The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
How the Barred Lyon Post Del.
egateS Returned From
Santa Cruz.
FEELING IS VERY BITTER.
Even General Barnes Did Not Make
His Expected Plea in Their
Behalf.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALI
4 Ia

SUo Broadway, April "A.
The delegates from Lyon Post, G. A. R.,
returned from the department encamp-
ment this morning, the first delegation
ever shut out of an encampment in Cali
fornia.
The history of the now celebrated reso-
lutions that proved such boomerang to
Lyon Post has been frequently published
and there is nothing new in that regard.
What is now bothering the members is
what they shall do with their charter when
the post is reinstated. At present the
feeling is general that it should be sur
rendered.
Every member of Lyon Post feels hui
inflated and mortified. They consider
their punishment altogether too severe
after making the apology they did. They
declare that the presumptuous circular
which did their cause so much harm was
not issued by their orders, and the major
ity of the members deprecate its appear
ance.
1t is very evident that the feeling in the
post is very keen. For the first time in
gates of post have been thrown out.
This action is particularly humiliating
to the past post commanders, who are ex-
officio delegates to all encampments. Ry
not permitting them to be seated they are
deprived of honors conferred upon them
III the past.
On Monday night the veterans will meet
and decide on their future. They seem to
consider that Lyon Post is disgraced for
ever, and that the best thing to do is to
let it die and start anew. The members
do not consider that they have had fair
deal, but realize that it is useless to kick
any more National Commander Walker
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same train as the barred delegation, and
after they had heard the posts side of the
story, they expressed their sympathy and
said that the apology offered should have
been accepted. The commanders splen-
did speech at Santa Cruz was particularly
pleasing to the delegates.
1t was stated tonight that If Lyon Post
would publicly announce the name of the
men who gave out the resolutions for pub
lication the post would be reinstated
by the department commander. Although
there Is much suspicion as to the guilty
party there is no direct evidence, and
visit to the office of the papers that pub
lished them afforded no satisfaction.
The post is resigned to it's fate. 1t
started out to make fight against the
management of the Yountville home. 1t
is generally understood that the cele-
brated resolutions originated with General
Thompson, a member of Lyon Post, who
was removed from the Office of command
ant of the home about the first of the year.
The general says that his report of the
doings of the home justified all he said,
and many members are still of the same
opinion. 1t was evidently a case of too
much zeal, when little discretion would
have served the purpose better.
The post had been led to believe that
their cause would be championed before
the encampment by General Barnes. The
general did not appear, and there was
great disappointment, as he had, at the
last encampment, denounced the ma mage
meut of the home and had backed all his
statements with facts.