The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-09-19
DOODLE HUNTERS.
THAT Is ABOUT WHAT THE CRANE
ARMY OF THE REPU8LlC IS.

THAT is ABOUT WHAT he CRANE
ARMY OF THE REPU8Lic IS.
They Complain About the Hsrd Req uire-
men,s, and C5it:clse Congress and the
south for their Attitude on the Pension
Question.
P1TTsBURG. Pa, Sept 12-The dele
gates to the National Encampment OF
the G. A. r. got down to solid bus
ness basis this morning. While 2OO,OCO
persons have left the city since the last
old soldier passed in review yesterday,
there are still 100000 strangers IN town,
majority of whom will stay until SAT
urday and Sunday, while some remain
even longer. The nationa! encamp-
ment opened this morning IN the ne"
Grand Opera House. The commander,
in-chief and delegates were welcomed
on behalf of the Citizens EXECUTIVE
Board bv Chairman Daniel 9. Ripley
and. also, by w. G. Quincy, chairman
of the committee on INVITATIONS anI
reception. Governor Patterson "el.
coined them on behalf OF the o1ste OF
Pennsylvania, while Mayor Mchenns
of Pittsburg and Mayor kennedy o.
Allegheny performed the same pleas
ant duty on behalf Of their respective
cities.
The serious business Of the encamp-
ment proper then began. Inc eiecIlon
for Commander.in.Chief will not De
held until tomorrow. Since the VIII.
drawal of Judge Chas. D. Long OF
Michigap, the opinion is rapidly grow
ing that Col. T. n. Walker of 1ndlsna
will; secure the coveted honor. Inc
selection of the next encsmpnen0 ciCy
has also been deferred until tomorrow.
While surface indications are tnae
Louisville will have walk oyer, IL IS
hinted that st. Paul has been cong
good work in quiet but very enec1l'e
way.
The clsims of Louisville for the loca.
tion of the G. A. r. encampmenJ OF
1885 were presented to the national
convention by Henry Watterson ehls
this morning. Just as soon as Welcom-
ing addresses were concluded motion
to suspend the rules and give an audi
ence to the Kentucky orator was adopt
ed with enthusiasm. He received q
cordial reception. The speaker retired
amid storm Of applause. linen tne
doors were closed and the encampmenI
went into secret session to hear the ac-
dress of Commander-in-C Chief Adams
and associate national officers. La tne
presentation Of Watterson at the open
ing session, the supporters OF LoulsVll!e
stole q big march OF st. Paul and the
advocates of the latter are considerably
disgruntled. Heretofore it has bean
the practice to defer nomination OF the
next encampment to the second or
closing day of the convention.
When Henry Watterson was INTRO
duced to present the plea OF Louisville
for the next eucampment, the silver
tongued escort of the "Star Eyed God
dess" was N his best mood. Among
his audience, from pit % gallery, laugh
ter alternated with applause and when
in q pathetic moment, he alioWed a
few tears to course down his cheeks,
there was ]achrymose response that
would have been appropriate to 1un-
eraI. Before his preparation had been
reached, the success Of the leading city
of the Blue Grass State was secured.
and the orator retired amid SUCH an
ovation as national encampment has
rarely bestowed even upon one OF its
fayorite sons.
Close attention was PAID by the dele
gates to the report of the Commander
in-Chief and trequent references that
it contained to the attitude OF the Con-
gress and of the people Of the South
toward Union Soldiers and patriotic
movements originating III the North
were heartily applauded.
When the report of the committee on
pensions was read, cheers punctuated
every paragraph. 1t was signed by
comrades II. E. Taintor, A. NJ. Waen-
er and j. n. Walker, chairman, and
reads as follows:
3Your committee would respectfully
reiterate the sentiments and renew the
recommendations touching the rights
of the Union veteran and the duties CT
the government towards him, emocG-
led in our report submitted TO the
tWenty-seyenth national encampment.
After the adoption of that report oy
the national eocampment there was
change in the action OF the Pension
Department in its rules for the suSpen-
sion of the payment without hearing,
and many Of those whose pension had
been suspended under that unfair rule
have been restored to the rolls. our
committee is, however, Of the opinion
that there IS still just cause for COM
plant in the technical rulings and re-
ouirements of the Pension Department
which work unfaVorable to the appl.
can't and result IN unjust dtscrlmina-
tion against his interests that doubts
are uniustly decided adversely to the
claimant, which under any reasonable
and liberal construction should have
been decided in his favor.
"Order 229, from the Department OF
the Interior Bureau Of Pensions Issued
June 19, 1898, is especially cbrcxlous as
establishing needless and hard require
ments in the preparation and forward
ing of testimony Ii support Of claims.
We Insist that evidence very often pro-
cured after years OF effort and
at great expense Of time and
money on the part OF the ap.
piicant should not be thrown out
for mere lack of form or want OF CON-
pitance Win any purely tecnulca! VI
arbitrary rules and we urge that this
order be- so modified as to provide
that all evidence presented be fairly
examined.
'Your committee feels constrained
to call the attention of the National
Encampment to the fact that a large
part OF the appropriation made by the
Fifty.secend Congress for the payment
OF pensions for the year ending June
30, 1885,, was unused and turned back
into the Treasury, while hundreds Of
thousands of unadjucated claims re-
mained pending in the pension bureau.
ct the same time, credit is claimed on
behalf OF Congress and the administra-
tion upon the grounds that tie imme-
diate appropriations have been re-
ducec, yet it appears the only reouc.
ton has been made by the cutting the