The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-27
An OPEN LETTER
To the Veterans Of the War Of III.
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noVf ro,,- .AeAo u tAe uAI1o0 Tor the
There are really but two candidates whose
Gssrtaas;y ~ serious These are benjamin
d1dacy OF Gen. James b. Weaver has no
elements In 1t requiring real consideration.
A vote 19r him will simply be q vote thrown
siyeiy that the Peoples party viii not he
Il sSess 'e x sia'f be IN a tic ssSq' Il
This leaves US only two candidates to
seriously consider-Benjnmin Hartman and
Grover Cleveland. Each Of these nen have
and their conduct In that office has given us
no doubt A. to what to expect from each OF
them for another term. We have thus IN.
e6oce to guide vs. In
two men: Grover Cleveland, though q
young man without family or business dur.
E The al Ef * IL w 10 tx
carried on, the war itself and al tie msn
to have GIVEN the Hn T7ea h is
save the Union was his Hiring a snbsti.
tute for $3.50 when no was drafted. THIS
q charitable Institution, without having 80 ever
contributed a dollar to relieve hia Iecessi.
ties The hostility he felt to the soldiers
Ss one Since bs es sSs as
fe.t It: As mayor d Baralo he vetoed &c . IN
ORDNANCE sRRfSpristins ,mo9s! to aid in
ernOr Of New York be constantly vetoed
bills and obstyucted LEGISLATION for the ben
ett Of ex;sQldiers. aud refused to regard
datioa smpioyA sat ; x = silisSe. Then he
sn nS red {as esdSH s r Office From tie
their widows were turned out Of office and
employ ment by tens Of thousands hy him.
self and his subordinates. IN order that their
In VvpSCRH t<Nn
political heelers. Day after day. during his
tour years Of ADMINISTRATION, the guillotine
was kept running ipd9striously. and at
some veteran Of Veterans widow fell into to
owing to the injustice and Inequalities Of
sion bills we're passed by congress. These
tee5 OF both houses by men of at least equal
Mr.. Cleveland. They were ut least rs likely
to reach sound conclusions based on JUS.
tice, the duty of tho government and tho
with On lmnadent Pharisaism that passed
belief, vetoed hundreds Of these. acconpa.
nying the vetoes with messages ahoundfns
in ht to the and
upon the bills. aud TO the veterans and VET
Grams wiCoW$ R4d dependent parents who
ts IN ali oSa stsfe 81 sSs eS ap:
proaches the calumnies and wanton SLAM
ders with which he filled Ais pension vetoes,
Then came the elimination Of his actx Ia
the vetOtEg OF the dependent pension, bill
That measure Of Justice had been before
the country during four cOngresses-aboue
eight y sars No piece Of Hesitation was
ned OF some legislation for the benefit Of
the veterans and their dependent ones had
been universally conceded by all who
The pension laws then upon the statute
books were admitted by all to be grossly
imperfect. The best pruots OF this were the
Congress foqpd it necessary to pass to meet
cases not covered by existing laws. For
eight Years the dependent pension bill. with
Hodia1SS ~ vas earnestly debated all
Republic discussed it In all It's meetings.
in posts. reunions. camptres, department.
and national encampments: senttncns
its favor. The G. A. Il. national pension
committee was year after year Instructed
to press Its Pa passage upon congress A.
able action. The. pension COMMITTEES Of
both houses the matter e7ha9s
passage Of the bill: and several times the
bin was passed by both. houses.
s Though u9 sae t%S did od not sh1nee to
Ing any one session The press took the
matter up and presented all the reasons.
pro aud con, in extenso. Public speakers
lar to the entire country as the Mckinley
bill now Is. More than 4OO.OOO veterans Of
the war petitioned congress for its passage.
ate and Democratic house Of the Forty. nth
congress, being voted for by members Of all
parties including about 100 ex -confedcratcs.
1t went to President Cleveland for his sig
nature. He vetoed 1t in q message in which
4 the Democratic chairman Of the committee
on invalid pensions declared On the floor Of
the house 1.-The refnements of chemical
Mn
30 far as to assert that the veterans Of the
| country were 80 characterless as to resors
readily to perjury to circumssnt and rob
SANDER upon the saviors of the nation.
When the bill was returned to the house
with the veto, motion was made to pass u
| Of which were Democratic. Against it were
| l25 votes, so that lacking the necessary two
thirds it failed to pass over the veto
T. d u to fn 3Ss Of the
| Of the country and their dependent ones. 1t
| was vicious blow which sent dismay and
heartsickness into hundreds OF thousands OF
broken down IN their ,,untry's service, and
widows and parents who had given their
! all to the nations preservation, had been
1oa1d at the ne lat hour to their assist
ance With payment Of enough of the grea,
debt 1t owed them to alleviate their wants
ciining years. Fully 100000 veterans were
kept for years out Of their share Of the gov
! ernment's justice. and during that time full
q ss9 ,6er 9' as 5asr
| FILTERED by tho thought that the nation, to
| which they had given all In its hour OF
need, had cruelty forsaken them IN theik
DAY Of distress. All this was Grover Cleve'
lands cruel work.
/ ct US contrast him with the other candi-
date for our vote. At the outbreak OF the
rHaovn 6nRH H0YvR ~
than Grover Cleveland-had been married
| for eight years, was the father of youn2
| family which strongly needed his care. had
acquired fine standing in his profession.
aided his professional advaneem,nt. He
gave all these up at once to go to the assist.
gree Of his impe1tled country; In the NED 81
most untiring, the most Jealous, the most
faithful. His whole heart was IN the cause
for which he fought. and no man did
| tlefeld than benjamin Harrison Since the
| war his heart has ever been true to tho
| men who stood with him upon the battle,
| words for Justice to the men who,n the ma
| button of the Grand Army Of the Republic
A soon - he entered the presidential Office
widows Of such who had been displaced hy
Ia @cdisei tue civil Service regulations 50
| as to greatly favor the veterans An honor
| ably discharged soldier who had beeh separ.
| Of his Own-no matter how long the separa.
| ton had been-was allowed to return to II
| without undergoing civil service exanina'
At a lower percentage than civilians. and Be
preferred them in appointments. ny re-
| cent order the same privileges have been ex'
rounded himself with ex-soitiers in all the
| executive departments. Five Of his eight