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THE SOLDIER VOTE.
A VETERAN TELLS WHY II SHOULD BE
REPUBLICAN.

THE CHOICE BETWEEN A SOLDIER WHO HAS 4
FELLowFEEHNG FOR SOLDIERS AND A MAN
|. WHO EvADED MILITARY DUTY AND HAS
no AFFECTION FOR VETERANS.
The following open letter is addressed by General
F.. o. Beers, of Elmira, n. Y, to the veterans OF
the Union Army General Beers served during
the War of the Rebellion in the 50th n. L. V.
Engineers, as captain of Company ii, and
major, and was brevctted lienenant-colonel for
distinguished services the field Of battle Since
the war he has organized the famous Both ,epa-
rate Company, n. g.. ). ~ u, at Elmira, and
was its captain until promoted to be Brigader-
General in the National Guard Of this State lie
writes TO his old comrades as follows:
Comrades Again upon the eve OF a Pres'-
Dental campaign, and will be called upon to
decide by our ballots who shall occupy the Executive
Chair for the next four years. Under ordinary CIR
cumstanccs 1t would be OF little consequence to the
most OF us which OF the Presidential nominees should
be called 10 fill this exalted position but under ex'
listing circumstances II becomes a matter of almost
vital Importance to each and every one Of us. We
left homes and families. sacrificed our business.
and endanc ered health soldiers and sailors to
maintain the union OF the states and the supremacy
OF the stars and Stripes. Comrades. how many re-
| turned to their homes with health unimDaired? How
many to-day are physically able 10 perform the man.
ual labor necessary to procure comfortable living
Cor ourselves and those dependent upon MS! ven
turc the assertion that 10 per cent Of all those
who returned from that free from the effects
Of the campaign. The exposure and hardships there
Incurred have made sad havoc constitutions and
our health. Each succeeding year finds us more
broken down I'm health and less able TO meet the
struggle to procure tho necessares OF life
Certain laws have from time TO time been passed
by Congress granting TO disabled soldiers pension
to aid US I'm the battle OF life With Chief Executive
that is opposed granting pensions the labor OF pro-
curing that which rightfuly belongs To will become
an almost insurmOuntable barrier Party affiliations
under certain conditions and circumstances are al
right but when the result IS OF such vital importance
TO is II Is no less a privilege than duty We owe
ourselves and those dependent upon u.s. 10 use every
honorable means to place the man the head OF the
Government that will the most faithfully carry out
the promises made and stand by us in our hour OF
need.
We have no better way Of judging the future than
by the past. on the ode have General llaTri-
son as a candidate for suffrage. In him we have
| one who was a soldier with whose sympathies al
ways have been and still are with and for us. In
whose every act have confidence TO believe VIII
be insure TO that which By right Is ours. when
orr countrys safety was threatened and flag
sailed General Harrison voluntarily buched on the
sword. and leaving home, friends, and the peaceful
OF HE, offered his services, ana III Ds
hi, life. to preserve the Union and perpetuate the
crandest government the world has ever known. Al
ready he has occupied the Presidential chair for
tlmn three years and his views, expressed by his
official action matters relating 10 pensions. are
matters OF record and too well known 10 require ex-
PLANTATION venture the assertion that there ns
not during that time. been single instance where
he has been in hearty sympathy with every valid
| and legitimate application for pension
Contrast this with the actions OF Mr.. Cleveland.
When our country sorely In need OF men, did
Mr. Cleveland hasten to buckle the sword and offer
his services 10 put down that gigantic rebellion His
tory says Although bound by no stronger homo
ties than General Harrison and thousand, Of others
I'm fact not as strong. for he had wife children
dependent upon HIM, still he did not offer his ser.
vices excep. through substitute. lie was like that
celebrated humorist who was willing to sacrifice all
his wife's relations to put down the Rebellion.
Mr.. Cleveland too occupied the Presidential chair
for four years, but have yet to learn Of instance
where he interested himself in the procurement Of o
single pension matter how worthy or needy the
applicant. On the contrary, his almost universal use
Of the veto pension bills is convincing argument
OF his hostility TO granting pensions.
/ am informed and believe that the substitute sent
by Mr. Cleveland from want, compelled 10 spend
the part Of his days at the Soldiers and Sailors
Home Hath y. ". and supported by that State
While the home is all the name implies, and the boys
ton OF Mr.. Cleveland to himself provide for the COM
forts OF the that faced danger and death in HE
stead ID is currently reported and no doubt entirely
true that Mr.. Cleveland procured his substitute ian
Itanan) for the plltry sum Of $3.50. and that when
too III TO relish the substantial food furnished by the
home wrote Mr. Cleveland asking for small ptance
that he might procure delcacy I'm the OF food
that he could RELISH entirely ignored by him.
It Is true that the President has but little 10
say with reference to granting pensions, yet remem.
Der, comrades, that the Chief Executive he would
surround himself with those who would be ready and
willing 10 carry ont his Views and wishes In this,
rs In other respects What encouragement have We
then comrades to aid in placing man In the
Presidential chair that feel assured will be ne
cold and Indifferent TO rights as he was TO tho
comrades. let us not put our trust either In prophets
or n known enemy TO us and cause, but stand by
the old soldier who Is tried and true. Mr.. Cleve-
lands we'll known attitude on the pension questions
support from the soldiers and sailors OF 1861 10 1865
i that this viii be criticised an cleo
Pioneering letter written By Republican. assure
You. comrades. that this is not have arrived
at the Of fully thr,c score years, brought up
In the Democratic faith. and have been a long lfs
Democrat. But am more than any other way Inter
the coming election affecting the ntsrpxs
Of all old soldiers, and fully satisfied that Mr.
Cleveland 4, not the friend Of the soldier bows OF
65. and Is not entitled TO and should not receive
past record OF Grover Cleveland II any veteran costs
his ballot for him he not only stultifes himself but
goes back upon every cOmrade OF the Union Army.
We most not let General Apathy run this campaign:
lot Us all enlist under General Activity and carry o.
one more vigorous campaign In the maintenance q
our rights. +. o. BEERS.
Elmra, n. V. July, 1892.