Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-08
THE G. A. r. ENcAMPMENT.
Senator McnGillan's Amendment Appropr1st.
ing o10O, 900 Adopted BY the Senate

Ing 100000 Adopted by the senate
rHH OPPOSITION CONES MOSTLY IRON DEMO.
CRATIC SENATOR'S WHILE TIE REPUsLicASs
DEFEND THE PROPOSITION AND URGE THAT
THE MONEY SHOULD BE APPROPRIATED.
After the regulation business Of the morning
the Senate tnok up the District appropriation
bill and the discussion on the appropriation Tor
the purposes Of the Grand Array encampment
was continued. The question was on the amend
ment proposed by Mr.. Cockrell. providing that
all the sum appropriated should be talen from
the revenues of the District
WHY Mr.. PADDOCK oBJEcrrD.
Mr.. Paddock spoke of the fact that lin
coin. town in his state, had been a COM
petitor for this encampment. Lincoln had
offered to raise $4,000 for the purpose
the oiS Soldiers prIPes hospitality So,
able to raise such a sum as the people
Of Washington. It WAS now ridiculous that
Washington should ask the people Of Lincoln
and other cities to contribute what they bad
promised to raise themselves The hotel men
alone could pay the full cost Of the encamp-
ment with profit to themselves. He wanted
the citizens of Washington TO 60 down into
their pockets and raise the amount
Senator Frye remarked that he was amazed
ot huuOCAs speech. lue ReuuetnHu
only argument seemed to have been that the
city OF Lincoln had been defeated, and that
therefore he had determined to vote against the
appropriation.
Mr.: Paddock replied that he simplywanted
the citizens OF Washington to adhere to their
pledges.
THE CITIZENS OUGHT NOT TO PAT ALL
Mr.. Frye said there had never been q Grand
Army encampment which has been entirely
sr1a faIn ind hx,,x a.
city was able to sustain the burden without
assistance. The great city of Boston had
not done 1t and Lincoln could not have
done it. During the encampment here Wash.
lngton would be the Mecca OF the old soldier.
One hundred thousand Of the defenders Of the
Union would be present In this city. 1t would
cost not less than one dollar and twenty
five cents per man, and with other expenses
the total cost would not be less than
SIZE, 600. 1t il ridiculous to expect that the
citizens shall subscribe this entire sum. Con-
gress should Appropriate, he thought, either
$1,000 or S125, 900 out of the treasury.
WASHINGTON MUST NOT BE BEHIND OTHER CITIES
Senator Hawiey described the measures used
to obtain the encampment. Washington. he
thought must not be allowed under any cir
cumstances to be behind Detroit and other
cities in the manner in which it entertained
the old soldiers of the war. II would
be ungenerous to saddle on the District the
entire cost Of the encampment. The city
was already bearing the burden of a Geological
Park of . much greater extent than a city
Of its size would naturally possess. He hoped
that this ungenerous policy would not be
continued in regard to the encampment. Sem
ator Hawley then argued as to the constitu-
tionality Of the appropriation, comparing it in
this regard to the appropriation made yearly
for the various charges Of the city. Waahing-
ton, he said, was not wealthy city.
large portion of its inhabitants were gov
ernment clerks and very large portion OF Its
wealthy people came here merely as they went
to Saratoga. Congress had national. state and
city powers in this matter. They had ap-
pointed three receivers for the District, and il
all three characters it was their duty to make a
liberal appropriation for the purposes Of this
encampment.
WHY CONGRESS SHOULD APPROPRIATE THE MONEY.
Mr.. Mcpherson remarked that the people
would not sympathize with the niggardly feel
ing which some Senators were displaying in
regard to this appropriation. Congress should
appropriate enough money to properly en-
terrain the soldiers who had made it
possible that the country should still have her
capital. Senator Dawes held that the present
encampment would be national in all its phases
national task on the city of Washington.
He deplored that the entire country. both
north and south. could not take part In the
coming great encampment.
Mr.. Harris interrupted at this point to ask
Mr. Dawes who it was that invited the Grand
Army to come to Washington.
Senator Dawes replied that he saw small rea-
son in the idea which Mr.. Harris brought out.
1t was not Washington as q corporation which
had invited the Grand Army. but it was the
citizens OF Washington as national citizens who
had sent the invitation.
Mr.. Harris said that he understood thor
oughly that the invitation had been extended
by the people of the city and that the Grand
Army would be the guest Of the people.
SENATOR PALMER's APPEAL
Senator Palmer made q strong appeal for
the appropriation. There was more than
mere benefit to this city. Every year the old
soldier is becoming less and less. They
deserve well OF the nation and an
appropriation for their entertainment should
be made without hesitation. He did not think
the people of Washington should even be
allowed to furnish any part OF the appropria-
ton. He wanted the old soldiers from the
north. east, south and vest to meet once m ore
in the capital OF the nation as the guests of the
nation.
SENATOR vEsr's SARCASM.
Senator Vest made some sarcastic allusion 70
the barbecue speeches which had been made.
He remarked that several OF the Senators re-
minded him OF actors rushing to the
foot lights, Rrasping an American flag
and firing off horse pistols The en-
campment at st. Louis, he said, had been
supported entirely by voluntary contributions
In the case of Washington individuals had sent
the invitation to the Grand Army and now it
was proposed that the poor residents
of the city be taxed to make good the
pledges OF these individuals. Why not golfurther
he remarked, land make appropriations for
ecumenical conferences and such other bodies
that chose to meet in this city. Why not pay
the expenses Of the republican and democratic
conventions. providing they met here?'
Mr.. GALL1NoER FAvoBs THE APPROXIMATION
Senator Gallinger said that an appropriation
from the national treasury of $4,000 would
only mean the payment of four-6fths Of mill
by each citizen Of the country. He earnestly
favored an appropriation for the encampment.
In regard to the constitutionally of tho appro-
priation there were already 80 many precedents
that he was willing to add one more. The
Senator referred as precedents to the Washing
ton monument, to the many statues in this city
and to Arlington.
Senator Hiscock also approved Of. an appro-
priation out Of the national treasury. II 1t was
an infraction OF the Constitution, he was
ton. Arlington, he said. where sleep the
immortal dead at the governments expense,
was also an infraction Of the Constitution. He
wanted the old soldier to come here as the
guest OF the nation and not a. the guest of
private parties.
Senator Perkins also favored an appropria-
ton The encampment would be the largest in
the history Of the Grand Army and the nation