Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1888 — Democrats and Pension Bills. [ARTICLE]

Democrats and Pension Bills.

In di an a pol i s Jon r n al. “It is better to trust those that are tried than those who pretend,” said General Logan in one of his speeches. The Democrats pretends to be the soldiers’ friend, the Republican party has been and is. Every pension law on the statute books to-day is the work of the Republican paity. The following tabulated .statement of votes on pension bills shows who passed the pension laws and where the opposition to them came from:

~ 7 ’ ■,& * ' ? 1 - « 1 r « ' *-< . ■ fc, ~ Z) •y ® Name of Bill. ,c T ; = 2 - 3 " < I" y Repeal of arrears, limitation. | i Forty-sixth Congress 1 48 Gt: Illi 0 Mexican Pension bill, with i Senate amendments, FortyeighthCongress, lirst session : :)!) gj 87 0 Mexican Pension bill, with! ■ Senate amendments, Forty-, ■ eighth Congress, second sos-l sion : 57| 81! 72 , 1 Widows’ increase,Forty-ninth:L Congress, so GO 118! 0 '•Senate IJf 11, 188(1,” Fortrninth Congress (never re-’ - ported back in the House) .I 7 11 27' 0 Dependent PcnsiQii_Kill, For-; -ty-nintli Congress ! '(i(e~ 70j lilf O' Dependent Pension bill, For-: ty- ninth Congress (to pass i over President's rpto)—Bl. .125, 1:18| 0 On all the bills (aggregate)! 834,310: 572| 1

The Democratic rascals who are trying to persuade old soldiers to pledge themselves to vote . for Cleveland oh the promise of pensions being granted immediately after election, are engaged in a disreputable and dishonest business, and men should have more manhood than to allow themselves to be duped by such a proceeding. Cleveland is a foe to Union soldiers and the efforts of his henchmen to bribe the voters with the public’s money is illegal and damnable. General Harrison wdl be the next President of the United States, and he will inaugurate an administration under which the surviving defenders of the Union ’will get their just deserts without being subjected to the insult and mortification of sacrificing their self respect and manhood.—Lafayette. Courier. ~~ ? ' ■» ■■■■■»■■■. .in.-.. The Republicans of Fair Oaks raised the finest campaign pole in Jasper county, last Saturday.