Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-29
nIe sERyICE PENSION MEETING.

| the city hall at Baxter springs Satur-
day afternoon ut 2 o'clock. Delega-
tons of comrades and their wives
were ON hand from Carthage, Joplin,
Galena, Crestline, Melrose, Columbus,
Hallowell, tho territory and nearly all
points in the county.
The comrades proceeded to organize
by electing the Hon. Chas. W. Daniels
of this city chairman and Capt. Il. p.
McGregor secretary.
After rousing address by Chairman
Daniels the following committees were
appointed: On permanent county or
canization, comrades Richardson,
Lauuerback and Hartley; on resolu-
tions, comrades Daniels, Brown, Bon
ner, McGregor and Phelps.
Comrade Col. Warner of Connccti-
cut then stated his views on bills now
pending in manner that brought the
boys to their feet in cheers.
Short addresses directly TO the point
were then given by comrades Noble,
Richardson, McGregor and others.
The committee on permanent organ
ization reported as follows: We, the
committee on permanent organization,
beg leave to report that this Organiza-
ton now become permanent and he
known as the Cherokee County Ser
vice Pension Association until this
matter of service pensions is accom-
plished and the last soldier or soldiers
widow is placed on the pension rolls,
not as a matter of gratuity, but as
right and justice to The survivors of
the late war and their widows. For
permanent officers we recommend for
president comrade Chas. W. Daniels
of Baxter Springs; for vice president,
comrade L. c. Weldy of Galena; for
secretary, comrade c. L. McClung of
Columbus; for permanent executive
committee, comrade r. T. McGregor,
chairman, and comrades Geo. S. Rich
ardson of Columbus, W. II. d. Brown
of Galena and comrades Hicks and
Throop of Columbus; and we further
recommend that the first meeting of
the county organization be held in the
CITY of Columbus on Saturday, April
u, 1890, at IL a. m. in the opera house.
All of which is submitted.
The report was adopted as above.
The committee OIL resolutions re-
ported as follows:
Whereas, The capitalists who furnished the
money to prosecute the war of the rebellion have
been amply paid and the national debt Ia no
longer burden, and
Whereas. The soldier acqucsced in the bond
holder and the money-loaner receiving their pay
first and submitted quietly to taxation for that
purpose, and
whereas, We have been for quarter Of a
century paying that debt and increasing the re-
sources Of the government, and
Whereas, The men who furnished the Drawn
| and muscle that went to the field and W no inter-
posed their persons between treason and the ma
| tion's life, have been most grudgingly dealt
with and their claims for compensation delayed
wear after year until the survivors are now In the
decline of life, soon Il pass beyond the possi-
bIlity of material aid, and
Whereas, The average age of the OLD soldier is
now about Glty years, and If we waita few years
longer we will cease to be power In the land;
therefore, by the ex-solders OF Cherokee coun-
IL in convention assembled, be 1t
| Resolved, That In the belief of this assembly
ofveterans il is time that our government should
take the necessary steps to make the deprecated
pay of en- soldiers aud sailors worth one hundred
cents on the dollar, the same Us was done with
the bond holders Investment
| Resolved, That the promises made at the
thousands of recruiting Offices all over the land
from 1851 to 1868, that all who responded to the
governments appeal Tor volunteers would be
well cared for in their declining years. should
now be redeemed.
Resolved, That we are opposed to delaying
Justice to the defenders of the republic until all
have answered the last roll call and are ut rest
| in their tents beneath the green sward.
| Resolved. That We have for the last twenty
five years listened TO the hoBeyed words In the
platforms of both the great political parties and
that now the time has come when We demand
not words but action, and action We must have,
and that augers that will not bore will be sum-
marily exchanged for augers that will.
Resolved, That we do now demand of the
government of the United States substantial
recognition of our services in the country's time
of need and TO this end demand of the hfty first
congress the passage OF n service pension ball us
the first business before il. And further, thai
we demand OF our senators and representatives
! that they strcnuously oppose any reduction oil
the revenues OF the government until this debt
| Is paid.
Resolved, That we will not vote for any can
didate for congress who will not first unquali-
1ed,y pledge himself to work and vote for u
service pension bill of ut least IS per month fOE
every union soldier.
Resolved. That We are In favor OF giving to
every soldiers widow pension at the rate OF
SI2 per month from date OF soldiers death
without regard to cause of soldiers death, and
| be Il further
Resolved, That we endorse the action Of our
senator's, john J. Ingalls, and r. b. Plumb, and
our congressman b. W. Perkins and weurge
them and the entire Kansas delegation to secure
the passage of the bill introduced by the Hon
John j. ingalls,. and known rs Senate Bill No.
| 1OQl mr. Service Pension Bill.