Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-04

W. should neither give sleep to our eyes nor
slumber to our eyelids until justice is done
our comrades
..The service pension win come. Tho day
10 not far slant whom an honorable discharge
from tho Union army and navy shall be Ill
the evidence required to secure Q pension to
Its holder.
'Let the bondholders of the country remem.
Der that the m,n who rendered their securi.
ties valuable-the mon who have ever In
sisted that they be paid to the. utter.
most farthing, principal and interest Of
the money advanced by them to the
men have cla ms upon the State, equal st
least, to that OF the bondholder. Let those
who inveigh against pensions remember thot
1t was tue boys In blue who by their trials,
sufIerIngs and death bequeathed to them
the Legacy OF liberty and union, insurine
to them and their children tho blessings
OF free institutions under which thew en-.
Joy greater prosperity, larger hberty. q
higher civilization and q purer Chr stianity
than ever before enjoyed by people. Let the
people remember that to preserve to them
! these blessings
-Four hundred thousand OF the brave
Made this, our ransomed SOIL. their grave
"We, the survivors OF these mon, who gave
the best years of our lives to our country, will
present our claims to Congress, and in doing
80 WIZ not aper99asA thSse ~ authority with
pdteo oreath 0nd Whispering hupblehesA,' But
as free men we VII demand, asking only thpt
which is just. We would rather have the Ma.
ton help our comrades living than erect monu-
monts to them dead.
Comrades, the Roman youth gloried IN sing
Ing how we'll 'Hora1ius kept the bridge in the
brave days OF DID, So through the ages shall
the children OF the Republic sing of how we'll
you maintained the constitution, preserved the
Union OF the States established by the fathers,
kept the flag uasullied, giving to The Nation
new birth Of Freedom
Your deeds shall 20 down in song and story
which shall be sung and told by u grateful poo.
pie to tho glad coming time,
"'When the war drum throbs no longer,
And the battle flags are furled,
IN the parliament OF man,
The federation of tho world"
Comn&ahder Warner finished the address
ut 1880 O'Clock
A large number of resolutions, tho l1a-
Jority relating to changes in the pension
laws and others to ritual representation in
Che cncumpment, etc, were handed in by
delegates from different encampments and
referred without debate to appropriate
committees
A sensation was sprung by General LII
cius Fairchild. He offered resolution
asking that Congress appropriate money
enough to erect monuments at Gettysburg
over the graves OF the brave men against
whom the Union soldiers fought" and
urged that such action be taken as.soon rs
possible. The resolution was greeted with
applause and was referred to the commit
tee along with the Others
Before the close of the morning session
thing of a sensation was created when
General Mcmahon, of New York, arose and
offered resolution which had been unan-
imously adopted by the delegate, from
that State 1t declared that the Grand
Army was composed of men who, after
honorable service in the cause Of
the country, had been honorab]y
discharged from further service in
the army OF the United States; that
they were Jealous for its glory amt the
good name of it's surviving comrades as
we'll as mindful Of the honor due to the
memory of the dead, and that the cncamp-
ment therefore protested against any con-
struction of existing laws which would
place on>the pension rolls men dishonor-
ably discharged from the service The res
olution was greeted with applause, but I'M
d the rules it went to the committee
without debate.
When the delegates assembled afte:
lunch lengthy report from the commit
tee on pensions was presented 1t opened
expressing regret that. owing to the sho, :
session OF Congress after the last enca,n,,-
ment and the crowded condition OF bust
ness, little in the line of practical results
could be accomplished. The report is
quite lengthy and presents in detail the
work performed by the committee,
Nominations for the locality in which tho
next encampment should be held were de-
clared in order. Saratoga, indianapolis,
Washington and Boston were named. Scv-
eral speeches were made in behalf of each
place. A test vote resulted: indianapolis
70; Saratoga, 81; Washington, Is. The
count was made ON Boston until 4O2 WAS
reached, and then the advocates of tho
other cities threw up the sponge and tho
selection was made unanimous