The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-06
BUSINESS BEGUN.
The Lawmakers OF the Grand Army ot
the Republic CcmmenuA THAR
Work.
Commander Veazey, Adjutant GodId-
ing and Other Officers Maize
Their Reports.
Color Question in the South Lfkely D
BE Amicably Settled-Womens
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DETROIT, Aug. 6.--Pleasure gives wss
10 business with the comrades Of the
Grand Army of the Republic who are
delegates to the national encxmpment,
and while the. veterans upon whose
shoulders there is no official care are
enjoying themselves at brigade and
regimental reunions, and pichjce ana
river rides, the men who make and nm
make the laws Of the order are gathered
In Beecher's hall, with big sentries
guarding each of the doors Quite q
pumber of the delegates, including Past
Commander-in-c chief Wagner, of Phils-
delphia, did not arrive In time for ths
festivities of Tuesday, but there was Q
full roster In the hall when at 1880 ths
twenty-ffth annual session OF tho
national encamprnent was called to
order by Commander-in.chief Veazey,
No time was lost in getting down TO
business The committee ON creden-
tials, which had done its work In ed.
vance made brief report showing .
full representation and no contests.
Then the commander-in-chief and Adju-
tant general Goulding submitted their
annual reports
Bsrcre General yeazy began speaking,
In behalf of the comrades from
Nebraska, Colonel Clarkson presented
to the cornmander-in chief q silver
gavel and magnificent stand OF dow
n.A.
sented business gavel ? made out Of
the old fort which was brought to the
10 the surface while excavating sitA
for the new postoffice.
vsazey's Address
Comrades: This is the silver annk
yersary of birth, not of wedding.
The wedding occurred when the bride
grooms, the youth of the land, enlisted
In Its defense. Abraham Linconln cele-
brated the marriage nnptiak. Colur-
nations flag. The pledge TO establish
was the pledge Of her hand. When the
pledge was grandly redeemed through
bloody strife, through suffering and
death, and after the victors had placed
on tho brow of the bride new diadem,
whose gems were honor, valor, fame,
Ebefty untainted with slavery, country
reunited and free, tho fruit Of that mar
riage was the Grand Army of the Re
public, an offspring worthy of Its roy1
parentage.
The man must be blind indeed who
hes failed TO see in recent years, as time
has impelled our column toward the
river which all mankind must cross
that the CT. A. r.. ~ it has become bet
ter known, has been constantly march.
ing to higher plane in the estimation
Of the people generally, as well as Of the
vetefHns Of the war; that the latter ars
seeking membership in great rnan bers
that the spirit OF true comradeship 4
constantly taking deeper hold insthl
hearts OF comrades. and that time hai
pxjde Of service, not quenched bat in
NnsiGed the ardor Of their. love Of thu
Gag aud all IT represents; not dulled
but enliveped the soldierly spirit which
they exhibited In the old heroic days
Any charge 10 the contrary is an insnl,
70 tho veterans az class and a. indi
viduAls. After referring patheticallJ
TO the death during the past year q
Sherman, Porter, Hamlin, Devins
Tobin and other honored members O
the order, the commander-in-chief con
tinued:
The Color Question.
~The present administration encoun
tered the same disturbances in the de
partmeht of Louisiana and Mississippi
that Had troubled its predecessors
From various sources Of information
that have been accessible to me, be
Neve that q large majority of the whit
and colored comrades in the depart
u1ents OF Louisiana and Mississippi ar
strong in the conviction that it win b
for the best interests of all individual,
and of their posts, and of the order, i
have separate department in Louis
lana and some Of the other Gulf states
made up of such posts as may apply b
come into it, and having concurren
jurisdiction with the department
already established In such states; con
mastering of posts, but each depart
ment having exclusive jurisdiction ovH
the posts which il may receive.
My best Judgment after year o
painstaking investigation is that
would be wise TO confer upon my sue
cessor the authority to create such
department. He may either find it nee
essary or think 1t best to exercise th
power.
Some ecommendations.
The commander-in-chief advises tina
the executive officers refrain from er
dorsing appeals for contributions "a
any purpose, however worthy, excet
those expressly named in the objects Z
tie order. Veterans ara 8pt DO
strongly influenced by such endorsl
xnentA n IL recommended that ccugred
He appealed 10 % provide for the mait
naAds OF the Mount McGregof cottsgl
The q. a. r. he's been paying the q
penses because no one else assume
hen. The argument in favor OF ssl
npOn conggess without avail, hut unde
the disability pension law abont 10.OC
nensions are being allowed per day On
VII - until the docket Of application
substantially cleared. The numbt
who thought the bill too liberal Ia raj