
.um tu.su loan ii wus in me other
Words ure cheap commodities. You
say thut your old comrades iniiy
feel sure thut they will receive every-
thing to which the law most llberalfv
construed entitles them mid yet In
the lust purngraph of your letter you
stute tltut the secretary of the Interior
lias been more liberal lit the construc-
tion of the law than your associates or
yourself.
I.Ol'lllll:.V l tll.MAOOOt t.
Mr Commissioner. I have not made
this attempted review of your letter
for the purpose of dcmauillnc of von a
coiiipllunce with Comrade Leiuiuons
reqttist but I believe your letter to
him Is uu inconsistent one that ion
can't defend and thut you use the
wortl of friend and comrade. In order
to beguile mid inUlenil. You suy in
the first section of your letter that you
cannot tell from the papers on Hie in
lour department w'-o ure the fratidu
lent pensioners on the face of the pa-
pers you say in the hitter part of your
letter thut your board of revision is
suspending my eomruilcH on the face
of these papers; you say Unit you ali-
gning to coustiue the law most liber
ally; you say that the secretary of the
interior construes the law niorw lllicr-
ally than your associates or yourself
un 1 I wmit to say thut 1 euiiuot tell
what you mean by what you say If
von have suspended through muii
board of revision six thousand 0 my
comrades anil tire Hiisp-mlhig them
dully by drawing from the llles of pa-
pers "apparently well establishing
their eases ami lueotitestiblc" without
any charge of fraud mill subjecting
them to prove they ure not guilty and 1
are uUm suspicion lu the minds of I
your board demanding of them in I
thousands of Instances proof ami cvl- j
deuce which you know they cannot I
comply with then I suy thut your in- I
thins ure simply uu outruire. ii ivmiu.. I
uinl 1 tin not believe thut you or jour
At 4 P.
M -Thl
lulcly
Is the
Fined
Day Abso-
RJK THE STIlir OI'ENINd.
riie Itimtli. um Uirii On N.-itriiilii-r
IIMli -Nn Train. In Ituu In uu .
llnjuf I ho )i'iiliic -.Vim
llrl 1'iiiir llrinirhii
Until) In
Ituu.
VVAMIII.M1111.V August 88. (Special.
The proclamation has been signed ami
Is back from Uray Untiles. It will be
Issued tonight or tumorrow. It llxes
the opening at I p. in. September lllth.
The booths are to open September 1(1.
No trains to run through the strip on
the day of the opening.
I). T I'm xx.
Want tu Cilcinl ihn Line.
Wasiiinoion August 88. (Special.
The directors of the Choctaw road
have petitioned the secielary of the
Interior to recommend favorably to
congress an extension of the chin ter.
permitting the company to build its
Hue in the Choctaw country. 'Ibe
original charter for construction . x
pircs In I'ebruary next but the
Hnanccs of the company are sueh ihej
cannot complete construction until
after the expiration of the pieienl
I LAWYERS.
'-WK. A. II. llfgTON.
I.OIVK K HUSTON
Attomnkv-at-Laiv;
H " ' " "l Con. Illork !'
UUTllltlB - . OKLAHOMA.
II. K. IIAVKH8 OKI) j 011SKH
IIAVr..H A OIIMMt
Attoii.nkis-ai-Law.
Ciir. Ilnril.nn uinl -j ht
OUTAItlK . OKLAHOMA
J. V. .MII.MCK
Attoiiskv-at-Laiv.
IDS .North
lirritvlu Time. HiilhlliiK
fceltinil Nlrrtit
nUTIIIUK
OKLAHOMA.
A. A. IiYKU.H
ATTOI(.NKV-At-LAlV
Itutlllla 311 Hint .11 c'om iUlk
llllllilllli;.
OUTIIKIK . . OKLAHOMA
OIIAH. IIUOttN
Attorney General
Ai-iohnh-at-Laiv
mil ItklHliiiiiin p. up .tuiri.
