Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-11
pENSLoN FRAnps NV YErOES.

| PENSION FRA UDS AND FE1OE6.
A newcomer 70 this country, unac'
qualntod with our politicians and unfe-
mlllar with the practice Of "orators,"
would imagine that congress was almost
entirely made up OF burning patriots
After reading one Of the Republican mem
boris speeches on tho pension votoes he
would conclude that the only division In
the house Is between patriots and traitors,
and that President Cleveland and Jcn
Davis were the big traitors OF the lot.
Thatwould be his opinion II he did not
know better but he would have to be
very lguotaut not 10 know better.
These pension yotoes are n Godsond to
the oDterprising Republican members.
They give them an opportunity to spout
their devotion TO the suffering Victims
who N, bled and died for their countryi
and, Of course, to make themselves solid
with the victims. The campaign Is now
on, and In nearly every congressional
district there IL a man, and sometimes
half dozen men, who want TO go to con
gross They are putting in their
work while the despalrlng lncum-
bent himself candidate for
reelection, Ia held at Washington City
and kept away from the arena OF bnttlo.
fe may not have made n single speech 10
send out to his constituents to show
/ .,le la nInnIptIutufr
the nation by his oloqucnco, There have
| been few questions before congress that
allowed an opportunity for elcctrliying
oloquonoc. Most Of the members were
skittish Of the silver question. They
were not eager, especially the Republic
cans from tho West, TO light he tariff
bn These orc the only two questions
OF national Importance that have been up
ia congress-. Consequently there has
been denrth Of olootrlying speeches,
and the surprised constituent has looked
In vain for tho name OF his member In the
list OF dobRtor5 and orators Of the ma
tioDal assembly He didn't Ind ~, and
he was Just making up his mind TO vote
| for some man who would talk, Now,
when the silent member was on the
ragged edge, as II were, comes the prcsl-
dent with his yctoes Of lot Of private
pension bills, aud distress IL turned to
giadness. The opportunity has GOMEZ
What man, who has been hoping for Il
pension from the public TREASURY, can re-
fuse 10 support the member who dc.
nounccs the president for destroying all
OF his hopos2 There Ia not one. Every
mother'a son OF this class be-
comes at once an unialtering par
san Of the member who stands
up for their rights and porqulaltos. In
some districts up North II is believed that
they are numerous enough TO carry CON
gres9ional election when they vote to.
gether. Therefore the Joy Of the patriotic
congressman, whom the president has
thus lifted out OF the ditch Therefore
his feryld eloquenoe In defense Of manned
and suffering veterans
These are some OF the things peculiar
to our institutions that the stranger from
n foreign shore will be apt TO misunder-
stand. lie thinks It is patriotism, but II
IL only domagogsm. Demagogsm pays
better in this country than patriotism
and we find, therefore, more domagoguei
than patriots, II doesn't take the intel
llgent foreigner long TO learn this, aud u
he Is onterprlslng he viii soon DO In The
dcmagoguo business himself