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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WARNER DENOUNCED
By MIR. Mccormick, a Fellow
Member.
GAILrroIrs. O.. August 10. 1ss..

GALLIPOLIS, u, August 2o, 1904
Hos. TossPh d. Taylor, Cambridge, o.:
DEAR SIR-Your letter was duly re-
ceiyed. / have been very much crowded
with my business affairs, building, ETC., and
consequently have not been As prompt in
reply as / ought to have been.
well remember the course Of Gen. War
ner in regard to special pension bills while
they were being considered in the House,
and he, being q soldier himself, and drawing
q pension, it was a matter Of surprise that
he should seem so illiberal to other brave
men who periled their lives equally as much
a himself to save the country. He was one
of the gentlemen ! had specially in mind
when ! made use of the language marked,
in some remarks of mine made in the House
May 9th, 1884, copy OF which l enclose
herewith.
though the odds seem much against you,
and with earnest hopes of the success OF the
State and National Ticket, l am,
Very truly yours,
kW. Mccormick.
The following is the marked extract in the
speech referred to:
at has also been an unpleasant thing to
me, Mr.. Chairman, to sit in my seat in this
hall and witness the opposition to the pass
age of special acts for the relief Of these
brave men, or their widows and orphans,
based simply on some slight technicalities or
want of precedent, while it is indeed mat
ter of great significance to the needy, suffer
ing ones who have periled their lives to save
the country. l do not object to proper in
vestigation and proper discrimination be-
tween just and unjust claims, but it is no re-
proach to this great country and this gov
ernment, if it errs at all, to err on the side of
mercy to those who saved the life OF the
great republic"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WARNED WARNER.
Gen. Robinson Told Him He was LAYING
up Wrath Against Day to Come.
IDaily Times.l

Gen. Robinson says he warned Gen. War
ner that he was laying up wrath against
day to come when he opposed the Mexican
pension bill, and gave notice to him that his
treachery to the soldiers would De published.
Gen. Robinson says Gen. Warner did
everything he could to prevent legislation
in favor Of the soldier. And Gen. Robin
son is an older and a better soldier than
Warner. Gen. Robinson entered the Union
army as private in April, 1861, was elected
first lieutenant Of his company, and passed
through all the grades of promotion until he
reached the rank of major general. He was in
twice as many battles as Gen. Warner, was
desperately wounded at Gettysburg, and did
not retire from the service until the war was
over. And his integrity Is as good as Gen
Warmers. Which of these men will you
believer This Union soldier who fought
through the war, who has never hedged and
never lied, or this man who retired from the
service to go into oil speculation, who has
been all things to all men, who has repeated
ly changed base, and who now endeavors to
evade the consequences of his opposition to
the Mexican pension bill by falsifying the
Record and misrepresenting the truth.
Which will you believe, Union soldiersi
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WARNER FAILED.
Taylor Made His Points Well.
An Unprejudiced and Dispassionate
Account from the BeIlaire Tribune.

We reproduce the following report of the
arner-Taylor debate from the Belldire
Tribune. The editor says in another column:
"Our account of the Taylor Warner debate
was written by very reliable and level
headed writer, and can be relied upon as
fair statement of the matter"
A large crowd of perhaps five thousand
people assembled in Cambridge, Wednesday,
to hear the Joint discussion between Gen.
Warner and Col. Taylor. Warner began in
a braggadocio fashion and continued in that
mood all through the discussion. He came
there professedly to show that Col. Taylor
did not make the speech on Mexican pen
sions published in the Congressional Record
of August LIST. He did nothing but assert
that Col Taylor had not uttered one word of
said speech in Congress, and reiterated this
assertion all through all his speeches with
increasing emphasis and noise. He charged
that no gentleman would abuse the privi
leees of the House in such fashion, but he
failed to bring single word or proof for
any one of these assertions. He was thou
sand miles from Washington when the speech
was delivered by Col. Taylor, and was not,
therefore, able to testify. His hearers had a
right to expect that he would produce the
testimony Of some one who had been pres
ent on that occasion, but not word did he
bring. He evidently had no such proof
forthcoming or he would have produced it.
How different it was with Col. Taylor. He
conducted himself gentlemanly and used his
opponent courteously, and came with fully
prepared case. He had certificates OF a
number of his colleagues that he had -deiiy-
cred substantially the speech reproduced in
the Record, and he had statement from one
of the reporters to the effect that he had fur
nished General Warner copy, OF the man.
uscript speech. This had not been referred
to by General Warner in his first speech, and
probably would have never been, bad not
Colonel Taylor drawn it out of him by tell
ing the audience what the reporter had said.
TAYLOR then proceeded to show from the Rec
ord how General Warner had done nothing
all through his first term Of Congress for the
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
NO FELLOW MEMBER
Testifies for Warner.
HE is REDUCED TO THE DESPER-
ATE STRAIT OF EXPORTING A
CERTIFICATE FROM HIS
PRIVATE CLERK.
From the Guernsey Timea.l

