The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-10

alone. Your committee further respect
fully states that il is willing to receive
even the official statement of the COM
missioner of pensions with several
grains OF allowance. He states in one
place that there are $4,000 comrades who
never received a pension. In another
place he fixes the figures at POO, coo. We
are aware that from time to time he
issues glowing statements as TO the
great work he rs doing for the comrades,
in comparison TO what was formerly
done. but most of his comparisons are
with the administrations Of Presidents
Grant and Hayes Prior to the act OF
1890 granting pension after 80 days
service. disability. honestly incurred,
even after the war, he compares with
the period when the sum total of claims
was only 100000, when. owing TO the
small force in the adjutant generals
office. IL took two years to get a report
on the claimants record, where now ii
takes only five days. He compares work
with the work done when the clerks
in the pension office numbered 500. while
he has 1900. He refrains from giving
prominence TO the number of his rejec-
tions. Our comrades living and the
widows of the comrades dead cry aloud
for Justice. We voice their cry and
bring IL to the ear OF that comrade in
chief authority over all the land. conf
dent that he viii do Justice"
The report was adopted without dis
cussion.
Some time after the adoption of the
report a fear seemed To have come
into the minds of some of the comrades
that some degree Of blame had been
attributed to President Mckinley and
Judge Terrence of Minnesota moved to
expunge from the report the sentence,
This iniquitous rule is maintained up
to this hour, and we submit IL is not
such treatment as we had n right to
expect from Comrade William McKin-
ley"
Corporal Tanner Immediately got the
floor and stated that his high regard
for President Mckinley was not ex-
ceeded by any member of the encamp-
ment. and that in preparing the report
1t had been far from his purpose to
cast any imputation upon the presi-
dent, and he begged permission to have
the unanimous consent Of the encamp-
ment to add to the sentence. which il
was sought to have expunged: And
we are confident that when he is once
relieved from the mighty matters Of
national and worldwide Importance,
which now command his attention, he
viii see that justice is done" The en-
campment unanimously gave permis-
sion to make this addition 60 the re-
port, and the motion TO expunge was
withdrawn.
Upon motion of Comrade Beath, II
was resolved that unless the railroads
gave satisfactory guarantee TO make
the rates to the next encampment not
exceeding one cent per mile. and the
hotels of Philadelphia gave n guaran-
tee not To increase their rates at the
time OF the enCampment. then the ma
tional council Of administration be au-
thoriZed to select such other city as
would make these guarantees.
The application by the Ladies' Re-
lief Corps for permission To amend
their constitution so as to enable them
to use relief funds for the benefit of
soldiers Of the Spanish American war.
was acted upon favorably by the en-
The proposition to make eligible to
membership in the Grand Army sol
diers who have served i'm the war with
Spain, was laid on the table. The Off
cers-elect were then installed and at
. 30 o'clock the final adjournment took
place.