Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1884 — Senatcr Harrlscn's Pension Bill. [ARTICLE]

Senatcr Harrlscn's Pension Bill.

Oar reader.?, irrespective of what their opinions upon the tariff <lucstionmay be, .willfind the article headed “American Prosperity** very valuable and interesting r.eadng. ■m—'■--.’■mg**-* if TT-xm Col. YG \Y. 1 iudloy has roconsidt- red liis decision not io be a candp ; .ate for the governor? hippor.d Ms name will accordingly bo presented .. the convention. Co]. Dudley would mo,he. a rattling good caudi.ale and a superb governor; and i•etvreen him and Ms chief comj u-titor <% Y>. JL _ (Adkins, w ; e lu.ve • at little c heicei rjrK-*- »*»«wirvr* The Republican voters of Jiangtsg Grove, Walker, Kankakee \Ylnatfield and Milroy townships-, ns urged to see thattheir township committs&s. are in pood chape next Cuturdoy afternoon, in accordance with the call of 05 centra] carafnildea ts y d ; ; week, f.nd to see chat the eomniii tees are reported promptly' to' the secretary. te ihthas. luor., «c . -v ' mk * nn Even, ndTiefore the war the demecratic party ot the North wee —grossly- and-vrddrthy bbhid to the : eaSurck os wickedness of sin-very Tnd to-the plainly treason, .tendency cf their party in the. South, f-o. at this-day, it-Heyp.ntHv .blind,. Ip the colossal system of . t error i/.at lon and murder, by means : w'uih tin-ii* pai iy is assured i tr “Solid South’'• nt every election. inrxwt. nr?*cam Viie “deceased wife’s . brother ;: H” that the London Punch talks 1 bout is nos a .more persistently i voublesome' Wi Ilia pi* in Engl run; i bun is our own Fits-John Porter • 1 'ill in .this country. In regard to ..ie latter. f while we. quite agree with the pr iii.m ih.d !::■' dem- ' - )cr«tts.ave ready to vote for Porter for no other reason than that he Is „iu_ brother— democrat, we do not c onsider that the converse of that statement should also be. true, and that republicans should oppose his claims because lie is not a rei iiibliean. The arguments in his tavbr which-convinced so sound a reasoner as General Grant, and all the members of the secondj court niarahal have convinced iis that tliere arS certainly two sides to the case, and we are willing to go a considerable distance in giving A an accused man the ‘'benefit of the loubt.” x«ti!vr.'TOac:.-- r TcsusiMni iveassehu-r ought to 'dey" for - t r*e Republican Oongresiional Conation, this year, “for keeps.” We-came within one of getting it iwo years ago, ami ought, to have it tins year, without any grumbling. The town is nearer the center ot ‘he district than any* other county ; eat; is as generady accessible as any other place, lias abnndaut and ■ •ellr-nt. hotel accommodations, lies a splendid hall, amply large for the purposes of the convention, A the most hospitable town in all Indiana, and wants the convention, and wonts it bad. In behalf of the people of Ivotifeaiaer, The IcEPIJBJ ?<' '->* takes upon itself the responsibility of “instructing” the Jasper county delegation to the Logansport convention of April 30th, to “use ail honorable means” and, if necessary, to distribute a few ch romps, to secure the nominating conventk'.. for Rensselaer; and iu pursuance <>f this object, we i.uilurize our delegation to assure the prGiniiuary convention that if Iter wishes in this respect are gratified, Jasper county will ask for nothing, that at does not want, from the Tenth district, for seven years b> <TTQ.e,. V TT " A-" A: -A.: 1 '.-A

The Fowler Era lately, unjustifiably interfering in a little racket we were having with another paper, made a very swooping assertion in regard to the orthography of this paper, but did not give any instances in support of its statements, not having any to give. We returned tire favor in kind nx.d enforced our assertions With numerous pertinent examples of the Era’s bad spelling. The Era now waxes exceeding savage and fays that “The RuEUBLIdAX man’’ can find the Junior at home at all hours. The Junior,® one Mfcllish by name, . is eviGently the lighting man of the establishment, and intends, if ever \ve venture inside of thVEya "fTlceTTto mop the floor witli onr j.-ersonr . A min'. !i: i'ov,!er, HoUif-ii, W-I/rsc• \-Htl»l-.-m 1 s«T Hoo':i-»hc:t ure liclli^ti. Swm!ti Halt :it sigtit ot iw Ht.wiU be tli(jileiH.h.;,|iut«. of ns. Oli.t gviu vip.i;,- 'l'orror i- ibt'Vj.-ili! This critic of oilier papers’ ortliography finishes its tirade by. calling as a.. ‘Toatemptiahle.. rmA’ (notice the ort'liogKHjhy of cnnp.mptilde,) second cnly in giagnitihfe to Did Mpfd, c.f Hmlodor;.;.:- memory!! In conclusion we would venture to suggest Io Mr. Junior - Bruiser blelUvshltuat. inasmuch as he-As to. -iiL- n c at all jio i. rs -J ic re aL l t.* i y -n-e wordd ito .. m'l not to devote all h A ‘-pare, timo to practicing wit-h boxing gloves, billies mid brass limu'.ks, but to give n portion of it to the w.arh of acquiring the rudiments of an education, with special attention given to spelling and the English gram mar— - ——A- 1 ’ =■. -