Charles F. Gillian, signing himself clerk
of the House Committee on Payment of
Pensions, Bounty and Back Pay, in a long
letter, doubtless dictated by his master, War
ner, in last weeks Jeffersonian, certiies to
General Warmers indefatigabe labor as
chairman of the committee of which this
Gillian purports to be clerk. This is desper-
alton indeedl Imagine candidate for Con-
gress in a Democratic district pressed to
such straits as to compel his own hired hand
to vouch for him! Why, the very tenure of
the favor of his master, who hired him and
can discharge him. Because Warner hap
pens to be chairman of a committee, his pri-
vate clerk is enabled to sign himself as clerk
of that committee, and Warner has the priv
iege of paying him out of the public crib,
which he does. And this man Warner is
statesman, is her He is not.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
PRESS COMMENTS,
Communications from Sol
diers and Others.
PRIVATE. DALzELL.
A Dissective Comparative Review
of the Debate "A Few
Words from a Soldier
to the Soldiers.
Taylor the Friend Of the Soldiers
Warner the Enemy Of the
Soldiers.
CALDWELL, o., Sept. I, 1884.

CALDWELL, o., Sept I, 1884
Editor GEeyayey Times:
was present during the five hours debate
between Gen. Warner and Col. Taylor. 1t
was great occasion. think no man could
put the crowd below 5000, and they were
gathered from every county of Col. Taylor's
new district. l believe it safe to say that
one-third Of the men present were soldiers.
can not say heard every word, for
stood on the outside of the great crowd and
lost much of il, because of the distance !
was from the speakers. l tried to hear it
ALL / did see it all, and heard at least two
thirds of what both said. From this guarded
statement the voter who was not there can
form some estimate of the number present.
Both Warner and Taylor have strong voices
much above the average yet SO large
was the crowd that on the perimeter of the
circle that formed around them, very much
of their loudest utterances did not reach the
ears of US who were on the outside. l was
deeply interested. watched the faces and
actions of both speakers. Somehow War
ner lost his temper easily, behaved unseemly,
shook his finger in Taylor's face, talked
ugly, looked ugly, and, in short, tried to bull
doze Taylor as he used to bulldoze railroad
hands. Taylor smiled, was courteous, acted
such a contrast in the conduct of men-the
conduct of the polished gentleman in con-
trast with the clustering braggadocio of the
burly bulldozer and bully.
Warner was not used to be faced down.
He was not used to contradiction. In the
army, if any soldier contradicted him, he
could knock the poor fellow down, for he
was brigadier; on the railroad he could
turn the fellow off without pay: in Con-
gress, his side being in the majority, he could
shut him up. So, for the first time in his
life, Warner had to stand and take it,
and stand there until he was scalped, too!
Warmers temper was angry, hot disgust
ing; Taylor's temper gentle, urbane, man.
nerly. Every one knows that is true. In
debate the man who loses his temper loses
his case. 1t is true of politicians, of law
yers and preachers, and never saw such an
Illustration of it before.
Warner failed to make q point against
Taylor. Taylor succeeded in proving him.
self the friend of the soldier, and Warner
the enemy of the soldier. Warner was
proved humbug. He had charge of all
our pension bills in Congress, and he killed
them all. That was the crime Taylor
charged Warner with, and proved it to
Warmers face, and Warner dare not deny it
then or now. The soldiers see now who
killed off our bills. 1t was the man Warner,
who professed to be our friend. Shame,
shamel Will any soldier vote for Warneri
All have to say is, that no soldier can do
SO without voting against our pensions.
Taylor was always for us and our pension
bills.
PRIVATE DALzKLL.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
THE EFFECT OF WARMERS OP-
POSITION.

