St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-13
REk'S REFLECTIONS.
The Commander-in-Chief Re-
ports to the Grand
Army.
Eany Patriots Are PauperS in
the Republic They
Saved.
4 Strong Appeal for Liberal
Pensions to These He
roic Hen.
By a Stupid Error President
CleVeland's Regrets Cause
a Scene.
Special to the Globe.


by the National encampment late this
afternoon. the vote being unanimous.
Before the encampmeat adjourned
Gen. y. NJ. Curtis. of New York. general
Goodman. California; Gen. J. c. Line
han. New Hampshire; Judge Nesey,
Vermont; Congressman Warner, Mis-
souri,. and Col. II. NJ. Duffield, Detroit,
Mich. were placed in nomination for
the position of commander-in-chief.
morning. 1t was II O'clock when
Commander-in-Chief Bea called the en-
campment TO order in the Metropolitan
opera house. The commanders report
was a lengthy document. 1t showed
that the present membership was
$40. $50. a gain since the encamp-
meut Of a year ago of $3.50. although
nearly 1000 comrades had died. The
report went on 10 say: NOtwithstand-
ing the unusual political excitement
which prevails throughout the country,
and the well-knOvn fact that our
ranks are full of active. earnest
supporters of the men and measures
Of the several political parties. not
single violation of article II. chapter
.. of our rules and regulations. has been
brought 10 my attention.
THE LOYALTY OF COMRADES
tO,the noble objects and sacred mission
OF our fraternity need not be ana is not
affected or its usefulness impaired by
honest differences of opinion upon
questions of governmental policy. The
pension question was dealt with at
length and regret expressed that the bill
reported 10y the IWenty-tiTSt national
encampmcnt had failed 10 pass con-
gress. Said the commander in chief:
BY this failure, wholly ineXplicabie
and indefen~ihie, thousands OF our help
less comrades. helpless because Of
their devotion To their country
in its extremity. are Sub>iSting upon the
charity OF their comrades, or are pau
pers In the mighty. wealthy republic
their unSelfSa valur saved. | cannot
q Y comment upon this subject. Ny
emotions viii not permit il. IT
cannot be that the people
Of America Will voluntarily continue
longer to withhold from these heroic
men Jh8t scanty support needed TO pre-
WV them from the pauper's fate and
enable them To end their lives. so
REPLETE WITH PAST GLORY,
90 full of present pain. 50 beFeft of
lLLuLE AIt III -f.il-lt ilf-i LEAA lLail4i-
ltsS. Adit. Gen. Daniel Fish. of Min
neapoliS. read his report. the
main items In which are contained
In the report IF the conmander-in-chicf.
The report of COmraGe ". &. NeaZey.
Judge advocate general, was then maize.
Il opens with a reference to the DToBo-
ii.ion Of the late J. W. DreXel. life
tng friend Of Gen. Grant. to giva the
MOunt NcGregOr cottage, where Gen.
Grant died, TO the Grand Army. This
matter was referred to him by the COM
mander-in-chef and in order to close
the matter legally he drew up bill in
cooperating the Mt. McGregor Memo
rial Association. " which named J. W
Drexel. John p. Bea. G. II. Treadwell
and John Kellogg as incorporatOrs.
This bill was passed by the New York
legislature, but GOV. Hills signature
was withheld Oh account of the death Of
Mr.. DTeNel. COmradeN cay assures the
encampment that the Dreyel heirs wish
to carry out the purposes of the beQuest.
He reports the conditions of the bill,
which provides among other things,
for
PERPETUAL BOARD OF CONTROL
and submits the matter as it now
stands. COmrade John Taylor. of Phil
adelphia. quartermaster general, then
y
ending Aug. 81, ISIS. His fnan-
cial statement shows that the
cash balance on hand August 81, 1887.
was 81, 60l. IS. and the receipts for the
year S37.517.13. The expenditures were
S35.gj3.11 leaving a balance on hand
August 81. 1885, OF 81. 225 p
The total assets are S37.979.9j,
and there are no liabilities. The con-
tTihutiOns To the Grant Monument fund
are now s.. 42S. 49-Sl, Hole having been
received since the last report. The
expenditures previously reported
were Slg2Oj. this leaving a
balance 10 the credit of the fund of So
235.2+. The report Of the committee on
pensions gave rise to prolonged and
animated debate. 1t excited their
action in regard to national
pension legislation, and spoke
in exceedingly bitter terms of the
Ia lure OF the disability hill. The re-
pert of the committee TeiEdOTSing the
''indigent' bill was finally adopted.
There was an exciting scene during the
afternoon session of the encampment.
While the pension question was under
discussion number OF papers were
handed Up 10 the chairman TO be read.
Among them WAS
DISPATCH FROM PRESIDENT CLEVE-
LAND
acknowledging the receipt of an invita-
ton 70 attend the encampmenU, and eX
planning that it had been miSlaid
by his secretary and forgotten in
the press of business. For this
and his inability TO be present
he expressed his regrets. The reading
of the dispatch, according to some of
the delegates, was followed by Kisses,
grOanS and cheers. Half a dozen mo-
1lr- IL ~..I.
on the table and 10 refer it to
the committee on pensions. Several
delegates demanded vocifeTOuSly the
name of the officer or cOmTade who had
taken il upon himself 10 extend the in
VitatiOn. and Gen. Keller in an excited
manner asked Commander Rea if
he was responsible for the action.
The commander responded promptly in
the negative, adding that he had no
authority TO invite the president. Some
of the delegates took advantage of the
circumstance 10
MAKE \ GENERAL ONSLAUGHT
upon the presidents pension policy and
his vetOeS. Finally all the motions
were declared out of order and the reg
ular business was proceeded with. To-
night it was developed that the invita-
ton had been extended by the
local committee, 10 which body
the reply was addressed, and that
il had gotten into the hands of the adiu-
tant general of the national encamp-
ment by an error in the exchange of pa
pers. Republican comrades tonight
are expressing their regret at the occur
renee, but insist that nothing TRANSFERRED
to which the president could have taken
I exception had he been present.
CLERKS CREMATED.
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