Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-30
TANNER ENDORSED.
THE G. A. a. ENCAMPMET AP
PROVES HIS COURSE.
Aftor a Very Warm Discussion - The
Sons OF Veterans Not Recognized
ms an AuxiIiary-The Naval
Engagement.

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, Ang. 29.-At this
mornings session Of the National En-
campment the election Of officers for the
ensuing year was completed. DR.. IIor-
ace T. Porter, OF Kansas, was chosen
Surgeon General; w. II. Childers. of
Kentucky, Chaplain; and T. ]. Lovett, of
New Jersey, Junior Vice Commanded.
Tha encampment refused TO recognize
the Sons OF Veterans as an auxiliary to
the g. A. r., because OF a disturbing
faction In the former. Instead OF giving
the two women'a ORGANIZATIONS. the
Loyal Ladies' of the g. A. Il. and the
Women's Relief Corps, formal endorse
mcnt, which would be contrary to the
rules, 1t was recommended that the en-
campment bid them God speed In the
work. =
General Alger, president Of the Logan
Monument Fund, reported that the c0llec-
tions to date aggregated $11.l19. A COM
mittse OF five was authorized TO place be-
fore Congress proposition to set apart
portion of the $4,000 appropriated for
the site, to bo added to the fund ior the
monument.
General Warner LEFT the chair and
made strong appeal for the monument
scheme. He suggested that the COM
mittee be enlarged, to include one repre-
sentative FROM each department, with in
structions TO push the work until the
monument was finally erected at WASH
iDgton.
The chief event was q red hot time over
resolutions endorsing Pensions Commits
sioner Tanner.
Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, introduced q
resolution heartily thanking the Admins
tration of President Harrison far the
honor 1t has conferred on the Grand
Army In appointing Corporal Tanner as
Pension Commissioner, and heartily On
dorsing his conduct of the bureau, be-
couse II was created for the benefit Of the
soldiers and sailors of the late war, and
denouncing the hitter and malignant
criticisms OF the press upon his official
conduct.
General Bainum, of New York, offered
a tubstitute to the effect that, notwi.h-
standing the assaults of an unfriendly
press, the Encampment declared Its be-
lief in the integrity of Tanner, and its
| approval of his efforts to do all for the
soldiers and failors that the law will
allow.
Campbell, OF Illinois, agreed with
General Barnum In his idea AZ to the
proper wording of tho resolution, and
said: "DoD't take hasty vote. We
can afford to stay here ten hours 10 set
Tie this important question, and settle 1t
right. For fifteen years we havb been
declaring, and others have been uttering
Il sentiment, that the country can never
ray the debt due 10 the old soldiers, but
Corporal Tanntr is the first officer that
has made that sentiment a pIactical
reality. believe 1t is the high duty of
this encampment to sustain him in
working out that sentiment.
| II Tanner is dishuLest, or has done any
criminal act, we will find it cut when
the committee makes its report. The
presumption of law is that every man is
innocent until he is proved guilty, and,
as far as l am concerned, l will make
that presumption go to the fullest extent
in this case.
A delegate from Minnesota said he
would no more dare go back to the SOL
diers OF his State, after harming d hair of
| Tam er's head, than TO ride through q
baud OF Sioux Indians with thbir war
paint on. He urged the encahpment
TO stand up 10 the rack and say hat the
| q. A. X. will stand by Tanner Til some
thing wrong Is clearly proven against
him.
| At the afternoon session General Bar
rams substitute was redraited to read as
| follows:
| "rhat we thank President Hsrrison
for the appointment of our cbmrade,
James Tanner, as Com mmissloner bf Pen
sloEs, and tina, Notwithstanding the as
sauit made on MIN, VIC declare our COM
plete confidence In his integrity aud our
approval oil his endeavors to do all that
can Re done under the laws for the vet
eraus OF the war; and in connection with
him we ask full Investigation Of his ad :
ministration OF the affairs OF the Pension
Bureau"
1t was adopted under suspension OF
the rules unanimously, amid great cheer
lug.