Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-08-02

which meant the surrender of American
rights and interests-and the further
charge made by the press of the country
that the educational department of our
government is seeking to poison the
minds of the teachers OF our children,
by sending them certain pamphlets and
bulletins issued by the British govern
ment for the purpose of preiudicing the
minds of the youths of our land against
the poor liberty-loving Beers, by lies and
misrepresentati seeking to make it
appear that the Beers are savages and
that Great Britain is waging war against
them in the interest of humanity and civ
ilization.
All these things have a tendency to
make US feel that our government has
not maintained absolute neutrality be-
tween the contestants struggling in South
Africa And believe the masses of our
people who are not influenced by British
gold and the powerful millionaire trust
owners VIII resent the action of our gov
ernment at the coming election. 1t will
not be forgotten by the millions of loyal
Irish people of this country, whose an
cestors starved and died for liberty in
their beloved land, their emerald isle.
They will not forget the countless help
| less women and children who suffered
under the iron heel of English tyranny.
Nor will it be forgotten by the countless
/ throng of COMMUNICATIONS who sym
/ pathize with their brethren the Dutch of
! South Africa who hate militarism and
| imperialism and love justice and liberty.
| And it will not be forgotten by our cit
! liens whose ancestry was the same with
| that of the Beers. who followed William
the Silent, in the long ago, when he
wrested liberty from the hand of the ty-
| rant Spain. Upon the cheek of every
| patriot, native or naturalized, the blush of
| shame must apear as he contemplates
this strange attitude of our government,
| and realizing that this great country is
his country, that he has a personal pro-
prfetorshfp in the honor of its name and
the glory of its free institutions. he must
| feel it duty to rise above the Shiny vale
! of partisan prejudice, hate and malice,
| up to the higher level of patriotism and
| love of country, and boldly stand forth
a free man, and with a free mans bal
| lOt-the most powerful weapon known to
man-enter the lists as the fearless cham
pion of liberty, equality and justice.
understand the state of Kansas has
| more old veterans of the Grand Army
living in it than any other state in the
union. As one who has always been their
friend in office, as we'll as out of Office
1 want to say a word to them. No voters
| in all the past have been truer to the
| republican party and more loyal than
they. They have been the bone and
| sinew of that party And yet I want to
know during the last four years has that
party been true to them? Has it fulfilled
the pledges made to them. How badly
have they been neglected by those who
should have been their champions? In the
| democratic national platform find
these words: I'VE are proud of the
diers and sailors in an our wars. We
favor liberal pensions to them and their
| dependents, and we reiterate the posi-
ton taken in the Chicago platform in
| 1896 that the fact of enlistment and
| service shall be deemed conclusive evil
dence against disease and disability be-
| fore enlistment
These are brave words and should touch
the heart of every old soldier throughout
! the republic. William J. Bryan, who
| stands upon this platform, and upon this
plank in that platform, is a most sin
cere and honest man, and believe when
| he is serving the people as chief executive
he Will not forget to be true to all the
people. He will not forget that he Sprang
from the ranks of the common people
the people whose fathers laid the founda-
| ton stones of this republic amid the crack
| of musketry and the lannon's roar, and
! who laid the stones of that foundation
| in cement mOistened with their tears
| and REDEEMED with their bloOd-yes, the
| common people, the people whom Abra-
ham Lincoln loved. Surely it is right
that our government has provided
literally for the care of the soldiers
homes and by proper pension legislation.
| have said before and I say now that
! the money paid for pensions nearly all
! remains in the country and goes direct
| ~ into the channels of trade and greatly
| reduces local taxation for the support Of
| the poor; some of it goes to poor farm
| ers and to farmers widows. In every
country hamlet and village, well q
| in every city, the physician the druggist,
| the grOceryman. the fuel men and the
| landlord, are all directly interested for
| as soon the pensioner receives the pen
sion money, the first duty is to pay for
| the necessaries of life, which have been
| furnished by their neighbOr tradeSmen,
| in expectancy of the forthcoming pension.
| During the awful financial depression
| in this country a few years ago all the
banks locked the money up in their
| vaults and poor people could get no work
| because there was no money in circulation
| with which to pay them carry on bus
| mess. Everything at a standstiil,
| and sorrow and gloom prevailed every
| where. Then it was that the pension
! proved of such great value to the poor
people. for that money came regularly
| from the nations treasury and scattered
| contentment and peace throughout the
homes of thousands of poor men and
| women. Truly the pension is one of the
| best friends the poor people have to-day
| in this country. We are told that men are
| getting pensions who don't deserve them
because. judging from appearances. they
| seem not to be deserving. But WIZ can
! tell by looking at a man what his wounds
! or ailments may be? assert that no man
could pass through the hardships of war,
/ on march, in camp and on battle field
! and emerge therefrom the same man
| physically and mentally that he
! when he first enlisted. He may perchance
| never even have received q wound and
| may never have been confined in a hos
pital. but nevertheless human body
| can withstand the shock and strain of
war and be the same and as good it
| was before. We hear so much about
the large number OF frauds the pen
| sion rolls. Of course there may be some
| who are frauds
There are nearly 100000 names on the
pension roll and it would be very
! markable if there were not some which
| ought not to appear there. Can you
gather together 100000 men ard women
: in this world and not find among them
some who are frauds?
Therefore, in the administration of pen