St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-04
LIVING OLD DAYSOVER
Veterans of Union Armies
Gather Fifty Thousand
Strong.
The City Of the Straits Is
Profuse in Doing Them
Honor.
Lincoln and Washington in a
Warm Chase for the Next
Meeting.
Southern Posts Will Make a
Fight on the Colored
Veterans.

' DETROIT, Aug. 3.-The twenty-fifth
annual encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic will formally open in
this city at 1880 tomorrow forenoon.
At that hour Commander in Chief
Veazey will head the line of march, and
after an hours parade will review the
40, 900 Or $4,000 veterans as they pass
before the magnificent reviewing stand
on Woodward avenue. To-day has
been the reception day of the encamp-
ment 1t has beeu the initial day, de-
voted by the citizens of Detroit TO the
pleasant duty of waiting upon the varl-
ous bodies of the defenders of the
Union, as they rapidly arrive from all
parts of a united country. There is
committee of representative citizens
whose duty it is to come into immediate
contact with the men and women, the
old soldiers and the Women'S Relief
Corps, and give them all cordial wei
come to the city and escort them to their
chosen headquarters. 1t is estimated
that there are 700 visitors in the city
tonight, but the great crowd is not eX-
pected until tomorrow morning. To-
morrow is the day of the grand parade
and review-the day on which the
griZZled veteran is
a Soldier Once More.
and it is believed the multitude of
strangers will then aggregate 100000 or
more. If so, 1t will characterize the
twenty-ffth encampment as the most
successful III the history of the organi-
cation. There is a strong rivalry in the
race for the position of national com
mander-in-chief. but thus far it has
been In the nature of friendly cOmpeti
tion and is unmarked by strife or acri-
mCny. There are numerous candidates
in the field for this great honor which
it is now the let of no man to hold but
once. The most prominent candidates
are Col. William Il. Smedburg, of San
FraucISco. Call a. G.. Weissert, of
Milwaukee; Brevet Brig. Gen. Samuel
III. Hurst, of ChillcOthe. o.. and Col.
Z. p. Lincoln, of Washington. Besides
these. New York has three candidates
for cOmmander-in-chief. Gen. Ii. A.
Barnum, of New York City: Gen. John
Palmer, of Albany, and Gen. Ira H.
Hedges, of Haverstraw. 1t is thought
that the vote of the Empire state will be
ultimately cast for Hedges, but there is
q strong belief-a belief so general that
it engenderS suspicion = that the next
commander-in-chief will be Western
man. The leading candidate of all
those in the field is acknowledged to be
Col. Weissert, of Milwaukee. He was
formidable candidate two years ago,
but withdrew in favor of Gen. NeaZey.
in return,
VeaZey's Eastern Friends
IL E.
coupled with his great strength in the
West, seems to insure his election. A
combination of the other candidates in
favor of one of their number would
possibly effect his defeat, bIt such a
combination is not probable. The fight
for the location of the next encamp-
ment is a peculiar one. The city
named after The Father of his COun-
try'' vies with the city christened in
honor of the later "SaYiOr of his Coun-
try" and the rivalry is sharp between
Washington and Lincoln. The capital
of the nation has N my influential
friends on the grOund, but the ener-
getic little city of Nebraska has en-
tered the fight with Western vim and
hilaTity which is winning many friends.
Washington is III the lead and it
will gain the honor unless the delega-
llOio W dlllNC lO-IliOlLOh 4lOl4l 1l4lliOios
Missouri and some of the Western and
Southwestern states cast their influence
for the capital of Nebraska. 1t is this
influence which Lincoln claims, and
upon which her citizens chiefly rely.
II. NJ. Bushnell. of the Lincoln delega-
tion, says that Lincoln is the center of
a vast territory in which reside 10000
veterans, all OF whom woulC prefer
Lincoln to Washington or any other
city. The city can accommodate 163, 600,
ne thinks. The gentlemen argue that
Lincoln Should HaVeIt
next year on the ground that the en-
campment has met west of the Missis-
sippi but twice. The advantage OF
Washington is principally due to the
efforts which Secretary Proctor, eX'
Pension Commissioner Tanner and
many federal OfficehOlders are eXerting
in behalf of the nations capital
Nebraska points to this infu
ence as improper and main
tains that if the encampment
goes to Washington next year-the
presidential election year-it will bt
charged by many that it is to be manip
uiated for political purposes. Thi:
statement the Washington delegation
deride, as they cite many reasons IL
capitol. DR.. Seymour Bullock, of Mo
bile, department commander of Ala
bama, comes at the head of a small bu
energetic delegation of veterans from
the Iron state, prepared to make figh
to have the next national encampmen
at Mobile, Ala, No arrivals at the cen
tral depot created more excitement to
day than the Georgia and Florida de
partmentS. There were $50 in the lat
fer delegation, and nearly all were be
decked in hats of not only curious con
stTuctiOn, but made Of natural sea weed
They were in charge of Department
Commander Welch, of WelchtowI
Fla. They left Tampa on Thursda
evening last in special trains filled u
by A. II. Terry post and the citizens o
Tampa, and one car filled with tn
Products of Florida,
from a live crocodile, ten feet in length
70 a bunch of seaweed. They had Watel
melons in great profuSiOn, banana tree
in blossom, olive and orange trees, Sc
oats. and any quantity of Florida's ne'
product, phosphate, which promises
eclipse the orange as fortune make
for the citizens of Florida. Four hui
dred Minnesota veterans arrived at
O'Clock to-day via the D., i. & N, hay
ing come by the 500 route. They had
meeting dn the train thanking the So
company for the splendid train service
Among the posts that arrived this mOrI
ing the most conspicuous, perhaps, wa
Tyrell post, of La Peer, Mich, fifty-tw
strong, and il was conspicuous becaus
it was headed by the Hadley Ladie!
band. A large crowd gathered abor
the band as it halted out on JefferS0