Remonstrance against repealing laws related to aid for the widows and orphans of soldiers

Pet no 47S

Petition Remonstrance of J.B. McPherson Post No. 27 G.A.R. of Lake Geneva Wis Against passage of Senate Bill No. 91 2/19 Mil [illegible]

Reynolds 2/19 Mil [illegible]

HEADQUARTERS OF J.B. McPherson Post. No. 27. G.A.R. Department of Wisconsin. Lake Geneva, Wis., Feb. 12th., 1891.

To the Honorable the Legislature of Wisconsin,

At a special meeting of J.B. M [illegible] Post G.A.R. held at there rooms this evening the following resolution was unanimously adopted :-

Resolved, That we as a Post, respectfully, remonstrate against the passage of bill No 91.S. the purpose of which is the repeal of Chapter 339. of the Revised Statutes of 1889, which is an act for the relief of needy soldiers, sailors and marines, their widows and orphans, We believe it much more honorable and patriotic to render proper aid to these whom we have cause to hold in grateful remembrance for their sacrifices in behalf of our common country, than ["to" crossed out] it would be to compel them to leave the communities where all their friends and acquaintances are and to seek shelter in a home or the poor-house.

By order of the Post, Jes. H. Johnson, Commander. [illegible] H Price, Adjutant,