Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-31
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE GRAND ARMY BOYS. Closing Scenes At The MiI- waukee Encampment. THE CLOSE OF THE RACES. A Successful Meet At Char
 ter Oak Park. PROBABLY NO EXTRA SESSION. PardOns Issued And Ap-
 pOintments Made.
PROBABLY NO EXTRA SESSION.
GRAND ARMY ENUAMPMENT.

GRAND ARMY ENOAM MFMHNAs
 Closing Ceremonies The sHouse of
 Lords'' to be Continued.
 MILWAUKEE, Wis, 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 be dis posed of before noon and enable the dele gates to leave the oity after dinner.
 The encampment was in session four hours and cleared the decks of some important
 business. There was prolonged discussion over the resolution tavoring the allowance of pension of $12 per month to all soldiers who prefer to live at home and will relin- quish their right to enter the national mili-
 tary asylums. It was met with so much op-
 position that by vote of the enoampment it
 was ordered to lie on the table. The en-
 campment then took up the subject of the general pension legislation aud adopted the following without discussion:
 Resolved, That the action of the twenty
 second national encampment upon the subject is hereby reafirmed, and the pension com-
 mittee is hereby instructed to pursue all proper means to secure legislation in accord- ance with such policy.
 The above resolution embraces the disabil- ity bill and calls for the passage of per diem
 service pension bill.
 The resolution amending the rules 20 that five members might constitute @ quorum in posts having less than fifty members was adopted.
 The principal debate of the day was had over the resolution to deprive past depart- ment commanders of the right to vote at the national encampment. Upon the present basis of representation on the membership of the encampment consists, besides the reg ularly elected delegates of past national off, cers and pnst department commanders. The latter grow in number from year to year and have been stigmatized as the "house of lords," because they are made life members and cannot be removed or deprived of any of the privileges of the regularly elected dele gates. This has been vigorously opposed by Massachusetts, who in this as in past years, have demanded that the House of Lords be abolished. The committee on resolutions handed up two reports, the majority reo- ommending adverse action, and the minority recommending that the resolution be adopted. After a noisy discussion the ma jority report was adopted by vote of 1S7 to D9 and the "House of Lords" will be con- ! tinued. It is thought that the matter Is now ! finally disposed of and what has been bone | of contention for years will not come ur again. The proposition to admit to qualified membership the eldest sons of veterans, with. out. however, the right to vote or wear the badge, was rejected.
 The business of the enoampment having been concluded Commander Warner deliv ! cred 0 closing address on retiring from tht chair The adjutant general then called thu | oficers-elect to the platform and the ceremo | ny of installation was performed. WhsI this was accomplished the encampment ad' | iourned sine die.