Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-06
EXCITING STRUGGLE
Washington Secures the Next
 G. A. R. Encampment.
WON AFTER A HARD BATTLE
The Grand Army Interest Now Centred il
 Oommander-in-Ohief

New YOrk's Veterans Unite on Gen
 Weissert is a Formidable Can
 didats--The Color Question Still ir
 Abeyance-Ex-Preside Hayes Forgot
 the COuntcrsiGn and Had to Halt.
 DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 6-The 26th an nual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held in Washing ton.
 The other leading matters, the color question and that of Commauder-in Chief Veazey's successor are still in obey ance.
 The contest over the place for holding g the next encampment was the most bit. ter in the history of the G. A. R. Just before vote was taken Pennsylvania asked for permission to retire for a few moments. This action took the dele gates by surprise.
 Confusion reigned supreme, u noise of the gavel was drowned in the roar of voices, intermingled with which were sounds of warm disputing.
 When the Pennsylvania delegation filed In again it was with the announce ment that they had voted 25 to IS in favor of Lincoln and that it had been de- cided to enforce the unit rule in favor of tAC WAAA OA pAC i1o4OAAbys
 An Exciting Scene.
 Amid scene of excitement unpar- alleled in the history of encampments the roll was called. Illinois, PennsyI- vania and Wisconsin and other large delegations voted for Lincoln, and when the last State had been called the tally sheets apparently showed a majority for Lincoln. Paul Vandervoort jumped upon a chair and shouted "The day is our's" Thereupon President Oakley, of the Lincoln Board of Trade, and dozen others tore off to the telegraph office to spread the good tidinss. Meanwhile the apparently defeated delegates had been clamoring for verifcation of the vote, and when this had been done it was found that the 36 votes of New York had corrected vote stool: Washington, 366; Lincoln, 339.
 When the corrected count was an- announced the Western men were for the moment stunned, while the support CTS of Washington yelled themselves hoarse. In the midst of the confusion an adjournment was taken.
 For Command er-in- Chief.
 The location of the next encampment having been settled, the interest of the encampment is now chiefly centred in the election of the ccmmander-in-c chief. Capt. John Palmer, of New York, A. G. Weissert, of Wisconsin, and Col. w. R. Smedberg, of California, are the leading candidates, and it is safe to say that one of these will be elected. The long and stubborn contest in the New York dele gation between Palmer and Hedges end ed in a victory for Palmer. It is also we'll understood that Pennsylvania Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Maryland will caucus in favor oi Palmer.
 Before the New York delegation united on Palmer the chances were de cidedly in favor of Weissert, and ever now he is formidable candidate Maine and Illinois have already caucused in his favor, and it IS we'll understood that Michigan will declare for him in the morning.
 Ex-Pres1dent Hayes Had to Halt. At the morning session ex-President | Hayes was halted by the sentry because he had forgotten the password, and wal compelled to remain in the lobby until Gen. Alger came along and vouched fol him as true and loyal ex-commander | in-chief
 At the opening of the afternoon ses 1 sion resolution was passed that here. l after the route of the encampmen l parade shall not exceed two miles.