Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-10-20


thinlr Of the thousands Of poor old dis.
eased, crippled and poverty stricken
soldiers, who are to-day 10 almshouses
and soldiers homes, driven there by the
pinchlngs OF poverty, many OF them
separated from their families2 And
all on account Of the perady Of this
only friend OF the old soldiers, the re-
publican party. u you never thought
OF this, call II TO mind and don't dis
grace your purity by telling old sol
diers that which thousands Of them
have found, by sad experience 10 be
utterly without tho semblanco Of
truth,
During the last national campaign
the cry OF the republican party was
"The old soldier aud liberal PENSIONS"
In case they got In. Wei they got In.
Have thcy kept their promisep Why
then those bitter denuncAtions Of II,
Clay Evans by the G. A, Il. all over
the country2 Take look into the
pension bureau Are they granting
pensions TO old soldiers, who have fur
nished proof required by lawP No sir
II. Clay Evans has moro law OF his
mako than there Is on tho statutes, and
thousands OF old soldiers who have
been on the rolls for ten, some fifteen
or twenty years nre there yet utterly
unable TO give what ii, Clay Evans
WINS and awaiting answers to spy
letters sent by the department and will
continue waiting until death relieves
them from suffering and never receive
penny.
i am an old soldier; have had ex-
perience along this line and know
whereof speak, For over six years,
battled with the pension bureau and
was thrown out three times, the last
time In tho face Of an AFFIDAVIT by my
aged mother, (stil living who nursed
me when senseleSs and blind with
measles while In the army, and total
disability ailidadit nom Dr. Dorsey, Of
Wichita, after critical examination
two hours, To-day am an inmate Of
the State Soldiers Home, almost en-
tirely deaf md sightleSs.
The house rule XVII requires q
session every Friday night during the
session OF congress, from p. m. to
1890 p. m, for pensions, claims, etc
Since Mckinley won't in, there should
have been about A Friday nights, In
Guiding the eXtrn session and up TO tho
close Of last session, whereas there
have been but fourteen and ut these 1t
hus been impossible to get n quorum.
To prevent these sessions, some mem
Der Of the party of "friends Of the old
soldier" will rise on Thursday evening
aud move that when tho house ad'
journs It do adjourn TO Monday thus
avoiding tho Friday night sesslons
These men, with many others, were
loud in their professions of love for tho
old soldier on the stump. Now they
nre found on record as urging n very
conservative pension policy. Thous-
unds Of old soldiers, unable TO get any
pc IN through the bureau, have ia
ken their claims TO congress and this
is tho treatment they get from the
party that is their "best friend"
The republican party Is the friend
of railroads. banks, trusts and corpor-
ations, and II Is ever ready to do their
bidding, rs the records Of congress
will show, All this denial Of pension
to the old soldier is done at the bid
ding Of tho money power, whose pur'
pose is to cut down the circulation as
much as possible. Show your love by
your acts, and don't be eternally de-
ceiying him by soft words and doing
nothing. Take some Of the millions,
with which republican papers say tho
treasury is LOADED, and give II to the
old soldiers IN the liberal pensions
your party promised and he will put IL
out among tho people. Then you may
talk about that prosperity you have
been preaching 30 long
You want to be governor OF Kansas
but you will never reach the govern
ors chair by practicng such glazing
deception upon the people MS you are
doing. DANIEL L. ROSE
Fort Dodge, Kansas.