The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-08-19

money than there Is surplus in the Treasury and
that they viii levy a new war tax in order 10 pay
pensions? &c we ask so much we win get nothing
IN my Judgment I say i'm the name or the Pen
sion Committee, acting under your instructions.
doing what you have told to do for three sue
cessive years, let first demand Of Congress that
the doors of the almshouses shall be forever closed
against any needy veteran that the disabled shall
be pensiOned, and that the strong- inlaed and able
bodied men viii stand out of the procession until
me eriPPles and the sick and the poor get their
pension. Applausei
EX-SENATOR THAYER, or NEBRASKA:
One statement was made on yesterday which. In
my Judgment, is enough TO sweep away an petty
arguments and special pleading that has been pre-
sented here IN favor of the majority report. That
was that 1000 brave and heroic defenders Of ths
Union are now lingering out theis existence in tho
pOorhouses of this country When beard nat -
port felt Inundated that this great Governments
OF the United States, with ts bOunteUus resources
and IT'S Treasury full to Overflowiug should allow
IT'S defenders TO be inmates of almshOuses am gor
the adoption OF the minority report, that Will
demand of the Congress of the United states chat
Il shall discharge not an act Of charity but a sacred
obligation, as sacred mans note or his bond 20
stand by these defenders of the Union now when
they are passing down the declining vale of life,
and not wait till they are s. years of age.
The debate was continued by Bennett, of IN
diana, and Patch, of Massachusetts, in favor OF
the s. bill, and Campbell, Of Kansas; Grosve-
nor OF Ohio; Kountz, of Ohio, and the Com
mander-in-C Chief on the other side
A vote being reached the minority report
tavoring the universal pension bill, was voted
dOwn--yeas So, nays 327. The majority report
was then adopted.
TIE NEXT ENCANPMENT.
The COmmander-in-C Chief announced that in
the order of business the Convention had
reached the matter of fixing the place Of hold
ing the next annual Encampment. Hamlin. az
Maine Chamberlin, of Tennessee, and Win
tiers, Of Tennessee, presented the claims Of
Nashville. GrosvenOr, of Ohio, read the follow
ing letter from the widow Of ex- President Jas.
K. Polk, now resident Of Nashville:
NASHVILLE. fem. July q, 1886
HOY. =. IL GRosvESoR, Washington D. c., Repre-
sentative of the Grand Army of the Republic.
SIR Our pleasant meeting in vour city 4ives ma
the pleasure of addressing you. Eighty-three
years OF a not unhappy bat eventful life have
hved lnthe course OF nature but very few more can
be allotted to me. Before die I would that mine
eyes could see the grand Reunion of my beloved
country IN the city where my dear husband les SEQ
tle veterans OF the North camping in unity where
they once did in anger, and those who wore the,
gray shaking hands with them as fsllO,v-country-
men in the fellowship Of q common DESTINY i can
not but think that the msetiug OF the Grand Army
of the Republic in Nashville in 1887 would be the
great turning point in the complete reconciliation
OF the land my husband presided over and whose
unity Is dear to my own heart. God grant that the
veterans may come once more
Yours, in fraternity and d-fashioned loyalty
Mrs. JAMES X. POLK,
Polk Place, Nashville. Tenn.
Feighan, of Kansas, presented the claims OF
Topeka, Kan, seconded by Campbell, of Kan
sas. Earl, of New York, presented Coney
Island. Gen. Sherman spoke in favor Of St.
Louis. as did also ID. ?. Dyer of st. Louis, and
Stuart Taylor, of California. Beath of Penn
sylyania and Van DervOort, Nebraska, spoke
IN favor OF Saratoga, N. Y. Howell, of Ohio,
favored Dayton.
GEN. SHERMAN SPEAKS FOR ST. LOUIS.
