The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-10-26
ATTENTION! <. OF |.
Resolutions Forwarded 10 Hon. II. E.
Tarsney by ms N. OF l.. Constituents
and by That Gentleman Totally
Ignored
SAGINAW, Nov. 3Oth, 1887.

fully submitted
WHEREAS: Believing that an
effort will be made at the next scs.
sion of our National Congress to
reduce the revenue Oh certain com
modities, notably on Sugar and
Tobacco, for the alleged two-fold
purpose of furnishing the consumers
OF said commodities with better
article at greatly reduced prices !;
reducing the surplus funds in orr
National Treasury and believing
our National Debt is not beng paid
as promptly as our financial condi-
ton would warrant and believing
that there are thousands Of Uhio II
Soldiers who are entitled TO pensi onS
they do not receive, by reason of uG-
| just tcchnicaliLies and believing
that the revenue tax (tariff) sho uld
not be reduced or removed from a
single article Oh the list until our
National Debt is paid and our
Nations defenders in the late war
| for the Union have been accorded
proper recognition by annulling all
discriminating laws bearing on the
subject of pensions. Therefore
RESOLVED: That we demand from
our next National Congress such
Legislation as will insure a prompt
payment of The Bonded Debt, and
RESOLVED: That every Soldiers
Honorable Discharge shall be his
Pension Certificate, and
RESOLVED: That we demand of
the Honorable Timothy E. Tars-
ney, our Representative in Congress,
and Senators Thomas w. Palmer
and Francis E. Stockbridge, such
action as will be in accordance with
the letter and spirit of the above
resolutions.
Unanimously adopted by
l.. A.. 3O6l, X. of L.-William
Walge, NJ. w.; Otto Stempell, r. S.
L. a. o0G4. IL. of LA. A. Crit
fin, NJ. W.; Joseph Saunders, r. S.
l.. A. 3494, X. of flames
O'Grady, NJ. w ; Fred Pratt, r. S.
On or about Dec. 9Th, 1887, James
O'Grady, Nj. w. of L. A. 3494, X.
of L., mailed the Hon. Timothy E.
Tarsney copy of these resolutions,
under Seal of Assembly, to which he
never replied.
THE SAGINAW X. OF l.. STRIKE BACK,
And denounce the Hon. II. z. Tars-
ney for his broken faith-Who elect
ed Timothy?
X. or l.. HALL, SAGINAW, Oct. 10, 'SS.
At n meeting of Local Assembly
3494, the following preamble and res
olutions were unanimously adopted
WHEREAS: X. of L. Assembly No.
S494, together with Local Assem-.
bles No. 2O64 and No. 3O6l, did
Memorialize our Representative in
Congress. the Hon. Timothy L.
Tarsney, to do all in his power to
retain the revenues of the Govern
ment until such time as the Bonded
Debt was paid and all old Soldiers
of the late war should be accorded
q just recognition at the hands of
the Government and all diScriminat.
ing laws relating to Pensions should
be anuulled and an Honorable Dis.
charge should be a Soldiers Pension
Certificate, and
WHEREAS: The Hon. Timothy +.
Tarsney, on receiving said Memorial,
took no action upon it, but treated
it with silent contempt, not as much
as acknowledging receipt of same,
but did, in connection with Southern
Colleagues, work and vote for vari-
Gus measures in direct opposition TO
said Memorial, and did publicly
boast that such votes were the
proudest acts of his life, and
WHEREAS: The Hon. Timothy T..
Tarsney has proven by his acts in
Congress that he is not the friend Of
Organized Labor; as it is known to
us that he was elected to Congress
through the influence and by the
votes of the Knights of Labor of
this District, upon his promise to
them that he would support such
measures only, as would result in
the general welfare of the Laboring
masses, now, therefore
RESOLVED: That we, j.. a. 3494,
X. of l.. of the City of Saginaw, in
meeting assembled do denounce the
said Hon. Timothy f. Tarsney, our
present Representative in Congress,
for failing to take proper cognizance
of our Memorial and TO act upon the
recommendation it contained, and
for his voting for the House Bill
known as the "Mills Bill" that
placed nearly every article of Michl-
gan manufacture or production upon
the Free List, while it retained the
High Tariff Duty upon Sugar, Rice
and other productions of the South,
thereby degrading our Labor and
building up the industries of other
and remote sections. And we WOuld