Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-29
EXEMPTION BILL ADVANCED
AFTER ARGUMENT.
DAVIDSON BREAKS TIE
Lieutenant Governor Votes for the
First Time This Session-Final Ac-
ton on Anti-Cigarette Bill Delayed
for week-More Chairs for Gem
mittees.

ate has had this session took place last
week when the Frear bill was reached
at the end of the calen lar. Tne meas
ure was reported By the committee or
assessment and collection Of taxes with
the recommendation that 1t be iadel
nitely postponed. Senator Frear took
the door in support OF the Dill, making
an argument in favor OF giving this
small favor to the old soldiers who
would be benefited BY the proposed
| law. He explained that the PROPOSE
! ton was to exempt from taxation the
property of civil war soldiers and their
widows to the extent of $500 worth.
lie said that no person with ample in
come could profit under the proposed
law, but that it would help just those
deserving ones who would most appre
Ciate it. He told how many other
states, among them number of south
ern states, had passed such laws. lie
read a letter from new Eaper, sus-
costing that legislation is often deDaJeu
and discussed over wine and cigars IL
hotels and saloons. This was the &C,
! casion OF some vigorous remarks by
Senator Rogers by way OF urging thai
the dignity OF the senate be mann
! Laiued.
Senator Bird, the only civil war vet
eran of the senate, made some re-
marks which set forth that enough had
already been done for the old soldiers
! in the way OF pensions and bounties.
lie said that he thought he represented
the old soldiers best when he said that
they did not ask such legislation.
Senator McGtlliyray made a speech
Of some length in which ne strongly
favored the bill lie showed that ne
had read extensively in patriotic lit
erature.
McGiIliVray's Remarks.
Ever since the conception Of our
government to the present date" said
Senator McGillivray, our history re-
cords the deeds OF patriotic men. On
every page you will find the broken
threads of individual sacrifice for
country, for liberty, for freedom and
for humanity. AS you gather these
broken threads and place them to-
sether your heart warns with love and
appreciation for the patriotic devotion
Of the boys of 81 and IS. At the
, close Of the war We promised to pro-
vide for the veterans ami We have
done so to some extent but we can
never do too much for them and now
that the poor and unfortunate\a ask US
to remember them in their declining
years [ feel thse it should come with
badness and not begrudgingly.
we will all readily agree shat dur
ing the great conflict from '6I TO 65
/ that there was never day nor an
hour but that the life of the nation de-
pended upon the boys who carried the
musket, upon their loyalty, the value
OF the men who carried the KNAPP sack.
The men who tented upon the open
/ field, and were in the front ranks OF
| battle and met death by the thousands.
| would not take one single atom OF
credit from the officers who served in
the war Of the rebellion, but at the
same time the men who carried the
musket and brayed the hottest of the
fight, are as much entitled to praise as
any officer Because the officers never
could have put down. the rebellion I'M
less the men who shoullered the mus
ket were there ID do the work. There
never was such an army since the
world swung into space as died under
the stars and stripes from 81 to IS.
They were as brave as any army that
Napoleon Bonaparte ever led to vic
tory and defeat, and as patriotic as
at
under the sun. They realized that
they were fighting for freedom, indie
pendence, the union, the constitution.
and the flag Of the glorious nation.
They realized what it cost, blood.
treasure, comfort. happiness and all
that an American citizen holds dear
liberty. They met at the point where
the lightning burned and the thunder
bolts fell When the shock came they
We're at the front to meet its force:
they stood between Us and all danger
] ike a wall of FIRE and as firm as the
/ rockies. The men who make I'D the
armies are mostly volunteers and
thousands were as able to command as
those who did. The officers received
the greatest praise and the most
money for their services Turing the
war, now the war Is over let us divide.
II takes as much to care and provide
for the family Of private as for al
officer.
when think of the dead. the
wounded. the suffering in march on
the neld under the burning sun, half
fed. half clad pause with bated
breath to thank God for the boys of 81
10 '65. When l think of Gettysburg,
Of Vicksburg, the battle Of the wilder
ness, and many more. of Libby prison
and Andersonville, the many men that
/ fell on the hillside, in the valleys and
in the den. those who rest where the
bullets pierced them and now lie
where they fell I shout for the Grand
Army Of the Republic When think
what II cost this nation in tears in the
death of a million men or more. in
, treasure. my heart yearns for another
way 10 settle these disputes outside of
/ the cannon and the bayonet. When I
look upon these forms bent with ex-
posture and hardships. walking through
life with one arm or one leg. I plead
for the peaceful settlement of all dis
putes without this great slaughter. !
God forbid that We should shed our
blood for conquest or for money, Il Z