The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-28

committee. After an hours consideration
Mr.. Johnston reported protest against the
appointment of Mr.. Langsdale. 1t was adj
dressed to the appointing board, composed
of the Governor. Secretary of State. State
reads as follows:
TtJEr cpANn aPNy pRoTEST
s'Gentlemen-The Encampment of the De-
partment of Indiana Grand Army of the
Ranublfc In session IN Nuncie. most re-
. = '1 - s.s
specutfuly but most earnestly protests
against the appointment OF George j.
Iangsdala as ono Of the hoard of regents
az one % 'le ooa.u -
cIea'eu py the LEGISLATURE ior 'ne eoil'pie
tion of the monument erected by the State
in defense of the ITnion
.Wa nrotest heca,,sa the nuttinp of Mr.
I.angsdale AZ the head of fhe regency at a
salary, and with unrestricted power to
dra Va money far exnanSaS will naedlesslv
defer the completion of the monument and
..In the name Of the intelIgence and pa
triotism ~ Indiana we nrotest against me
claim made in solemn chorus by some ex-
celient peopla' Who have been draeooned
into the support of the LangsdaIe success
sion that that he is the only person oI n + the
harmonious completion. This encampment
win not enterfair, the assumption that a
man Who is not q pranticaI DESIGNER or am
artist and who has never been abroad to
study the monumental works of Europe is
tha onlv nerson who can sunerintend the
Completion of the Union soldiers monu-
ment. II scorns the idea that If this one
diana Who can take his niace and that the
noon,p,ent in that ,,ntfmaly event would
not he cnmnlated on the same high nIana
nf baa,ty ana art that have alwavs charac-
terizad IL haretofora The stat,,afv for the
connlation Of The n,onrn,ent must he the
oonnpantion I'D o ~. WI of snras a,,';nent
ana , .ne MoIn assad % n by otbe,
artists rshis heine fhe case a regency of
fhree intelligent and nublic-spirited citizens
than q regency which Mr. I,angsfiale will
dominate
s.rThiS enca n,nuent most earnestly pro-
tests against the reappoiutment of a man
who from the time that he treacherously
Nsexicanized the monument, mas treated the
% ,ih ,,nit "a nue nd haS sisndsred
them and IFS membership.
In December, 1882, after hearing had
Deen @ gfanleo oy une poafo 10 rne uepdle- n
nartment Comnander CheadIe and other
good citizens were kept in waiting half an
aour ana then curly lnIorned me py Lamgs
utas eN '
.s1so tho enca mnment which was held in
EyansyiIle In ApriI 1893 as Chairman of
tee. he sent a report purporting
80 ~ fonr n,aaa -, H. oor,,
mittee to a comrade not an officer Of
th ,h ~ " ra,aort I'll ,,bl ba5
r. ure an, ,,, III ms af az M paI; M dV % a.
~ seo tue reinorai VI lllS -MSAica useteo a.
lnat tnne, iuciuulns an sle uepsal pal IL snierie @
6mcers, ana M 1ne memDers Q. more tb ,nan one
hundred OF the largest posts IN tne STATE
whose protests were on me WIN n, ehe mon
unent commission, were made the OBJECTS
Of slanderous and insulting criticism. When
the report was announced in the encamp.
ment eacn OF the members OF the Gfahu
clared that no member had been consulted
and that its author had knowingly misrep-
resented them The encampment. regard
ing the report as a Studled Insult TO It's
committee and itself unanimously adopted
a resolution, six hundred delegates being
the monument committee and the package
of so-called reports was destroyed. A few
months later he withdrew from the Grand
Army and is not now a member
INSIrI,r TO vETE,RANS
when finally, in response to the popu-
lar demand, four of his associates voted
~. ~. 'le 'a1' a,sa
Army IN phlippic, the yenomous char-
acter of which is shown by the closing SEN
tan.a u,b;cb savs that tba sapoa sn;rit
80 80 mni.n sass nc 'e So - So :.
wnicn inspired the rebeillon is now working
among a portion of the Grand Army
..1,,1 ha,on.,,l1, ,>oama oe ctato ot,,oars
70 whicb his Ap nrotest is a6dresseI viii
~ ~ WI Will 81 ..iis plotesl - adr WI WI
III vain toi a. .iole iai' IN
cnu,,trv Sts1, is ernbraeea an fhat senfanaa
Il Is q @ libel ON the Department OF innana, ma,
Irnion. ara when he said the ssrna snirif
which inspired the rebellion is now work
;n., - ,,,,,,r . ~ rortio,, ~ ~ G-,nJ 49,
he uqtared7 " naeanar sianiar aga,nst 1-nioo,,,
veteraps than has heen sno,xe5, in Indiana
since the war That r is Mr. Mr.
Of the Repubie The attention ute o Of fis h,s
friends has haen called to If during the
nast few weeks with the s,Ispestinn that
ne make a retraction. but he has given no
sign Consequently. for the appointing
regency. will be regarded as an indorse
ment ~ his course in connection With the
monument. and of his Recommendation of this
danartment and its n,an,hershin No 's aW
nla ma tion can mike his ayaitaiion unficr
these circumstances. other than q con-
demnation Of the coIirse of this dena rtnent
in it's EFFORTS tn secure from sacri1ere tte
monument designed to perpetuat te the devo-