The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-08-29
THE VETERANS MEET.
Heroes of Many Battles Have
Captured Milwaukee.
A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS.

The Cream City Gay with Decorations.
Corn. Tanner Not Candidate for Com
mander-Gen. Alger's Chances for the
Position-Gen. Sherman's Reception.
MrLwAUKEE, Aug. 27-Last night it was
estimated that fully 100000 veterans and
visitors to the national encampment OF the
G.. A. R. had arrived in the city The Cream
City is decorated as it never was before In
honor of the brave defenders of the Union
Commander-in-Chief Warner and staff ar
rived at 10 a. m. yesterday. The party was
escorted to the Plankinton house by the
Blair and Hassendeubel posts, of st. Louis,
500 strong
The 'Old Guardn from Washington ar
rived in the morning in special train of
eight Pullman cars. Thousands of old sol
diers are arriving on every train, and the
city is in possession of the Grand Army of
the Republic
Gen. W. T. Sherman, Gen. Alger, accom-
panied by Mrs John A. Logan, and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Rusk were among the
notables who arrived yesterday.
Gen. A1ger for Commander.
Everything tends to indicate that Gen.
Alger will be the next commander-in-chief.
Private Dalzell has no following, and Con-
sejny, of Iowa, has only a state support.
The eastern delegates will vote for Judge
Veazey of Vermont, but they admit that he
cannot rally the necessary western support.
A. G. Weissert, of Wisconsin, will be the
senior vice. and the probabilities are that
~, Ho %aJ tl,o
campment.
The trouble concerning the parade is still
unsettled, owing to the non-arrival of De-
partment Commander Martin, of Illinois.
Gen. Warner insists that the Missouri dele
cations shall take the head of the line as spe-
cial escort while Illinois claims the place by
virtue of the resolution passed last year at
Columbus, giving the senior department the
right of line The Illinois contingent insist
that they will not march unless their rights
are recognized
Corp. Tanner Not Candidate.
Corp Tanner confirms the statement that
he is not candidate for COMMANDMENTS
chief He added: "With reference to Gen.
Alger, can say that even if he is candi-
date for the presidency in 1892, that circum-
stance would not prevent his being elected
and serving his year as commander before
he would have any occasion to go into a
political struggle" The commissioner of
pensions also stated there was no truth in
the reported troubles with Assistant Secre-
tary Bussey.
Gen. Sherman Got Left.
For once in his life Gen. Sherman got left
yesterday. He was booked to arrived by
special train at 2 o'clock, and the entire ex-
ecutive council, with several bands and
couple of thousand spectators, were at the
depot to receive him. When the train ar
rived, however, and great deal of powder,
music and cheers had been expended, it was
developed that the grizzled veteran had been
lost in the crowd on the platform at Chicago,
and that Ransom post, of st. Louis, the spe
cial escort, had been compelled to leave with
out him. He finally reached town at s p M,
and received royal welcome along the route
to his hotel
Gen. Warner, Governor Hoard and Gems.
Fairchild, Alger and Rusk addressed a rally
of the SONS of veterans last night