The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-07-31
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Mckinley, In his attempt 10 escape
the rehukea aud repToaehes heaped up
an him by the soldiers Of tho Union,
has an interview published throughout
the United states in which he claims
that to the Republican party must be
credited all the pension legislation TOT
the benefit OF the soldier enacted, ana
saws ethe record OF the Democratic
party has been one OF obstruction from
beginning to end"
Thus under the cry OF "honlheln
Bnqadiers" and "Wolf, wolf, he would
direct attention from his own despl'
cable record, aud continue 70 deceive
and elude the old soldiers, whose iusl
claims he has ignored and betrayed
Lot US SEQ what the record OF q Demo
cratic Congress has been for soldier
legislatloni
Ia 1919 wheu the Democrats came ln'
TO power the highest pension for COM
plete disability under general laws was
s8l,s5 and before They laid down power
ln 1883 they had increased that pension
arst TO 500 and later to s7sf Each OF
tho bills originated in a Democratic
House,
Ia 1873 Gen. A, V, Rice, OF Ohio,
originated and secured the passage OF
tho Arrears Of Pension act, which Fast
Commander In Chief VanDeryoort
says he would rather have been acered'
tied with than tho authorship OF the
Declaration of Independence, 30 bene,
aelent was ia provisions on Oehalt OF
tho wounded soldiers OF the war,
A Congress Democratic Ia bolh
branches In 1880 passed an act reversing
the unjust ruling OF a Republican pen.
sion commissioners that man who had
gone into tho army with one eye aud
lost the other should not receive a PEN
sion for blindness,
The Democratic party originated and
passed the yeteraL bounty bill OF 1870
10 give ss s3 per month bounty 10 each
soldier for every months service, lest
what the government paid him, Thli
bill was vetoed by President Grant
The Democratic party, beginning, a'
early ~ 1862, under Mr., Holman, az
Indiana Democrat, made the arst Of
fort TO have the act OF 1855, giving land
bounty warrants, TO apply to soldiers
engaged In suppressing tho TO
belllon. II was defeated by a con
greas Republican In both branches be
cause IL was claimed II would monop
olize the public lands BY large purchaser
of bounty land warrants, Yet IN The
same year a Republican Congress voted
100000 acres OF land TO the Union
Pacific railroad,
The Holman bounty land warrant
bill Of 1872 was passed against the op
position OF such Republicans as Jamei
A. Garfield, and then went down to III
grave In q Republican senate. The
same Republican party which was try
ing 10 "protect the public domain from
monopoly through buying land war
rants" was ~ the same time reoklessly
giving away land 10 wealthy corpora
tons. TO states for railroad corpora
tlons were given i1,775,62i acres, to
railroad corporations direct lB3,BiSWl,
In all 1871, ,ll0, sos acres, territory eight
times as large as the state OF Indiana
or six times rs arge aS Ohio.
The Pauper Pension bill was vetoed
by President Cleveland because II was
framed for the benefit OF claim agents
coffee coolers, home guards and tramp
bounty Jumpers, He expressly stated
that he was strongly In favor OF any
Just measure that would benefit the
real aghting soldiers of the nation The
Democratic soldiers OF the present
Congress, headed by active pen.
sion advocates like Congress
man Yoder, were true to The
commands of the Grand Army Of thI
Republic and their own knowledge o.
the wants of their comrades and labor
cd might and main for service pen
sion bill. This Is the Democratic record
Mckinley as Chairman Of Rules set II
operation the Infamous gag machine
went back on the professions OF hi
party aud the demands Of the soldiers
everywhere, and made II possible /,
enact the Pauper bill into law, n bill
that the veteran General Hurst says n,
man can accept u penslon under AM
retain his own self respect,
Chairman Mckinley you stand ar
raigned for betraying your comrades
degrading soldier legislation and re
tardlng the recognition due the aghtinI
soldiers Of the Union