The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-02
THE rAUPHh PENSION Bill DE,
hOUnohD ny TWO OHIO VETERAN
hATrALiohh,

hAIfALioHh
The surviving members ot the "a
Ohio Cavalry aud the 2bth ohio liat-
tory held q reunion Ia Cleveland on
Saturday, The committee on reaolu'
lions reported the following, which
we're received with enthuaiasml
nRes0lyed that the surviving members
0f tic second u, Wv, q, aud the lWenY'
iifth Ohio battery Ia reunion assenhledi
this 2llh day Of September, lh5p, eAlehl
their heartfelt sympathy 70 the relatives
OF those of our comrades who nave gone
10 thelr iinal muster during The past year
hhesOlVed that 40 an Organl1hheli We
unanimously reiterate our demand Tor a
service pension made one year ago 40 me
only measure Of Justice and equity lhAl
the government can mele pul 70 lhe lphh
term enlisted men, aud that We do not ac'
eepl the dependent or paupef pension
bin 40 a settlement of our Just elhlinh, hp.
Wow II aa q politicians lfleh lp Iplehlall
the men who bore tho burdens oi ne war
from an honorable settlement OF helT
| lust claims,
"ilesolyed that we believe a govern
ment that can pay q premium OF t2Oupp,'
90 la one year Ia the purchase OF ullillA'
tured bOndH aud that has paid during ihe
mast month eN,OO,OOO for ihree-quarlera
year advance Interest on honda, cannot ~
reason or Justice claim poverty 40 an oll'
/ aet 10 Justice,
oResolyed that ia all Justice the gov
| ernment owes 10 frat indebtedness 10 iht
/ men who bore the bfunt Of war ana car
| rled ts banner without Increasing lhelI
demands 10 Victory, Instead Of the bond
| holder, who in the day OF necessity con
| stantly Increased hie demands unlll hl.
gold WAS rated ~ $3.50 and the blood ol
| Tie soldier at $3.50 per month, Instead ol
UResolyed thar while we remember the
hammer suspended ln front Qt the freht
denta stand Ia Washington ~ the grand
review OF 1865, said 1--WE can never re-
| nay the debt we owe % you, the time nai
arrived when Il can ~ least be lried''
We call the attention Of all our read
era TO these resolutions, aa they are The
patriotic expressions OF tried and trut
veteran soldiers, II will DO observed
that they denOunee the pauper hill ~ q
"polltloiana trick" Just how " isl
politicians trick, We propose 10 ahoN
later on. Az present we ouly desire L
touch the matter Of public sentiment
among real soldiers on this pauperptn
sion law. The editor OF the News
DEMOCRAT has been abused like {
piek.pOcket by quite anumber OF thi
Republican organs OF stark county be-
cause we have advocated service pen
sion bill, and have opposed th'
substitution OF the pauper law
Lot every old soldier read these reao
lutlons carefully aud then hand then
10 his comrades Then II viii DO wei
to remember that Major VIM, McKln
10y Is the man who beat the service
pension bill on the floor Of Congress
and also remember that the Rspubli'
can party Of this Congressional dlotrlc
10 opposed TO a service pension blll
They are committed TO the action o
Congressman Mckinley In giving 81
per month TO 10 days men, whill
old soldiers, suffering from gur
shot wounds, have been paid from ~ {,
a per month pensions, for the past g
years, They propose to pension mel
Si2 per month who never saw u rebe
army, and who have been injured b!
falling of ahay stack, orwho have beer
kicked by u mule, while the men who
from '0l to 'G5 went down into hell0 o
battle aud prison me not to have
niclIle.
We shall refer to this subject again.