The pension bill defeated through the in
fuence of General Warner, had it passed,
would have increased the little pittance of
$S per month, dealt out to 54 widows in
Noble county, from IS to $l2 per month.
These widows have no votes, but probably
they have sons and other relatives who will
assist in taking care that General Warner
shall stay at home and man sent to Con-
gress from this district who favOrs giving to
these poor women what the government
promised the dead soldiers it would do-take
care of their families if they did not live to
return.-NobIe County Republican.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WARNER CAN NOT EXPLAIN.
Noble County Republican.


General Warner can not explain to the
soldiers why he took such lively interest in
the defeat of the pension bill.
Gen. Warner draws a pension of $I875
per month for fve-eighths disability as a
Lieutenant Colonel. His pension was
granted in 1867; he applied for an increase
in 1878, but the application was rejected.
We think General Warner is entitled to
pension, but we can not understand why
Lieutenant Colonel's disability should be
paid more for by the government than the
disability of the private soldier, whose op-
portunities for earning livelihood are just
as hard as that of an officer.
Warner poses as the friend of the private
soldiers, and wants their votes. He is the
author of a bill that wanted to give So acres
of land to the private and $40 acres to the
Major General. Why not give it all to
those who wore shoulder straps.
"Be jabbers! how not his little foot isp
said the raw Irishman who had investigated
the business end of bald hornet. Gen.
Warner is indulging in the same kind of an
ejaculation since his debate with Col. Taylor
at Cambridge.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
THE TRUTH!
Col. TayIor's Military Record-The
Service He Rendered His Coun-
try Devoted and True.
From the Guernsey Times.l


Instead of using the twenty minutes given
him to close the debate in replying to what
had been said by his opponent, according to
the rules agreed on by the two committees,
Gen. Warner used it in part in eulogizing
himself, and the other part in attacking the
military record of Col. Taylor, whom he
charged with staying away from the front.
This was regarded not only as q violation of
the rules, but as very unfair in view of the
fact that Col Taylor had carefully refrained
from any personal accusations against Gen.
Warner, though the cries of the audience
were full of suggestions of this kind, and
Col. Taylor had in no way cast any rehec-
tions on Gen. Warmers military record.
In regard to Col. Taylor's military record
we have only this to say, and it is only what
is shown by the records. He was not at the
front, but he asked to be sent to the front,
and was one of the officers of the 68th regi-
ment that signed petition asking to have
the regiment sent to the front, in response to
which the regiment was ordered to the front,
but the commandant of the camp secured the
cancellation of the order, declaring that the
$4,000 or 10000 prisoners then at Camp
Chase could not be held in safety without
the regiment. He was not at the front, this
is true; Lincoln was not at the front, STAN
ton was not at the front, a thousand others
who did their work faithfully were not at
the front. This is not the question in which
the people are interested. Did he faithfully
discharge the duties assigned him? This is
the question. From the opening of the war
up to the time of his enlistment in the SER
vice, he was an active member of the mill
tary committee of this county and this dis
trict, and gave almost his whole time TO
raising supplies and recruits, and in the or
ganization Of companies and regiments, trav-
cling about night and day in this service.
After he was elected captain of his company
he was, without his knowledge or consent,
detached from the regiment and placed ON
court martial duty, first at Camp Chase and
Columbus, then at Cincinnati, and subse-
quently, at the time OF the great excitement
in Indiana, he was appointed Judge advocate
of the district of Indiana, with headquar-
tiers at indianapolis, which position he held
to the close of the war. And after he was
mustered out of the service he was appointed
BY the Government to try two important
cases at indianapolis, as citizen or special
Judge advocate, which detained him there
six or eight months longer.
1t is believed that no judge advocate dur
ing the war tried so many cases as Col. Tay-
Ior; and what is still more remarkable he
never had u record of any trial disapproyed.
While at indianapolis, from 1854 to 1866,
he did three times as much work as was usu-
.lly done by officers on detached service
st this kind. BE discharged the duties OF
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
CAMRRIpeE, ONO. Sept. 4, 1854.