HUTU III K - . OKLAHOMA
ebarter. l-'raucis S. (ioweii. repre-
senting the company united lust
night.
lias alwais been the soldiers' friendl
and Ullllam Lochieu cuiuuil
In In I yimrrrl hi I'Ultn t'llj.
I'LAl 1 K Cm .Mo Aug. 88 -Saturday
night nUmt 18o'cliK'k. Iliick Plesliman
uud Davis llattou quarreled over some
prlvute matter uud rieshmuii cut llat-
tou on the shoulder. I'leshmaii fol-
lowed him tip when llattou drew Ids
revolver unit tired two shots. One ttsik
etrect lu front of rieshinulis left
shoulder ranging ilowuwuril nntl hn
died within tlfteeu minutes. Ilulton
reculvud live cuts but will tint tllo.
.Sulurilj)'. IU hull
NATIONAI. I.KJI1UU
lloitou-lliniiin II I'lititmriili 19 Hctiutt
rmni) llcMtou t I'ltutiursh 9.
l'lilUitulptila-l'lillailrli!ilu 4 Ml I.ouW S.
tnitlmoie -lUlthnare I lutivlllr
Nrw York Kw Yortt t Cirvfluhfl a
Urookltu -llrtxiklrn S I'lnrlouatl 4
WiMnton-lVhlni;tiin I Cnlracu ll
Suiwhay'. llu.rlmlL
SiTlo.su l.Hiijue.
Ctalf.:o-Chte(u II Withtngton T
More Mli.ourl I'm til 11 n Hrlrxiirliiiirnt.
Sr.HAl.ti. Mo Aug 88. The MIs-
wiurl Pucllltt Knlliv.y lo will still
further reduce excuses by Inking off
two pussrMigcr trulns on next ThutH-
duy. Passenger train No. tl. which
reaches here at .1 a. in. from St. Louis
and second .No I which is made up
from ihn Lexington branch Iruln
which readies bent ut IUM.1 a. in ure
to lie discontinued for the Present uud
uiii : . .
parly or the people of this government uelr crews put on thoj-xlrii list
will sustain you lu this nionstroeit-. tn.riht....i..r.ri.. ....
was a Mritller In the late war: I in L.inpos. Aug 88 -li l um f
listed in ct.mpuny L Secontl Ke.ituek.i commons Ut Hon. Sir Ulll.au Vernon
draSpelns;oerir):;f 7 " 'il" "' "T
7. Isiin. S'. 07n7Ht dated October 8H rP'i'l"rf to n tpiestlon asked by Kobert
I stil nt $18 per mouth Your .onstrue ' '3v'r'tt (IIUtuIi. sahl lliat the gov-
Hon of the law custs u suspicion on inj I eminent hud found nothing in the
character my reputation ami lutegrlti course of events In India that would
as u soldier in the lute liar. I repuilhit'i Induce It to Interfere- with the single i
and throw back your imputation and monetary standard.
toll you us commissioner of pensions ' -
that you should prove usoltllet u frutid I .Mr. Sunu To sinii lumt. tint
before you stop his pension or ut leust I ToiKU.i Kun. Aug. 88 -The S.intu I
huve speellle churges of fraud pie I'r discharged fifty more shop bunds
'rri' to-day. Oenerul Manager Prey this
" aftrrnooit denied the report that the
C'linpiny con'-'tupluteil shutting the I
lopelta shops entirely but It is unolll-
elally reported from the general olllces
that the paint shop anil the cur shop
ut Topeku will U closetl September I
Sueur Itrllnrrlr. stHrt.
Nkw Yiiiik Aug 87 -"lloll sugar"
wus thu message sent on thu telephone
wire to the night superintendent of
the lluiemeyer rellnery ut Williams-
burg lust night It carried Joy to 8U.-
OU'J persons dependent uu l.nou ui
ptoses of thu rellnui'i. who had been
ilidellultely laid oir
A Him fcuil.
