St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-31
VETERANS DISPERSE.
Closing Hours Of the National
Encampment G. A. R. at :.
Milwaukee.
The Pension Committee In
stPucted to Hustle for
Necessary Legislation.
FruitleSS Efforts to Abolish
the Grand Army House
Of Lords.
ALI Outgoing Trains Loaded
to the Platforms With
GriZZled Veterans.

MILWAUKEE. Aug. 30.-The closing
session of the national encampment was
held to-day. The call to order was made
at O'clock, so that the business might
all be disposed of before noon and
enable the delegates to leave the city
after dinner. Unusual pains were taken
to make it as difficult as possible for the
reporters to get their reports of pro-
ceedings. The doors and transoms were
closed. the password for the upper gal
lery changed, and paddock put upon
the mouths of everybody who had a right
to enter. Although the encampment had
given the official Stenographer Instruc-
lions to give the press such information
as the encampment would not be
ashamed to see in print, that function
airy ignored the instructions entirely.
The encampment was in session four
hours. and cleared the decks of some
important business. There was pro-
longed discussion over the resolution
favoring the allowance of pension OF
$12 per month to all soldiers who
PREFER TO LIVE AT HOME
and will relinquish their right to enter
the national military asylums. 1t met
with so much opposition that, by vote
of the encampment, it was ordered to
lie on the table. The encampment then
took up the subject of general pension
legislation, and adopted the following
without discussion:
Resolved, That the action Of the twenty
second national eneampment upon the sub
ject of necessary pension legislation by con-
gress is hereby reaffirmed, and the pension
committee is hereby instructed to pursue all
proper means to secure legislation in accord
ance with such policy.
The above resolution embraces the
disability bill, and also calls for the
passage of per diem service pension
BILL The resolution amending the
rules 80 that five members might con-
stitute quorum in posts having less
than fifty members was adopted. The
principal debate of the day was had
over the resolution to deprive past de-
partment commanders of the right to vote
at the national encampment. Upon the
present basis of representation, the
membership of the encampmenJ con-
sists, besides the regularly elected dele
gates. of past national officers and past
department commanders. The latter
grew in number from year to year, and
have been stigmatiZed as the ''hOuSe of
lords" because they are made life mem
DtIS, dlu UC ICtuOfOu VI uCpllfOo
of any of the privileges of the regularly
elected delegates. This has been Wig
orously opposed by Massachusetts. who
in this, as in past years, have demand
ed that
1.-THE HOUSE OF LORDS"
be abolished. The committee on reso-
buttons handed up two reports, the
majority recommending adverse action
and the minority recommending that
the resolution be adopted. After
noisy discussion the majority report
was adopted by vote of 1877 to So, and
the "house of lords, will be continued.
1t is thought that the matter is now
finally disposed of, and what has been
a bone of contention for years will not
come up again. The proposition to
admit to qualified membership the eld-
est sons of veterans, without, however,
the right to vote or to wear the badge,
was rejected. A letter from Mrs. Sheri-
dan was read, returning thanks for the
page ana portrait of Gen.
Sheridan which had been given in the
report of last years proceedings. The
usual resolutions of thanks to all who
had placed the encampment under OBJ
legations to them were then passed.
The business of the encampment hay
ing been concluded, Commander War
ner delivered closing address on retir-
ing from the chair. The adjutant gen.
eral then called the officerS-elect to the
platform, and the ceremony of installa-
ton was performed. When this was
accomplished the
ADJOURNED SINE DIE.
The council of administration met i'm
thereafter, but its work was
simply technical, and of no public in
terest. The visitors are leaving the |
city in battalions, and the streets have a
deserted look as compared with their
condition yesterday. The railroads are
running few special trains out of the
city to-day, but are increasing the size
Of the regular trains, and dividing them
in sections in such way as to accom-
modate all the departing visitors.