w. H. Fl. MeIysr, ESQ.,, Chair. Dem. Ex. CON-
DEAR SIR: Your letter of the I'd inst,
containing proposition for the discussion
of certain selected topics throughout this
district, between Hon. A. J. Warner and
myself. has been handed to me for reply.
Three days prior to the date of your letter,
the Republican executive committee Of this
county submitted to you, as chairman OF the
Democratic executive committee, propo-
sitiont to print jointly for circulation through
out the district, full verbatim report Of the
entire debate held here August q, as taken
by the stenographers, which proposition was
declined. Instead of this garbled and
incorrect report has been published and cir
culated, while the reporter who has The notes
of Gen. Warmers speeches, has been pre-
vented from furnishing us copy, as he had
previously agreed to do. | met General
Warner in joint discussion as one gentleman
would meet another, and he violated the
ordinary rules of debate, ignored the terms
agreed upon by the committees, used ofien-
sive epithets and abusive language, and out
ragged the common couI tesies which prevail
among honorable opponents therefore beg
leave to say that shall not be drawn into
discussion, the obvious purpose OF whf.f
is to divert attention from the disastrot
consequences of the previous debate, which
hope vet to be able to lay before the peo
of this district. Very respectfully,
I'D. TAYLf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WHY A DEMOCRATIC EDITOR
OPPOSES WARNER.


The Democrat does not hesitate to oppose
the election of A. ]. Warner. We know we
have some friends who are strong supporters
of Warner, and, so far as we are concerned.
that friendship will not be disturbed. If
they can see their way clear to vote for
Warner, that is their privilege. The right
OF private Judgment is supreme in this free
country. We wear no party halter, we
bow to no political boss. Warner, by mis-
representation, defrauded many of the best
citizens of this country; he has taken the
bread out of the mouths of the laborinp
mans children; he has placed barriers in
the way of the soldier and soldiers widow
receiving their just pensions from the Gov.
ernment; he slandered the present Demo
cratic Legislature because il elected that
grand old-line Democratic statesman, Hen
ry b. Payne, to the Senate. Gen. Warner
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

"NO SUBSTANTIAL REA-
SON GIVEN FOR THE PAS
SAGE OF THIS SPECIALACT
EXCEPT A PITIFUL STORY,
SUCH AS CAN BE TOLD IN
HUNDREDS AND THOUS-
ANDS OF OTHER CASES."
Gen. Warner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
JUST SO!
From the Marietta Weekly News.

From the Marietta Weekly News.
The Cambridge Democrat, a red hot
Bourbon paper, says the following about
Gen. Warner:s
Several months ago we warned the
Democracy against the nomination of Gen.
Warner. Even with an acceptable candi-
date the majority would be small; and with
candidate who swindled the people along the
Duck Creek Railroad out Of thousands of
dollars; who stands charged by laboring
men of having defrauded them of their hard
earned wages; whose record in Congress,
as chairman of bounty, back pay and pen
sions was one of hostility to the interests Of
the Union soldier; with candidate with
such record, defeat is certain.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WARNER LOST HEAVILY.

At the political debate at Cambridge on
Wednesday of last week, between Col. Tay-
lor and Gen. Warner, rival candidates for
Congress, there was crowd of five or six
Thousand people, and great excitement.
During the discussion Warner lost his tenn
per and became abusive. Col. Taylor re-
manned cool, as he could easily afford to do
but presented an array of facts and argu-
ments that surprised and confounded his op
ponent. The general impression is that
Warner lost heavily.-Cddlz Republican.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
AN INTERPOLATION BY WARNER
DISPROVED.

Gen. Warmers printed speech says that
Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, interposed an
objection to Colonel Taylor's leave to e1-
tend his remarks ON the Mexican pension
bill, until there was an understanding that
there would be nothing personal in the re-
marks. This is another point blank false
hood, as the Congressional Record, Vol. Is,
No. 165, page 70O7, will show. The leave to
extend was unconditional.-Daily Guernsey
Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
EXTREME GOODNESS OF WAR
NER'S LAND BILL.

Warner was willing that the private SOL
dier should have SO acres of land, provided
he would surrender all claims to pension,
additional bounty or back pay; upon the
condition that the generals should have 42o
Or $40 acres, according to degree. The ex-
treme GOODNESS of this proposition is only
appreciated properly in the presence of the
fact, that the law now gives every soldier
homestead if he will go and live on it
Cambridge Democrat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
THE FALLEN HEROES
Reproached with the Destitution
and Suffering of their Wild
ows and Orphans.

