The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-27
G0BIN--- CINCINNATI IN 1898
THE NEV COMMANDER AND PLACE OF NEXT c. 4. R. ENCAMPMENT.

OF NEXT c. 4. R. ENCAMPMENT. Not Much of a Contest in Either Case
 Annual Address of Gen. Clarkson-Vari-
 ous Reports Submitted Showing Con-
 dition of the Organization-Encamp
 Win Adjourn To-day-Closing Scenes.
 Buffalo, N. T., Aug 26-Cincinnati's triumph in securing the national en- campment of 1898 and Pennsylvania's victory in winning the commander-in- chief of the Grand Army were the fea- lures of the encampment.
 The struggle was precipitated imme- diately after the executive session was called to order by the report of the committee on rules giving as the first event in the order of business the se- lection of the place of the next encamp- ment Delegate DoWley of Toledo mov- ed that the rule be suspended. Will liam D. Stauffer, post commander or the department of Pennsylvania, moved that the convention proceed under the rule. DoWling's motion was not sec onded Stauffer's was, and the ques- tion being put was declared carried by Chief Clarkson by a viva Voce vote.
 A division was called and when 161 delegates had been counted proceed ing under the rule, the count was dis continued and the selection of place for holding the next encampment was taken up.
 Cities desiring to have the next con- vention were given a hearing. The committee from Cincinnati was admit ted. President Ingalls of the Big Four road presented the claims and attrac- tions of the city in happy spirit. On the first ballot Cincinnati re- ceived 526 votes and San Francisco 214 The vote had not been announced when Mr. Woodruff of California withdrew San Francisco and asked that the selec- l ton of Cincinnati be made unanimous. This was agreed to by exclamation. | Following the selection of Cincinnati, Archbishop Ireland was called to the stage and made one of his glowing, patriotic speeches. He was followed l by General Lew Wallace, who made short address glorifying the Grand Army.
 The report of the committee on in- struction followed this address. It criticised the books on war history used in the schools in the south as in- accurate and suggested some changes, i particularly in those used in southern 1 schools.
 Nominations for commander-in-ch chief were then declared in order and Isaac F. Mack of Sandusky, O., was nomi- mated by Delegate Brown of Ohio. J. F. S. Gobin of Lebanon, Pa, was nomi- mated by Delegate Weatherbee and John G. Linehan of New Hampshire by Delegate Cogswell. MT. Weatherbee later withdrew the name of MT Innis. The first ballot resulted as follows:
 Mack, 253; Linehan, 1S1; Gobin, 296- no choice.
 The vote on the second ballot was not announced officially but as cast it stood as follows: Mack, 249; Linehan, 123; Gobin, 35S.
 Before the result could be given by the tellers, the ten Missouri votes that had been cast for Mack were with drawn and ordered changed to Goblin, who he'd received the other twelve of the twenty-two votes belonging to the state. This gave Gobin enough votes to elect. Illinois and other states be- gan to order their votes changed but while this was in progress R. B. Brown of Ohio, who nominated MT. Mack asked and obtained unanimous consent that the adiutant general be instructed to cast the vote of the encampment for Mr. Gobin, making his election unani- nous. The encampment then adjourn ed until o'clock tomorrow morning. Commander-in-C Chief Clarkson, dur ing the morning session of the encamp- ment delivered his annual address, of which the following is an abstract:
 "Once more we have assembled in an- nual encampment to render an account of our stewardship. to renew old associ- ations, to legislate for the present tC plan for the future We meet in Fra ternity, Charity and Loyalty and may all our hearts unite as one in sustaining the great objects of our order The last national encampment did well in select. ing, as the place of holding the thirty first encampment, this beautiful city ot Buffalo, so representative as it Is of the business and social interests of the great Empire state. The work of the volunteer soldier from 1861 to 1865 is g matter of history and can be read by everyone. In my public addresses have confined myself to the work of the Grand Army to-day, and I have beer gratified and f1attered by the reception accorded my remarks
 ''I may be permitted to make specia allusion to my visits in the southern departments, where I made it point to come in contact as much as possible with the men who wore the gray and their friends. My conception of Amer ican manhood and American bravery has been greatly magnif1ed. I met nc warmer grasps, no heartier Godspeeds in patriotic work than from our once Ienemiej, now friends. found Old Glory floating as high, her stars as bright, hel stripes as broad, in the southland as al home. My sentiment, One country, ont flag, one people, one destiny, met as hearty a response in Georgia as in Mas. 1 sachusetts, and more than once, aftel my public receptions there, I repeated to myself, over the work of the G. A, R in that country, the doxology, Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. The Grand Army of the Republic car do no grander work for their country to-day than tO Streopthap in +I,osa o,ooc