The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-12-18
SAN FRANCISCO IN 1885.

| full city of Portland, Me-, which has already
begun to make extensive preparations for
entertaining the comrades who will assem-
BILE there.
The feeling is growing steadily that bold
leap should be made across the Continent
for the ensuing year, and the meeting for
1866 be held on the sunset shores of
the great land which the men whom
the Grand Army represents fought
to preserve and lift into the rank of great
Nation. There is something poetical and
captivating ia this idea of spanning the
continent with two meetings. 1t has a grasp
in it like that grand conception of war
which put 100000 men into the field and
ranged them along a line of battle with q
front of 1000 miles, with its great left flank
resting on the coast of the Atlantic and its
right stretching out into the inhospitable
desOlatiOn of the American desert,-a line
of battle which stretched across mountain
ranges, spanned mighty rivers, and had
States as big as empires for manuvering
ground.
But there is more than mere sentiment in
this Comrades should inform themselves
by personal observation of the wonderful
land that lies around the Golden Gate.
They should become acquainted by actually
traversing the imitless stretch of territory
which lies between the Mississippi and the
Pacific Ocean, and which now furnishes
happy homes for thousands of our comrades,
but which was at the time they went to bat
tie at the call of the guns that beat on Sum-
ter, an almost untrodden wilderness.
A more than royal entertainment will be
given the Encampment at San Francisco.
The Californians are great people. They
are accustomed to doing things in a
large-handed, princely way, that makes
mere kingly hospitality niggard and cheap
The Pacific Railroads are eager to have the
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Californians are anxious to have the Grand
Army 60 there because they yield the palm
to no one in patriotism and appreciation
of the achievements of the citizen-soldiery,
and they long for an opportunity to mani
fest this in substantial way. On this side
of the Rocky Mountains the people have had
abundant opportunities to honor the soldier
in the Reunions and gatherings that are con-
stantly occurring, but these chances have
been denied the Californians, and they have
flood of long pent up enthusiasm awaiting
for the outpouring upon SO illustrous
representation of the soldiery as will COM
pose that Encampment. The arrangements
that will be made will put the visit to San
Francisco so distinctively within the means
ofevery comrade as visit to any ofthe nearer
cities, so that the expense will be 10 bar to
the visit. We anticipate no opposition to
the selection of San Francisco for the En-
campment of 1886.
RECEIVING THE PETITIONS IN CON-
GRESS.
1t gratifies us much to be able to announce
to the comrades everywhere the earnest way
in which many Members of Congress have
welcomed the petitions that We have sent
them from their constituents asking for the
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amendments. Many Members have taken
the trouble to write US pleasant letters
assuring us of their willingness to do what
ever they could to do to further the desires
of the petitioners. We subjoin some of
these:
have to acknowledge your favor of the 10TH,
inelosing two petitions, which 1 will present at
once. Yours, respectfully, EDWARD BREITUNG,
NJ c., Eleventh Michigan Dist.
have the honor to acknowledge receipt from
you of two petitions OF New Hampshire soldiers
and citizens for passage of Mexican Pension Bill
with amendments, which shall take pleasure in
presenting as requested Very tr'ily, yours NJ. A.
HAYNES NJ. c., First New Hampshire Dist.
The petition of 35 citizens of Delaware for the
passage of the MEXICAN Pension Bill with amend
meuts just received and presented. Very truly,
yours, G. B. LORE, NJ. O., Delaware.
have this day received your favor containing
several petitions from my constituents, asking the
passage of the Mexican Pension Bill with pending
amendments which l will present to the House
tomorrow. 1 have the honor to be- very respect
fully, w. ID. HILL, NJ. c., Sixth Ohio Dist.
Ihave received the petitions referred to in your
letter asking the passage of the Mexican Pension
Bill with the Senate amendments favorng Union
soldiers in the late Believing, do, i'll the
wisdom and justice of this bill and its amendments,
il will give great pleasure to use my best eff
forts for its passage. Very truly, yours SETH l..
mLLIREN, NJ. O., Maine.
shall take pleasure in presenting the petitions to
the House, more especially as / am without re-
serve In favor of the immediate passage of bill.
Very respectfully, E. b. TAYLOR, Nj. c., Nineteenth
Ohio Dist
/ have presented the petition received from you,
signed by citizens of my Congressional District.
Yours truly BURR w. JOINS, NJ. c., Third Wis.
Dist.
received with pleasure the petitions praying
for passage of Mexican Pension Bill with Senate
amendments. / will be glad to be furnished with
more | have already noticed the effect of these
petitions upon the "doubting Thomases."
Very truly VIM. WALLACE BRowS, Sixteenth Pa.
Dist.
THE French divorce law has one feature
which should at once be ingrafted upon our
own. 1t makes habitual drunkenness, in
either wife or husband, sufficient ground
for absolute divorce.