DK.svhii. Col. Aug 88 The feud
which hits existed for eurs lietweeu
tho Swedish smelter men and the Irish
railroaders ut the extreme eust end re
suited in a tierce light last night. U-
car OUrii Is now lying dcatl lu the
morgue while two others are now lit
the hospital e xh.'c11ui death.
in litis or run:.
I litre IVrami. I'rrUli In" u I'alitn rr
I hurlrtl.iii .Mo
t'liuil.i.srox Mo. Aug 88 A negro
cabin on a farm litu miles north of
town was destroyed by tire this morn
lug. It wits occupied by an old negrcs.
ami several young children. The old
woman was it purul.i tic uinl wus burned
OR PEOPLES
THE DENTIST.
Ukliilionm Avenue and Fri
Ntrct't UiiHfnirg
Sickness lifeless
You will have if you do not have your
yuiilsuiid ..nt h .uses cleunetl Leave
your orders at city eonrt house for
CJity aamter.
Leonard "&co
TIIK LKAIjINU
MNn m
ot (lufhrie. Dculurs iu
COAL !
- Wi8t ol tlcpnt on HnrriHon
: Going : --
V
Away
I (U Tin:
ISUMMER ?
t
J If von an
p
have the Siaii: Cai-itai.
jM'Illyoil. It willk.iV0 yo al tlL.
t1 .....L r I . .
fr ... n .ituu iiome uud no u perpetual
A Itl'MWlY AI'CIDKMT.
Three teiiiiour (I ml ) C'oulritrlor. lie.
rrlte I'nilislil I'.lal lujiirtr.
Skviiimii Jiid Aug. 8'J. While ev-
erul business men were driving
through tint ftreets hurt' in carriages a
collision occurred In which the top of
one currhige wus torn off mid Its occu-
pants wero hurlod violently against
the curbing. Anton Massinan Wi!
Ham l(. Stewart ami John Tnskey. ull
prominent contractors were seriously
If not fatally hurt besides being badly
cut uud bruised
T comfort.
have
x .
till you
you the
same.
Hon t put itiifr
gone it will cost
' ct'iits a -i;eli cr '.() euniH a
p ino..th. You can pay the oiirrlar In
advance for the number of Weeks
"you will bt
?toit
nu ay. fie will attend
or you can call at tlie ofllcu.
Vt'Hiit nt lllriiiliichain Alt
lllliui.Mlll.lii Ala . Aug 88 -There Is
much suirerlng umong the tiueinplo.ted
hi re The trades council at u sie'eial
meeting otltloiied the city council to
furnish work. A special meeting of
the ulty council will be held mid u
street force mny m orgunletl so us to
give work to the Idle. Ilclicf commit-
tees ure Ht work every iluy collecting
surplus food left oter ot tint hotels
restaurants ami hoarding hniises uud
distributing It among the sulii-rlii.
The situation grows worse every day
and relief committees are appealing for
aid.
Hotel Dally
0ly Brick HoTti:
-:! itiK
V v
W. U. and Maurice O Stevens charged ' to " '"' l"1!' An 8-yeur-ohl child was so
with hog stealing broke from thu jail '"'J' burned that she has sluco dletl
here Yesterday the sherllf learned ''' n 10 years old completely distill-
'. .. . . . .........I "I'l !..!.. . .. . " .
that they were at the house of Jumtvi
tirlllls tiorthwest of the city .lust be-
fore daylight this morning the sherllf
and a possu urrouude I the prutulM's
nnd found th Uiys in a hiy loft They
miswcreil s Heinsnd to siirreii'lcr with
volley from their revolt ers. Sherllf
lochrun ret'irned the tiro with a shot-
gun killing Will Ktcvcimvtheii Maurice
siirrallilereil.
J W. DALLY Piop'r.
Newly Ftirnlshoil and
HullttoU Throughout.
mil I hl St. t.'i.rn.T Win..
avitlix'io Ok.ln.homu-
STATUTES.
