Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-08-06
WElsSERT AND WASHINGTON LEAD.
The Former for Commander and the Lat
ter for the Next Meeting.

ter for the Next Meeting.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 3.-Of the two
important points in connection with the
Grand Army Encampment-the cleo
ton of the commander-in-chief and the
selection Of the place of holclng the
next encampment one lis settled be-
yond ordinary doubt, and that is
the selection of Washington as
the. place. The Potomac boys
have worked hard and conquered all
opposition. and nothing but Washington
is heard among the delegates. For
commandments it is not as certain,
but Gen. A. G. Weissert is at present IN
the lead, with Hedges, of Haverstraw,
n. Y, in second place. The strongest
point urged in Welssert's favor is that
the West should have the chief office,
if the East has the encampment. All
Gen. Neazey's personal friends are IN
favor of the Wisconsin man, but even
this may fail to elect him. Should
there be contest, Horace Clark, of
Illinois, is the favorite dark horse.
Ohio has a candidate, of course, this
time in Judge Hurst, but his chances
Of election are said to be almost moth
ing.
The most prominent candidates for
the position of chief be-
sides Gen. Weissert are Col. VIM. r.
Smedburg, of San Francisco, Brevet
Brig. Gen. Samuel II. Hurst, of Chilli
Gothic, o., and Col. c. 2. Lin
coin, of Michigan. Weissert was
prominent candidate for the
position a year ago and withdrew IN
favor of Gen. Veazey. He will prob
ably get the support Of Gen. Neazey' s
FL a ico OF vi 6otQ
Col. Smedburg is probably the most
enthusiastic G. A. r. man on the Pacific
coast He has done much toward or
ganizing and booming the G. A. r. in
California and other Pacific states, and
is popular throughout the West.
He is also an energetic and enthusiastic
Loyal Legion man, and will get the sup
port of the members of the Loyal Lee
gion who are attending the encamp-
| ment.
Gen. Hurst is popularity known as
"Fighting SAM" and comes with the
| unanimous backing Of the Ohio del
egation He is an active G. A.
! R. man, and was an excellent
| department commander. He was
colonel of the Seventy-third Ohio
| Fighting Sam One hundred and
seventy-one men in his regiment were
! killed in action-the second heaviest
proportion in Ohio regiments.
Col. Lincoln is a well-knoWn Michi-
gan man who now holds the position OF
| deputy commissioner Of pensions. He
| will get the unanimous support of Mich
igan and may get support from Eastern
| states.
In addition to the above have been
mentioned the names of Gen. H. A.
Barnum, of New York City; Gen. John
Palmer, of Albany, and Gen. Ira M.
| Hedges, of Haverstraw, n. Y. They
are all from the same state and will
possibly divide between them on the
first ballot the fifty votes of New York.
ington and Lincoln, Neb., and the latter
city is making better fight for the next
encan .pment than was generally antici-
| pated. S. H. Mcpherson, department
! commander for Nebraska in 1889, has q
seat in the convention. Lincoln, he
saws, is town of only $1,000 people
but it claims it can give the G. A. r. as
enthusiastic a reception as any
city in the country. Fifty OF
| Lincoln's representative citizens have
arrived on the Wabash in special
| Pullman car, the Lincoln" They have
opened headquarters at the Russell
House. They will present an invita-
ton backed by guarantee of 75,000
and their room will be filled with
literature telling of the advantages
which Nebraska's capital city will
afford.
The city is already full of visitors, and
it is reported that several trains are tied
up between here and Niagara Falls
waiting a clear track. The Wisconsin
Department is most happily located
having headquarters in the Russell
House, directly opposite the City Hal
and in view of the great peace arch
The meetings of the department will be
| held in the City Hall.