The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-09
SEXTON IS COMMANDER.
Elected to Succeed Goblin as Head
Of the Grand Army Veterans,
A VICTORY FOR PHILADELPHIA.


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Tanner CritlclZes IL. Clay Evans
Management of the Pension once.
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IlIillidry Ly ueIno'.s 'Ioils' lHeie were
l,@oo Iatlohal uelesu'eS present Whell
tne eilcaiil m pIileHt was caI.eu 10 oiue' at
~ d. H. me "e'co'i'e auu IeSs was ue-
hVereu Dy Governor bushhelI' Win
supplemental Welcoihe auuress py Gus
'taV lalei' OF ClhclIlhau' ana M ~ IN
galls' chairman OF the cltIzehs com
hlttee ana president Oh the Dig four
| ana the chesapeake ana ONO railways
Ihere was excellent music lor the open
ing session. ana the nan was elapol
ately decorated. In his response Com
mahder-h-chlet >. +. >. Eoplh REFER
red most eloquently to the attractions
ol the week ana lhe laVlsh entertain
ment oil the citizens or cincinnati
Inc prlhclpal business oI Ihe open
ing session was the ADDRESS OF com
ihahder-ln-chleI Iopil, III "uIcn lres'-
dent Mchinleys conduct or the war
with Spain was highly eXtolled'
The report OF the adJutaht general
| Thomas j. stewart, contained the to'-
lowing figures as to the membership:
! The members in good standing June 80
1891 numbered 3l9,4o6. Ihe gam our
| ing the year was by muster IN lu'94U'
transfer, AGO reinstatement lI'oo'
from delinquent reports 4'ool' totaI, o.
403 Inc losses were: by deaIh, ''ooo'
honorable discharge, l,l9o; transfer -
Al; suspension, zo,ooo' ulshoiloraple
discharge l65' by dellhqueht reports
hV4l' py surIehuvr Oh cnal' 'ei' i,o-'
total 46'5O6' 80 the members III goou
standing June oO' 1850 huiilpeleu ooo'
oO5' Inc NUMBER OF members Ieilaa,.l- IN
ing suspended aI Ihdt uaIe were oo'oo''
Reports received from department ts
showed that SUI members previously
reported as suspended nave peeh urop-
ped from the rolls.
At the afternoon session the hrst
business In order was lengthy report
from the committee on pensions. The
report refutes the charge that the PEN
sion roll was roll Of dishonor. 1t
cited the fact that investigations have
been undertaken by the departments Of
different states, and on close inquiry
there had not been single case of
to a member Of the Grand Army of
the Republic. The report went on to
say that the roll was distinctly a roll
of honor. The committee gave figures
showing that the death rate was rapid
ly increasing among pensioners. The
number diving each year now exceeds
10000. It is estimated that the increase
in the number of deaths each year will
be such that in 1920 the number of pen.
sioners will be reduced to a little over
25O O0O and I'm 1910 the list will be OBJ.
liberated.
When a motion was made to accep'
and adont the report corporal" Tan.
ner of New York. arose TO discuss it
He said that in the main he agreed
With oil the committee has said. But
In ragard to that norton of the report
,,hIob daoI+ ,,,itb tba administration of
the nension office ne did not agree, and
he went on TO sneak in unrestrained
criticism of the present commissioner
NJ nansions Hon Fl. CLAW Evans. With
evident Feeling he said:
"T stand ready TO be responsible here
and elsewhere for all my statements
NAV make on this subject. and I de.
clare that chief Evans calling hi,
chiefs Of divisions together and uslnf
Ianpueqa which indicated intense feel
Ino, 20 not opgar instructed +heno Z,
disragard totallv every aDnlicatior
basod an deafness or rheumatism. FL
F',rttar i,,tt,,atod 70 than, that ~ an,
unt. uecnned 10 accent his suggestion
he would find chiefs who would obe,
his orders"
Al this point the sneaker was inter
rupted bv a point of order that he ha,
NO rieht m indulge IN nersonaI oriti
cIsm of snv officer of the government
but the commander in chief ruled tha
on a motion of this kind, covering tn
official conduct of an officer of the gov
ernment, it was in order to discuss tn
manner in which he performed his off
cial duties.
Tanner, continuing, said that in hi
opinion 1t was clear that the man wht
could make such an order had neve
himself heard the sound of cannon, no
slept in the open air, and he was no
surprised, therefore to find that tn
4 commissioner of pensions had an arm
record which consisted Of three month
and 16 days as q clerk in the commits
sary department,
A delegate from Kansas fOllowe
Tanner in the same strain. The maj
= ter was disposed of finally by postpor
ing 1t until after the report of the CON
mittee on resolutions is received.
1t is understood that a number
l. resolutions have been sent into tn
committee bearing on the conduct
in the pension office.
| Mrs William Scott n cOlOred WON a,