The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-07-17
prNsroN Tnr rIoHTINo soLpIERs

The action Of the Democratic Con
yentiOn OF the sixteenth C0ngresai0na
District In endorsing the Service Pen
sion bill 10 most important, ~ this tint
when the men who fought the battles
OF the country are practically unprO
yided for,
The action Of Convention IN con.
demnlng Congressman Mckinley fol
voting against the Service Pension bill
and lending his vote aud influence u
the Pauper Pension bill is equally Inn
p0rtant When q representative IN
Congress betfaya q public trust he de-
serves the condemnation Of his con-
stituents.
The sentiment Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, which embraces the great
majority OF the hOn0rably discharged
lighting soldiers OF the Union, is un'
equiyOoally for service pension. In
National and state Enoampmenta as
sembled they urged upon Congress the
passage OF q service pension. They pc
titioned Congress by the hundred thous'
and, and raped 80 loudly on the muf-
fled walls with their canes and orutch'
es, that their representatives were
obliged TO heed their demands, or stand
condemned, as Mckinley does to-
day.
On this point Corporal Tanner, In
his speech before the Ohio Encamp-
ment, the last OF April, said
"SlX weeks ago there was not the
slightest chance or Idea OF anything
that had the shadow Of service pension
on " going through Congress, Why
Because all over the land the boys are
sitting down, aud they are sending lot.
ters 10 their COngre6gmen, aud | tell
you that tells In more personal sense
than the resolutions even OF great
body like this. And the boys are not
choice In their language They call q
spade q apade, aud when they have 90
casion 10 speak OF the realms OF his Sa'
tanic Majesty they do not draw on the
Revised Edition"
In his address before the same En-
campment Commander Hurst express.
ed himself strongly for n Service PEN
sion, which address was submitted 10 q
Committee Of Comrades, Of which Past
Commander j. w. O'Neal aud A. i
Conger were members who reported as
follows.
Especially do we commend that part
Of the address on the subject OF pen
sionB, expressing as II does IN clear, con.
else and emphatic terms, our Views
upon the subject.
The views endorsed by the Commit.
tee aud Encampment are 90 follows
The Dependent Pension bill now
pending In Congress ls not n remedy,
but will rather perpetuate and aggra.
yate the inequalities and injustice OF
the present system, besides being u
badge ofhumlllation rather than honor,
Indeed, there seems no hope for Justice
10 the veteran soldier but In q Service
Pension, thDt shall reach all who did
service 10 their country. And such q
wholly upon our ser
vice-our comradeship with great una
nimity demands.
The Democratic party would make
q soldier pension an award Of honora
BILE service. In this II stands In line
with the veterans OF the Union, ire
apectiye OF party affiliations. On this
platform President Cleveland stood,
and on this platform the Democrats OF
The Sixteenth Congressional District
will eght IL out this fall
Congressman Mckinley stands
condemned by his own rec.
ord, and no amount OF OK
D!anatlon will ever enable him 10 make
lis comrades believe that n spade Is
lot spade. And with that spade they
viii bury him In 4 deeper place than |
he Revised Edition provides for.