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Best general references: U. S. Revised Statutes 1878, Sects. 4692 to 4791: Pension laws in Statutes at large, Vols. 20-26; Reports of Coms. of Pensions and Sec'y of Interior, especially for 1885, 1888 and 1889, in House Exec. Docs.; Speeches of Senators Plumb, Davis, Ingalls, Hoar, and Teller in Cong. Record 1889-90 p.p. 1796 to 6385 passim; Republican Nat'l, platform for 1888 in Tribune Almanac...
...Republican policy has been extravagant - (a) Amount expended on pensions in 1866 was $13 000,000; in 1876, $28,-000,000; in 1886, $64,000,000, in 1891, (estimate of Sec. of Treasury) $133,000,000; Hall, p. 17 - (b) Germany's appropriation is $9.000.000; Century XLII, p. 183 - (c) Only 72 per cent. of the appropriation goes to the soldiers' Hall, p. 19. - (d) The Arrears Act of 1879 cost the nation $500,-000,000; Hall, p. 7. - (e) Acts are passed without careful consideration of what they will cost; Ibid...
...BEALS, Sec.,23 Weld.23-4t...
...SAVILLE, Sec.'94 ELEVEN. - All candidates be on Norton's field at 3.30 today...
...HOWARD, Pres.W. H. GARLAND, Sec...