The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-07-31


ing defense Of his oonduet,while serving
as Chairman Of the COMMITTEES on Rules
In securing the passage OF the gag rule
aud oonsplrlng with Speaker Reed TO de-
feat the Service Pension bill and pass tho
Dependent or Pauper bill.
lie wrlths under tho just arnlanmeh'
Of the Democratic Convention al pryllle
and attempta to show that he was true 20
the soldier when no betrayed tho lighting
veteran to Join the pension agent sharks
In their efforts to pass the Pauper Pen
sion blll whereby every man benefited
must forget hls manhood and swear ho 10
NJ subject for the aims house
The Plain Dealer Of this morning cons
talns tho following special giving q synop'
ais Of the whole business.
MoKlnleya Infamous Record,
WAsmSaToN, July g7,-The history Of
the pension legislation AZ the present
session Of Congress is lrielly 40 tollowhj
The Republican party came lnlo power
pledged 20 q service pension Tue Ffehl'
dent with loving regard for his soldier
brother and his yC 10, said on assuming the
robes OF oinee! "Ihis h no time 20 weigh
in am apotheeary'h scale what ID due ihe
mon who saved the nationN Hut the Re
publlcan platform and the words of Ne-
nubllenn President proved a promise 10
ihe ear which was 20 be broken 70 the
hone, For several months tile pension
committee OF the House listened 70 hfRil'
ments for per diem service pension
The Grand Army Union Veterans union,
the Loyal Legion, the Service fenalon an
sociatlona Of Indiana, Ohio and Kansas
nnd other states appeared before the COM
mlttee through their chief officers and de-
manded lta passage, Cart loads Of petit
tons from aoldIorh' organizations all over
the country we're received, Ihoy are now
atored away la the crypta OF the capital
basement or are being sold for old rags,
A majority Of the members OF the house,
Republicans and Democrats, alike favored
ID. Mckinley himself pretended TO ana
introduced service pension biU' HOW,
then, came Il 10 iail2 The answer ID that
Major Mckinley experienced q change OF
heart na sudden aud na complete As ihe
conversion Of Saul Of Tarsuu, w the lat
Ter part of April Mckinley and Reed who
combrlse the business end uf the commit,
Tee ON rules, got together ln the middle OF
Tho night and arranged tho conspiracy 10
check the rising tide that would have
passed the service pension bill, Morrill,,
the chairman Of the pension committee,
was called In and Reed and Mckinley put
the thumb-screws on him, They told HIN
thar ID would be- too expensive 70 pass the
contemplated bill and instructed him 10
formulate a measure 90 be- Callcda service
pension bin with an age Limitation Of "
yenra, Ii would be- a hollow moCkory, OF
couae, and like Dead sea fruit turn 10
nshes on the lips Of Of the old suIdierH,but
ID was the best they could do, They could
promise more next time. Accordingly
tho Morrill, / NJ was drawn, approved aud
introduced. Two Republican cuucuscs
were held beioroMcklnlcy 0ndRccd could
lash a majority of the Republicans into
line and then it was resolved TO pass II
aud place
AGAU IN THE MOUTH or EVERY REPUBLICAN
who was uniriondly 20 Il, IL was q bill 20
give IS per month 70 those whohaG served
ninety days, whocould not trace disability
10 that service aud who were oycrb2 years
OF age. IL made no distinction between
the "coliee coolurN and "hoRpital BUM
mersn who enlisted for ninety days and
ahirkOd their duty and the men who served
four years nt tho front, Coward and hero
were placed on the same footing, There
were $500 men In the army who served
less than q year, $685. who served not
over year and 1000 who served less
than six months, These would have re-
ceiyod the bulk OF the money under this
act, Ninoty-nino out Of every hundred
who would have bccn benefited would
not have been the veterans who did the
fighting, Six hundred and soyepty-two
thousand men enlisted under ~ years OF
nQo, i,8is,si2 enlisted under the age OF 30
aud few over d0 yet unless q man was
40 when he enlisted he received no benefit
from this measure. This was the bill
drawn under the dictates OF Reed and
Mckinley. The first that was heard OF
the bill was when an attempt was made TO
rush II through tho house under q suspen-
sion OF tho rules, without a
Siyon liver for debate ITho attempt
was frustrated by Democratic votes.
When the old soldiers heard Of the at
tomped trick which Republican congress
had tried 70 practice on them an indignant
storm OF protests swept over the country.
Tho Toledo Blade raised It's voice above
tho din. IL said on that occasions IAN
attempt was made on Monday, April Z, TO
rush this Morrill, bin through the house
llnlNT N NuNltnNlNU VI AIN AhlfNs ANAH
tunntely the scheme did not work, The
soldiers OF the country understood clearly
tho motive which prompted this attempt
10 use the gag rulO 10 choke of q service
pension bill which "a clear majority OF the
house fayors. Should any other attempt
OF this sort succeed, II will be an exceed
ingly costly piece OF work for the men con-
oerned therein"
THE Gao PROGRAM.
Aiew days later Major Mckinley brought
into the house one OF his ironolad especial
ortlersn for rnilroading the bill through.
BY the terms OF the order twenty minutes
on a side was allowed for dobnte. Think
OF III This "friend OF the soldiers allow
ing the muniHoent space OF forty minutes
In all for the discussion OF bill In which
oyery soldier In tho United States was vi
tally iuterested-and no opportunity given
for amendment That was the gag pro-
gram The friend OF tho perdlem bill on the
Republican side was All ignoble spectacle
In the American congress. Those Ropub-
Leans who wanted 70 raise their voices
ARninst II begged the Democrats FOR timo.
Mckinley would not give them moment.
Pickler OF Dakota, a stanch Republican
aud true friend OF the soldier, got five
precious moments from Judge Yoder and
poured hot shot into his colleagues for
their treachery.
"Tho soldier,n said he, sis told Of mag
niflcent appropriations for worlds fairs,
for building war ships and for a hundred
other projects undertaken by the governs
mont. He has seen the bondholder en-
richod and fabulous sums paid him In in
torest; he has seen millionaires multiply
a hundredfold IN this quarter OF century
and no knows these bondholders and mil.
lionairas have been aidpd In the acuuisi-
tion of these riches by the generous treat
ment Of the government Mr. Plckler
then went on 10 demand the passage Of o
per diem service pension bill promised In
the platform Of The Republican party at
Chicago without regard 70 age Limitation.
"This proposition tine bii,l 10 70 pension
soldiers at the age OF 62, thus TO save ex-
ponse. Why not make II 100 and have. II
still cheaper for the RovernmentT he
inquired with whitening sarcasm. INF
Speaker, on the breastworks, on the pick.
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