The Forrest City times., 1894-09-14
THE BOYS IN BLUE.

UOT0e-Many nedsO0s TUT SOuk
 The Smoky City surrenders to the Grand
 Army.
 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 10.-The Smoky City is tonight in possesson of the boys that wore the blue. The cap itulation of its citizens is complete- The invading column of Grand Army veterans, sweeping like torrent from the north and the south, the east and the west, is the monarch of all it may survey. Acres of bunting. myriads of flags, all the contrivances and wonders of electricity, blazing from arches, towers and business blocks; latch strings on the outside, committees galore to hail the coming and speed the parting guests; each and every feature bears testimony to the fact that the pledges upon which year ago at Indianapolis the national en- campment of '94 was awarded to the second city of the Keystone state, have been fully redeemed.
 The campaign for national officers and for the location of the next en- campment was inaugurated in earnest this evening, and tonight there is as much dickering and buttonholeing around the principal hotels as might be demanded by national political convention.
 Yesterday the committee from Louis vile had things its own way, but to- day the committee from the Commer- cial club of St. Paul opened up com modious quarters in the Monongahela house and proceeded to get in it's work. In personnel it was decidedly infiuen- tial. Judge John P. Rea, ex-coInman- der of the Grand Army, and ex-Gov. McGill were on the outside to bid all welcome, while within Judge H. G. Hicks, Capt H, A. Castle, ex-chair- man of the republican state commit tee; Col. I. H. Davidson, Charles w. Horr, Gen. J. H. Baker, Dr. R. McGinnis, Albert Scheffer and several other prominent citizens were on duty to make things comfortable for the visitors and incidentally to en- roll them under the banner of the Twin Cities. Punch that filled two big bowls to the rim was concocted and likewise ladled out by Mrs. J. G. Rae who, with several others of the fairer sex of the northwest added smiles and soft spe ech to the more TO- bust arguments of the masculine mem- bers. As result not a few converts were made at the expense of the lead ing city of the Blue Grass state, and the Louisville committee is not as cer- tain that it has everything it's own way as it was last night.
 An effort was made by the Kansas delegation during the afternoon to start boom for Topeka in the belief that the rivalry between Louisville and St. Paul might become so bitter that another city would be found available. 1t received no support, however, outside of the Kansans them selves, and the indications are, that the encampment of '95 will be voted to Louisville by an overwhelming ma jority.
 With the arrival this morning of the Illinois delegation the contest between the adherents of Col. Thomas c. Law Ter, of that state, and J. N. Walker, of Indiana, the rival candidates for com mander-in-chief, was commenced in earnest Headquarters for. each aspir- ant were opened at the leading hotels and arguments of serious kind were employed in the effort to secure votes Most of the western and northwestern delegates are counted in the Lawler column, while the eastern and south ern strength, together with a majority of the past commanders and other non- representative voters, are favorable to the Hoosier candidate.
 Four thousand delegates and mem- bers of visiting posts were present to- night at the inaugural presentation at the exposition building of the histori- cal musical spectacle ''War and Pcace," dedicated to the encampment by Col +. N. Innes, of the Thirteenth Regi- ment (New York; band. In the per- formance the band, with a chorus of 400 voices, a battery of artillery and the famous Ransom post of St. Louis took part.
 At a meeting this afternoon of the Medal of Honor legion Senior Vice. Commander Urr, with Comrades J. H. Lyman, of New York; Matthews, of Pittsburgh: Insch. of Newark, O.; Hills, of St. Louis, and Thomas, of Philadelphia, were appointed to wait upon Congressman Daniel k. Sickles and Amos J. Cummings and urge them 10 secure the adoption of such meas ures as may prevent the destruction of the insignias worn by the legion from all other medals awarded by congress.
 The National Association of Army and Navy Chaplains to-day elected Rev. T. V. Haggerty, chaplain of the Ninety-third Illinois, as president, and Chaplain c. C. McCabe, the famous