Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1911 — Pension Promises. [ARTICLE]

Pension Promises.

Lafayette Journal. According to a Washington dispatch to the Indianapolis Star “pension promises now worry the democrats in congress. The democratic representatives of the north Were very free* with premises before election but favorable action on the question is not so easy. When some men run for office they f are willing to promise anything. Democratic candidates for pensions promised everything. But now they find themselves confronted by the revenue question, for if pensions are increased revenue must be provided. They also find themselves confronted by southern democratic sentiment which isn’t over enthusiastic for the men who fought for the union. During the campaign republican speakers pointed out that a democratic ’'ncfowfe vsnSd not scevfde * the revenue and that southern representation, would oppose pension action. General Sherwood’s service pension bill has been approved by committee, but it has a hard road ahead. The Sherwood bill follows: ‘ny person who served in the military or naval service of the United states during the civil war and who has been honorably discharged therefrom/ shall, upon making proof of such facts according to such rules and regulations as the secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed on the pension roll and be entitled to receive a pension as follows: For a service of ninety days or more and less than six months, sls per month; for a service of six months or more and leas than nine months, S2O per month; for a service of nine month* or more and less than, one year, $25 per month; for a service of .one year or more, S3O per month; provided that no ode who shall be in receipt of a pension V>f $25 or more per month under this act shall be entitled to admission or residence in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers; and no state or territorial home for disabled soldiers and sailors shall receive any aid from the general government on account of any person who shall be in receipt of a pension of $25 per, month or more under this act “Any person who served in the civil wap a °d received an- honorable discharge and who was wounded in battle or on duty and who was thereby disabled and is now unfit for manual labor, or from disease or other causes incurred in the line of duty resulting in his disability now to perform manual labor, shall be paid the maximum pension under this net, to-wtt, S3O a month, without regard to length of service.”

This measure Is not altogether satisfactory for it ignores age. It seems that the democratic majority of the house is unsettled on the pension question. The ifs introduced and the excuses being made do not predict pension legislation. The democratic rep- | resentatives of the north are face to face with their promts and they will be judged accordingly.