Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-14

mittee on strikes and anarchy but was
killed by the committee on resolutions on
the ground that something might be said
during the discussion that might not be
desirable in the records.
The resolution came from Lafayette Post.
New York. and read: Whereas. American
liberty rests upon individual rights and
obedience to law, and as these fundamental
prr ciples are destroyed by so-called
strikes. the rights of Individuals overruled
by violence and private property destroyed.
and executive and judicial authority set
at defiance. and whereas they have become
so frequent as to indicate an approxima-
ton to a condition or anarchy if not
promptly and vigorously checked.
Resolved. That We vigorously protest
against weak liberation of such outrage
and insist upon the protection of individual
rights as essential to the maintenance Of
American liberty, that all mob violence
frC m whatever cause must be promptly sup
pressed and those guilty of overt acts or
intimidatirg threats be punished
After the installation of the new officers
the new commander appointed C. c. Jones
OF Rockford, ILL.,, adjutant general, and j..
w. Burst of Sycamore ILL.,, quartermaster
general. and the assembly adjourned. .
Capt. Adams, the retiring commander,
returned thanks for all the honors bestowed
on him. Past Commander r. Il. Beath in
stalled, with all the ceremony of the ritual,
the elected officers. and all the G. A. r.
to the new officials.
Commander-in-Chief LAWYER grasped the
gavel. but soon Chaplain-in-C Hagerty
came to the footlghts and pronounced the
benediction. and the twenty-eighth national
encampment was finished.
The new commander-in-chief issued his
hrst orders last night. appointing Comrade
Z. Z. Jones of Rockford, ILL.,, adjutant gem
eral, and Comrade J. n. Burst of Sycamore.
ILL.,, quartermaster general, and established
headquarters at Rockford. Ill.
AT the afternoon session of the encamp-
ment representatives of the Big Four and
the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton rail-
road guaranteed a one cent a mile rate for
the next encampment, to be held at Louis
| liar guarantee 1880
A fitting close of the day was display of
fireworks on the Monongahela river at the
foot of Smithfield street
Council of Administration,
The new council of administration IS as
follows:
c. o. Farnsworth Utah.
Col. E. T. Blackmer, California,
Ebenezer ]. Ormsbee, Vermont.
Augustus Hager, Virginia and North Car
DINA.
Gov. Charles H. Sheldon. South Dakota.
Charles Zerbey. Delaware.
r. H. Cochran, Ohio.
+. NJ. Sterrett, Mississippi.
j. r. DoOner, Nebraska.
Emanuel Sanois. New Jersey.
Charles A Barbour Rhode Island
David s. Brown, New York
George III. Hopkins, Michigan.
Smith III. Sampson, New Mexico,
Albert Scheffer, Minnesota.
Charles w. Gerwig. Pennsylvania.
c. III. Holmes, Washington.
H. w. TeaZey, Tennessee.
A. ID. Thomas, Arkansas.
A. W. Swain, Iowa.
Robert W. Hill, Indina territory.
NJ. Hustled, Potomac.
/. H. Duval. West Virginia.
Joseph II. Thiabedau. Georgia.
o. II. Coulter. Kansas.
Charles w. Herdman, Kentucky
G. II. Patrick, Alabama.
o. w. Carlson, Wisconsin.
II. S. Dietrich, Illinois.
CORTLAND S. barrow, Connecticut.
G. Guthrie Savage, Arizona.
w. III. Armstrong, Indiana.
DIR. Hugh A. MauShlin, Maryland.
Allison NJ. Stickney. Massachusetts.
Samuel n. Brown. New Hampshire.