Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-05
GOSSIP OF THE ENcAMPMENT.
Plenty of Candidates for the Chief Com
mand-Earnham Post.

flenty OF Candidates for the Chief Com
mand-Farnham Post.
Now that goodly proportion of the
men who make and unmake the rulers of
the organization are on the ground the
woods are full of available candidates for
the office of commander-in-chief The list
comprises General S. H. Hurst. Ohio: Cap
tain j. g. B. Adams, Massachusetts,; Gen
eral E. Burd Grubb, New Jersey; Edgar
Allen, Virginia. Charles P. Lincoln, Wash
ington; James a. Sexton, Chicago; Editor
l. f. Mack, Sandusky, O., and Charles NJ.
Travis, Indiana. Hurst, who appeared
yesterday to be leading, has encountered
opposition from his own state Adams
and Lincoln are prime favorites, while the
support of the others is confined to their
own states. Adams friends are sanguine
of his success. Pittsburg and Philadel
phia have entered the lists against Lin
coin, Neb., for the honor of having the
next encampment.
1t is probable that the encampment will
endorse the action of Commander Weissert
In suspending Farnham post, of New York,
Tor Its action in adopting and circulating
resolutions approving the pension policy
OF the present national administration.
The question will be referred to in the
commanders report, and a resolution of
approval has already been drafted by
Philadelphia delegate. Report has it that
representatives of the suspended post are
In the city for the purpose Of protesting
against the summary treatment it has ex-
perienced, but efforts to locate them were
not successful. The New York delegates
say that the effort would be useless.
At the session of the convention OF naval
veterans Admiral Osborn announced that
he had received a letter from ex-Paymas-
ter Fortler, of Buffalo, who has been re-
moved from Office on account of short
ags in his accounts, in which he expressed
his ability of proving up a clean record by
explaining where the money had gone.
There was sharp contest for the position
OF rear admiral commanding, and Osborn.
the present incumbent. was finally chosen
by vote of 30 to % over Francis B. AL
len. of Hartford, Conn, the present com
modore.
At the reception to the G. A. r. dcie-
gates and officers last evening General
Harrison delivered an appropriate address
of welcome and Commander Weissert re-
sponded. There was dancing programme
OF twelve numbers to wind up the festivi-
ties. During the evening General Harri-
son attended reunion of comrades of the
Army of the Cumberland The Ohio dele
gates, at meeting held at the Bates
House shortly after their arrival, adopted
resolutions declaring that those opposing
the candidacy of Major Hurst were not
authorized to speak for the delegation and
represented nobody but themselves. and
pledging united support to the comrade.
Ten thousand people packed Monument
place and the adjacent blocks last night
to witness the inaugural electrical illumi-
nation of the soldiers monument. Sixty
five hundred incandescent lights, border
ing the base and tower of the shaft, circle
ing the approaches and arranged in flag
and other devices on the four sides, com
bined to produce an effect almost eclipsing
the gorgeous illumination of the admins
tration building at the Worlds fair.