Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26
FRED. w. HARRIS. Editor.
'.uhW Il Tic South Dakota e.sE Association
n THE LINE OF DUTY
lNloN SOLDIERS ONLY HAVE A RIGHT
TO PENSIONS.

sSs0sN 00@StGN 0fN@S VNvG nt1T't
TO PENSIONS.
ttenpt to Place COnfederates ON Equal
Footing with Loyal Men-The South Does
Got Like 70 Pay For It's Treason-A Few
,eome y Figures.
-,e Democrats in 1884 attempted to
upon the party q clause in their
al platform which declared as
.: THAT internal revenue Is .
and that % long as IL continues
ey 20 raised shall 60 toward
OF the people from the burdens
~ By paying pensions and pro-
for disabled soldiers. whether
rate or Union"
the foregoing paragraph was
20 tho committee on resolutions,
question Of doubt - to
thsy could carIyi IL through the
.on, and after . long and bitter
st was decided to substitute for
rds whether Confederate or
the words worthy soldiers dis
the line Of duty In the wars Of
1blic."
aft It open 30 that IL did not say
they were Union soldiers or Con-
soldiers. Confederate soldiers
tabled In the line Of duty In the
the republic, but ON the side Of
On and wrongdoing. The only rea-
Confederate soldier is not draw
pension from the United States
1ment today Is because there have
in the way Of such legislation an
Of patriots who believe that, hav-
ven him immunity, a pardon and
privileges Of citizenship, whereby
ecame q sharer in the glories Of
IN victory, he has no right or part
he great pension system OF the ma
II.
A very significant fact is found in the
come tax provision Of the present tar
bill as coupled with this pension sys-
4. The people Of the south want to fix
egislation the collection of taxes in
a way az to throw the burden of
ig the pensions upon the north to
xclusion and relief of the south.
resent income tax will be largely
Ted from the eastern and middle
ader rno Gpcration Of the old law of
the eastern states paid 18 per cent
the middle states 50 per cent, max
altogether II per cent, leaving 20
ent to be paid by the southern and
5Tn states. Surprising that the west
one-half of this, the south would
about 10 per cent of the $50, 000,-
proposed to be raised by the income
Hence il the tax so raised is to be
gerted to the payment Of pensions the
uthern states, lately in rebellion,
ould only pay about "a, 600, 900 an
rally. while the other states would be
lying $28, 900, 900. The strangest
in the whole controversy seems
be that while the south is responsible
r the great pension roll end for the
assure poured out by the national gov
they seem the least disposed
ward paying their share of the bur
ms brought upon the government by
cir own reasonable acts. Certainly
me Of our good citizens from the south
no participated in the rebellion ought
be broad enough and bold enough in
cir declarations to stand in public
aces and maintain the integrity of the
ltional government and uphold the
en- who saved the honor and glory of
o present as well as the past.
1t has been said by many C~onfederates
at the saddest thing in life to them is
see these poor Confederate veterans
themselves from the cabin to
q field to earn bread for wife and chill
'en. Do these same Confederates and
ose who stand for them in the public
'unsels remember that in the southern
BIS, 900 loyal men entered the
MON army? The survivors out Of this
eat number, who returned to homes of
sace after the rebellion was over, who
it'll their children now constitute q
Art of the population Of these great
ates. have allowed themselves through
70 operation of state laws to be taxed
annually for the support of Confeder-
70 homes and the payment of Confeder-
pensions without q word or muir
inv
Delayed Appropriations.
It has always been customary to give
le appropriation bills the right Of way
the exclusion of all other legislative
lsiness. If the appropriation bills are
urgent as Chairman Cockrell depicts,
lere was nothing in the way Of the
emocratic party but itself to their ION
.eration weeks ago. Their efforts to
'stroy the industries Of the country
Ill not be q very satisfactory reason in
way of the passage of the appropri-
ion bills OF even their extension long
o-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Let Them Go.
1t is said that certain foreign coal
liners are dissatisfied with the wages
ey have been receiving in West Vir-
MIA and other places and have threat
ed to leave the country If q reduction
made. Better 20. hadn't they?
is it not about time that some
tot was made to put a stop to the
lolcsale thieving that has been
ou for thu nast yaury Oar