The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-09-18
coInnlbua. 0hin. sapt. lO.-Gen.. A. v.

thinks Of the situation, and also furnish
es crushing reply to certain shameful
and malicious attacks that have been
made upon the wounded hero within the
past few days in the Republican papers :
allow does the result Of the Maine
election affect our canvass in 0hio?"
ut leaves the Ohio Democrats in bet
ter position than if the Republicans had
been defeated. 1t makes clearly de-
fined issue between the money power
and producers. The Nationals have no
other resource than to Unite with the
Democrats if they wish to be consistent,
and it will be worth at least five thou
sand votes to us in Ohio"
"The Republicans have been attacking
you, 1 see, as to your voting for Vallan.
digham during the war"
"The articles are as false as they are
malicious. The real facts are these. l
am charged with having electioneered
my regiment to vote for Vallandigham.
Neither / nor any of my officers, so far
as 1 know, electioneered at all. 1 am
sure l did not. AT the time was Charg.
ed with electioneering for Vallandigham
I was at home, hundreds Of miles away
from my men, and suffering severely
from wounds received in battle. I was
confined to my bed, and not even able to
get up and vote myself, to say nothing
about electioneering others. 1 was con.
siderably more concerned whether or
not would live, than as to who would
be elected. My soldier boys we're in a
severe skirmIsh on election day, while
their Colonel was lying wounded. Dur.
ing lull in the battle they gathered and
deposited their ballots in hat; and 30
hotly contested was the field, it is won.s
der they had chance to vote at ALL"
"It looks a trife, then, as if the Re-
publican organs had lied"
eyes, ii is mean aud infamous. | expec-
ted little else, though, from party and its
press who take such men as Longstreet |
and the unhung Mosby, and place them
in high positions, and Union soldiers are !
traduced and vilifed."
"While claiming monopoly of all the |
patriotism in the country, certain un-
scrupulous and lying opposition papers
seem to be trying to cheat you out of the
credit of your Pension Bill"
eyes; | shouldn't be surprised if they
would try and make out that neither | |
nor Ewing we're ever in the war at ALL
The fact is, l was the author of the Ar
rears Pension Bill, and introduced it in
the fOrty.fourth Congress. 1t passed the
House under my management and went
to the Senate, where, on molten of Sena-
tor Ingalls,, Republican, of Kansas, it
was laid on the table. This action vir-
tually killed it for that Congress-"
"What was the next step2"
"In the forty fifth Congress 1 was a
member of the committee on PENSIONS |
and its chairman, and again introduced |
the bill, and it passed the House under
my management as chairman of the |
committee on Invalid Pensions. 1t was |
then passed by the Senate, which by |
that time had become Democratic. The |
Republican press has been giving credit |
for the bill to Cummings of Iowa, and to |
Haskell of Kansas. At the time | in
troduced the bill in the forty.fourth Con.
gress these gentlemen were not members
at ALL They were members of the forty
fifth Congress, by which the bill was
passed."
"The bill was then drawn up by you,
and in your charge from first to last dur
ing its passage?"
"Yes, sir. 1t was drawn up and intro
duced by me in the fOrty-fourth Con.
gress, and again introduced in the forty
fifth Congress, after the Republican Sen.
ate had smothered it, and was reported
back by me and enacted into law by
the Senate, through which l watched
every step Of its progress"
"The charge is made that you were
aiming to pension ext C)nfederates2"
"a howl has been made to that effect.
Section of the bill provides for pen
sioning Mexican veterans, and that only
provided for invalids who had been left
unprovided for in previous pension acts.
The Stiffness in the last charge is shown
by the fact the Constitution prohibits
the payments of pensions to the rebel
soldiers in the war of the rebellion"
After leaving Gen. Rice l had con-
versation with Frank Mckinney about |
Maine.
"How does the result in Maine affect |
the Democratic canvass in 0hio2"
Favorable. In this, that it proves
the necessity of united action on the
part of all who are opposed to the policy
Of the Republican party. A National |
Greenback victory in Maine, though as.
sisted by Democrats, would have been
claimed by the Communistic element of |
the party supporting Piatt and Preyer as
victory won exclusively by themselves
and might have led off many persons
who will now vote for Ewing"
"Do you think it will lead more Ohio
Nationals to vote for Ewing2"
"Yes, many more. All honest Ma |
tionals cannot see any other way Of op.
posing the high-handed and ruinous pol.
icy of the Republicans. They are natu.
rally with US any way in opposing class
legislation aud the fostering of monopo-
lies. ."-Cin. Enquirer.