Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-19

IL il well unuerstOOu ny All thVoo
who are not unduly liable to decep-
ton and whose prejudices do not en-
tirely blind their reason, that the
oyerweening love of the bosses OF the
Republican party Tor the soldier IS
peofe pretense than reality and that
This pretense is only maintained by
them, like the bloody shirt fetch, Tor
the sole purpose OF aiding them in OBJ
tanning the votes to induct themselves
into the lucrative offices OF the coun-
try, and TO continue the qualification
of their lust for power and place.
Nothing we could say could establish
this proposition more fully than the
following plain statement OF facts,
published in the Livingston Democrat,
printed at Geneseo, Livingston coun-
ty, N. Y, May >, 1885, which state
ment, made In the immediate vicinity
where the facts occurred is undoubt-
eddy true in all particulars; and
which we are constrained to give YER
batim, rs IL so splendidly illustrates
the general discrepancy between the
precept and practice OF our Repubii-
can brethren in regard to the soldier,
when In the exercise OF the rights OF
an American citizen he chooses to
vote thu Democratic ticket;
"The Republicans love the sol
diers, they do, provided they are Re-
publican voters. The Soldiers
Home ut Bath, in Steuben county,
contains about 600 inmates, and
there was never any question
raised concerning the right OF these
veterans 10 the ballot, till it appeared
that majority of them preferred to
vote the Democratic ticket. 1t is re-
corded that the Soldiers Home gave
majority of twenty-five for Cleve-
land over Blaine, and majority OF
Atty eight for Hill over Davenport.
Then the local Republicans arose in
their wrath and determined that ii
the soldiers would not vote Tor the
Republican candidates they should
not vote at all The Republican
election officers ut Bath have refused
TO accept the votes of the veterans
on the ground that the Soldiers
Home is a sort OF State Almshouse,
and that its inmates, being paupers,
are not entitled to vote. One OF the
soldiers brought suit against the
election officers who refused to take
his vote, laying his damages at $50.
The sum is too small for the case to
reach the Court OF Appeals, and the
probabilities are that il the matter
remains as II is, il will not receive
the consideration that 1t deserves.
That there might be no injustice done
in the matter, Mr.. Wolf, the Demo-
cratic Representative OF the district,
introduced an Assembly bill making
it lawful for the soldiers at the Home
TO vote. The Republicans refused, by
strict party vote to let this bill have
its third reading. A similar bill intro
duced in the Senate by Murphy,
was ordered by the Republicans sent
10 the Judiciary Committee, where
il will doubtless die in Il pigeon hole.
There was no secret that craftsmanship
was at the bottom OF all this work,
Assemblyman Baker declaring that
the case was political one; that the
soldiers at the Home preferred to
vote the Democratic ticket. This
was quite enough for this partisan
legislature to vote to strip the SOL
diers OF their liberty of suffrage.
The Rome Sentinel remarks that
at is undeniably hard on these par
ticular soldiers TO he treated in this
fashion, and by the very political
party that is trying in season and out
of season to make them believe it is
their sole friend. II is outrageous to
hold that a veteran loses his right to
vote for whom he pleases when he
accepts tho hospitality OF State
home, to which he surrenders his
pension as help towards its sup
port. 10 brand him as pauper is
adding Insult to injury. And then
what sentiment is this that puts the
veteran upon the shelf his uses
done when he prefers to vote some
other ticket than the Republican?
The party that would strive to SUE
coed by playing the game OF two-face
is in equal danger with the individual
vi like propensity. 1t gets found out
every little while, and the discovery
advances it another stage toward
ruin -