The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-27

The following letter is handed into the
News DEMOCRAT office for publication
IL does not seem TO need any explanation:
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Oct. 10, 1892.
MR, GUY DALTON, Aaron, Onio.
DEAR FRIEND AND CoMRADE :-Bnclceed
please flud the athIavit you requested in
supt ort Ot your pension claim, which J.
nope will be satisfactory to the powers
that be-" and that your pension Will be
spsediiy adjusted. Your expression OF
uouut, as to my RENE mbering tue cIrcum'
stances connected with your wound well
enough to JUSTLY me in giving the desired
affidavit, SOUNDS queerly to me. why,
dou't you remember tnat l was acting
hospital ste art at the time, and assisted
the surgeon in removing the splintered
bone from your shattered leg. THESE
Iecullecuons you will find imbodied in
my fiji lavit, and l feel sure that my tes-
timony must secure your pension, and this
testimony you could have had many years
ago jdsl Tor tne ASKING. But mud that
lnose soldiers who served best, aud long
est, are now the most timid in asking for
what 10 due them. But no matter how
badly you need the pension, or now much
IL will disappoint you, am compelled TO
tell you that you must be prepared to
wait sull little while longer, and that
your pension Will hsrdiy be allowed for
about tuTee or four months yet, and III
tell you u iyou what base my opintou:
lreceiyed my pensiou just IN time TO go
to Washington for the grand reunion.
Ehe same week that lreceived niue there
were sixteen peusioi y received in Hunt
inRton. Among these were four of our
old comrau.s-"Dayen Marin, WASH
Hoover, John Bayiiss AID "Link" Hen.
uersou; anu the rest we're ali for "nuhN
dred days men, and they ali received
tue fun amuUuur, Sl2, and many were
allowed iu SIX auu seven months from
date of application, while mime was over
years, anu yours mas bueu pending for
more than six SeaIS. Each OF us received
with our notice that peusiDEs had been al
lowed US, notice sayiuk tie "peuslon
department were doing tneir utmost To
adjust as many pensions as possible, III
tune to give the boys an opportunity TO
again visit the capital OF the nation, they
so heroically assisted in saving"
At Washington met All old friend, who
wac lieutenant Ia my regiment, and who
has for many years held an important
position in the pension office, and he told
me, in n strictly confidential way, and l
trust that you will consider it the same,
that the department is now working al
most exclusively on pensions for soldiers
in the doubtful states, and mentioned
Indiana, New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey. Through u liberal allowance of
pensions, on the eve of the election, they
feel confident of.carrying Indiana and at
least one of the other states named. After
the election they will again take up the
neglected states and work on them until
equalizsd. Ohio, 20 know, is consids red
a sure Republican state, anyway, aud but
little work will be done there uutil after
the election.
lpresume you have noticed that but few
pensions are now being granted in Ohio.
IL 10 so in all sure states, but Indiana is
having a shower of them, This, Guy, l
think Is right and justiflable, and while it
Is fortunate for you OHIO boys the de, a.,
lay ia only temporary, and every good
Republican exssodier should be glad to
make this sacrifice for the grand old party
that saved this nation, aud made the pay.
ment OF pensions possible. This arrange
ment will do do Democratic ex-soldisr an
injustice, for not one of them deserves a
pension.
The 80 days pension law was passed
wholly for their benefit, 100 days men.)
and now three.fourths of the pensions
awarded are for the "nundred day men,"
and none of them being disabled by
service, and generally being younger, they
are now better able 10 "hustle." We had
a grand time at Washington aud were
regally entertained. If can do anything
more in your pension cain advise me and
l will he only too glad to assist you.
Very truly yours, in f. G. q L,
j. II. GRANT.