Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-10-23

! Democratic free trade and down with
the tariff, paid Sl43.17 for, and the net
result is, that after delivering his crop
and buying the bill of goods, instead Of
having to pay The storekeeper ST 81 ad-
/ dilOnal in cash to balance the account,
he has S2S6. 30 in good money left in his
pocket TO carry home or put away in
bank for raj y day L lfayette Call.
The Pension Record.
Records are sometimes very incon-
venient thiags to those who wish to
/ ioat a false report and very convenient
20 those VINO wish to establish the truth.
! The following rec Jrd of votes on various
/ pension bills is sufficient answer to the
rlaim thai the Democcatic party is the
/ soldiers friend:
! THE ARREARS OF PENSION BILL-Passed
! Jan. 10, 1879
! Democrats for the bill. IS
! Democrats against the bill..-.... 81
/ Republicans for the bill. l.............. 1l6
| Republicans against the bill il....... None
| The WIDOWS PENSION BILL-Passed Feb.
| 2, 1886, increasing widows pensions
from IS to S12 per month)
Democrats for the bill ill............. 50
| Democrats against the bill ll. 66
Republicans for the bill l.............. us
| Republicans against the bill None
| The AMPUTATIoN BILL-PaSsed Aug. 4,
1856
| Democrats for the bill. ll.'... 75
| Democrats against the bill. .... 81
Republicans for the bill. ...... 81
| Republicans against the bill None
| THE WIDOWS ARREARS BILL - Giving
arrears of pensions, from the death of
their husbands, to widows entitled to
| pensions.) Passed the senate by the fol
| lowing vote:
| Democrats for the bill l
/ Democrats against the bill. p
| Republicans for the bill ..... p
| Republicans against the bill. None
| THE DISABILITY PENSION BILL in Fiftieth
! congress-Note to pass over President
! Cleveland's veto:
| Democrats for the bill 81
Democrats against the bill .. 125
| Republicans for the bill ....... 13S
Republicans against the bill ......... None
Failed for lack of two-thirds majority.
THE DISABILITY BILL in Fifty-first con-
gress-(Gives pension to all disabled
soltiiers, and to dependent parents and
children)
| Democrats for the bill 90
Democrats against the bilI. 5j
Republicans for the bill l...... III
Republicans against the bill ll None
Same bill in the senate.
Democrats for the bill. 8
| Democrats against the bill - IS
Republicans for the bill . 81
Republicans against the bill None
THE PRISONERS OF WAR BILL-(Gives pen
sions for term of imprisonment to all
who were prisoners of war for thirty
days or more.)
Democrats for the bill 81
Democrats against the bill. ... IS
Republicans for the bill 119
Republicans against the bII.N b None
The Democrats voted three to one
against the bill, and as it lacked five
votes for the necessary two-thirds, it
was defeated. Indianapolis Journal.
The Il publican Record.
In its National platform for 1888, the
Republican party promised that it
would enact laws to secure certain OBJ
iects, if the people would return it to
power in the ensuing election. The
people took the Republican pa 'ty at its
word and placed its candidates in the
White House and a Republican m&jori-
ty in the holSe Of representatives.
Eighteen months have passed, nd the
time has recarred for another con-
gres2ional election. The questions BE-
fore the people, then, are tn SO:
Has the Republican parry kept its
promises!
In what respect. if any, has it failed
Here are the facts:
l. The Republican party promised a
Federal elections law. That law has
passed the house and is pelding in the
senate, through which it viii pass in
December.
2. The Republican party promised to
revise the ia if in conformity with the
policy of protection. 1t has done so
through the Mckinley bill, which The
New York Tribune pronounces "the
Wlsesr, braveSt and best tariff measure
that has ever been framed"
3. The Republican party promised to
restore silver to its mo icy uses. 1t has
done so in law which has had the
effect of raising the value of silver
twenty-six celts, and of wheat twenty
two and one-half cents.
4. The Republican party promised
to pass a just pension law. 1t has done
so in measure which increases the pen
sion appropriations to 81 out of every So
collected by the government.
The Republican party promised to
do all it could towards the revival of
the American merchant marine. 1t has
done so In the two shipping bills which
have passed the senate and are now
pending in the house, through which
they will soon be carried.
6. The Republican party promised to
exclude cheap labor and alien contract
labor from our shores. 1t has done so,
and has also passed dozen other meas
ures asked for by the labor organiza-
tions of the land.
Z. The Republican party promised to
admit such territories as are fitted for
statehood. 1t has done so by pushing
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
and Washington through a Democratic
house, and by admitting Idaho and
Wyoming
s. The Republican party promised to !
rebuild the navy and construct harbor i
1efenses. 1t has done so by authorizing |
SIX new vessels Of war and numerous |
fortificatiols.
8. The Republican party promised |
cheap letter postage. A bill reducing
letter postage to one cent PER ounce has |
been favorably reported to the house, |
and is now Oh its passage.
This is the record of eighteen months, |
and the Fifty-first cong ,ess still has |
another year in which to complete its
work.
What more can the people ask? Is
not party that redeems all its pledges |
in the first term of congress and the |
first year of its administration clearly |
entitled to a renewal of public conf |
dence?
Candidates for Congress-.
DIST. DEMOCRATS. REPUBLICANS
l. o. j. Cosgrave. .Bellamy Storer. ....
2. Oliver Brown. John A. Caldwell. -.
8. George W. Houk. Henry l.. Morey.
l. Martin X Gantz. William p Orr.
Ferd C. T,aVton 7, K StrOI1n