The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-07

1880, MF Martin said
Mr., Sneaker, on the 7th day Of February
1850, the leader OF the Republican party ~
this House Mr. Mckinley, 40 shown ny
pages 1851 20 lO0 Of the Congressional
Record, used tho following language,
which will ask the Clerk 20 read
The Clerk read 40 follows
sEByIoE PENSION,
Mr., MoKlnley,-l present the appealof
Alvin T., ilOyoy, president Of lhe Service
Pension Association OF the United hlhleh,
aud the resolutions 0f lhe Grant Army
posts Of forty States and -four Territories,
Tor tho passage Of q serylce'penhion bllli
as ree6mmended hy tho Grand Army Of
tic Republic az Columbus, ohio, hepleln'
ber, lshs, aud Milwaukee, Wis, August
1880, These several posts represent more
than $4,000 eKR0ldlers, sailors ana illh
rlues Of the United States, ASK lhht lhe
appeal nf tho president 0f the Service
Pension Association, with the list OF NAMES
of the posts that have passed said reHolu,
lona, bo printed IN the Congressional
Record,
The motion was agreed 70,
Now We sec Mckinley, on the 7lh OF
February, presenting with great gualo
and an elaborateatatement theunlyeraal
demand OF veteran soldiers Of the Union
for q graded service pension bill lie
was 90 enthusiastic over service pen
sions NJ that time, or pretended TO be,
that he had the whole list OF q, A, H.
posls In the United States, together
with the argument OF Gen, lloyey (PfeS'
of the National Service Pension Aaao'
clatIon) printed entire In the Congress
lonal Record But three months al
most elapae, and change comes over
Mckinley, Jr In the intervening
time, millions Of the peoples money,
has been sQuandered under the inllu-
ence of a corrupt lobby A bill 10 con
struct, In time Of profound peace, new
battle'shIpS NJ cost of sllOOOOOO TO
the peoples u bin 10 open q Geological
Garden In Wash, NJ q cost OF S9OiOOOi
q bill TO create an Assistant Secretary
Of War at an annual salary OF sS,oOOi
a bill TO expend 81 10000, IN addition
10 the salaries OF more than one hundred
officers, to hold q Worlds Fair on the
anniversary Of the discovery Of America
had passed; q bin making approprla,
tons Of s2l,0OOOOO for the support Of
the Army; q bill appropriatlng $4,000
600 for the Nayy;a bill OpprOprlating
S3l 100000 TO pay the salaries Of officials
other than those serving In the Army
Navy aad post onlcesi q bill TO loot the
treasury for s25OOO0OO for rivers aud
harbor, and sundry bills aggregating
millions more for public buildings In
various villages and hOmlets Of Repub'
llcan Congressman. The Service Pen
sion bill was buried In the cellar Of
the Capitol, aud the Jobs and
steals were rairOaded through, until
the whole country was alarmed at the
outlook.
Then william Mckinley and his
pals concluded the country could
not stand the drain Of the soryIce pen
sion bill, What nextY After confer
ence with Speaker Reed, (who cares
about as much for u soldier as he does
for yellow dog Mckinley brought In
a pension bill under one Of his lron'clad
special orders, allowing only twenty
minutes for debate, Just think Of H.
| After holding the bill back until the
session of Congress was nearly five
months gone, he allows twenty minutes
on a side TO debate II bin that touches
the most vital interest of 100000 vet
eran soldiers,
AT the end of forty minutes, debate
was cut Off and all motions save ont
fell-that even the committee on rules
could not ignore, II was u motion u
recommlt' Judge Yoder of Ohio, the
leader Of the minority of the pension
committe, made the motion, II was Il
reeommit with instructions 10 report
back the bill indorsed by MI the sol
dlers' organizations for per diem pen
sion Of / cent per month TO every sol
dier for each days service, Now waS
the only chance TO get service pensions
IL the Republicans who masqueraded
NJ friends Of the soldiers had ignored
Mckinley and co-operated with The
Northern Democrats, themotion would
have prevailed. But the cold blooded
and treacherous ingrates followed The
lead Of Mckinley and killed the bill
We know what followed. The Rerub-
lIcans passed the Morrill, bill, and sent
IL TO conference committee. The
Senate pauper bill and the House abor
tion went TO conference aud were dead
locked for weeks. The House repeat
edly ordered It's conferees TO insist
on lis substitute. Finally Mckinley
and Reed held another consultation
and the result was that they influenced
the House conferees to give way anc
yield even the mite contained In The
House bill. The result is the paupel
bill, which now promises to take
over S60,0OO,000 per year out Of the Ma
tional treasury, while not u single vet
eran soldier, unless he will swear tha
he is a pauper, can get one solitary
dollar.
This Is the record Of William
Mckinley on the soldier pension busi
ness.
1t is drawn true to truth ant
the record.
We repeat, that no true soldier cal
vote for his reelection TO Congress.
THERE are many Democratic voters. II
Stark county who would not vote lo
Major Mckinley for Congress- " ho had {