The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-10-24

BY Former Senatof Scotf Not
TO BE Misled BY Their
Enemies.

In recent interview Ex-senator
nathan Bay Scott, who is one Of the
most loyal friends thar ever served in
the United States Senate in looking
after the interest OF the old Union
soldiers OF the Civil war. said:
ct has come to my knowledge that
The Democratic party OF West Virginia
IS trying to mislead the old soldiers
BY claiming that the Democratic
House, at its last session by its ac-
dons, showed its great friendship for
the old soldiers. therefore asking for
their votes in November. want 70
sound a warning note, and call at
tention to what has always been the
attitude of the Democratic party and
it unfriendliness and hostility to those
who offered their lives in order 20 save
the country. 1t has been the Repub-
ncan party for the last fifty years
that has shown its gratitude 10 the
defenders Of the Union for the great
sacrifice and hardships that were
borne by them.
4 served twelve years on the Com
nittee on Pensions. and when look
back upon the many hard fought bat
lies for the boys who wore the blue
hat made in that Committee. and
on the floor Of the Senate, am sure
that when 1 say to my old comrades
not to be misled by promises now
made by their new found friends sim
ply to catch their votes on the 9Th
day Of November that they Will heed
he warning OF their friends.
Ever since the close of the War
the interests of the old soldiers. have
been safe in the hands OF the Repub-
ncan party, and in view of the words
expressed by the Democratic candidate
for President I quote him, Congress
has hastened from one lavish vote to
another in providing pensions for the
soldiers who fought in the Civil War,
1ntil at length their generosity had
passed into folly
Judging from that expression, and
the recollection of the days of Hoke
Smith and the treatment accorded the
old soldiers during the administration
of President Cleveland, am sure you
will stick to the old party that has
carried you ever safely.
The entire move made by the Dem
ocratic House in the last session in
the pension matter was simply to try
10 catch the vote of the oIS soldiers
The dollar-a-day bill which had
charge of on the floor of the Senate
in the last days of my service in that
body. and which l tried to the best
of my abilItyq to have passed, was
vigorously opposed by such prominent
Democrats as Bailey and overman.
and others, and the bill failed at the
last moment.
1T was stated that President Taft
said that he would have vetoed the
bill had 1 been able to have had it
passed but on the contrary he hold
me on two or three different occasions
when I asked him about it, 'Scotty.
go ahead and pass your bin and bring
it to me and let me see what it is and
I have no doubt but what I can APP
prove it
Remember comrades that the shad-
ows arc fast falling on those of US
who are left and no matter what treat
ment you would receive at the hands
of the Democratic party in the next
four years that the call to the Great
Beyond will be so great that the old
soldiers vote in four years viii have
no effect or influence upon the cleo
ton, consequently they are trying to
trap you, taking it for granted # they
do misrepresent that in four years
from now there will not be enough of
US left to resent the wrong.
My appeal to you my Old friends
and comrades is to stand by the party
which has shown its loyalty and
kindly feeling and gratitude toward
those of you who served this great
country of ours so periodically and
faithfully.
stand by the Republican candi-
dates. President Taft and our candi-
dates for the Senate and House Of
Representatives in fact stand firm on
the firing line for our Grand Old
Party as you did for your country in
the past"