St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-10
The WAR LONG OVER
And Peace Spreads Her Wings
Over a United Land Of
Brothers.
Great Economic Questions
Are Those Now to Be
Solved,
Therefore Old Soldiers Vote
for the Right and DEM
oePaey.
An Address From the Ex-Sol-
dierS' and Sailors Demo
cratic Club.

To the Members of the Ramsey County
eN-Unlon Soldiers and Sailors Demo
cratic Club:
Your committee. TO whom was dele
gated the duty Of preparing an address
which should briefly embody the reasons
why this organization OF eX-Union SOL
diers believes that the best interests Of
the country demand the triumph of
Democratic principles and the election
of the nominees of that party, beg leave
10 submit the following:
The war of the Rebellion and the
issues resulting therefrom have long
been settled, and do not of right or in
justice enter into the present political
campaign. Instead. the political parties
OF the day divide upon great economic
questions, on the wise and patriotic
settlement Of which depends, in large
degree, the prosperity, the happiness,
the peace and the unity OF the $4,000. 600
OF people who owe allegiance TO the
great American republic.
Under & government of the people,
for the people and by the people. the
choosing Of the persons to execute the
laws and administer the government is
the most solemn and binding duty de-
volving upon its citizens. and those
who fail, without good cause, TO exercise
the right of suffrage are unworthy of
the high position of American citizen
ship.
The soldiers of 1S6l-5 performed a
great service in behalf of liberty and
human progress.
For that service the nation owes its
defenders and preseryers debt. the
generous recognition of which cannot
be too strongly urged.
But the fact that there is such debt
does not absolve the ey-soidier from the
performance of any duty belonging TO
the citizen. Rather is this responsibility
the greater because of the exceptional
position he holds.
We believe that while ex-Union SOL
dierS have fairly earned the right to
vote as they please. they have also in
Cured the obligation. as have no other
citizens, to exercise that right without
prejudice or passion, but solely in the
interest OF good government, and for
the best interests of the whole country
that they ought not TO vote one way
while they think another.
We denounce the noisy professions of
the Republican party that it saved the
l MON" as false, and most injuStifi-
able ana outrageous denial OF justice TO
The hundreds of thousands of soldiers,
democrats in politics, whose blood was
poured ont as freely as by their COM
and whose sacrifices and deeds of hero
ism helped equally with these others i'll
securing the glorious results achieved
through that great struggle.
We also denounce as false that other
claim OF the Republican party that it is
The special champion of eX-Union SOL
Giers. and that the Democratic party
has been and Is antagonistic to beStow-
ing upon them that recognition at the
hands Of the general government TO
Which they are entitled.
False Pension Claims.
Especially do we condemn and de-
pOunce as false the Republican claim
and assertion that Grover Cleveland,
the present candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for president. during his
incumbency OF that high office for the
four years from the 4th of March, 1885.
proved himself by his acts other than a
most wise. true and generous friend of
the eX-Union soldier.
In proof of this your committe, as
briefly as it can we'll be dones inlites
attention TO the acts of Grover Cieve-
land and his administration in behalf
of eX-Union soldiers. First in impor-
lance is the administration of the pen
sion bureau. To manage this bureau
President Cleveland selected Gen.
Black. the MANNED eX-soldier of
Illinois. The records show that dur
ing the first three years of his ad-
ministration there was a net in
crease to the pension rolls over the last
three years of the preceding Republican
administration of 45,447 names; that
the excess of disbursements under
Cleveland'S administration for the same
time was SS4. 600. 541.01. and that the eX-
cess of new names added to the pension
rolls was 1887. In this connection de-
tails of the work of the pension bureau
for two years, 1SS4-5, under Gen. Dudley,
Republican, and for the years 1861,
under Gen. Black, Democrat, are here
given.