Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20

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A. - tie widoas arrears biil passed
Ehe senate Is Republican yO.rs. and
fzs lllese hen 40 kepablse~ns ~ toe
Ssa4tetbs o..l aouia have besn DEF ased
/ by y0se u - - 4.
have nov made 81 examination
of tbe penson legislation IA Cen
gress fFo.a 1891 dOen - 100,
F when the Republicans ceased %
+ have a majority ga lhls hoog. aud siso
+ tauag D0a3os ratio e0nuol o. uns
fi0ol. from 1878 "a ls>3, no years of
I sAlsh ume tne Res0Olleans had fua-
/ lOuts here. And, l~s.iy, our attention
I has ''een directed 10 the .eg slstlon dur
+ lng tie Cleveland Admlnisgrat
We eome oW O. the pension legsiz-
F ton sncs 1899, that on the return VI
the Republican party - power in tic
/ White House and oA tins iiOoT. And m
tnls time more has been done Tor the
soldier than IN any Congress since tue
war; yet a istlngulsned Democratic
soldier attacked the Administration
I AA4ao VIA XIX AAt&A WIS NRA+H $3.50
had not carried out the pl nciples ali
nOunced by the party. A good way "a
ascertain the correctness OF this charge
IL 10 turn TO the Republican National
platform IN lssS and read Its penslon
plank. Here Is that plank IN full:
The gratitude OF the nation 70 the
def, nders of the Union can not be
measured by laws. The legislation OF
Congress should conform 90 the pledge
made by a loyal people, and be 50 en-
larged and extended as u provide
against the possibility that any man VINO
honorably wore the Federal uniform
shall become an inmate of an aims
house or dependent upon private char
ity."
Have we made good this declaration
OF prInciple2 What have We done? Our
disability bill presents a pension 10
every man who wore the blue and is to-
day suffering from disability. If II
gave the pension according TO the plat
form IT would only be given 10 those
dependent on charity; but performance
has gone beyond the principles an
nounced, for We have provided for
every disabled soldier, whether de-
pendent or otherwise. That which
under the platform would have cared
for $4,000 to 40, 600. under the party's
legislation puts 100000 veterans on the
pension rolls. But our legislation went
further; II places every father and
mother of a deceased soldier if in
needy circumstances on the pension
list, and it widens even this by putting
the widow there whether the soldier
died from his service or no., and adds
to this the children under l6 years OF
age.
1t is the wisest, most patriotic, and
most benefcient pension legislation
ever enacted in our Government. How
did the vote stand OH this bill? 1t was
a mll arranged by a conference commit
tee composed of members of both
Houses, and when they came into Con-
gress and asked us to adopt 1t the rec
ord dIscloses the following vote:
Democrats for the bill................- 2S
Democrats against the bIll........... 56
Republicans for the bIll............ III
Republicans against the bill...... None
This bill was the test of loyalty to the
soldiers interest, and twice as many
Democrats voted against Il as voted for
it. IL only Democrats had been IN Con-
gress would the bill have passed? If
there had been no Republicans here how
the soldier would have been slaugh-
teredl The Democratic vote defeated
this greatest of pension legislation two
to one, but III Republicans were on the
floor and saved the day.
The Democracy of 1890 is the Den1oc-
racy of 1861 and 1875, and 1885. Wheth-
er the Republicans are In power or out
of power when anything is done for the
soldier we have TO do it.
We have learned in this investigation
that the Republican party is the author
anc founder of OuT present great svs-
: tenn of pension legislation, that every
pension measure, except one, which has
, pass d this House, has been passed by
, Republican votes, and would not have
passed If there had been none but Dem
ocrats III Congress, and that in all these
{ twenty-nine years of pension legislation
there has been but one Republican vote
against pension bill.
r The iast pension measure of general
, importance voted on toy Congress was
/ the prIsoners-ofwar bill. lhis bill pro-
posed 10 give TO soldiers who were
, prisoners OF war for tilrty DAYS OF
NOR g a day for every day they were
heI1 ~ prisoners of war. This bill wa"
call .d up under suspension OF rules,
and following is the vote
Democrats for the ebill................-. 81
! Dem Gratis against the bill........... -
Republican. tor the bili............... 1lg
Republicans against the bll......... None.
: The Democrats voted against the Till
three o. one. II lacked hve OF having
: the necessary two-tnlrds, and was de
feated.