West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-06-12
PENSION poINrERs no. ..


Marquess." who is amply supported
by the Government, aud puts in his
time writing TO the JoUraa! and the
Morgantown Post, abusing the
democrat party and its leaders in
general and W. l.. Wilson i'm par
ticular, comes out IN last week
Journal with some moro tangled up
misrepresentation audlow life black
guardism of Grover Cleveland and
William l.. Wilson. We DO not as
rule take notice of anonymous cor
respondence, as we do not propose
to waste onr ammunition shooting
in The dark, but the Man OF Mar.
guess is so well known to us and
hls reputation so unsayory that we
cannot allow such coutemptible
creatures to abuse men SO far their
superior, with impunity. In the
first place this tangled up blather.
skite, who should 20 soak his head
for the simples, contradicts himself
SO squarely on the only point he
tries to make that we pass it. 10y
simply quoting from his article the
two passages below "Mr. HfIson
did cote for Me depep3eW pension 5iH
f'co gears qgo," and further he says
"Now let the ARGUS sight IT'S to one
instance when Mr. Wilson has east
his vote in favor Of any pension
legislation" And because Grover
Cleveland vetoed this Pauper Bill"
because it requires old soldiers to
swear they are paupcrs before they
can get the benefit of it, tins black
guard speaks of himas "The Soldier
hating and soldier-insulting Grover
Cleveland" and claimed that he
vetoed pensions to Union soldiers.
aud approved Of them for Mexican
soldiers, becausc many OF the latter
were in the south. Docs the "AIan
OF Marques" mean 20 say that the
soldiers Of the Mexican war were
not entitled to pensions, as well as
he and many Others Of the late war?
And now will this special champion
Of the soldier g. e., himseli) who is
getting about $50 per month pen
sion and still fighting the war over
with the expectation of getting
more, please sight us to a single
pension, and give the plain unvar-
nished facts, directly from the PEN
sion department, vetoed by Cleyc-
Land excepting where it had passed
through the pension Office and fail
cd for want Of evidence and been
unable 30 comply with the law,
plainly laid down and sworn to be
supported by Mr.. Cleveland rs the
chief executive Of this great nation.
Remember that no lying statements
from republican campaign docu-
mcnts or gdrbled extracts from dirty
demagogic republican papers, will
be accepted, but only the plain facts
in the case directly from the depart
ment at Washington, which is sup
posed to be open TO all and partic-
ularly the old soldiers Of the coun..
try. Tins bold warrior who loves
his country so, for the Offices and
pensions it has TO bestow, goes on
further with such insane rawlings as
this:
The AEGUs says the 90-day men
would get Il pittance only, While the
men who fought the war through
would get a nice little pension.
which they deserve. ! wonder who
would vote the 90 day men who
fought the first battle OF Bull Ran
80 cents pension per month What
would the noble sons Of Ohio think
who came to our rescne in Che early
days Of 81 and held the rebels at
bay while we could organize and
save our homes, think Of 90 cent
pension
Is Brown so lost in his Frcetrade
fog as TO forget thst it was the 90
day mon who saved West Virginia
from being the battlefield Of The
Rebellion?
IN speaking oftho Service Pension
Bill, we said we believed 10 10 be the
fairest one Of the several now before
Congress, because it gave every sol
dier cent q day per month for
every day iu the service, iu addi-
tion to any pension be was drawing
or entitled to for any disability and
that this would make a nice little
pension for those Veterans who
fought tho war throu0h and voro