The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-20
CLEVELAND THE FRIEND OF rHE TRUE
SOLDIER.

The fact that a distinguished soldier
like Gen. j. ID. Cox, Ex-Governor of
Ohio, has abandoned Harrison and his
boodiers ana declared for Grover Cleve-
land, is very significant.
Nearly all the living soldiers of prom,
inence are now supporting Cleveland
and opposing Harrison.
There is Gen. Walter Q. Gresham, of
Indiana, a distinguished Republican
soldier, now for Cleveland.
There is Gen. Henry w. Slocum who
has as brilliant fighting record as any
soldier, living or dead.
There is Gen. John M. Palmer, who
commanded the 14th Corps during the
Atlanta campaign, is for Cleveland, Land
al ways was.
Gen. WIS. Rosecrans, the hero of
Stone River aud Iuka, and the idol OF
the Army of the Cumberland, is for
Cleveland.
Gen. Franz Sigel, the most brilliant of
the great array of German soldiers, who
fought in our armies for the Union, is
for Grover Cleveland.
Gen, Carl Schurz, the most brilliant
of German orators and leaders, and a
soldier of distinction, a member OF
President Hayes Cabinet, is for Grover
Cleveland.
Gen. John NJ. Corse, the hero of ALA
toona Pass, q soldier of thirty battles,
who won two stars for gallant conduct
on the battle field, is for Grover CleVe-
land.
In fact we can think of no great SOL
dier of note, who is supporting the g.
o. D. in this campaign.
Hence, the talk of the venal press
that Cleveland is opposed to soldiers is
q lie that cannot be made to stick.
President Cleveland's veto of the
Pauper Pension bill l,.did not contain an
unkipd reflection upon the veterans
Republican Misrepresentation to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Indeed, he
strongly expressed his sympathy with
them and only withheld his signature
because the bill was not explicit in its
| terms and would have failed to accom-
plish the object of its promoters. II
should be remembered that there was q
decided understanding between the
| chairman of the House and Senate Com
mittees on Pensions as to the effect OF
| the bill. The chairman of the House
Committee contended that there was
no provision in the bill for pensioning
any one who had less disability than
"total disability to perform manual Ia
bor," and that it was a charity measure
| The chairman of the Senate Committee
declared that the bill embraced all sol
diers who were disabled to any consid'
erable extent. No less Republican
than Matt Quay, then a Senator-elect
| declared:
"The men who did actual lighting
and have some pride in their record re-
sent the idea of being paupers. That
veto message is the best thing that
President Cleveland has set his hand to
and if were in the Senate now would
vote to sustain it"
The veto was heartily sustained by
the independent journals of the coun.
try, notably the Philadelphia Leader
and largely by leading Republican
newspapers, among them the Philadel-
phia Enquirer, the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin, the Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph, the Cincinnati Commercial
the Chicago Tribune, the Minneapolis
Journal, the Troy Times and the Cincin-
natl Times Star.
Cleveland is true friend of the true
seldier, but he is the enemy of fraud of
all kinds, and he is not in favor of Civ
ing man who falls off hay stack, or
is Injured in a machine shop twenty
seven years after the war, larger pen
sion than the soldier who had his arm
shattered by shell in the red-hot hell
of Atlanta.
And right you are, Grover.