The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-25

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We 5ssou1d have the vet
araIl his pension as the allinl.
portan fssues. any nore han We
ave ott1eT lean cit
persona Interests as
ID an II public co.'s deration
4 Eisin let ha rnaony NJ tn other pow
srf I'll MI tIences vii CHI wi II "a eteTmiEe
ire In which he shat cast his
hinfs that consideration
sf no result he election may
Flea not hi denied tia stf-s atti-
tice Of Jnd ge Parker. and is friends
hopeless of any furtne r libarallza,
sion;of the pensfon51a avs; and s dis
menace to- the continuance of the
which tfe III veterans nos; en-
JOY rSSIn the pension laws and their.
present. inteTpre citation by the Pension
Bureau.
pension plank in the st. Louis
as eunningly constructed
50 AS To give a faint nope in the be-
Inning; but destroy 1t by further and
more careful reading.
since that iwas$ad opted the main
81 assaults Of the leading Democratic
papers hich areBsupporting Judge
Parkers have been against the Presi-
aens for exercising his undoupted au-
sherity give the pension laws more
itAlic power, and execute them more
naccordance with their ma nifest in
J tent and purp ort With "A thousand
Itfmat eopportunities for dis
on of public poll icy, the editors
orators have chosen to concen-
srate assaults upon Tie Presi-
lent pension policy.
conclusionai is therefore just
frresistib 1ethar if successful
their resident will reverse that pol
heres can be no other course.
LAYING made this the main feature in
heir campaign having appealed to
thespeople lponS this issue, and given
thepTaferenceto over all others, their
arididat successful, will have no
choice but tosobey the popular man
an undo the wori. Of his pred
scegsors
Iudge Parker recognizes this fully.
bout he only specific. promise
ne has made is that ne will re-
vii ii os something Use for the
ssgss th 81 very words in Which
couclles his makes it one OF de
Xaguest and most illnsory pre-elec-
s4fons promises evergiven Tire veterans.
~ has nreire Of the rainbow in t than,
Ken the pension plank OF The st
Esuuts plat
This coupled with Judge !rsri'er's
ssatuarkaple silence as TO the sreat
sar. and those who fought it through
To 81 clammily disheartening.
TheSvaterans Of that war are now old.
and passing p1dly from the field of
sRctiye effort. Like all mon whose
anrk finally done they naturally
aelt for appreciation OF that work.
and find in this the chief reward of
lives They have looked in vain
Tor any sword of this kind from Judge
Parker, either before or since he has
become candidate. &c he is aware
sIhatS there#was great war ended 80
years ago, which came trightfui!y near
KreckIng not only the Nation, but all
asdophe was only prevented by the
snperhuman valor, fortitudc and self
saarIfce of millions Of men, nc has
kent that knowledge carefully 20 him
sci he knows that the present
nnexanpIed prosperity end greatness
sgE N att on was bought With the
lfgss Of 500. o0O8of# his fellow-citi;;ens.
ard the wrecked bodies of 100000
more he has ri gidly- aIostatned from
any expression of that consciousness.
He has been invited 70 a great ;aun1-
Der great veteran gatherings, but
has confined his replies 20 cold decli-
nat through his stenographer- No
public man in any party. has been SO
stf1ly curt IN this respect.
~ These are the absolute facts, and |
tiers of everyday knowledge.
lem every veteran can judge
himself what he has to hope for
from Judge Parker's success.
On the other hand President Roose-
ssSalt has been from the first our out
spoken and sincere friend. File is
proud to call himself our s:llnradc.
aHe$neYer lets a fitting occasion pass
thou calling attention TO the peer