The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-09-01
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straight Republican ticket for the
past few years. All the others are
either Democrats or chronic kickers
| Even these half dozen ar less have
q hard time reconciling themselves
to il, or trying to explain what they
expect TO accomplish by their new
political utilization. We heard one
Of these land II Is the only one Of the
class We know Of In the County
telling, few days ago, what he ex
pecIed to gain. He was u soldier,
aud draws pension. But he thinks
the soldiers were swindled, In being
paid in greenbacks, while the bond
holders were paid In gold. He wants
the Government To issue enough
money to pay TO the soldiers the diff.
ference between the price Of gold
and greenbscks at the time they re-
ceivsd their payments. He evidently
thinks that the Alliance party will
do this.
Let us look ut few things. The
soldiers, or all those who went In
early in the war, contracted to serve
for - per month and board. When
gold reached high premium, a Re-
publican Congress Increased the pay
In order to make up for the deprecis-
ton. Remember, that In all the
wars that occurred under Democrat
ic Administrations, soldiers never
received more than - per month.
All soldiers who enlisted later la the
var. received this increased wages
from the start.
What party voted pension TO these
soldiers, aud kept on amending the
laws until IL IL now possible for any
man who served In the army To Sc.
cure pension? Was IL the Demo
cratic party? That party never
passed u pension law, aud never
tried to, for the benefit of the soldiers
who fought the Rebellion. Not only
that, but 10 they had succeeded To
power during the war, the soldiers
~ tue iioht wouid hot nave received
even greeloack-, hut would have
o"eh starved out Tue Democratic
party proclaimed gfcrhba,k. 10 bc
Unconstitutional, anu called them
Lincoln rags " frpuiirdh urcl'
SION OF hepnoiican supreme 'our'
10 declare tue irgaii'y oi W." green
BACKS hhd theh, wheh tue hcpub'
Il. Il l..
iicahs ue'efniiheu w make green.
oackS u. goou as soid' ny means "i
resumption OF specie payments, tue
Democratic party Kicked against
'hat, ~ was unconstitutional 100
u may be asked what the Demo
cratic party has To do win since
We nave To ucai WIN an Alliance
man y ~ means that " amounts to
irecisely TIE same ming, NJ the Al
rance IN merely Democratic A'ooi
pigeon. ihey nave no nope OF cree
'ihs weaver out " thcy succeed 10
carrying kansas anu several other
western states Tor weaver, " VIII
Sehn Tue erection W. tue Rouse
whcfc 'ieSciahu WIZ nr CHOSEN
ireSiueh'' no 'hh' " " MI tue same
'hins -,
hut SUPPOSE weaver anu firiu
rhou'u nr erected. Tue ftrriurn'
ahu VICE ffr-idrht cannot MAKE
avs. - calculated THAT w. next
square WIZ DC very cln.c-prfhhpsa
TIE. ~ 'hat ease tue Wee ftrsidrn'
w"uih nav" me casting vote We
Imagine Ne near urhrrai firld' w,
man VINO regrets 'hai thr Snu'h uiu
not XII more Yankees, voting 10 q
loud' Learty Voice, 10 favor ni bi'i
10 pay These fankers Tue uinctrhcr
between the noiu ahu gfrcnback-
curing tue war, n man VINO re-
eeiseu nus pay w money mat WAS
not worm q uolia tue wagon load,
woald I've awake highs ueViHlng
ways and means To make good the
deprecated money tho Yankees
were paid in.
but cleveland anu stevenson are
tue men who are To receive tue brne'
ht OF this fusion, suppose they
ia I.a. AL. la.I N..sE.