The state chronicle., 1892-08-24
Weaver and Pensions.
4 Atlanta Journal.

Atlanta Journal.
The 18th plank of the St. Louis con
vention which provided for the payment
to union soldiers Of the difference be
tween the value of greenbacks in which
their pensions were paid and gold was
omitted in the Omaha platform. AL
though this 18th plank or resolution
was omitted at Omaha, no language of
condemnation is found in the Omaha
platform for it's provisions On the
contrary, the Omaha convention nomina
ted General Weaver as the third party
candidate for president, and he was the
originator of the idea contained in what
is known as the 18th plank of the st.
Louis platform. A reference to page
40, House Journal OF the 46th Congress
will disclose the following bill intro
duced by Gen. S. B Weaver and referred
to the commtte on military affairs.
A bill (H. R. 249O) for the relief of the
soldier, aud sailors who served in the
army and navy of the United States in
the late war for the suppression of the
rebellion, and to restore to them equal
rights with the holders of government
bonds. Preamble omitted.
''Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
there shall be paid to each private soldier,
non commissioned officer, sailor, team
ster or musician regularly mustured into
the service of the United States during
the late war for the suppression of the
rebellion, or to his or their legal rnpre-
sentatives in case of death, as soon as his
or their claim shall be examined and
audited by the second auditor of the
treasury, the sum found due him or them,
the amount thereof to be ascertained as
follows: The second auditor shall ascer
tain the amount of currency paid said
soldier or sailor at each date of payment
during his term of service, and shall
ascertain the gold value of said currency
: payable at the time, by reference to the
quotations Of gold, as compared with the
} currency IN which said soldier or sailor
: was paid, at the city of New York at
that date; and said soldier, sailor, or his
9 legal representatives shall be allowed
and paid the difference in value between
the cu1. .ency which he received and the
! standard gold coin of the United States
in which he should have been paid.
Sec. 9. That to enable the government
u to meet the payments required by this
:. act the secretary of the treasury is hereby
It authorized to cause to be issued $500,
; 10000 of United States notes. or sc
much thereof as shall be found necessary
L of the denominations of one, two, five
ten, twenty and fifty dollars; and sale
l. notes, when SO issued, shall be legal ten
IT der in payment Of all debts, public anc
IS private, and shall be kept in circulation
e in manner as now provided by law 70
,r other United States notes.
Sec. 3. That the sum of $500, 900, 900
a. or 50 much thereof as shall be necesssr
\ to make the payments required by thi
: act, is hereby appropriated out Of tn
money by this act authorized to
y, issued"
1t The same bill was introduced by Gen
le eral Weaver in the Forty ninth Congress
n on January 18th, 1886, and the same bi
at was again introduced by him in tn
i'd Fiftieth Congress on January 4th, 1865
I'd General Weaver must have known tina
,h the amount which he proposed to apprC
a pirate was entirely inadequate for tn
is purposes of his bill His record show
n that the Omaha convention indorsed tn
al twelfth plank at ST. Louis in the mo-
n emphatic manner by nominating as i
It's candidate for President the originator
ry the idea. So the third party, wit
IA Weaver as its candidate, is still loade
be with the twelfth plank or resolution
# the St. Louis convention.