Hide Article Text (OCR)
SOLDIERSED PROUD OF1C* v/tiR IG lUH t?d tholffJJJJ/n im* ration falsestory.ate UjI*' rttfj2 fifMl-bUlU*IR. WEISSthewlilctfjcsr of luring Tium-:b onlOUifC, jv- 1/) ri op-t 11lt; • i the nlrod.stkm ether til orJUr.thatfirs!theFob.atl-have C ii to Llielany lpoji Si 071iadcpub-tlmigllt-we[ 12Jsix-tourlickJiveQ9S.Mr.rfulliimieCr iult urn In no rae /hostsSSGshton-'01)ngiviesItvieitle-keir-IteeudidtommiylalyDtiyal3)fynitiaaH f S PENSION WORK,Tht Chilton Times, a puMScat that la thoroughly acquainted w tLe good work done by Mr. Weis had this U say at the tune Congre man WcIshu secured a pension 1 Ionry Erdrnan of that city:The Times believes in giving ere to whom credit is due arid to 11 end calls the attention of its rearle L/j general and veterans of the cl war, la particular, to the excellt work done during this session congress by Hon. Chas. II. Weiss of tho Blxlh district o£ Wisconsin, tlie interest of the faBt dccrenaii remnant who endangered their liv and who a till slitter from the effoc ol tho war for the preservation the union. A case of special lntere to those* Jn this vicinity and oj which shows the HLucerc fnendsk of CoiigrcsHinnn Wuteso for disable and deserving veterans is that i Cfonry /Crdrnan, of this city, a uiei: bor of the 2Stli Wisconsin Voluntoc [iiTantry. Mr. Erdruan enlisted lt;Hiilwauiceci In August 1SG2 and ser-cd three years an corporal and se gcanL, being wounded in the bafctl at Benton vine. Somo twenty od years ago he suffered a stroke c paralysis and since that time lie ]\fx bean unable to do work of any klnc For years ha received a trifling pen siou of twelve dollars a month.He has lived here all these year and lias tried repeatedly to have thj gn-.ctli sum increased. Previous tlt; each election, regularly, he ha heard the republican congressman o this, the eighth district spout elo ciuently about old glory and thlt; nation's gratitude to the boys It blue who defended and preservec it; but it remained for Congrngsmai Welsse of our neighboring district tc show tble eloquently expressed gra titude in a material way and he did so with dispatch and with a lack ol eclat that Is commendable. When his attention was called to Mr. Erd-innn'8 condition in February Last lie promjjlly replied: It Is o. just case.Soud down to Washington the necessary proof and I will take up the matter at once. In March the proofs wore sent in and in ApTil the bill which Mr. Welsse introduced was passed, granting Mr. Erdznan the well earned and long deferred pension of $24.00 per month dating from May 5th 19OS.Congressman WeLsse's friendship for the old soldier is not merely( pose and inaction. The Times ventures to say that he has secured mor special pensions for deserving veterans, who were unable through therod tape of the department to furnish the required evidence, than all tho other congressmen in the state combined; and this is not an unwarranted statement. Since Mr. Erd-man'3 case has come to our notice wo took the trouble to look up some of the bills passed at this congress ^through tho efforts of Mr. Welsse and found a goodly number, indeed, a list of which we publish below. While speaking of Mr. Weiase'e friendship for the old soldiers we might add that liis record in congress sbow9 him to he equally as sound a friend to tlie people In general. He ia a large manufacturer but this does not prevent him from working in the interest of the wage earner.The people of the eight district would be Indeed fortunate if they had such a representative as Chas. H. Weisse and the following veterans of the civil war for whom he secured pensions have reason to be glad that he is there:Edward T. Tucker $30, Samuel H. Chambers $40, Truman H. Baldwin $30, Eri B. Sabin $30, Anna Fick $12, Catherine Seilierlicli S16, Janies Bo-we $24, ^Andreas Schmidt $30, CharIds Brown $24, Edward Williams $24, Frederick Dicke $24, Frederick Soh-wiedar $24, Michael Metzger $24 John D. Owen $24, Martin Kohn $30, William Nelson $24, Hugo Arndt $24, John N.-Braun $30, George B.. Jones $24, Joachim Schultz $30, Elon. J. Tyler $24, Henry Erclman $24, Wm. .Lange $30, Gustave Tlmble $30, James P. Mallison $24, James O. Cummings $24, Silas 'M. Abers $36, Wm. Boldt $30, Joseph Cruguxn $30.
Newspaper Details
Grand Rapids Tribune
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Aug 31, 1910
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Pauline H.
WI, USA 06 Jun 2019
Other Publications Near Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune
Grand Rapids Daily Tribune
Grand Rapids Wood County Tribune
Grand Rapids Leader
Daily Leader
