St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-08
A MERRY WAR.
The Sham Battle Not Over Yet
PlEmmeP Post i'm Hot Water.


The row in the camp of l.. =. Plum
mer Post, q. \. r., threatens some in
tereSting developments. A strenuous
effort has been made to keep the fight
out of the newspapers, and only the
fact that very animated meeting was
held Thursday night of last week has
been allowed to crop out. The situation
appears to be considerably complicated,
and is difficult to understand. When
the sham battle project at the state fair
was broached last summer it was put in
charge OF committee. consisting of A.
W. Hawkins, A. J. Creigh, c. W. Cur
It's and - Turner, who took entire
charge. There was considerable eX-
penSe attached to the preliminary work.
advanced certain moneys, and went
bonds to considerable amounts
for ammunition, firearms and other sup
plies and adjunctS. he battle was
great success. The attendance was I'M
mense, and the receipts, which were
divided with the State Fair association,
were sufficient to pub that institution
out of deep financial pit, while the
posts portion amounted to nearly $12,-
900. This sum, it would seem. would be
sufficient to net a considerable amount
to the post, but thus far it does not
seem that expenses have been more
than covered. The committee has
been engaged ever since in Settliug up,
has never settled up. No accounting
has been made and none could be OBJ
tanned. 1t appeared the committee
seemed to think that it had sole charge
of the battle, and that the lodge had
nothing to do with it, at least that was
its aspect. Finally a committee to, in
veStfgate was appointed, and turned in
in a partial report that there
was something like. $4,000 un-
accounted for. This, it can be
well imagined, produced something of
sensation. Some very severe talk was
made use OF pro and con. and one vet
eran went so far as to denOunce the
committee as pack of ID thieves"
Uncle Ben Cole also put in the remark
that he would like to know whether the
post owned the committee or the COM
mitt 3e owned the post. Commander
Hawkin finally ordered the meeting to
adjourn and vacate the hall. 1t seems
the lease is made out to him. and he has
advanced money for the payment of rent.
He therefore proclaimed that the hall
belonged to him and not the post. His
order was not Obeyed, and the meeting
continued in session for some time
lOlSef. mere VIII prODdDly DE merry
time at the meeting tomorrow night.
Commander Hawkins has. in the mean
time, refused to attend the meeting to
be held in the hall, and has
arranged for a dance to
be held there instead. This
difficulty will probably be adjusted,
however, so the meeting can be held
if not there is going to be further trou-
bic. No member of the committee has
yet offered any explanation to the news
papers further than an interview. and
an evening paper in which Commander
Hawkins refers to the members of the
post as a lot of kickers and cranks and
says its name should be changed to
hummer post This will not have
the effect of pouring oil upon
the troubled waters and the petition
that is being circulated for his court
martial will probably be still more lib
orally signed, because of his rabid re-
marks. The committee Of investiga-
ton has, during the week, been allowed
to look over books which were refused
the post, but the result of its labors is
not known