Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-04
Veterans Arriving from yariou- part.
ut the County.

~ the County.
DETROIT, August q. -socrotary Proc.
tor while In the city will be the guest
Of General Algcr. Secretary OF the
Treasury Foster arrived later In the
day. The regular trains from Kansas
arrived this morning with 100 veterans,
200 members Of the w. u. G.. and
large number 81 citizens. The Kan
sas delegation has n grievance against
the railroads.
Deputy Commander w. Al. l.. Barnes
| ~ California IL IN the city Commhn.
/ der Barnes II one OF the leading law
| yers OF SAN Francisco and u expected
10 make the speech NJ encampment
when ho proposes Colonel Smedburg'a
name as Caiifornlais candidate Tor
I commhndet.in.chicf.
The Washington delegation arrived
/ Ia the city this afternoon. The train
was gally decorated In national c0lors.
Tho delegation il accompanied by
number OF prominent ladies.
Governor Page, Of Vermont and
number Of his stiii aro IN this city, aud
] Governor ThayOr " Nebraska, Com
/ gresham Henderson 81 Iowa, OK.
B Congressman Malls Of South Carolina
| ana a. 4. Davis Of pittabnrg, founder
Of the Order OF Sons of Veterans, arc
also among tho recent arrivals. The
New York delegation, 1000 strong, mr..
rlvcd late this evening. a 500
| diamond badge wn- presented 10 Gem
cral Alger tonight by his admirers Of
tho G.. a. II.
The department Of Louisiana and
| Mississippi will revive tho "color"
[ fight In the Cncampment. Charles II.
| Fink, Assistant QuAricrmasier General
u the department said today; "we
have come up 10 this oncampment 10
make u fight ON the color line. We
object TO colored members Of tho q. a.
H., aud want them formed Into q
seponte organization. IL "a all
right here In the North where
you have only tow cOlofed
veterans, but do you know In the South
there ia any number Of colored mem.
bors of the q. a. IL. who are not 30
years old. They swarm In our posts
aud the white man has no show. Wa
will not associate with them, and II
the present convention does not
do something 10 relieve the South
ern posts Of their growing trouble, the
white q. a. u. Veterans will with
draw"
Commander int Chief Veasy tonight
declined 10 discuss the "colorv dispute,
and was disposed TO minimize the Inn
portanoc Of the question In the CON-
troversy.
No arrivals Mt tho Central depot
crested much more excitement today
than the Georgia and Florida depart
meats. There were 100 In the latter
delegation and nearly all were be-
ducllcd In hats OF not only curious
construction, but made OF natural SEA
weed. They were In charge Of Depart
mrnt Commander Molch OF Mclch.
town, Florida. One car OF their train
was Oiled with the products Of Florida,
from live crocodile ten feet IN length
10 n bunch Of Ecaweed. They had
watermelons In great profuslcn, banana
trees In blossom, olive anu orange trees
and any quantity Of phosphate, which
promises 10 cclipso the orange Rs u
fortune maker for the citizens Of
Florida.
Colorado aud Wyoming are hero In
force, aud what they lack In numbers,
they make up In noise nnd show, hav.
lug two boy zouave dram corps with
them.
Ex.prcsident Rutherford II. Hayes,
commandments Of tho Order Of
the Loyal Legion, arrived from Ohio
| NNAN.s Nv " rs iA'A ~ Wv ibNHA htiA-
CATION OF tho Loyal Legion aud o..
corted 10 the home Of Col. Decker.
Commander Hayes was rendered a
reception ut Col. Deckcr's residence
this evening, and all the members Of
tho Loyal Legion paid him their re.
specie.
The Rhode Island contingent Of 200
men, mostly members Of the WE'LL
known Slscum Post OF Providence,
marched 10 the hotel, escoftlng twenty
i've women Of the party. The De-
parlment Commander IA Adlulaut
General Preutiss. Slocum proudly
carries the old battlo.ilsg, which at
Fort PULASKI and other engagements
was riddlsd with bullets.
Behind the Rhode Island contingent
marched 100 lowans, with G. L..
Davidson u HUI as commander. They
have fofiy-f0ur comrades. They arc
the advance guard only, aud assert
confidoutinlly that their State will
have 1000 men In line. A small num-
hor Of South Dakota's veterans
marched behind the Iowa men. The
ladies OF the O.. a. II. are arriving In
the city. They comprise the wives,
mothern, daughters and sistersof vete-
rams.
Among tho officers and National
delegates present are National presi-
dent Mrs.. q. +, Huesit, Mrs. Mary A.
Elklnton, secretary, and nearly all the
State department presidents and $50
delegates.