The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-12-27

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I Ara meeting Of thr On soldiers or III,
\ Fr.' Congressional District 1t Cynfhi
ann. LEROY Willian- presided. and Hon,
Nnngrnni, county commissioner Of Gih
son County, Wa ranc secretary
lSppeches were made hy C0,. Alfreo Dal,
Owen. NJ NJ Vernon, Capi y. :. Epper
son ~ Princeton. AL Cglkins. editor d
me NJ Vernon san. Capt. =. HolcomI
~ "a Branch, and many Others. and
,,esou'ior was introduced bv X. g. vii
lkin-on ot lls city As follows:
"Reso'ved That we old soldiers. /,
convention assembled. earnestly approx,
the course 'sken rs Governor IIoyev ),
the seiv rice pension bin. aud Thar ".
lcondetun il unnea.nred terms the cpur-.
lof President Harrison III hi- message h,
congress in our behalf
The vote upon ihi~ resolution wa.
unanimous and BY 4 rising vote.
rFTrRsnrEG.
Az ta meeting IN the Service Pcnsin,
dissertation ~ Pike County. which wa
lofgauizcd july 23d last bv rlecling sam
IL. S,ucky, president. aud r. j. Reed
I4ccreiary. ihe following resolution pre
senied hy Comrade Reed was unanimous
lly adopted:
Resolved. Nv The veterans or PIX.
County. That we hereby endorse ths
manly and jnsl appeal of our Conrade
lIov Alvin r. iIovev. president of tht
~ervicc Pension Association of the Uni.
|iei states. made il behalf % the surviy.
|ing defenders ~ The Il nion. demanding
for them pensipn for life Such pen.
<ions were given by our forclaihers 10.
on recommendation of the immortal
Washington 10 the veterans yh0 fought
AZ Valley Forge. lIrandyw inc, Trenton
Yorktown and hv congress ngain 10 fhr
survivors ~ the war Of 1879. 10 he brave
men who Invaded Mexico And now.
nv an iha, Is right and iu~t. nothing les.
should be done for those who offered
their lives for the perpetuatiou ana the
Of our glorious Cnion. NOR
should this pension be handed out as 4
pit!ance 70 paupers, but rather - a re-
war.l 10 heroes.
We are IN an unparalleled era Of pros
peiity. Our country has an overilo wing
treasury. We are at peace with our
selves and the world. All this was
made possible BY The valor aud patriot.
ism o. The surviving veterans aud those
who fell.
Therefore we join orr com rade. Cen
oral Alvin T. Ii0vey. in his appeal 10
congress, and with him demand such
legislation without delay. as will give ID
The surviving union soldiers of The late
war. what belongs to them by every rule
Of Justice and national honor.
And we asoli soldiers do now solemn
IS protest against the taxes being remov-
ed or reduced on any and All kinds Of
liquors and tobaccos We use As much
Of both these articles as any other class
OF citizens. and we know that whisky
and tobacco are not ncccssaries of liIe
hecausc we have been deprived Of both
while ii the field for days, weeks and
months At time.
The following was Offered by Comradc
Dan. c. Ashby and unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved. That we as soldiers. did Al,
The peril Of our fortunes and lives safely
guard and protect lhe flag and honor or
This government against all its enemies,
during the greatest rebellion known to
history.
w III IlttIIttf NUi rtt'lttrs Att WNtfu~
ng the actions OF The congress in regard
d paying The soldier As they did thel
under the spirit o. the con.
ract made with both, and which IL asl
binding toward the soldier rs TO the
,ond d-holier--b because the soldier made
/ possible Tor the hond- holder 20 yet bis
,ay, ana we say that each aud every
congress. whose sitting has expired
yithvu. filling the contract entered into.
IRE guilty of nuliifying one Of the most
acred pledges ever made BY any nation
D man.
After the foregoing resolutions were
ldopicl, several speeches we're made. All
The present congress 10 pass
he service pension BILL
Al night the foregoing resolution was
presented 10 Morgan Post, q. AL by
-omradc Reid aud unanimously adop.
ed.