The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-30
Ex-SoLDIERs AND CLEVELAND.

The Republicans claim all the loyalty
and all the patriotism to be found in the
country. They put forth the claim at the
commencement of the war and have re-
peated it ever since. giving it greater en-
phasis as election day approaches every
four years. They ignore the fact that
Democrats entered the military service of
she country quite as freely and with as
much heart as the Republicans, and they
ignore the other fact that Democrats
fought for the Union with as much earnest
ness and honesty and determination as any
Republican showed. just now the radical
vote against Mr.. CLEVELAND, and the
changes are rung on the number OF pension
billes he vetoed, the organs carefully refrain
ing from letting their readers know that
CLEVELAND approved over 1,S00 such bills,
or more than all the Republican presidents
combined. 1t seems, however, that the at
tempt to reflect on the loyalty of the Demo
cratic candidate is not succeeding to any
alarming extent. According to g Wash
World. there was pronounced sentiment
at the late G. A. R. encampmen. in favor
of the election of Mr.. CLEVELAND. The
Republican managers sre not convincing
the old soldiers that CLEVELAND is their
enemy. The men who fought be-
lieve that the -president-who, by
the way, vetoed only PSI private
pension bills during the four years
he was at the head of the government
-
honor. and SO believing they respect him
for denying the nations bounty to I'M
worthy men, although the latter may have
borne arms. AS illustrating the sentiment
prevailing in Washinton during the great
gathering Of veterans, the correspondent
relates that the badge-venders provided
themselves with an enormous quantity of
HARRISON and REID badges. He says:
Before Monday noon these vendors were
astonished to observe the tremendous de-
mand for CLEVELAND and STEVENSON
badges and pictures of HANCOCK, THOMAS.
McCLELLAND and other distinguished
Democratic generals. The fakirs quickly
took the hint, and on Tuesday fresh sup
ply of Democratic trophies was seen on
every stand. Before night thousands of
Grand Army veterans were walking about
the Streets wearing proudly on their
breasts the miniatures of Democratic gen.
erals and the presidential candidates of the
Democratic party
CLEVELAND Grand Army men prone
naded the streets singly, in couples and in
squads, and his badges were particularly
noticeable among the old soldiers hailing
from Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Massa-
chusetts, Pennsylvania. New York, Conn
ecticut and New Jersey. states which
contributed so large a proportion of the
Union forces, and most of which states
are standing in the doubtful column. A
prominent Grand Army official said to the
correspondent:
From a tolerably careful canvass OF the
Grand Army men present at this encampment
am absolutely sure that Of the $1,000 Grand
Army men who marched along the avenue yes
terday at least 10000 of them were Democrats
or would vote for CLEVELAND. The Democratic
national committee has nothing to fear from
the results of this encampment In fact. to
those who have studied it closely it has afforded
more genuine sat sfact;on and hope for the
success of the Democratic national ticket than
anything which has occurred since the Chicago
convention.
Among the many similar expressions
which the correspondent caught from
Grand Army men standing near the White
House were these: "GRovER and FRANCES
will take possession of this house on the 4th
of next March," "Yes. CLEVELAND and
Baby RUTH will live here for four years. -
The members Of the Grand Army number
about 100000, of which it is said fully lOO,-
600 will vote for CLEVELAND, while of the
500, 900 living ex-Union soldiers not in the
Grand Army, more than half are Demo
Gratis, most OF whom have declined to join
the G. A. R. solely because of the persist
emit determination to make it par tisan or
ganization.