The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-03-11

WILL ~ So -a-~ ~ -
c1s.-n.r sldE1e- - raa PoruIl7t EEste
Ccm ulttea. Ee1uss = fs-uEing Addre-1-
ToPEEA- Kan, March 4--Cha5Enaau
Taylor Riddle. Of the populist state
central committee, has given out the
following statement.
one q the plafnest sizns of the hurTyins dlE-
solution q ne rsp11- can parry 3 - -
q policy towards the old soldier element q ra
country As long as 8 political party KEGS
faith with its members it can MAINTAIN ITS Or
ganfEation. and &c d0nst matter u1uen What -
principles are II it does OF tries % DO Nl-al =
has promised its 1dlereuls they have no oe14-
Eiou TO leave il but treaeher iu politics IS m
everything else. VIII specify react upon the
traitor.
To the old soldier more than % any other
class Is the rerlblfcau party politically tlceDt-
ed In some mysterious. hypnotic sort Of way
it made many Of them believe that the results
Of the war we're wrapped up in iLs continued
existence, and that the country would spesa1ly
90 70 ruin Il its politicians we're not II control
OF things. but the strongest hold e got q them
was through its liberal and prOfuse promises
Of pensions. support IN old age, etc
OF course you can't feed 3 nan on promises
alone Those made to the soldiers hso % oe
redeemed as long as least as they remained
voting factor Of consequence Fairly liberal
pension laws were passed They have always,
however. been EosfuIly poor fn execution 50 the
soldiers have claimed, and Ear1rered d pel-J
and technical regulations about Fro0lr state q
health before enlistment. &c 50 nat thou
sands Of uerftorfous claimants had 20 resort 20
private bills 20 get their iust dues. OF 60 with
out
TIE old soldier is not as much Of q man nov
as he used 70 be in the estimation Of the repuo-
lfcsn politicians The reason is there isn't as
many Of him as there used 20 be. and besides,
OF late. out here In the west where he pr1ncl-
paIIy lives. he often manfests perverse in
cIination TO vote with the pops For these rea-
IN o.
tanyfug him much longer, and so Comrades
Mckinley and Hanna, being safely IN power
again. and for three years longer, are getting
ready 90 give him the shake, the grand bounce
50 90 speak
resolutions passed BY the G. A r post Of ny
town. Of Marion. protesting against the con-
templatsd action OF the pension commissioner
in publishing the pension list These resolu-
lions have in them the ring Of 81 and 'o5. and
like them Among other things they say, they
believe this an effort 70 humiliate rs under the
4 Dretext Of hunting for fraud. and We desire %
express our protest at thus being placed before
the public under the ban Of suspicion which
VIII surely follow such action They cali at
tentfon 70 the fact that out Of nearly 100000
/ pensioners the last administration IN one year
was able 20 discover only l6T fraudulent claim
ants and among other good sayings, they char
/ acterize the proposed action as an attempt 70
hold up to public scOrn the roll q honor as
though it were a list from the rogue gallery -
The truth is the republican party is about
I done with the old soldier They are not uu-
msrous enough TO require the promised faith
I TO be kept much longer There are doubtless
I Il 900 600 voters in this country. not 50 much
more than 500 O01 Of whom were soldiers Il IS
I safe TO say that only about one voter In = vas
I 2 soldier Formerly the proportion was &C
/ least one TO i've
4 Wan street and the prOtectionists Of the east
I have been speaking They say the old soldier
Is too expensive for the political good he is now
[ able 20 do He uses up money that might other
I wise be used in paying bond interest, main
/ tanning the national credit and keeping down
/ the treasury deficit under the Dingley bill
/ What Wall street says goes" with q repub-
/ lican administration Wall street has said
| go TO the old soldier and he might as well
I pack up his kuapsack and get ready TO leave
\ His best friend now IS the desplSed pop who
I would save the country not merely Tor the sake
/ Of the Old soldier and his pension but TO pre-
| serve the old time institutions Of popular lib
\ erty and industrial freed ON Even the repub-
Z Ifcan papers are beginning to show forth evil
| Globe pretended to have found out that
T. more soldiers were drawing pensions
than the census showed we're stiu il
! existence Another republican paper re-
Gently published long list Of private pension
bills. which Congressman Vincent had sue
ceeded In getting passed and sneeringlT alluded
to Il as about all b had done Isuppose IL he had
I voted against the Teller resolution or intro
duced a bill TO retire the greenbacks It would
have rated him as OF some account Jerrg
Simpson not long ago got a pension for q mar
at Hutchinson which had been hanginr
FIRE for y years and TO which none d
the republican congressman had giTeI
any attention Congressman Botzin is know
/ TO be indefatigabIe in looking out for the pen
sion class and 50 are al the others 50 far as
can learn About all our men at Washington
can do at present IS to save some OF the monel
from the bond brokers and corporation pirstes
&c ia