jaig : a-; MU -intro.Toul in the rr-enate, on T'eb. TV, u of great. import- « •- -* ,*• o S '■■■'• Ti r ) their wido>v.s. pgmdha a, pension for- all soldiers wllO.Serve:! during film xv&T ol the rebellion in the raiiiUiiy or naval s >ryiee for a ppyioti of T'cmontus and yore "honor-' ; uy •!isji:aiv, , ‘.: d, provided .hoy am -now di-ntr.;' i. obi ya n ds n |gg 'he >ry the: - are many Soldiers and who «dd no' contract disahiltti. * Thrrirrg the war n! such gp'ociiLc and '-vollokdined nature ns to enable them to junke .proof thereof, as required by existing laws; burin truth: Ln faot they -.ire now br >keti down in health “by teas m of the hardship-; and exposure sos tho sorviou. It is a bill that grants relief to that class of soldiers yrho hud the physical strength to bear the bu of the war without receiving hospital treatment, but by reason of their long and faithful service h ive since become invalids. The highes rate of pension granted is #24. which is made divisible according to the degree of actual disability. The bill increases the rate to sl2 o f all widows «.*rs who contracted disability in itnd since the war cf the rebellion, and who are now drawing 38, and lives the rats of such claimants at sl-2 per month ior fatura pensions. It also provides pensions for the widows of such soldiers as 'may be pensioned under the drat section of said bill, and also the widows of those who served in the war of the rebellion and Shall obtain a pension under existing laws ior disability, without the widow being required to prove that the death cause was due to service. This does not grant pensions to all widows, but to the widows of soldiers who are or in ay become pensioners. It grants relief to, many worthy claimants whoso husbands wore disabled by reason of their military service, r.ad were destined to die from some specific disease intervening and causing death, the claimants were barred. owing to' the immediate cause of death not being due to service. This bill is the result of demands which the governmenti4 unable.to. meet under ex iting laws. A soldier, for example :.vlio was in evory battle of the I’stom.tc from 13151 to but who was neither wounded nor in the hospital now becomes disabled by reason of. disease contracted in the service. Under existing laws the government can not help such soldier, but this bill proposes n.»t only to pension him, but also to pension his widow. r u T" - In an interview Senator Harrison said That while this was a radical chanm* in -A .i *V the pens on lavvs. he had carefully con-sider-d the matter and he did not hesitate to.-ay in I.is opinion - every true 'rien 1 of the Union spoiler, could afford to sustain such a measure. It was hoodod, and should become a law at once. All pecsi.'RS under this act begin at the date of the tiling of application therefor.

TJ .e Democrats hereabouts don’t enthuse extravagantly over holding the 'national convention at Chicago They went there for wool twenty years ago and came home shorn.— bEnfayette Coufiefv ~ ——r= Congressman Spriggs, of New York, in a recent interview, stated the relations of the workingmen and tariff admirably in a single sentence, * “It’s all very well to talk of re.l action of taxation and cheapening [ of imported goods, but v,hen you : get'intd a crowd of workingmen And toil liiem that the tariff raises ! the price of everything they use ! mol' Lot fx-e trade, is the panacea for this evil yen are met by the per- 1 dinent"query: *YV here are we to 1 ~e..T"n the money toT.uy these c heap goods if ou-r • manufactories me. cicsed':’ ’ -j' i *- r \<n ti -n Now, 'young lam.i, to mind,. t.be whole t.wri/F oneslipn can Jb.e best. ftm arperT up _in.. t.Ju.-> it'a-yP The Democrats ronfrolleil Congnisal lap m IS4G to Jb-ik) hm\l niadh a vei’y : low tariff - Tiie fiejitibHcans had control ol ■Gorgreas fronV ISGO to [•‘GO and made a high tariff. During which period of t:me_did the criirnhy m<>ve ba< - ’ - .wards- find get poorer, find duiing Gvldc:: period-bf time 1 did It ybound' ■Tihun-l ahu-pix .•••; Z -] i ter Ocean. ....

The odi:or of the . Dsinocratie Sentinel; uu?'e«trc.ined r.s ho always i;j by any regard for the truth, or considerations of honor or Justice, makes’ an attempt in Eis last taper to create an imyi'es- : sion that The Republicsj? is not a ; frii-.ud of tiuKsoldii iv-, an i tries to moke a s? eeink point oix tho fact, that we never was a soldier. •Ido Mr. Mc-Ewen, the editor of this paper was never -in, the-army; -but your base attempt io make capital out of that Tact wall fail. il.>, had ’.vopt mal you had rejoiced IMkX--ThteMnwr.d&r --oAT.--S)e-r BobleJincohi, and you had wept "and lie rejoiced over the surrender or Lee at Appomaitox, months before ho bmdcompleted his iuieenth y earn He was the yorai-.0.-i son of a widowed mother, too, end stayed at home and run the farm while her four other sons were absent as soldiers in the Union army. One of them, a delicate boy of scarce, eighteen years, came home from a pestilent camp with tiie seeds ot a fatal disease in his system, and a car veil image of his country's fiag, upon his humble monument, now gives evidence of the patriotism of his race. And wdiere were you and what doing during the war, Mr. McEweh? Skulking at home in your dirty den, and through the columns of your blatant, copperhead paper giving all the aid and encouragement you could to the rebel cause, and assisting Dan Yoorhees iu vlliifying “Lincoln’s dogs,” in the same.manner as you are now assisting him in his demagogic ; ditterffpis to catch the soldiers’ votes. : =No, Mr. McEwen, the editor of The Republican was never a soldier, but he was an ardent Unionist, while you were a bitter, skulking, malignant and ribald copperhead. And to this day even as in the exciting times of ■war, we forgive the southren men for their adherence to a cause most of them believe! was right, and honor them for their bravery in war; but for those in the North who aided and abetted them in their mistakeu course, and especially for those like you and Dan Vuorhees, who reviled the Union soldiers, and abused the holy, cause for which their blood was shed, and are now ready to crawl and fawn at the feet of those same “Lincoln’s Dogs,” for the sake of a little political advantage, we have nothing but unmeasured contempt.