The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-24
AN OLD SOLDIERS APPEAL.

I wish to say a few words to my
comrades, the old soldiers. Not as
politician, but on principle, and in JUS
tice to them who made il possible for
this Union to remain undivided. II you
are what you claim to be. a friend and
comrade to all that riSked their lives
for the perpetuation of this republic,
then study the principles involved mot
the name of party. Hundreds of thou
sands of us flew to arms on principle,
not stopping to know the name Of this
or that political party, but to save the
Union from division. Now we are con-
fronted with party allied with cap
ital, militarism, imperialism and cor
ruption, calling itself Republican. Are
we, comrades, recreant enough TO our
honored trust to submit?
Our once loved comrade, Mckinley,
has blazed the pathway and. the trusts
have mustered their battaliOnS behind
him. They await but the sanction of
the people at the polls in November to
make imperialism permanent. Will you
give your consent2 Are you willing to
submerge your honored individuality,
your hopes ambitions and laurelS of
many hard battles, bringing dishonor
upon generations TO come for greatness
of empire and national glory that bring
profit only to those that pilfer? That is
one OF the chief issues today. The
policy of establishing a new and des
pOtic power crops out in almost every
line in behalf of the Republican plat
form. That, my comrades, is the
change of venue of Mckinley, caused
by lust of money.
To show you his friendship to old sol
diers he recommended the employment:
First-of old veterans in every way.
How many of the hundreds of thous-
ands are employed because of that act
| or his recommendation? Not one. That
does not show real friendship for or
cOmradeship with the worthy veterans.
On the 9th of April, 1890. congress
passed an invalid act, the Democrats
concUrring. to pension all old veterans
not less than IS per month, nor more
than So per month. During Harrison S
administration he disallowed and cut
| off of the pension rolls 1888, in less
/ than two years. Then Cleveland disal-
i lowed and cut off for cause 1881, but
to cap the climax our great
| and good friend of the so-called Re
publican party by his henchman, H. c..
/ ENNIS, cut off of the pension rolls in
] 1899 21,1S7, claiming a saving to the
! government of 81, 20S, $50, and during his
| term ending Sept. l, 1900, less than four
! years, reports show that q, $50 were cut
! off and disauowed.
Comrades, is it possible that after
! almost forty years from enlistment we
are becoming more able TO combat life
| in old age when if justice were given,
all surviving should be provided for?
Since these rulings from our supposed
friends thousands have gone to pau
per's grave Who viii support such a
false friend for the highest gift of the
people?
No, my comrades, 1 do not wish to
point the finger of scorn at you, by en-
! dOrsing the Mckinley record against
old soldiers. There are 327 c. A r.
posts that have demanded justice of
Mckinley for old veterans on the rul-
ing on the pension laws. The petitions
have not been noticed.
! Place true, tried American at the
! helm of state who will make all nations
respect us as freemen and liberty-lov-
ing veterans w. J. Bryan will see that
| all Will get justice in the departments
and rescue the country from militar-
ism and Imperialism, trusts and monop-
olies.
For forty years was a Republican
casting my first vote for that great
American eXpansionist under the con-
stitutiOn, J. c. Fremont, Republican
candidate in 1856, following along that
line of principle to the meeting of the
St Louis so-called Republican conven-
tion in 1896. where the so-called Re
publican party ceased to exist. I have
never regretted my action in 1896 in
quitting such party which is now
rocked in the cradle of goldbugS and
sucked by the trusts.
Here and now I give my allegiance
TO that party whose principles we be-
lieve in, whose cause I espOuSed -four
years ago, whose worthy candidates foI
president and vice president are Will
liam j. Bryan and AdEai E. Stevenson
Therefore, comrades, ask you to con-
slider the future and support these
| Americans. for your own benefit and
the benefit. of future generations.
And now, my friends, the silver Re
pUhlicans of Utah, the great warrior, &
Would-be desperate candidate for vice
president, Teddy Roosevelt. has come
and SOne, without one word for silver
which is one of the paramount issues
OF this campaign, an issue as sa-
cred and just to Utah as it was foul
years ago. Therefore. I appeal to Vol
to stand firm to the principles you 81
| zealously advocated four years ago
Bimetallism in Utah is what the people
want. and they viii vote to encourage
those who are trying to bring il abo0t
1t is said all silver Republicans bavt
abandoned the principle of binetaIlisyo
I denounce the accusation and branf
| it as an Office-hOlding. goldbue euhei.
died newspaper lie After chackine
up, / find only about % pc. cent 'bavt
so far forgotten their principles am
become blinded 10 their own interest,",
and the interests of all the nninjne
country. My silver Republican friends
stand firm, as you did four years 80
The free coinage OF silver is h1sf ..
much of a principle today as II eve,
was. 1t is an established principle, in.