The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-18
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS.
Some Personal Pointers on the LegIs-
latlOn IN the Interest Of Soldiers.
By One Who Was There - A Howling
Demagogusa Dishonesty mxpoeed'
CANTON, October l5.


EDIToR NEws'DEMooRAT;- Beini
interested IN the discussion Of the is'
suea OF this campaign, | endeavor 10
get 10 all the political meetings held, 30
that can hear them discussed from
all sides. On Saturday night was NJ
the Republican meeting ut the TabeI
naclo, aud my breast was filled with
sympathy and my eyes with tears as ]
listened TO the pathetic story told by
one winship, Of o young man In Cleye'
land who gave up q good businesa, left
loving wife and family, TO 90 TO the
front at the call OF his country. While
there no had an arm shot OFF and came
home TO his sanity, q cripple. Ilo TO
celyed q pension from his country, but
that pension was not enough 10 sup
port himself aud his family, so no went
TO the soldiers home at Dayton and
left his family 10 get along as best they
could on what q magnanimoug govern
ment gave them.
/ would like 10 ask What party had
charge Of affairs when that pension
was grantedp Was II not the Republl'
can party; and II 80, why did II not give
him enough pension to keep lin IN
comfort all the rest of his life, enough
TO enable him 10 keep his family re-
specially and give them q good educa'
tlon without their having TO worA
themselves 10 death 10 eke out miser'
able exigtenceY
Was ~ not the Republican party that
passed tho extremely liberal pension
laws that gave the soldiers, whose
friend 1t always claimed 10 be, the
whole OF one dollar q month 10 three
and eight dollars month, according
TO the injuries receivedp ? Was not such
legislation on pensions an Insult to the
intelligence and independence Of the
Union sodierY II u soldier was worth
any pension nj all should he not have
received enough 10 guarantee himself
and his family from wantp Was II not
tho Republican party that gave the sol
dIer papermonoy for his services which
they claim was only worth 40 cents on
the dollar, and did II not give the bond
holder, who bought his bonds with the
same money, dollar for dollar, q guar
nntee that no should receive the pay
ment OF his bonds In coin, and tried
hard 10 have them paid In gold, and
would have done II had they not been
stopped by u Democratic Congressp
And yot the soldiers and members OF
the q. A. Il. generally swallowed all
these insults given by Republican pen
aIon legislation and vote the 4, o. p
every time, and after twenty.f0ur years
during which II had ample opportunity
10 pass all the legislation required TO
give every soldier who deserved ~ Q
pension without n private or special
pension net, they still howl for II, ana
every one OF their national meetings
are turned towards Republican pollt
ioal meetings.
In 1870 Cen. James B. Weaver, OF
Iowa. introduced bill into Congress
demandinQ the Government 10 pay the
soldier his full pay In gold, tho same as
the bondh0lder with interest at six per
cent on what II had held back from
them. How many Republican officers
voted for that measurep BY hunting
up the record you will find very few
and our gallant Napoleon from this
dIstrlct was not very warm advocate
of the measure, but lodged H. In 1880
Gen, Weaver was candidate for Pres.
ldent. How many of these soldiers OF
tho Republican party and members OF
the q. A. II, voted for hlmp In Canton
and many places where they have Posts
ii would not take all n mans nDgers TO
count them,
But now they howl because Grover
Cleveland has the manhood to veto
private pension bills that smack OF
fraud, for those bills are not always
ones OF merit but of political influence
and while believe every man who
offered his services voluntarily TO his
country In tho time OF danger
should have pension, think
tits getting too late In the day to give
credit TO the Republican party for being
lba frlend OF the soldier JUNiUR.