Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-07-06
MIR. Horr's Speech.

ME. HOrr OF Michigan mas way OF hit
ting a nail on the head. In his speech at
the ratification rally in New York the
other evening, he told story of a one
legged soldier, who had been removed as
postmaster of town he knew of because
ne edited IA temperance paper and favored
Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Horn said
II asked him, WHY did they remove
you ? For offensive partisanship' What
kind of man did they put in your place p
on, another editor Editor Of what p
OF democratic paper Did he 1--we
here in town p He did, Where was he
when they found him He was serving
has sentence in Jail for robOlng a soldier
of his pension.
That Is a fact" continued Mr. Horr
They had TO wait for him to serve his
time out before he could take the place.
| will say, however, to the credit Of the
administration, tt at we made it 50 hot
for them in that campaign that they
didn't make second change in that tewn.
Go where | will find soldiers that have
been removed from their offices simply TO
make places for partisan democrats
| That is not what the party agreed to
do. The democrats have not kept their
words. | have right to talk a little on
this soldier business, because Clevelan&
ana ! belonged to the same brigade
| Laughter We are both of us veterans of
/ ii
Cleveland is not going TO be elected is be-
cause scattered all over this nation there
live still a half million of the boys who
went to the front and foaght that this ma
ton naght live. They do not exactly adj
mire the manner IN which he has treated
the soldiers, After the widows and dis
| abled soldiers have gone to the labor and
expense OF getting, small plttance allow
ed them by the Senate and House Cleve-
land has vetoed their bills. The soldiers
do not complain So much becaUse he vetCes
now and then a bill, but they do not
admire the manner in which he
does it. Did you ever read some of his
messages In one 81 them he refers to .
poor fellow who was thrown on the horn
of his saddle and injured in a cavalry
charge, " hat does he say? lie is not
satisfied with sending the poor boy home
without his money, bat says that she horn
of Il saddle must be a fearful weapon and
wonders the enemy didn't find it cut and
use it to destroy our forces. What do Mr..
| Cleveland and know about what woDld
hurt man in a cavalry charge Are We
| in just the position to he experts On Ques-
lions of that Kind ever felt authorized
! to speak m lch about what would take
| place in any KIND of a charge.
Now, then, my friends, this is the
method which this man has taken to show
That is the trouble. That is what we
complain of, and when 5hey got together
at ST Louis it was bruited about all over
| the county that at one end of the ticket
for there is now and then good Demo
cratic soldier in this country-they would
| place one of their men who had served
during the war. But no. In a feeble eff
fort to add respectabilny to the ticket
| they nominated a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS they
found they had one IN che Uaited States
! who used q handkerchief. Laughter !
have known Mr., Thurman for many
oil xrn kn nXly N
that he was in advance of his party
in some way, but l did not know what.
| Laughter But they wrote in .arge
placards, OF they might rs well have done,
over the door of that convention, NO sol
der need apply here And for that rea-
publican party, at all events, ought To
head its ticket with man who risked his
life in that terrible conflict. Some one
here would ask, What right have Won To
talk about that You are only raking up
old embers. What makes you refer to the
past p Well, | do it because | like TO.
ike to belong to a party that Is proud
of what it has done. Ike to
belong to party that is not
afraid of its past record, Is
there republican in this vast audience
who cannot join me to night in saying
that he belongs to party that has never
failed this nation since ii came into exist
enoe Is there a democrat here who thinks
his party has always pulled true? Come
now; honor bright | do not blame
them for referring all these things tC
oblivion. | think if | was democrat
would like f0rgettulness and consider il
almost divine attribute.
Now, my friends, we are going int
this campaign with united party.
have not yet heard a republican anywher
! from Chicago to New York wh) doesn
say the ticket is good one and will stant
by it."