'I lie) are
huh 4t.it iiml
Iteaily tnr llrllt-
live hundred cousectitlvu p iisloim un
der tlie ilem icrutic adiulnlstintloii of
Coiumlssloncr llluck and tl- e hunrinri
euro u s ippuri i uitl noes i.ouirude
Lochren meuu'.1 Does hit mean that
tllM applicant must be wholly Inc.ipjc
totlraw a pi ps'nii lut we i o ileiiitiid
us we have u right to under tin luw.
that bef re we tide i ur p Mlsloii-i jou
miilie it spi'e ll'i-lrirge ot fra'i I. the t
J 'ry. uinl that lot prine It We
ho Ill ite sfl. re im'r f ity
stio ild be applied to old so.tlurs ro
gaitlliig their penlons. than Upiillcri
to a horse thlel or any nth r fe on
We tflulm we are entitled to us much
ur p.'ij 'ry.
e til iii that
ttml tin. ...... ..I.I.... ..f
iiimissloner. Don't '.i.- .t..iu .i..i.. ... l...i .1..
woiils "frlem " Bin ....1... .. ...ki.... 1
31 cents per 1000 ems on morning pa.
1 imis fiom ai cents to SO cents on ull
piece day work and from n to fit for
tho week help. Frederick Drlscoll.
busbies manager of thu Pioneer Press.
made a biwoch proposing thut thu cut
lust but sixty duys but the printers
your mask. r
use the s-i -iid
i-iiiiiriuie iiiukit inn lane p yitlt r
pieces of sllier is n lennnl for your
itlstlngiiUlltil servl es In ilriipplug
fiom the P iM.i.iu rolls men who Vlln
suy mty If restori'tl Hut we will
quote yot. le'ter "ll this subject:
'I.IMUIP OI HUS SlICIlH 1KAIIN.
111. ..1.1 .... 1 .
receiving 'ere" lug ' widei 'tlfe luw . $1 UW U? " Ul U' lW
s-ated I lie origin of the lire Is
known but foul play Is suspected.
.Mr. sh.un AripilHetl.
TiitsroN. N. . I.. Aug 88 Mrs. Hat-
tie Shann wus this morning nctpiittetl
of the charge of uiiirtlei'lnir her sou
.lohn. She was ehargetl of having
caused his death by utlmiiilsteriug uier- I
curial poison to obtain the Insurance 1
upon his life. !
Aniillii-r InrenilUr I Ire.
( I IMos M11 Aug. 'ii -Another In- '
cciirilitry lire was discovered here this
morning at day break In .1 T. McKec'n
stable. This mitkes live tires here lu
fourteen days four nf which were un-
doubtedly incendiary. There Is uu
clew to the liie bug.
I.IIiim I'rtrrul I miim
UlAHtl.siol S I' Aug. 88. -l'siii
receipt of Information thut yellow
fever patients were lu the harbor of
Tuiupu the health department of
Churlrstuu instituted u qtiuiuuttuu
Rgulust tliutuluuc.
The statutes of Okluhoma are innv
reuily for delivery. You eu gc .1.1.
calling at this office ami dep.-utiUK
S7 so. Oreneli:seS7.R0t.iund one will
go to you by ilrst express itaeretary
I Martin designates Monday August
llth as the date of "rtf-inl pnbllca
tioii. Don t ask to git a statute
without the cash tltnvn No botdt
wili be allowed to go out of thi otli .
except C. 0. I). uutt-Ml tbv uii hs
been paid. Hear this in tulud and you
will save tinttoyanee and delay
Whether you ure worth million dol
him or a cent will make no difference
lu this Inllc.xlblecash rule
Heretofore the ladles have Unu ui.
ublr to gel nice culling m 11 Uuth
rle. To supply this '. u . id r)lk
St ill: t leiiAi bus jiii.
ply of the lutest designs if
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