"THAT WAS HIS FAULT.
HE SHOULD NOT HAVE
LEFT THEM IN THAT CON-
DITION." - Warner on zVfd0US'
and orphans destitntion.
Who is responsible? Gen. Warner says
it was the soldiers I" fault who left them in
that condition" And he would not permit
any case, however needy, to arouse his SYM
pathy. Will the heroes of the Union allow
any man to lay on their dead comrades the
reproach of bringing suffering and destitu-
ton upon their widows and orphans? Can
such man be friend of the soldier?
CLEANER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

has no claims upon our suffrage but the nom.
Ination given to him as a reward for his
work against Payne, and that is not binding.
Before the election we shall turn our electric
light on Gen. Warner, and prove to those
OF our readers who are unprecedented,
that we are doing right in opposing his
election. We know we are right.-Cam-
bridge Democrat, SOfk UT.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

81 HOPE THE GENTLE
MAN WILL NOT DEVOTE
THE LAST MOMENTS OF
HIS TIME HERE TO Fill
LIBUSTERING AGAINST A
PENSION BILL."-M. Coneer
TO Gen. Warner.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
SPOILED!
WARMERS SCHEME

To Side-Track Taylor's Boom
Taylor Refuses to be Drawn
Into a Partisan Discussion
with a Man Who "Outrages
the Common Courtesy that
Prevails amcng Honorable
Opponents"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
The Desperate Attempt of the
Duck Creek Statesman to
Avert the Disastrous Con-
sequences of the Pension
Debate.
The following correspondents explains

The following correspondence explains
itself:
CAMBRIDeE, ONO, Sept. 9, 1884.
w. K GooderI, Esq, Chairman Rep Ex. Com.
DEAR Sir: i am authorized to say that
Hon. A j. Warner will meet Hon J. ID.
Taylor in joint debate at one point to be
named in each of the counties composing
this congressional district, and discuss the
questions of finances tariff, pensions and
administrative reform. The time and places,
and all other matters pertaining 10 the dis
cussion to be agreed upon by the Repnb-
hcan- and Democratic executive committees
OF Guernsey county.
/ have the honor to be yours respectfully,
W. H. II. MclLYAR,
Chair. Dem. Ell. Com
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18

"THERE ARE ABOUT 200,-
600 SUCH CASES AS THAT
TREMBLING ON THE BRINK
OF THE GRAVEL. l CALL
FOR THE REGULAR OR
DER. Gen. WarNer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
TAYLOR THE PRIVATE's FRIEND.
Monroe Gazette.l

Col. Taylor does not claim that he was
ever in the battle. He does not say that his
regiment did active service in the field dur
ing the war. He claims and his friends
claim for him that he is a better friend of
the private soldier than the man who intro
duced bill in Congress to give the soldier
So acres of land and the Brigadier General
42o acres. The man who introduced that
bill was Brigadier General A. ]. Warner, the
Democratic candidate for Congress in the
18th Ohio District.
The political scalp of A. ]. Warner hangs
in the belt Of ]. D. Taylor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
WARMERS EYE TO BUSINESS.

Gen. Warner, who is posing in this dis
trict as the special friend of the private SOL
dier, favored a measure giving the private
soldier 80 acres of land, to be in lieu of all
pension claims, additional bounty or back
pay, and giving the Generals 420 or $40
acres, according to degree. The General has
an eye to business.-Belmont Chronicle
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
DEMOCRATS AGAINST WARNER

There are hundreds of Democrats in this
district who will not support Gen. Warner.
They are just as good Democrats as those
who do support him, and certainly as good
as Warner, whose Democracy is only eight
years old-Cambyidge Democrat,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
THE SOLDIERS WILL STAND BY
TAYLOR.

The closer Col Taylor's argument at Cam
bridge is looked into, the better the sur
roundings appear for that gentleman. The
soldiers are interested in the matter and-will
stand by the man who stood BY them. Things
look squeamish for Warner down this way.
-MarieHa Weekly Ne.rs.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-09-18
GENERAL WARNER
AND THE SOLDIERS WIDOW |
The General Draws $1S.75 Per
Month and Wants More.

"THE WIDOW, AGED AND
DESTITUTE, SHOULD RE-
CEIVE NO MORE THAN So
PER MONTH."-Gen. Warner.