The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-03-21

Indiana Department, q. A. R.
N The old soldiers belonging TO the {
IL A. X. met In annual encampment IA
II week At indianapolis, aud the turn Al
= fairs took !. not pleasing 10 the Dndlcy
. Harrison. lger wing Of the Gran
o Army. The old vets. who we're privat
' soldiers fifIer somewhat from The epau
: letted gentlemen upon the pension qiies
. lion, aud Harrison's and Alger's "pau
= per pension bill" was roughly handled
A. y should be by every fair-minded vet
Z ersn. Thew all realize now the suffer
: invs they endure. brought on them d,
their military service. ansi feel that The /,
(. should not be disgrnced by proving
themselves psupers. before receiving aisi
from the government they assisted 10
save - particularly since their friends the
Republicans who bought Government
bonds during the war. and slept u hnme
IN comfortable beds. have BY Republican
legislation. been ensbed to get on their
Investments then made four times A.
much money as II would take 10 nav
every surviving veteran. or his widow.
decent service pensions for = hundred
years 10 come. The Republicans prom
iscd fairness IN the old soidicrs IL the
canvass, but arc not re!eening their
promises, now they have tho power. aud
u seems the veterans are Al last waking
up 10 the fact.
A resolution was adopted against re-.
quiring the soldier. who had fought and
bled in his conntry's cause. 10 prove his
dependency aud being . paupar before a
pension would be allowed him. Il was
Ms follows:
Resolved. Thst the pension roll he Al
roll of honor. aud that pension ccrtif-
Gates be issued to all hon0rahIv dis.
charged Union soldiers as diplomas or
honorable service. and not IS badges of
dept ndcncv or poverty.
Z. A. Power 81 Terre fTaute offered the
foII"wing resolution. which was adopted Nh
That we demand Of onr senators and
representatives their support aud CO.
operation in securing ~ thie session on
Congress the passage Of the measure re-
|erred TO ia the resolutions. A. public
servants who will be required to give a.
recount Of their sfewafd-hip. The ex.l,
'use for posiponing the measure or ius-
ice, based upon the pretended inabiIity''
y me government 10 provide the mcsns !,
or such measure. we believe 10 bel
,uerile and false, and will no longer de-
:eive the soldier and his friends. WEI
iemsnd full and complete seisIemrutls .
y The pension question now by the party
= power. and hold them responsible farI
he necessary legislation to carry the
'ame into effect.
The committee on resolutions offered
he following: lI'
Whereas, A. Il has become known tolv
HE encampment that the national COM.
nittee j. not 10 full sympathy with The 4
ervice pension bill becoming Law. be III Y
Resolved. That IL il the sense OF this \
ncsmpmenf, that the consmander-in.I'
hief Of the Il. A. r. 50 reorganize the
aid committee as that il shall be IN full v
with the said bill.
Zen. James A. Carnahan was waiting 4,
Or his chance, and sprung the folio Ing.
shich was adopted:
Whereas. there IL now pending before
cngress . bill providing for the pensiou.l
V of totally deaf soldiers and sailors ofl
ne Union army and navy OF the war ofltI
sol, and fixing the rate ~ $50 per month 81
,r such deafness, therefore. be II cs
Resolved. That we. ~ The department.
Indiana. o. A. r., In annual eucsmp. III
ent assembled, do most earnestly re.lS
nest the senators and representatives oil
'd'ana now in congress TO give theirIdl
ost earnest support 10 said bill. and
at they use all honorable means TO pre-. Inl
'nt the monthly rate Of pensions fors
tally deaf comrades being reduced be- N
" $50 per month.
The Alexander Trimble post, No 2ls. u
|opted . resolution, and instructed isslto
legstcs to present the same 10 The G. III,
Il. encampment. department OF Indi.
q. This they did. aud Il was adopted. dc
reads ss follows: lih
That the Indiana congressional deleva. al
~ % requested TO bring before con- lex
ess for immediate passsge, the service II
nsion Dill, q recommended by Gov III
vim <. Hovey: also, the repeal OF the lie
hitting clause Of the arrearaxe act. that
nal justice may be done, aud relief be tai
orded 70 thousands Of our unfortunate vo
mrades. q
I. A. Baker, 8. OF ". corps, and NJ. Z. no
one, u. M, committee. Tho
I'hc fscts as they become known are tolno
elect that the coming election in in
vember will be the time when, III the
I'VE resolutions are not needed, Wash =.
ton will be flooded with such dele m
ION Of democratic reprcsentativesl
N the Hoosier state as that city has
'er seen before. And II will not Be ven
sed BY the dividing 'into blocks or low
:" OF he voters, but BY the simple un- We
nished fact that the average old also
iier is alive 10 his own interest, and the
70 that Of the public burdens that Scr,
have things In their power. through adm
Q promises and other click means oil v
ing into Office. con
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