The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-30

pnnies and What They Do For the
Poor Man.
CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 29.-Three of
the five delegations scheduled to arrive
today postponed their coming, and the
two remaining ones did not go to Ma
jor McKinley's house on account of the
rain, but were addressed, in the taber-
nacle- A delegation of 500 Union veter-
ans from the State Soldiers Home at
/ Sandusky, with a hundred citizens of
that town, came at half past IL O'Clock
on special train over the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad Sergeant Hopkins in
PRODUCED the spokesman. L. w. Hull,
/ who addressed Major Mckinley at some
I length. Major AicKinley's greeting from
/ the old soldiers was ardent. After the
/ applause had subsidized he spoke as fol-
lows:
My Comrades, Ladies and Genisle-
men: 1 wish l might be able to make
a fitting and suitable response TO the
/ gracious words of congratulation and
good will which have been spoken in
your behalf by Sergeant Hopkins and
Mr.. Hull. 1t is indeed
A KIND AND GENEROUS ACT
of comradeship that brings, on THIS
unpleasant day, the members of the
Ohio soldiers and sailors home of San
dushy to this city 10 pay me a visit.
My comrades, l fully and heartily ap-
preciafe it. No body of men. Who have
visited me in the last few months have
given me more pleasure or touched me
more deeply than my old comrades of
I the Sandusky home. (Applausa.) When
you entered the stsrvice you were young
( CT than you are now. Thirty-five years
ago most Of you enlisted and thirty one
years ago most OF you were mustered
out of the service. You were then young
and fresh, with the red wine of early
manhood mantling your cheeks You
are older now. but Your heart warns to
the country and the old flag just as
it did in 1861. Great applause.) When
you entered the service you entered
not for the fame, you entered not for
the pittance that was paid you, You
entered moi for glory or for personal
applause, but you entered the service
from the purest and highest motives of
patriotism, that no harm should come
to our country. (Applause.) That was
the motive of the old soldier Think
what the great army of which you were
a. part was willing to do. They were
willing to give life and health and
that the American Union might be
saved. (Applause)
" So nigh to grandeur is our dust,
SO near to God is man;
" When duty whispers, 10, thou must,
The younth replies: Il can
And so, nearly two millions of men,
when duty called, no matter what the
eXaccionsr demanded, were ready to an
swer to che call of their country and
defend their counSry's free institutions.
There are now ON the pension roll of
the government more men than were
enlisted in the war of the revolution,
the war of 1872 and the war with Mex
leo. Within about $4,000 as many men
are on the pension rolls of the United
States today as were in all the wars in
which this government was engaged
from the revolution TO the civil war.
have always been in favor of pension
ms the
DESERVING AND DISABLED SOL
DIERS
of the republic, and favoring their pei
sions. and l am now in favor of having
their pensions paid in money whose !
value does not rest upon mere fiat, and |
which cannot be deprecated by fire. |
(Great applause) l am opposed to !
cutting down pensions in that way | I
want the pensioners who are among /
the largest creditors of the government
today, as l want all the creditors of /
the government, great or small, to be |
paid in the best money of the world;
dollars worth 100 cents every day and I
everywhere (Applause.l l am glad to (
have you here today. 1 am glad to have
this large body of veteran soldiers de-
clare, as your spokesman has declared,
that they are still in favor of the ccun-
try and the countrys honor. Gap
plause) A color-bearer during the war,
while in front of the enemy, in his de-
sire to accomplish something with two
or three hundred men, marched in front
of the line and towards the enemy's
works. When the genera g landing
from the rear called out: ng those
colors back to the line the sergeant
answered promptly with the voice of
command that went back to the general
quicker than a minnie ball: Bring the
line up to the colors.' daughter and
applause.) We are carrying the same
old colors today that we carried thirty
five years ago. Boys, bring the line
up to the colors. Great applause.)
My comrades I thank you. I APP
preciate this call. Other delegations
are coming. l beg that you convey to
THOSE DEAR OLD COMRADES
who could not come with you ON this
Indictment day my best wishes ard
warmest regards and my sincere pray
ers for their health and contentnent;
and 1 also beg that you convey to that
dear old commander, General Force, my
sincere respect and best wishes; and I
hope that you will take back with you
pleasant memories of your visit to
Canton" Great applause.)
The second and last delegation of the
days arrived an hour later. 1t was
in the main, of employees of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in
Northern Indiana. With the delegation
were about zoo farmers and about so
ladies' In response to an address by
Judge Penfield, Major Mckinley said:
81 am glad to welcome the farmers
and the employees of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad company, and the citi-