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About The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1897)
POPS AM) S()IJ)IERS,irni.!f!!r,r! JOHN DAV13 COMPtETEty KNOCKS OUT A UE OP TM ENEMY, trim T ha tlMi FynlM (mtrnmi Ar tk RmI rrfsd Hut tM riiir, 1 A Pfipolwt nmfpAndn ha fllippAd from as ftld parry paper th following jn"Htk)B and ank bia to anower i, "Wh eTcr beard ( a Fop eorijrrcMfmaft 4liEgr anyfbiiifr fff th old mV-xf la reply fft tbs jnAffio 1 will flrC tat that there are era way frr eonjrreiwmaw to aid fh eld mMier, First After th noldWn penmnn ba been applied fr.r and th appliAafkn w b file in the pejwion ffke it w the (in ty of the congredj4ia of tli AitriP.t where the aoldief reinden to keep the ease alive by frequent; inoiriedan tA it tatn and by urgent request that is be pot through a npeedily m prxwible, Tbi kind tt work annAt be dnne & wet! by any one else, and nr food eon (rre(ma will fiegfert thw line at offW cial daty. And 1 am feappy ay thn daring my two temve in conre and my rtjHine aAfnaiRfan" wirfe the efll' m and employee in the peniriAB offlA 1 nerer beard t,p syllable of omplai5 that a Popnlirt eongresmman eve failed to rto hi Iotf. fJnfr on the other band, I ha?e often beard of their beinjjf conv menfd ty the penu-.n office eierks in Waxhinff.n and by the penwoo aprent at bonie a' the beiH; friende the old oMr e-s r bad. " And at for mysieif,, I ran truly a that nor pari e my oflV cial work aff'jrd me so preat and mt iog pieacore at) the fa the no man worthy men and women in the t'iii' diefrir t bae been nnrie eomfrtable irv tb"ir old ape bypf nwmw wtwh my ow effort help d to bnrry thronga, Hfond. efffteti'se method of idirjsf the Cnkn w.Jdier and their wWow. and famiiie i to attend promptly at the pr-neion meeting on Fri day fTenirtj: n the bonxe of represent, fif h in onkr to pass special few for caws that are nr.t eovf-rpd by the ftcti' eral law, tn fVse sp-eial eveninji the Kreatf s dtOtilty w experieneed i pro ODrinsf the attendanee of i o,nornw U'hfn there i Rr a qtKrmv present any single roemfier miy kill a bill or stop jiroceeriing entirely by an objeft' tion. When a qTK.rnm i present, no sinffle mew ber ha soon power and the majority rule prevaile. Ilnoe, tdnvre' ly be present on pension eeirtsf a a friomliy a toward the old oldwr. iJtirinff my sf rvie in the hon eovfrlngf fie aesnion of on$rres I did not f.wl Wlnu t niii""-, i kit' nr A 'f fmr i personal fcrraf ion, I e.an state fhaf, a a rale, there w a uniformly prwnC1 larger percentage of the Fopnrr, m IffoportKmfo tbeir BnJnrra eongre than of any other party. Among1 hi any other party. Among Kepnblkan soeh men a Tom fceedr J. C fJorroogb and other leading" menv ' ber were "rery eonspie?Knif by their j abttenee, " My own seat wa rery near . that of Mr. Keert, and dnring my entire I attendance In emgres 1 seldom- saw i birn present on peneion evenvnjf and j uerer dpring an entire erening, Third. The pension- evening open I at 8 Vloek and ek-ee c 1010, and there j little tiirte for kjug speeene. j Two or three members, tinder the rules, j may oonnnie the entire time lighting eaoh other and no bncines -wiil he done for the old soldier. Thi poiiey i of : U.n pnrsneil t,y ntember of the two old parties, seoldir.g ea h other for not I furnishing a qnororo. It i but Jfitr how ver, Vi say that dnring the fVry-f-cond and Fifty-third eongrewe the