The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-05

during the year 1927 637 making the total
from July l, 1871. $l,933, 935.
THE woMAN's RELIEF CORPS.
Those who were fortunate enough to at
tend the convention of the national depart
men: OF the Woman's Relief corps at I'm
manuel Presbyterian church to day, have
higher appreciation OF the work done
by that organization than ever before
The auditorium of the church was comfort
ably filled when the session was opened by
the president Mrs Charity Rusk Craig. o.
| the TOstrum with her were Miss Clara Bar
! ton, of the Red Cross association; Mrs Anna
! Wittenmever, Mrs. Russell A. Alger and the
| honOred guest OF the convention, Mrs Mary A
| Logan. The speakers were Gov Hoard Mayor
| Brown, Rev Myron Reed OF Denver, Colo E,
| Miss Clara Barton and Mrs Logan. After
| Mrs. Logan had spoken Mrs. Robbins of
Michigan begged the privilege OF introduce
| ing to the convention three gentlemen, Cen
| erals Consigny, Erwin and Longstatf, who
| presented the association with gavel made
| from the table on which Gen.
| Grant worked in a tannery when n boy.
| The presidents report shows that the depart
ments and detached corps had expended in
| the work of relief the sum of SD 479. 81,
making total of "a 271.GO expended in re-
| lief and turned over to posts in the entire or
| ganiZatIon The work OF the afternoon ses-
! zion was routine in character, consisting OF
| reports from the various national officers.
OFFICERS ELECTED
MILWAUKEE, Aug. Cat the morning ses-
| sion OF the national enCampment the cleo
! ton OF officers for the ensuing year was
| completed. DR.. Horace P Porter of Ken
| lucky was chosen surgeon general; W. H
| ChilGers of Kentucky, chaplain, and T. j.
| Love of New Jersey, junior vice commander
! Gen. Alger, president of the Logan monu-
| ment fund, reported that the collections to
date aggregated S11, 1880. A committee
was authorized to place before congress a
proposition TO set apart a portion of the
| $40, 900 appropriated for the site TO be
added to the fund for the monument Gen
Warner LETT the chair and made strong ap-
| peal for the monument scheme. He sug-
| gested that the committee be en-
larged to include one representative
| from each department with in
| structions to push the work until the
| monument was finally erected at Washing
ton. Comrade Perkins of Kansas introduced
resolutions by which the en- campment heart
lily thanked the administration of President
Harrison for the honor it had conferred
upon the Grand Army in appointing Corporal
Tanner as commissioner of pensions, endors-
ing his management of the bureau that had
been created for the benefit of the soldiers
and sailors of the war, and denouncing the
litter and malignant criticisms of portion
of the press upon his official conduct. Ap-
plause greeted the resolution, but Gen Bar
mum of New York was quickly upon his feet
with q substitute, declaring that notwiLh-
standing the assaults of an unfriendly press
the encampment declared its belief in the
integrity of the commissioner. and
EXPRESSED ITS APPROVAL
of his efforts to do all for the soldiers and
sailors of the country that the laws allowed :;
it suggested, however, that a committee
should be appointed to investigate the work
ings OF the pension office An animated dis
cussion of three hours duration ensued
| Comrade Campbell of Kansas voiced the gen.
eral sentiment as expressed by score of
delegates in the following language:
For fifteen years we have been declaring, and
| others have been uttering sentiment that the
| country can never pay the debt due to the old
soldiers. but Corporal Tanner is the first officer
| that has made tina: sentiment upon practical
| reality. l believe it is the high duty of this en-
| campment to sustain him in working Vut that
| sentiment. II the Grand Army OF the Republic
| ever had duty to perform, looking neither to
the right nor to the left, to the committee that
| is inves tiGating the workings OF the pension
| bureau to the commissioner himself, it IS now,
| and we ought to pass this resolution The sub
st1tute differs with 1t in only one particular 1t
| expresses belief in the integrity Of Comrade
| Tanner, and would not influence the action of
| the committee charged with the investigation
| 1t 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 fTanner is dishonest or has done any
| criminal act will lind it out when the COM
mlttee makes its report The presumption Of
proved guilty. and as far as | am concerned
| will make that presumption go to the fullest ex-
| tent in this case.
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| declared that he would not dare to go back
! to the soldiers of Minnesota after harming a
! hair 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 the ground that
both resolution and substitute was q club in
the hands of Tanners enemies The en-
campment ought not to force the admins
| tration to suspend a necessary investigation.
Another delegate, in the course of lengthy
| speech, said:
| 1 was in Washington last week. and heard it
| charged upon the streets and everywhere else
| that men employed in the bureau were ali get
| ting their cases made special and taken up i'm
| mediatelv and rerated much higher while the
| Door devils OF the rank and file have to stand
| back and wait. l told them that it lie,
| but II he has done that and we pass the original
| resolution endorse such action on his part.
| The substitute is broad enough. This encamp-
ment knew nothing of the details Of Taunel S
| work and caunot pass judgment upon it. We
| may believe it is all right, but we do not know
| it. five pass the original resolution and the
committee of investigation should exonerate
him. the opposition press would say that the adj
| ministration dare not oppose the G. A. r, and
| they would have good reason to say 1t.
| Corporal Tanner himself took the floor at
| this point and in an impassoned speech de-
| clared that he not only oourted but de-
manded, an investigation of his admlnistra-
| ton 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 the appointment of our cOmrade
| James Tanner, as commissioner of pensions,
| and that notwithstanding the assaults upon
| him we declare our complete confidence in his
| integrity and our approval of his avowed pur-
pose to do all that IL possible to be done under
the laws of the land for the veterans of the war,
| and with him we ask for the fullest investiga-
tion of the management of his office.
| THE NAVAL BATTLE.
This has been the great day of the en-.
campment as regards crowds The day
trains brought in so. 600 additional visitors
| mostly from Wisconsin and Illinois, the
great attraction being the night naval battle
in Milwaukee bay. Fully quarter of a
| mllllOn OF people occupied Tie UeaCu, anu
the vast amphitheater on the hillside OF the
Lake Shore Park was packed with Grand
Army men and their wives, those seats be-
ing reserved for them The battle was n
splendid spectacle, being participated in by
about sixty vessels, besides IL stationary
mortar fleet, and by about 5000 infantry
men and artillerymen, including seven com
panies of the Fourth battalion of Wiscon-
sin, the Chicago Zouaves, Battery d OF
Chicago, Milwaukee First Light Battery anG
several hundred Sons of Veterans,
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 90.--The national en-
campment adjourned sine die at 1890
The pension question was again taken up al
the opening of the session and debated al
length Finally the following resolution
was adopted:
That the action Of the twenty-second nationa
enoampment upon the matter of pensions Il
| hereby reaffirmed, and that the pension com
mittee be and is hereby instructed to use al
| possible means to secure legislation in accord
ance with the resolutions of that eucampment
|