The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-11-02

D the dark hours. days, weeks, months an
. years OF that terrible war-uhils we wer
1 struggling, fighting and suffering to pre-
} serve the government of Washington ant
Z Jefferson, and while cur mothers, wives
: sisters and friends at home, were momen
3 tsrily appealing to the great Jehoyal
: their loving hearts for the safety o
their dear ones and the perpetuatiou Of al
, that That beautiful flag represents, this man
! TINS would be representative OF the chris
tianity, intelligence, morality, patriotism
and great material wealth OF this district
was serving as a sailor under Canadian
nag, on Canadian vessel, In CANADIAN
waters. (Great CONSERVATION in the audi
ence.) he was not the only man, fellow
citizens who went TO Canada during TIT
, war. CHEERS and LaughteE) He says h
J VIII procure pensions for my comrades
Let Us see who the crowd Is that he train.
| with and hence determine what he would
be able TO do were he your representative
he says he breaches his new doctrine from
! the platform of the National alliance
adopted at st. Louis. Did you ever make
4 examination OF the list OF names of the
delegates composing that conyentionf II
not, DO SO and you will lind that more
than two-thlrds of them live in the SOU
thern states and are from sad experience
education and inclination against pensions
OF any kind for Union soldiers and sailors
The truth is, the alliance originated in the
south and Is controlled by it. Over
tAree-foGrths OF the officers OF the Natl
onaI alliance are ex-confederate officers,
and opposed to pensions or all kinds TO my
comrades. | do not speak OF this with
any bad feeling toward those people
nor with any desire 10 renew the old
| hostlllJles or make fresh the wounds of the
war, put DO object TO any man, or party
OF men, debating the pension policy OF the
| government, vino, by reason OF their con-
! necCion with tne so-caI!ed confederate
| army and navy, are naturally against US.
If you will examine the national Alliance
! platform that jeremiah speaks OF you
| VIII ma IL as silent as a tomb upon this
! great question of pensions, and the same
with ali other platforms Of the party ex-
cept IN Kansas, where they expect to hood
! WINK and deceive my comrades. Cheers
Jeremiah sometimes grows wonderfully
earnest and In speaking OF the st. Louis
Alliance doctrines at one OF his meetings
he proclaimed: "Oh, if had wings l would
ny from place TO place and proclaim these
doctrines; when true blue Irish man ia the
| audience said: NE you wouldn't, Jerry"
y es would" said Jerry. Ne YOU
wouldn't" ''Why wouldn't II" said Jerry.
Because" said the Irishman, "before you
get across one township some good sensible
old soldier farmer would shoot you for
shitepolk." Noud and prolonged cheers
and cries of You bet"
Now. fellow citizens aud comrades, let
us examine further the fellows jeremiah
Is training with and see il he can do any,
thing on the pension question for the boz s.
On the 18th of August last the Alliance in
one Of the South Carolina districts nomi-
mated man by the name of William H.
Brawiey Tor congress. He is "A mem Der Of
the order. He made speech accepting the
domination, which is reported in full in
the Charleston News and Courier of the
18th or August, paper which supports
Mr.. Braw1ey. On the question of the disa-
Diilty bill we have been talking OF, he
says: "Oh, the shame of It'll If this
money went to the deserving soldiers only
We might accept our fate uncom plaininRly,
however hard it might be, as the necessary
consequences OF unsuccessful war. But
such is not the case according to the testi-
mony Of many of our best men
of the north. / trust our Alliances
will call upon their brethren throughout
the West and North to JOIN with US ia pre-
venting great oppression" May we not
inquire who are the best men of the North?
VINO gives Mr.. Brdwley the information
that the men VINO draw pensions are not
deserving? With whom would he naturally
consult? Why, my comrades, naturally
with Glover, WilliIts and Jerry Simpson.
Loud applauSe.I They are OF his kind
and lie looks to them to prevent the paw
ment of pensions. Then ne wants tue alli-
ances of the West and North to join and
stop pensions. Do you think service pen
SiOns or any other kind would ever be pro-
vided by that crowd. Applause and cries
OF NO." "No."I
The Charleston News and Courier of the
l4th, in commencing Mr.. Brawley's denuu-
citation or pensions and of the Union sol
der, In referring TO the Grand Army, says:
The 45O,U00 members of that organize
ton have $4,000 votes, and banded TO-
gether as they are, exercise a control over
the state government OF the North and
oyer congress that renders il almost i'm |
possible 70 defend the treasury against any |
raid they may choose to make on it. Even !
when they are dead the country will not be |
safe from them, for their widows are emit
tied to pensions, ana they are now organ
lzIng their sons into separate camps doubt |
less with the purpose OF perpetuating In |
their families the tribute which they have |
wruug from their fellow citizens"
Great God, they seem 10 be afraid Of us /
after we are all dead. Loud cheers | III
propose per diem service pension in adj
dltion to the disability now being paid.
and so adjusted that every soldier viii be
paid in proportion to service and disabi
have done some figuring upon this plan
and am satisfied that II will average about
800 TO esch Of the 100000 old soldiers and
sailors in Kansas, or making a sum of &c.
000, 600 per aunum, Add this TO the seven
millions under disability and we have $I7-
100000 coming into the state each year.
jeremiah is opposed TO this, as he was not
in the service long enough and at the right
time to entitle him to very much. lad
plause. Every citizen of Kansas, without
distinction OF party, ought to favor this
legislation rs a business proposition. II
would make money plenty and our debts
would soon be paid, and, when liQuidated,
we would be free. But the opposition want
TO borrow money direct from the govern
meut, at a low rate of interest, and, of |
course, jeremiah is in favor of that plan.
Whyl He would get loan on his farm be
does not live upon, and would never pay
any interest, nor the principal, and the
government would be compelled to fore
,lOse, and when the day of sale arrived,
Tou would ind Jerry there preventing
bidders from buying, and the government
would have TO bid it in. When the OH
,er went down into Barber county
% take formal possession, jeremiah I
would be there, and would say,
Keep of, this is governments land aud | am
going TO take it under tae homestead actl
Tremendous applause and laughter And :
IS ne would act, SO would all these fellows. {
4et US have service pensions properly {
adopted and good prices for our products
Iud We viii pay our debts and be the most I
prosperous people on the face of Gods 4
beautiful earth. (Applause) nJsremish |
simpson had served Ia the army logger 10 1
,erDetuate christian government, be l
would have more love OF God in MS heart, |
md greater respect orthe fsg, our country,
md hence more love for my comrades OF j
he war, and less admiration for the flag {
4 the anarchist. loud APPLAUSE
IRRIGATION.
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