Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1887 — THE IOWA RESOLUTIONS. [ARTICLE]

THE IOWA RESOLUTIONS.

Gen. Rosecrans Formally Presents Them to the President—The Latter Makes a Speech. (Associated Press dispatch from Washington.] Gen. Rosecrans recently received from Charles Whitehead, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions of the National Veteran Association, at Res Moines, lowa, copies of the resolutions adopted by that association, repudiating the utterances of certain members of the Grand Army of the Republic in connection with the proposed visit of the President to St Louis while tbe Grand Army of the Republic encampment was in progress there, commending the President s veto of the dependent pension bill, and condemning the efforts of those who seek, by the rebel-flag episode, to rekindle the flames of sectional hate and contention as unmanly, unpatriotic, and meriting the contempt of every intelligent man. The resolutions also compliment Gen. Black’s administration of the Pension Office. Gen. Rosecrans, by request, delivered a copy of these re >lutions to the President, in a neat speech. President Cleveland, replying, said: Without reading the resolutions presented by you in such a gratifying manner, I have only to say, judging from the tenor of your remarks, that the action of the veterans mentioned is in tho direction of acknowledging the duty which devolves upon them us veterans, to emphasize tbe value of their service in the field by a patriotic service at home, and demonstrate the same bravery shown in the battle by courage no less conspicuous, when called upon to defend and maintain freedom and patriotism, which in peace is the safety of American institutions. Understanding this to be the purpose of-the resolutions, lam glad to receive them at your hands. Gen. Rosecrans sent the resolutions to Commissioner Black by mail. The resolutions were adopted by the National Veterans’ Association in mass convention July 15 last. Mr. Whitehead, in his letter, asked Gen. Rosecrans to present them i the name of 10,000 ex-Union soldiers of lowa.