Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-07-18
REPLY 70 Ex.eov. FLEMING.
An Old Veteran DisIikss His Position
on Pensions.


Editor Sun: | observe in a recent
Issue Of your paper an artic.' IRON
| our highly esteemed former Governor
ecu. F. p. Fleming. in opposition -
the new pension law. He says, i
presume none will question :Ay 10y
atty - the Confederate veteran.
As he did not use the - IL
seems that some one individual Is re,
ceiving that loyalty-maybe The eN'
Governor himself. Who knows? BE
that As il may. there Is great differ
ence In my case and his. as ! haze
been pleading for money and the hon.
or that goes with IL FOR the past NE
years, and have not as y-t received
| either. The Ex-Governor bucks like
a bronco because the servants OF the
people saw fit, in their wisdom. "
give each and every one OF the old
veterans a pension, regardless o:
property qualification. u seems that
the Ex-Governor can see IN n.
new pension law nothing but the
financial side. Now II seems 10 me
there are other onsiderat!oYs !ar
more valuable 10 all real patriotic
veterans than all the none: one :.
the thought Of being honored D.;
70 patriotic set OF men, the most
OF whom have come upon the stag
Of action since We came out VI M
war. and who composed the last Legis.
lature. say this &C, OF those meI.
should al the heart Of every veteran.
with gratitude. be he rich or poor
and he should accept wha, 'he STATE
offers.
Now. NJ. Editor. as you KNOW.
there are kickers In all walks OF lie.
and II Is not surprising 20 And one
or more kicking against the new pen.
sion law. especially IL a fellow has
more Of this worlds goods than be
knows what TO do with. Some folks
kick from habit. and some kick 50 as
to be equal 70 q jack-but ! do not
think you will find . Vet. who served
all through the Civil war kicking
against the new pension law. BY the
way, the Ex-Governor speaks Of the
arst pension act in the State. which
was passed In 1855: well. everyone
knows that the State is better able
nov to give each and every one OF the
veterans one hundred dollars than
Il vas In 1855 to give sixty dollars per
annum to only those who we're sotal-
~ disabled. as there were many
Of that class At that time.
do not think the ex-Go. ernor
should be 50 hard on the last Leeis-
lature BY saying that in his opinion
this pension law Is wrong. Now II
seems to me that the last Legisla.
ture acted along the same lines that
former Legislatures since 1855 have
acted. and that Vas TO stretch the
pension laws just as far as the pros
perity Of the State would allow. do
not think any fair,minded man
should dnd fault with any pension
laws passed yet.
Now. Mr.. Editor. don't you think
IL the Ex-Governor would stop kit King
and condescend to take the nrst quar-.
ter, which would be $25, and 60 and
divide II among those old vets At the
Home where he has lavished SO much
Of his time. such an &C. on his part
would make his heart feel like he
had swallowed . Texas ham: Some
one In the Bible said Paul's learning
made Paul mad. and he might have
added that great riches make some
folks oct very strange. II 10 alto
CetAer out of the ordinary for one
% b % YteA and % honest - not
70 accept that Which u honestly and
- eooa fAith o9aee1 hin.
y. Z q.
InOonnA ~ - II