The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-04
Grand Pageant of the Grand
Army at Detroit Today.
wEIssERT NEXT COMMANDER,
Southern Delegates Threaten to Brind
Up Color Question.
Next Eneampment Likely 20 BE Hell
at Washington City Arrival OF En-
President Hayes and Other NotabIo<|
"A Present to General Aiger.

DETROIT. Aug. 3--The twenty-hfth at|
nual encampment of the G.. A. r. VII
formally open tomorrow forenoon.
that hour Commander-in-Chlef weave
will head the line of march and revioV3
10000 to sc, 600 veterans IS they pass befoe&
the magnificent reviewing stand on Wood
ward avenue Today has been the reccp&
tion day of the encampment. 1t is est
mated that there are $1,000 visitors in th&
city tonight, but the great crowd is n&
expected until tomorrow. There is stronX
riv4.ry in the race for the position Of n
tionsl commander-in-chief, but thus far
has oeea in the nature of friendly comp
tlsion and is unmarked by strife. M
The leading candidate, of all those ule1&
toned in yesterdays dispatches, IS ~
knowledged to be Colonel Weissert,of MI
wausee. 1
The main fight for location OF the mo-
encampment is between Washington "a
and Lincoln, Neb., with chances fayorln
the former. II. NJ. Bissneli, of the II
coin delegation. says Lincoln Is the cent +
of a vast territory in which are S0,000 NJ
erans, all of whom would prefer Lincoln
Washington City or any other city.
have the support of South Dakota, Kn1{
sas, Iowa, Colorado and other states, Sc
he, ''and we shall see the delegates as IA
as pos sible from other states"
No arrivals at the Central depot creat<
more excitement today than the Geor1i
and Florida departments. There were
in the latter, and nearly ali were bedcck&
in hats of not only curious constructioo<
but made of native seaweed. They We
In charge of Departments Commands
WEIGH, Of Welchtown, Fla. One car 0
their train was filed with products a.
Florida, from live crocodile, ten feet on
inch long, to bunch of seaweed. The
had watermeions in great profusion, bnn<
ana trees in blossom, olive aud oranG1*
trees and many qualities Of phosphate&
which promises to eclipse the orange as
money maker for the citizens of FloridX
Colorado and Wyoming are here in fore
and what they lack in numbers they NAL
up in noise and show. having two be-
Zouave drum corps. I
Ex-President Rutherford b. Hayes. conil
mander-in-chief of the order of the Loy1
Legion, arrived from Ohio today. He VI
met by local delegation of the LovlE
Legion and escorted to the home of Coion8
Decker. Commander Hayes was tenders
a reception at Colonel Decker's this even
ing, and all the members. of the LORI
Legion paid him their respects.
The Rhode Island contingent of 200 re&
mostly members of the weil-known Siocu1
post, of Providence, marched to a ho64
escorting twenty-five women of the part
The department commander is AdiutanX
General Prentiss. Slocum post proud
carries an old battle flag which at Fo'
Pulaski and other engagements was n
died with bullets. Behind the ~Rho
Island contingent marched $50 Iowa
with G. l.. Davidson, of Hull, as Cd
mander. They have forty fair conrad
They are the advance guard only, at
assert confidently that their state will hax
1000 men in line. A small number 8
South Dakota's veterans marched behind
the Iowans.
The Ladies Of the G.. A. R.n are arr
ing in the city. They comprise the wiv1
mothers, daughters and sisters of the N
erans Among the officers and nation
delegates present are the national pre-
dent, Mrs. G. II. Huesit, Mrs. Mary
Ellington, the secretary, and nearly X
the state department. presidents and
delegates.
Governor Page. of Vermont, and nur
Der of his staff are in the city. Govern1
Thayer, of Nebraska, Congressman He1#
derson, Of Iowa, Congressman Malis,o
South Carolina, and A. r. Davis, Of PITT
burg, founder of the order Of Sons Of VA
erans. are also among the recent arriv4lpE
The New York delegation, . coo strong II
rived late last evening
A 500 diamond badge was presented M
General Alger tonight by his admirers e
the G.. A. X.
The department of Louisiana and Nh
sissippi viii revive the color fight in tha
encampment Charles + Fink. assiskaps{
said today
We haze ecrne 10 this eneArana m&Xc =
fight on the color atne. W. oblets q 5144
members, and want them formed iaio asp4rek
organization. e Il all right here in ssls Noftn
where you have only few colored veterans. ~ 4
do you know in the soHth there are any mum q
of eolored members OF the G. A. r. who Az - r
80 years old2 They swarm in our posts, ana
white man has no show. We will not associ(
with them, and ii the present convention ~
not do something to relieve the Southern -
of this growing trouble, the white @. A. y NJ
erans will withdraw" II
Commander-in-Chief Veazey tonight<
elined to discuss the color dispute,
was disposed TO minimize the importG
of the question in controversy.