The great West., 1891-07-17
Attention, Squad!

htiVsItlVII, OYuoui
For the Great West:
To tho Grand Army Of tho Republic!
Thirty years ago, in response to
the call of the Nation in her hour OF
peril, following the dictates of con-
science and command of duty, you
left your wives and sweet-hearts
your homes and your little ones,
from the farm, the factory, the Office,
the counting-house, the college, the
school, you rallied to maintain the
safety and perpetuity OF the country,
not counting the sacrifices nor con-
sidering the trials to be encountered.
At the end of four years those OF
you who survived the perils OF war,
the attacks of pestilence, bad food
and poor clothing were too many of
you suddenly thrown upon your own
resources, perchance penniless, to
commence anew the battle OF life.
Let us look back over the vale of
years. Gather once again around
the campfire, and compare notes of
the past-look again at the paper
soled shoes, the shabby clothing, the
rotten meat, and worm eaten bread.
Consider under what circumstances
and by whom these frauds were per-
petrated. Look back over the list of
the army contractors, who waxed
richer and richer from the miseries
entailed on you, too often sharing
their ill-gotten plunder in high legis-
lative and official circles.
Twas not enough that you had an
enemy in front to contend with, for
that you expected, and prepared to
meet, but twas and has always been
the enemy in the rear from whom you
had the most to fear. That enemy
who, while in the halls OF congress,
on the street corners, in the syna-
gogue, and from the rostrum was
and has always been exceedingly law
ish in his jawbone-generosity to you
and yours-was the while secretly
communicating with the enemy, aid
ing that enemy by supplying to you
impure food and inadequate cloth
ing, or taking advantage OF your alb
sence to deprive you, and those de-
pendent on you, OF the little proper
ty you had left behind.
Many an example of this last can
be given in this state and elsewhere
in which alleged patriotic beings
have taken advantage OF your alb
sence to secure your property on tax
title or perchance foreclose small
mortgage that may have been over
looked.
1t is believed that the spirit of 81,
'62 and '63, which led you to en-
counter these hardships, is not dor
mant, and it is equally true that the
Infamous spirit that actuated too
many OF the army contractors in all
parties is not dead nor yet sleeping,
but has ever been actively engaged
in devising schemes to rob you and
yours. Hence it is desired in the
course of this and a few succeeding
articles, to invite your attention to
some of the frauds practiced on you
and yours by those who too often
falsely claim to be honest, patriotic
and law abiding citizens, as we'll as
the jawbone friend of the soldier.
In the course of these articles it is
proposed to prove that for years
there has existed gigantic conspir-
acy to rob you and yours, extending
into nearly every state and territory,
and embracing some OF the most
prominent leaders of all parties.
Names, dates and facts will be Civ
en- and the PROOF presented that
the fortunes of several of the leading
millionaires and politicians OF this
state and elsewhere is based on the
property filched from you, your COM
rades or their families, though in so
doing, crimes OF the blacklist kind
were necessary.
If, therefore, frequent recourse is
had to the statutes and debates in
congress as we'll as official records for
that proof, you will pardon the ap-
parent dryness OF the communica-
tions by reason Of the necessity for
making extensive quotations there
from. JOHN H. BURKE.
A friend writes us: "Perhaps you
better let up now on the anti-forfei-
ture gang?" Well no, Bro. S.-we
sold two wooEs aUo thof mo bod no