The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-29
corning pensions to Union soldiers and
their widows clearly expressed In MS TO
marks OF April 4. 80.


marks OF April 4, 80:
desire 10 occupy the door, and 10 rast my voice In
,.voy AZ tho Union soldier and the pension laws In
every war in which this county has been sneassd
from the rst war Of fndspendence until the Union
war Of 1851 It has been the policy OF our oovefnment
when these men In 1851 went to the battlefield, We
promised 10 make their wives and children wsfua Oh
ina nation am In favor Of carrying ont that pohcy
and that promise to-day. am one OF those Dsmoors.
that belieye-And believe voice the sentiments OF
every Democrat in the State Of New YORK mere repre-
=, th,y fought In more Just cause than any
soldiers that ever preceded them am In hVor
Of carving out the promises made at that TINE wnsn
thew went 10 the front. think there may % inaauM
cases where would be unjnst TO grant pensions put
.h.r. are hundreds Of cases that are e 70 csnse
the House that are Just ana honest anu h'Io '"' wa"
speedily havc their due"
This is from, the man whom Mr.. FAssETT
falsely charges with indifference to the IN
terests of tho Union soldiers. There was
no roll call on the ELLEN SHEA bill. Itpassed
the House by vote Of e3 to 8. VIII any
person who has read the foregoing remarks
on the bill by Mr.. FLOWER venture to assert
that Mr.. Flowers unrecorded vote was
among the and not among the %? In
one or two cases the Record shows yea
and nay vote on individual pension bills.
One such case was tile FLORIDA &. CASEY bill.
passed on March 2, 1891. Mr.. FLOWER voted
YEA. In no case do we find him voting
against such bill.
Other pension bills introduced by Mr..
FLOWER during his service In Congress
were those for the benefit OF FRANK TRAY
NOR, ALVIN WALKER. HENRY A. BARNuM.
HUGH DoENELLY. LOUIS ERB. MARY NIoH-
nf.S, r,fr
SArr1K, ROBERT II. HOLMES. and LILLE L.
WILLIS. The bencficiaries OF his unselfish
efforts represent every rank, from tho pri-
vate soldier and sailor to the Major-General
in the army and the Rear Admiral in tho
navy. We have quoted passages from his
speeches to show his sentiments on
the pension question. Both In regard to
general pension legislation aud In tndi-
vidual pension claims he was the steady
advocate of liberal policy. SO far did
lie carry his efforts In behalf Of tho
Union soldier. and tho Union soldiers
widow, that he was rcproached from the
Republican side OF the House for his peril
nacity In this respect. It Is q curious fact,
which will interest those who heard Mr..
FAssETT's outrageous lie In Grand Army
Hall, that the speech which was Mr.. Flow
ER's last in Congress, with q single unim-
portant exception. was devoted like his
maiden speech to the subject Of pensions.
1t was very brief and very emphatic. Mr..
KERR Of Iowa. Republican Congressman
from Grundy Centre, attacked Mr.. FLOWER
for being too liberal in his Ideas respecting
pensions. and the subjoined colloquy oc-
Cured:
Mr.. KrRn-I will say Furthermore in regard to the
gentleman from New York ur FLowrRl that he has
appeared on the floor Of this House not less than
dozen times support OF for the increase Of
pensions beyond the legal rate and for the granting OF
large pensions to Union soldiers and their
widows.
~ Msmber-us could not be in better business
Mr.. FLowEa-Mr. Speaker want Just one minute.
Ido no, take lack snsls ros hare cost for psasio
This IL the answer to the Hon. JACOB
SLoAT FAssETT's last most reckless, and
most brutal falsehood on the stump.