In urging the advantages of st. Louis, Gen:
Sherman said
Comrades, am deputed by the delegation from
Missouri To invite your next Eneampment TO the
city OF y. Louis. presume you al have studied
geography and know as much about statistics as L
appears necessary for me 60 present 81. Louis ap-
pears TO be the great central city of our Continent
and assure you that, from personal residence
there through nearly 50 years, there no better
people on the face af the globe. Their history was
a little mixed, because negroes and mules once
prOSpered there, but they have gone St Louis is
loyal city, filed with merchants LAWYERS
bankers and business men of the fTst-eless; with
hOteiscapable Ofreceivng sixty yeaa hundred thou
sand without disturbing the peace OF any family,
and therefore st. Louis offers You and generously
tenders You the welcome 10 which you are entitled
We want these Kansas people to come and see Us,
ana we want Illinois and Indiana and OHIO, Wis.,
eonsin and Michigan to come and see us. There
are q roads centering in st. Louis, and anybody
west OF the Alleganles and east OF the Rockies
may come there without losing a nights sleep and
those beyond not more than one night, save in
California, where it takes four and one-half miles
of convenient travel St Louis is the center of the
loyal people of the United States and therefore, in
the name of the delegation from Missouri which
mas gwen You no trouble and which answered be-
fore roli-call when you first assembled, ask you
TO come there. We sympathize with our friends
OF Nashville, and viii 60 there with pleasure as
some future time; and as to Topeka Kan. there
is not man ia this assembly but rejoices az
what we have heard upon this stand to-day that
iO,O0O loyal kansans can assemble there in a few
hours In 81. Louis we can bring them from Hli-
nois, Michigan, Pennsylvania aud New YORK.
Come to US and see the people of St. Louis. The
delegation representing that people tender yOu the
Inequalities of That great city. Here in san Fran
cisco ttseY always Go tEIngS high scale and
Ill 81. Louis may not be able TO put up az much
bunting and subscribe as much money, but so far
the substantials of life are concerned and so far
as generOsity and hospitality concerned assure
you the fullest measure, aud heartily invite you
there individually and the representative Of the
delegation TO which belong
ST. LOUIS GETS THERE
The first vote resulted in Nashville, 159; st.
Louis. 103; Saratoga, SO: Topeka, 81. and Day
ton, 43. The second ballot resulted as follows:
Nashville, 151 St. Louis, 13S; Saratoga. So;
Topeka, 43. Dayton having been Withdrawn.
On the third ballot Topeka was dropped and
Saratoga was withdrawn. St. Louis, 2l3; Nash
vile, III. On motion of kOuntz, of Ohio, the
vote IN favor of st. Louis was made unanimous.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
for the ensaing year was next in the order
of business. For Commander-in-Chief, Gen.
Post, of Illinois, nominated j. W. Burst, Of
Illinois, and the nomination was seconded by
Alice, Of Nebraska, and West, of Dakota.
Patch, of Massachusetts,, nominated Corporal
Tanner OF New York, seconded by Past De-
partment Commander Palmer of New York.
Past Department Commander Hicks. Of Min
nesOta, placed in nomination Judge John 2.
Rea, of Minneapolis, and the nomination was
seconded by Rhenoehl of Pennsylvania, and
Fisher, of Colorado. Department Commander
Sayles. of New York, nominated Gen. John A.
Reynolds of Rochester and Macy, of Massa-
chusetts seconded the nomination LLOYD OF
Ohio. presented the name of Gen. Fairchild, Of
Wisconsin, and it was seconded by Grey, Of
Wisconsin.
AGEN. POST, OF ILLINOIS,
in presenting the name of COmrade Burst,
said:
On behalf of the Department Of Illinois wish TO
present a name for your consideration as Com
mander-in-Chef If should say al that my heart
prompts and all that Illinois expects me to say and
to have said i'm his advocacy, wouidt take too much
of your time nc this late day in the EuCampnent.
Fortunately the name that shall present is rs
well known in Grand Army circles on the Atlantic
ter member of the second Grand Army Post organ
lied He is he has always been, an enthusiastic
Grand Army man; lac has filed successfully the
several offices of trust in the Post and Department.
he has been - Department COmmandeF, and every
position to which he has been elected he has filed
in acceptable manner. The name that shall
present to you is that of john W. Burst-COmrade
Jack Burst, of Illinois. applause. We have made
no canvass and simply present his name, but j
wish To remind you that the state of Illinois
imous for him, and that Illinois has been singu-
larly fortunate in the selection of her public men.
In 1850 it was question whether the Illinois Pres
ident would be equal to the great trust 70 which no
was called, but the country now knows that Abra-