News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-11-03

Veterans, which of the two great
parties is the friend of the veteran of
1861 and 1865? Please read the
facts, and then vote as you shot at
the enemy
1st.-The Arrears of Pension Bill.
Passed Jan'y 10, 70.
Democrats for the bill....................4S
Democrats against the bill............6l
Republicans for the bill................l16
Republicans against the bill......None
2nd.-The Widows Pension Bill.
Passed February 2, 1886.
Increasing widows pension from
s. to $12 per month";
Democrats for the bill...................SO
Democrats against the bill............66
Republicans tor the bill...............1lS
Republicans against the bill......NOne
3rd.-The Amputation Bill. Passed
August 4, 1883.
Democrats for the bill
Democrats against the bill............51
Republicans for the bill..................9l
Republicans against the bill......None
4th.-The Widows Arrears Bill.
Giving arrears of pensions, from
the death of their husbands, to wild
ows entitled to PENSIONS
Passed the Senate by the following
vote =
Democrats for the bill...................1
Democrats against the bill............2O
Republicans for the bill.................22
Republicans against the bill......None
5th.-The Disability Pension Bill.
(Gives pensions to all disabled sol
diers and to dependent parents and
children
Democrats for the bill............,.....2S
Democrats against the bill...,,.......56
| Republicans for the bill................ll7
Republicans against the bill......None
6th.-The Prisoners of War Bill.
(Gives pensions for term of impris-
onment of all who were prisoners of
war thirty days or morP.)
Democrats for the ll....................24
Democrats against the bill...........7S
Republicans for the bill ...............119
Republicans against the BILL. ..None
The Democrats voted three to one
against the bill, and as it lacked five
votes for the necessary two-thirds it
was defeated.
Every enemy of pensions to Union
soldiers, and every pension Halter, as
well as every man in the North who
sympathizes with the enemies of the
Union, will vote for Cleveland, who
vetoed every pension bill for which
he could find a pretext. Comrade
veterans of the late war, please bear
in mind that Cleveland and his party
are not now, and never have been,
conspicuous for their friendship to
the men who whipped the Rebels, and
that all of their enemies are en-
braced within the ranks of the Dem
ocratic party; and that party never
has manifested any interest in their
welfare and cause.
Every pension bill of any impor-
tance that has passed Congress was
opposed by a majority of the Demo-
Gratis in that body; and no Republi-
can member of Congress has ever
been found mean enough to vote
against a pension bill. Jeff. Davis
denounced the pensioning of Union
soldiers and not Confederate soldiers
as offensive favOritism," and the
Democratic party has so considered
it ever since. A vote for Cleveland is
vote against further pension legis-
lation. If ever the Democratic party
secure control of both houses of
Congress and the Executive head of
the government, most of the existing
pension bills will be repealed. Every
| veteran of the late war and his fami-
] ly are interested in the result of the
| fall elections. Veterans who do not
receive pensions and who do not need
them now cannot tell what calamity
may befall them in the future; hence
it is for their interest to see
that no one is put in position who is
not in full sympathy with the Union
soldiers, as well as the principles
upon which the civil war was fought.
YET.