Hammond Times, Volume 7, Number 39, Hammond, Lake County, 2 August 1912 — Page 11

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OLD SOLDIERS INDEBTED TO TAFT FOR PENSION LOWS

The National Tribune, published at Washington, has the following to say concerning President Taft's part In the recent pension legislation: It Is impossible to give President Taft too much credit for approving the pension bill. Never before in the history of pension legislation were such extraordinary efforts made to prevent the passage and approval of the bill. Never before was there such a wellorganized opposition, embracing such powerful persons and influences. Never before had there been an organized campaign waged for rears against any further liberalization of pension ex-

sentatlves of both parties were suborned to attack the pension bill. Thus the strongest political, financial and editorial Influence was constantly brought to bear upon the president to get him to withhold his signature. For more than a year before the bill was actually passed the newspapers, magazines and public speakers were greatly Injuring the president's popularity by their constant assertion that he was hostile to any pension bill, and his veto would bfl certain. This was exceedingly cruel to President Taft, but the interests and their hirelings were as ready to sacrifice him as they

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penditures. The money power whs were to defame American manhood in never so much In evidence as In the jlhelr scoundrelly and treasonable deorganization and venom of th; anti- preiiation of the character of the men pension campaign. The money power j who had sacrificed themselves to save viewed with the utmost alarm the rli- ; the country. version of from $20,000,000 to 30,0f0,- j President Taft has all through his 000 a year from its purpose toward a official life shown a most admirable

great act of national justice. In ifsjtnlcnt for rising' above the clamor of

ngni xi enoweu a sunuaniy ari'i com- j.,fjnsn inieresis anu uemagospc apmand of resource such as has never reals to do that which he has conbefore been exhibited in any congres- ceived to be right. Vastly more of clonal contest. . an upright judge than an artful poliIn the first place, substantially all tlcian. he has acted according to his the southern senators and represents- ! convictions, with absolute disregard tives were solidly arrayed against the j to real and manufactured clamor. He bilL and strove to command them- j never showed to better advantage 111 selves to their constituents by the jthls respect than In resisting this imbaseiess clamor that the bill would mense pressure to sign the bill which increase the taxes of the people of the J commended Itself to him as recogniJ-

south. There could b no more absolute falsehood, but It was good enough to use on the stump and In the press. Next, every great metropolitan paper, without exception, tha leading journals of all the great cities and all the big magazines, whose countless tons of advertising cumber the mails and increase the expense or the postoffice department, were lh a steady fire against any pension bill. Hired muckrakers Industriously defamed every , pensioner on the roll and assailed the character of the manhood of the soldiers who put down the rebellion. Even that degenerate, Charles Francis Adams, was hired to use his great name In the unworthy -cause. It was sought to give weight to Adams' attack by the most absolute exaggeration of his career as a soldier, and his position in the army of the Potomac. Next, influential senators and repre-

Ing-a righteous debt of the nation to those who had saved its existance. His approval will be to his high and lasting credit when all pension haters &re forgotten. Every veteran and relative of a veteran owes President Taft a debt of gratitude fori his approval of this bill. They should understand how much it cost him to withstand the pressure and sign the bill. It Is conclusive testimony that his heart is true to the men who saved the union, and that all the Injurious allegations set afloat to the contrary are slanders and intended for his Injury. His friendship was not the cheap froth of a campaign speech, but that real friendship which gives quietly, quickly and generously. We know that the veterans all appreciate this and will manifest their appreciation at the polls next November. .

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WHAT IS A BULL MOOSE? A puzzled soul, blushing behind the Initials "J. V.' unbosoms Itself thus in the New York Sun: "What sort of a critter is that Bull

Moose that is keeping the tongues and ears of everybody wagging and wearied? Is it covered with hair or feathers, .or . merely pachydermatous? Is It a reptile or a amphibious mammal or a fish? It is-a beast of the field or of the forest? It is carnivorous, plseovorous, gramnlvorous, herbivorous or simply . omnivorous? Does It chew the cud? Has It horns and a tall?

Has it whiskers like a goat, or a hump like a camel, or antlers lik an elk, or a proboscis like atl elephant? I have heard It so variously classified and so wonderfully described as possessing a monopoly of such hetrogeneous natural equipments that the imagination conjures up a platypus of the nth power. Only today I asked a man who poses as "an up-to-date" authority on all "worth While" topics

II he could tell me what sort or a creature a Bull Moose is, and he -only smiled superiorly, and I thought evasively, and was reminded of a story entirely Inapropos of the? question. Bill McCabe, who is stronger on lo

cal politics perhaps than on natural history, was provoked to hilarity by the question, and shouted: "He's all right; he stampeded the bunch In California and Pennsylvania all right, all right." This seemed the extent of his inclination to discuss the subject. An inquiry propounded to the next reputable citizen who came along elicited the Information that the moose was a pagan goddess, who had something to do with poetry and sucn stun. He said there used to be nine of them, and as far as he recollected they were all females. Said he never heard of a Bull Moose, which he seemed to classify as some sort of pagan god. The interesting information this gentlomaa vouchsafed, by inevitable

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association of Ideas suggested North Carolina or Indiana as the habitat of this mysterious moose. What the dickens is the use of analyzing the musical quality of Its bellowing or

braying or hollering, or of Investigating its correct grammatical inflections In number, person and gender before

we understand the nominative case? We know from information volunteered that it has an ugly, vicious, selfish disposition, that its plural is "meese," and that it bellows as no beast ever bellowed that Is above the earth or on the earth or under the earth. But what size, shape, color Is this devil beast? What is Its kith and kin? What is It good for? Where does It rove and rage?

INSURGENTS CAST VOTES WITH CRUMP ACKER

Washington, Aug. 1. Representative Crumpacker, the only republican member of the Indiana delegation, led

the fight on the floor of the hous last evening to concur In the La Follette wool bill. After he offered a motion to support the house amendment Mr. Crampacker asked for the ayes and noes, and fifty-six representative, nearly all insurgent republicans, supported the Crumpacker measure. Representative Moss split with his colleagues and voted for the Crumpacker amendment. It was rejected by 123 votes. Among the Hammond pfople registered at the Washington hotels are Judge Lawrence Becker of Hammond. Senator Shlvely has obtained passport for C. B. Woodford of ' Helmer, who will sail tomorrow for TJsan, Korea. Mr. Woodford Is a cousin of Governor Marshall. "

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