The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-06

ltef and tufned ovee - peets 10 the entire or.
Eanixation. Tho work ofsshe afternoon ses-
lton wae routns 10 charabter, consiItin9 OF
reports from the various Aational ofacera
ov11c11s x1D6tED
NnwAuKEE, Aug. 2e.-At the morning ses.
sion Of the national encsmpment the cleo.
tion OF officers for the ensuing year was
DR.. Horace r. Porter Of Ken
tucky was chosen surgeon general; W. H.
Childers Of Kentucky, chaplain. and T. ].
Love of Now jersey. junior vice commander
Gen. Algsr, president Of the Logan monu-
ment fund, reported that the collections to
date aggregated $l1. 1890. A committee
was authorized to place before congress
proposition 10 set apart . portion Of the
$40, 900 appropriated for the site to be
added to the fund for the monument. Gen.
Warner left the chair and made strong ap-
peal for the monument scheme He sug-
gested that tho opmn,ittee be en-
larged to include enc representative
from each department. with in
structfoas to push the work until the
monument was finally erected at Washing
ton. Cpmrade Perkins OF Kansas introduced
resolutions BY which the encampment heart
lily thanked the admtnistsatlon of President
Harrison for the honor it had conferred
upon the Grand Army IN appointing Corporal
Tanner a. commissioner of pensions, eudors-
Ing his management OF the bureau that had
been created fOf the benefit Of the soldiers
and sailors Of the war, and denouncing the
bitter and malignant criticisms Of o portion
OF the press upon his official conduct Ap-
plause greeted the resolution. but Gen. Bur-
mum Of New York was quickly upon his feet
with o substitute. declaring that notwith-
standing the assaults of an unfriepdly press
the encampment declared its belief In the
integrity of the commissioner, and
EXPRESSED IT'S APPROVAL
OF his efforts to do all for the soldiers and
sailors Of the country That the laws allowed;
1t suggested. however. that committee
should be appointed to investigate the work
ings OF the pension Office An animated dis
cusslon OF three hours' duration ensued.
Comrade Campbell of Kansas voiced the gen.
eral sentiment as expressed by score of
delegates In the following languages;
For hfteen years we have been declaring, and
others have been utterinR = sentiment that tho
country country can AN never pay tho debt due to the old
that has made that sentiment upon practical
reality. believe It is the high duty Of this on
campment to sustain him In working .ut that
sentiment II the Grand Army Of the Republic
ever had duty to perform, looking neither to
tho right nor TO the left, to the committee that
u investigating the workings Of the pension
and We ought to pass this resolution. The sub.
stttute differs with II in only one particular. It
expresses belief In the integrity OF Comrsde
Tanner, and would not influence the action of
the committee charged with tho investigation.
II may be better than an endorsement like that
offered in the original resolution. but we should
make our endorsement strong enough. The
original resolution expresses our sentiments ex-
actly. lfTanner 10 dishonest or has done any
criminal net we will dnd It out when the ooin-
tfe nw e may mskes Its report The q
proved guilty. and az far as ! am concerned
VIII make that presumption go to tho fullest cx
tent In this case.
In the debate that followed ono delegate
declared that he would not dare to go back
to the soldiers OF Minnesota utter harming o
hatr of Tanners head any more than to ride
through band OF Sioux Indians with their
war paint on. The encampment, he urged,
should stand by Tanner until something
wrong had been proven against him. Gen.
Wagner Of Philadelphia took tho ground that
both resolution and substitute was club In
tho hands Of Tanners enemieA Tho en-
campment ought not to force the admlns-
tration TO suspend o necessary investigation.
Another delegate. in the course of a lengthy
speech, said:
was In Washington last week. aud heard 1t
charRou upon tho streets aud everywhere else
that men employed In the bureau were ali get.
ting their cases made special and taken up i'm
mediately aud rerated much higher. while tho
back and wait. / told them that il was a lie,
but II hc has done that and We pass tho original
resolution we endorse such action on his part
The is broad eneuxh This sncamp.
may believe It !. al siehs. us Se % 10 not Know
commiutee Of investaation 'a should exonerate one ate
him. the opposition press would say that tho ad-
nlintstratton dare not oppose the @. A Il, and
they would have good reason to say 1t.
Corporal Tanner himself took the floor at
this point, and In an impassioned speech de-
clared that he not only oourted, but de-
minded, an investigation of his al,ninis,ra-
tion OF the pension department. Ultimately
the substitute Of Gen. Barnum was amended
to read as follows:
That we thank the president of the United
states for tho appointment Of our comradc
James Tanner, as commissioner Of pensions,
and that Notwithstanding the assaults upon
him we declare our complete confidence In his
pose to do all that is possible to he done under
the laws Of the land for the veterans OF the war,
and with him we ask for the fullest investiea. q.
tion Of the management OF his office.
THE NAVAL BATTLE.
4ui0 uub been tno 8Ec0C day OF Gne en-
campment as regards crowdA Tho day
trains brought In 80, 600 additional visitors,
mostly from Wisconsin and Illinois, the
great attraction being the night naval battle
in Milwaukee bay. Fully quarter of q
million Of people occupied the beach. and
the vast alnphitheater on the hillside of the
Lake Shore Park was packed with Grand
Army men and their wives, those seats be-
ing reserved for them. Tho battle was
splendid spectacle. being participated In by
about sixty vessels. besides stationary
mortar fleet, and by about 5000 infantry
men and artillerymen, including seven com
punies of the Fourth battalion Of Wiscon-
sin, the Chicago Zouavcs. Battery D of
Chicago. Milwaukee First Light Battery and
Several hundred Sons Of vetcrans
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 3O-The national en-
campment adjourned sine die at 1890
The pension question was again taken up Mt
the opening OF the session and debated ut
iength. Finally the following resolution
was adopted:
That the action of the TWENTY second national
hereby rcafflrmed, and that the pension COM
possible means to secure legislation in Accord
ance with the resolutions VI that encaillpmcnt.