ImeTats fnmisbed a greater perenc- 1 age of their nnmber toward making jnoro.n on pensin evening than did the rV-pnblieaos. There wa seareiy an exeej.t if,n tn thi role. Bot, in propor tion to number, the Tmorrat rtid noc exoel the Kepnbliean malting long apeerhe and wasting preejrn time. The Fcpnlisfsrfid not make long epeerh es, a the record show, and no ircml'r of any party except the Rpnhlanev exhorted the men r.f hi party to stay away from the hnne on pension even- ' Ing in order to prevent the presence of qoornrn. I have also seen a Kepntv lican memfjer object to the p;ieagrt of special pension bill for the sole reon that it wa not railed np in it r-'gnUr ' order. The fart is, t he Repnhiiean nm- j ally aasnme that they ar the only friend of the old soldier, and they , hare frejjenf !y fried to prevent legisla- j tion in favor of th old soldiers, onlex their party eooJd, in nc.me way, have j the entire credit i,f jt, j And, in troth, no men bv Uft.A the Union Mwt so shal.raly a have , the Kepnblican. f n the trt place, thy enlisted the srildir nnder coin con tract. They then woonded the green back by law, r-dnc ing U valne one, half, and then with thHt half prW money they paid the soldier h com rontract wg s. Th-tcoln cf.ntract my be fonnd in The I.ily National Jntei.i gence of fcept, 4, JHol, on fi i the f,n Kressir.nal library, WMnirroi, a :t wa first r oblished by I.tfenan Onv rI boh! to encrmrag't eniistroent It I ttiU. a follows; 'liwl ftrtU-r I J HutiKjt ahth or in Ar, TX ent In tbtrt M KH(,y frt nwmvn thl th Ifuwnrf A-voiBn, f-, mi ilw" pf aenl .f h lrwp, h It iwiM'l t'ArtPn M M hr1'1'r. lritmrr i Awm. i IMl lwTtlw, fnA m (i,l t Mil lnf n. lUa nt etwt K,mni f. rnitwr'4t by irtl tnifn .m,-t an. I nn Ahoir fiilwn I IfiM. kinA. taiKor. SA lHif s-rin nixlr im xr vt rim will Ikn S ha fAf eA Ot mn r4 flwrlnf immn; mrvtmn ttf nffoetnc hmlmM n4 lrviA tmW p Meh .wkiirf owr ir,.,s f m selfd ftpftft, A Ail4, UK N MaWHK f aulf M a44 Nf kls ne. 11 scan, tt iMmi.t ttff Kxeffc K. I. Trr, i"tMI AinlMt t4Wt Tb wilewin, or.i ultoincofiff-t w,t th old soldier ba mrw been fulfilled, (inn rnl Heaver, wKeti lit eortgre, pr. atnted a bill providinf for it ItltlU ypwwiin Pear, ftepnhlieaw fmn ii oir and other joined W"snsr m fjsmr it Jnence fA fne- CTnww vltitw,, tetf they wr alt hnwdiedi aid a '"dwtwiK ! foga,' and rh bul mnXAmi jam ; d i fteflnhliea AAngr.,. J fh Fifty-iiird aa0jsi I uny forroduAed erv pn.oAn. iuU. advocated it pagv u wvrttotw miyi , f pmpomed m mf but art i taitnm tmdtt h? fo a tinryj' jw- i some, large Hvlr;fivw,i;ut fiiry imt' d eft,, bntf i w, I frv An. prHTje.. j Th old CairtJv Mlr irm) now v 4v ft right whi lv fn gout &idit plutocrat bonnd! iv jA. 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Th development siiofls f!Kr rtiy'. ; and mnf long ha- Hen mfinw jer ' ir.nal friend-, ifr. fv'.n'l jfutf vitf ' elf, donht!sr on fn gfonnd rtti A i ba hi iv?"hboed fW er-4, fA aw Jav fesnion nt th few, and frturwmfiiey and client shr.nld w.rW JSAgpfee Ti ,m may imprew numy a iiein. perf VaJid. fs w precijwly riiA v,h ATArt i behnif of .-'tfy t'M ! li-'ri.eHw work of moncpciy ,i,t rtpfjiwswintfc TiA le;iler of the chinn g.iosr i vrik iA' fexlva th rtnfonrtnf 'n a Ht tswV, hn fh aw ' n, Hai! A not thmlt fh Aefr of A.iu- Sr Twentv'.v fiirnry. A year Of l!A ago Oliven eonnfy j rancher who ! 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