The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-19
MCKINLEY AnD THn ALLiAnoh
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Quite a sploy article on the eonWesaon'
al situation Ia Alliance appears IA loTdaYs
NfWs-DEMooRAT from q snpporsef oI pll
Lewis, The words are Wei hAin 20 Ihf ah
they refer 10 him directly, bgl W lne
among iiepuhlieans 10 Major Mckinley
We thihk no eve Of the eoreAppndentWAA
| blind to lie record Of The Major ana PIE
vnte on the pensiOn bill, Major Mckinley
Voted Tor the Morrill, bill, which had ~ "
/ tbe gerVloe penaiOn feature, MT
| Mckinley Voted for tho conference fe'
port. Nothing can be gained by making
Inc statement that Major Mckinley voted
against the hill, When the morrill, bill
passed the House We called attention 70
his speech on the bin andhlayoie, Major
Mckinley 10 gaining strength every lhyl
and the statement that tile tepubhrAn
soldiurs here are against him 10 made out
ofwhole cloth Alliance Review, June
iglh,
We cheerfully print the denial OF
the HeyieW. We have no personal
knowledge Of the situation IN Alliance,
but We infer that tho Republican sold
iera there, feel about tho same
aa Republican soldiers elsewhere,
ana IL 30, they are not sat
isned with Major Mekinley'a vote
against the Grand Army penhlon Dill,
and In favor OF the aoealled NORTH
bill,
Let ua call the attention Of the Re-
view 10 aOme considerations and oll-
cumstanceA touching this pension bust
n6as that will be acknowledged 10 have
pertinenoy ana weight,
Rimt-Let La read the Following
plank from the Republican state plat
form Of ohio, In the campaign OF lssp
Here II 10;
We faoor me passage by Congress a.
Us nfit session " a proper tqNlable
sfrpice peHgi1H bW ,f0T all h0n0rdbV
| disohaiged linton soldiers o. seQmen "
The late WaT
We infer tho Review knows what
this means, Upon this platform MAJOR
Mckinley appealed 10 the soldiers OF
Ohio 10 vote tho Republican ticket, ana
he pledged himself, IN public and pfl'
yate, 10 carry IL out IN good faith. .
In the Congressional Record Of
Thursday, May iat, 1890 on page lslS
of that Record we lind Major Mckinley
eeorda his vote against the service pen
sion bill The bill which he voted against
on that day was the Identical Dill
endorsed by over 100000 Of the auryiy.
om OF the warot therebellioni endorsed
by Canton Post u. A. II. unanimously
(5f which Major Mckinley II a mem.
befl. and endorsed by two National
Encampmenla OF the Grand Army Of
the Republic, aud endorsed by the
stale Eneampment OF Ohio, NJ ith BeG-
BIon In Cincinnati this year. This IN the
bill that Major Mckinley recorded his
vote against, In the House OF Repre-
sentatlyes, on the 80th Of April, 1880.
These are the facts, And now Tho
Alliance Review reports the kepupl,,
can soldiers Of Alliance ~ satlslltd
with his vote, and states that The MAJOR
Is gaining ground every day,
10 state the question truthiully ana
logically, according 20 the Review;
Major Mckinley has satisfied the soldier
element OF Alliance by voting against
the bin they asked him unanimously 10
vote f0Tand, that In consequence there
Of, no is gaining ground every day.
We shall DO entirely willing M any
time 10 publish u statement from any
number OF Republican soldiers, from
Alliance or elsewhere, over their own
signatures that they are satisfied with
Major Mckinley'a vote against the q,
A. II. pension bill. We propose to bo
entirely fair IN this controversy, We
have supposed that when the soldiers
asked for u pension bill they were IN
earnest, ana many old soldiers auppoa,
cd the Republicans were acting In good
faith when they promised n service
pension bill In their platform, But nll
SEQ now, that pledges and promises
and platforms mean nothing, so far ~
old soldiers are concerned.
Now In order 10 test whether the Re-
view is right, or our Alliance oorresp0n'
dent, viii the Review please publish q
statement from the Republican soldiers
OF Alliance, over their own signatures,
that they are satisfied with Mokinleya
vote against tho q, A, H. pension bill,
We will agree 10 reproduce the matter
IN full, IN these columns
We are anxious 10 see the names OF
the old soldiers, who believe that
treachery 10 their interests, broken
promises and bad faith are elemonte 10
TO be commended In Republican
statesman.