The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-10-31
SOLDIERS ARE ALL RIGHT.
THEY WILL VOTE FOR CLEVELAND.
Hovey's Circular stin Doing Good Work for
Observation-Disclosures Pension Record
and the Mills Bill Indorsed-SoI-
diers Who Have Left the G. O.P.

The SENTINEL is still swamped with
letters to Hovey. From Kokomo p. J.
Maher, brave Irishman who served
his adopted country in the One Hundred
and Fifty-third Indiana volunteers, paws
his respects to Hovey and the g. o. p. as
follows:
The Hon. A. p Hovey:
SIR-It has been truly said, Speech is silver;
silence is golden" and have never been more
fully convinced of this fact than after reading
your speech remember reading the report of
this same wonderful speech, as sent out by the
Associated Press, and II you have
not been maIigned, IL was delivered 20
fewer than twenty members of the
house, and from the circumstances of the
case am led TO believe that it was never in
tended for the halls OF congress, but for diStri-
button under your frank along with English
flags and other unavailable matter. Seriously,
cir why should vote for you for governor,
when Col. c. c. Matson went to the front when
\ wars fierce alarms were first heard, and re-
manned at the front until the war had closed,
[ not going to the rear to seek promotion when
honor and duty demanded his presence at the
front? Can you say much2 (See Gen.
William T. Shernan's oDinion.l You use the
following. which, permit me to say, is
President Cleveland and Solid
South are now controlling the house OF repre-
sentatives, and preventing all legislation in
favor OF comrades Let us see. ms
same president and house of representatives
increased the pensions OF the soldiers widows
and dependents. This was done ut the in
stance and request of Il democratic candidate
for governor whom You ask me To vote
against. This money was obtained without the
aid of paid attorneys; freely was justice done
10 these relatives OF dead comrades. During
the fiscal year ending Jupe 80, 1888, our COM
rades and their dependents received S7g,645,-
1866 against the sum of S51 ,215 JOSH IN the
. 4 Ia L-f44
balance in favor Of the last year
of democratic rule as against the last
year of republican rule Of S22,372, $500.
Don't you believe the soldiers can continue to
stand few more such years Of Cleveland and
his house of Representatives. / refer you to
.. IS, table 6, OF 'The Annual Report of the
Commissioner of Pensions, 1SSS." ! also de-
sire to call your attention to a little more OF
the hostility OF Cleveland. the house of repre-
senatives and the Solid South.
From July l, 1889, TO July l, iSS5-the last
three years of republican administration
there were issued 1OS,12I original, 79.24S in
creased and 1852 miscellaneous certificates.
From July l, 1855, to July /, lSoS-the last
three years of democratic administration
there were issued 156,30S original. 1871 ,094 in
crease and LAO miscellaneous certificates,
making q total Tor republicans of 1871 POI: DEM
ocrats, 559,5Sl: balance in favor OF demo-
Gratis los. 3l6 certificates. For the same time
republicans paid the Union soldiers, sailors
and their dependents SlS3, 500, 2l6.3l, while
democrats paid during the next three years
S219045 AZ; balance in favor of the demo-
Gratis, $50, 646, OSLO. See last report of COM
missioner OF pensions, P. %. L know, sir,
that under w. ". Dudley, the last republican
commissioner of pensions, the question OF
prime Importance was: What ticket do you
vote?
The pension department was simply
Republican annex" Such republican scOun-
dreis as Rathbone controlled the machine for
the glory OF the republican party. In my own
county men have had justice done them who
faiied Tor years under the republican regime 60
obtain that Justice" of which you seem to be
so anxious. | believe that / can safely trust
Cleveland and Matson TO do fairly by the
soldiers; at least | would prefer Mat
SOD, all other things being equal,
90 a man who MAKES money by buying aud
foreclosing tax certificates. Sir, / am an Irish
man. and in my own congressional district, the
Ninth, the republican party has Tor as con-
gressional candidate the man (Cheadle) who
voted against giving pension to the widow of
that grand and glorious Irish soldier, Phil
Sheridan. With this record before me, j shall
vote for Cleveland and MatsOn, as will several
soldiers who have formerly been republicans.
George W. Boyles of Frankfort sends
Hovey this reassuring letter:
/ received letter, a few days ago from Alvin
p. Hovey, Republican demagOsical) candidate
for governor. Ii appealed TO me for my sup
port on the ground that Cleveland has been
no friend of the soldiers In reply to Mr.. HO-
vey, will say, as a soldier, that in view Of the
fact that there are over one hundred and sixty
eight thousand more soldiers getting pensions
under Cleveland's administration than under
republican and that Cleveland has signed more
private pension bills than all the republican
presidents, from Lincoln to Arthur and from the
further fact that he signed the bill giving SOL
diers 81 per month, and that Cleveland, not
only by words but by his acts has demon
strated that the pension roll is
roll Of honor" !, therefore, want
TO say, Mr.. Hovey, that man like
you with the record you have as a soldier had
better be following the precedent of Arthur,
Garfield and many other other Of your patriotic
leaders, who realized in 1883 that the war
had been at and end for seventeen years and
spoke upon the issue of the day. that "unneces-
sary taxation is unjust taxation" Mr.. ilOvey,
am no sucker. | expect fought as hard for
my country you did and | know much
about soldiers life and think | know the
sentiment Of the old boys in this section of the
country about as much as the fellows who sent
N,you the names of the boys from our county,
and know they are organizing and arc going TO
rally around one OF the best presidents We ever
had Mr.; Hovey, no sneak game will work
with the boys this year, and you can make up
your mind that the gallant old soldier c. c.
Matson, will lay you in the shade about seven
thousand majority. / will vote for Cleveland.
A disciple OF Horace Greeley. who vot-
ed for Fremont, Lincoln, Grant and Gar
field, and who calls himself democrat
and Lincoln republican, writes this
manly letter to Gen. Hovey, from Rock
port, Ind:
GENERAL-I had not the fortune to rise as
high in rank in the army as you. | sought not
especial distinction or promotion. i threw up
q lieutenants commission early in 1861 for the
place OF private in Co. h, Eleventh Ind. Vol;
promotion was rendered me, upon several oc-
Eions which I declined. / did not enlist for
money or Tor popular glory. Your references
In letter 10 me, IN regard to Mr.. Cleveland and
the democratic party, as you inferred, being
opposed to the best interest of the soldiers,
together with the whole tone of your missive,
is evidence in my mind that you, sir, and
your party have desperate cause, which you
are fearful 10 trust to Old-fashioned, manly and
honorable treatment -Four years Of experience
has taught me 10 respect Grover Cleveland
and his methods; | have since ridden myself
OF an old time, old fogy. blind, selfish and
unintelligent partisan prejudice, learned,
10 my thinking. that democracy and
democratic principles to the country and
TO the great masses Of free American people.
what took republican party principles to
be in Mr. Lineoln's day. l voted in 80 for
Fremont, In go for that great and grand old
statesman, the noble Abraham Lincoln and
for u. = Grant twice, yet under protest the
last time. i was schooled, as it were, by Hor-
ace Greedy, William II. Seward, Sumner,
Wade Corwin and the hosts of ultra northern
fre-eaters, as they termed. / never cast
. vote for president OF the United States save
and except one time that / was ashamed of at
the tine or ever afterward, and will not men
= the name Of even that man.
+. Cleveland received my vote four years