The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-20
PAUPER PENSTONLA
The Partisan Howl From the
ssCrand Old PatEy" to the
Pensi0EUr.
Ths Peasisa ut CIsan II the Govern
Hent o. the Solder, bat CLAIM Of
he Solder On the coyernmast.

. dose OF E<sh on the head Of Lessons
OF the Pension Agency"
Il assumes that the republican party
is the government and that the pen
'sioner IL . Beneficiary of the govern
ment and ths4 it IL case OF base
ingratitude for = pensionsr to vote for
any other party.
Ills diHcalt - understand how such
rot should creep into whSt IL con-
sidered . respectable journal, and be
given . front page leader; and only
shows to what straits the partisaa
penny-s-liners are put for arguments 20
keep the old soldiers in line with the
Aoloch of monopoly called the g. O. p.
In the first place the government Is
''of the people, by the people, and for
the people" irrespective of difference
of political shade of belief. or party
afiliation. The gush would make it
appear that IL IL q government Of the
republican party, by the republican
party, and for the republican party"
In the second place = pension is =
claim. not of the government upon the
soldier, but of the soldier upon the
government, no matter whether Lin
coin, Jefferson or = Washington oc-
cupies the presidential chair. and no
by . republican, = democratic OF q
federal congress. It is simply equity
at law, and a United States statutory
provision to meet the demands of
Justice since the very foundation of
the government. Any representation
TO the contrary is the merest bosh.
Democrats and aliens by the tens Of
thousands fought, bled aud died, were
manned and disabled in the service.
Now tAis mess Of bcsk means. that II
they Do not vote the republican ticket
they osght not to be pensiOned. Ad-
mittiag that the majority of the union
volunteers we're republicans the re-
publican party owes the volunteer
more than il can ever repay, even il it
shsNld empty the treasury into their
arms, and IL they prefer to vote for
some other party it does not invalidate
their prior righteous claims. The ar
gument is, 'ff you vote the democratic
or peoples party ticket you are an
ingrate." Bah!
When Specials" descend to such a
drivling. fallacious nonsensical and
ftiotic whine to keep solid for 40
effete and unfaithful political party
che veterans of the late war its stock
of valid argument must be below zero,
The article is a specimen of bare
faced effrontery that is simply colossal,
1t assumes that the veteran Is put by
pension legislation on parity with the
bond holder. Was he included, as by
Thad Stevens amendment he would
have been, in the exemption on the
greenbackS Was he = beneficiary in
the ere lit strengthening actS Are all
Survivors Of the war pensiolerse
A petition of tens of thousands OF
veterans asked for q service pension,
and what did they gets ga depend
ent pension lAw;" that Psuperizes ant
degrades every applicant under it. at
asked for = isa and was given {
stone" A veteran may have served
faithfully for q quarter of = century
as many have, and not be eligible
under the Law, while a man that serveS
thirty days and was not out OF rende1
Vous, II he Is dependent" gets one
For shame on such sb.ominable dis
elimination that Outrages all sense o
dignified justice. 4 nation that woulC
pauperize patriotism should blush witt
shsme. Besides thIs the civil servic,
humbug bars from honorable govern
ment employ tens Of thousands o
veterans.
The old soldiers are not fools an,
any that prefer to vote the people
party ticket are Just Is certainly pat
Fiotie a. they were when lighting tn
battles of the war and and voting tn
republican ticket The thousands Q
veterans found in the peoples part
ranks disprove the libel that the plat
form or principles OF the new part
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