Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-03
TIRED OF THE OLD SOLDIERS.
WHAT AN OLD SOLDIER SAYS OF MIR WALSH'S OPPOSITION TO THE
 VETERANS.

| To the Veterans of Connecticut
 In February. 1885, republican caucus of the general assembly was held at Hartford to nominate candidate for county com missioner of Fairfield county. The Hon ! Vincent Colyer of Darien, who has since died was chosen president of the caucus. The names of Charles B. Wheeler and F. o. Seeley of Bridgeport were presented to the caucus. MT Wheeler's claims and qualifications for the position were sup ported by MT Walsh of Greenwich, the present candidate for secretary of state on the republican ticket. Mir Seeleys selec- ton as the choice of the caucus was strongly urged by MT Vincent Colyer. In his remarks MT Colyer said that he favor ed MT Seeley's nomination because he was an old soldier, and he thought that MT Seeley was entitled to the position MT Walsh in reply said "It is long time since the war and the republican party is tired of the claims of the old soldier"
 MT Wheeler was nominated by the GUS, and secured the place.
 As soon as MT Walsh's remarks became publicly known, through the announcement of his position on the old soldiers in the newspapers of Bridgeport, the indignation of the old soldiers was just what n man of any judgment would have expected it to be-thev were very much aroused over the insult to them When MT Walsh discover ed the tempest he had created among the veterans and their friends he immediately began to deny and refute the stories which had mSde such a stir and so much dlssatls- faction with him, on his antagonism ill the caucus to MT Seeley and the old soldiers. He succeeded Ill making out plausible denial. But his speech had been made; and there were reputable men who were present at the caucus who were willing to taStifv tp the truth of charges
 MT Samuel Ambler of Bethel, repubi- can representative, who was present at the caucus, and whom 1 met afterwards, to my question, Did MT Walsh make such state ment as I charge!" answered, "Aes, he did.
 He said: It is a long time since tn war and the republican party is tired ot the claims of the old soldier. " 1 have also q letter m my possession from the late Yin
 cent Colver, who favored the claims of Mr Seelev and was president of the caucus, in which he saws Mr Walsh made the state ment ill the caucus that :" it is long time since the war and the republican party is tired of the claims of the old soldier" With these proofs of Walsh's reasonable utterances to the old soldiers, l immedi-
 ately wrote n letter to the Bridgeport Stan
 Clard and Morning News charging Walsh , with having made the remarks i'll his speech which had been reported to me, ; casting their votes for him in the future. T Nlr Walsh then published q card denying l that he ever gave utterance to the remarks which 1 accused him of,
 A short time after his denial 1 saw a | prominent attache of the Bridgeport Stan dard and asked him how Mir Walsh looked T and acted when he denied my statement. He said 'He looked and acted like man who was lying like the devil" The Stan Har1r raf1S tO
 from me in reply to Walsh's denial.
 The public records of the doings of the O legislature will also show that MT Walsh
 introduced a bill into the legislature tc O disfranchise the inmates of soldiers homes ], from voting, and that he said the inmates , of soldiers homes should be disfranchised g from voting in the towns in which the q homes were located.
 l. MT Seeley has always been staunch re- y publican. VETERAN.
 The following editorial comments ap- d peared in the Bridgeport Standard and = Bridgeport Morning News, regarding Nh IT Walsh position toward the old soldiers
 at the time of my communications to them '' FROM THE ''sTANDARD."
 ~ A communication from ''Neteran Sol 4 der" in another column tells some plain
 truths about the claims of that class upor n the consideration of their fellow citizens
 II Wlli De a cOlu uaN TOT tne repuOllcdu Ol
 any other party, which makes portion O1
 it's declaration of principles the announce
 ment that it |" is tired of tue claims of tht a old soldiers.'
 FROM THE MORNING :" NEWS" It Senator Walsh is republican, and rep 5 resents the 18th district, composed of tn, ' towns of Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan | Ridgeield, Stamford and Wilton. Accord " ing to the census of 1880 these towns haC
 a population of 21, 703; and it is safe to as
 sume that among this number there ar'
 many old soldiers who voted for MT Walof e in 1884 Without these votes he could no II have been elected.
 :. It is true that ''it is long time since t ht u war" All good citizens are willing to bury 1T the anim, sities and hate so characteristic O l. the few year succeeding. The principles contended for, and for which so many O.
 the bravest and best of the land laid down their lives, are now so firmly fixed thatany e attempt to imperil their stability would b, ,e met by both south and north in a manner that would be dangerous to those wht
 might attempt the work. The causes whicl 10 led to the war are dead and forever dead Il buried beyond hope of any kind of { V resurrection.
 F. Both of the great parties of to-da,
 recognize the claims of the soldier; and i
 is not wise for Senator Walsh or any othe $ man, no matter to what party he may f belong, to say that they are ''tired of thu Ill soldiers " claims. The people will neve
 tire of these claims, and the rising genera
 ton who have heard and read of the grea
 conflict have formed their opinions whicl
 cannot be shaken by any such remarks a. i- the honorable senator saw fit to make
 "Whom the gods intend to destroy they to first make mad' is an old saw, and it ap S. pears that the gods have got the senator -o from the 18th district in firm grasp. n CARD FROM MIR SHELBY.
 The above letter has been shown to me n and, after reading over carefully, Ipublicl, 1t state that it meets with my sincere ap
 proval. I heartily support the republican # national and state tickets, with the excep ~ ~ tion of K. Jay Walsh for secretary of state sS whnm I cnnnnt snnnnrt as ha has insnltaf