The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-25


the Appropriation for the Home.
The Department Of Minnesota, G. A.
r., completed its tasks yesterday aft
ernoon, and the 425 delegates have
nearly all returned to their respective
| homes
The first business transacted at the
| opening session in the morning was the
report of the committee on resolutions
! of a resolution asking the legislature
to re-enact the law appropriating $780,
600 annually for the support and main
| tenance of the soldiers home and to
strike out that provision of the act al
lowing the board of managers to trans
! fer sums of money from the mainte-
nance fund to the fund for support
OF soldiers and families outside of the
| home, or vice versa The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
The announcement that the law ap-
proprlatlng the sum mentioned had
been repealed by and with the con-
! sent and advice of the board of man
ayers of the soldiers home caused con-
| siderable excitement, and, although no
open criticism was heard, there was
much individual adverse comment
! Certain members of the legislature
were sorely grieved by statements
of the encampment, as it seemed to re-
! fleet blame upon the last legislature.
| So committee of three. of which John
| Day Smith, of Minneapolis, was chair
man, was appointed to explain to the
| present legislature that the encamp-
| ment was fully advised that the 500, 900
appropriation was repealed with the
| consent. if not the advice, of the board
! of managers.
A resolution was adopted expressing
| the highest commentator of the work
! Of the last year done by both the Wom-
! ems Relief corps and the Ladies Of the
| G. A. r.
No pension talk was INDUCED in dur
| ing the encampment
At lib the G. A. R. in a BODY at
| tended upon the legislature to paw their
| respects to the house and senate, and
again assembled in the convention hall
| at 2 o'clock.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
| At the afternoon session the follow
! ing officers We're elected to serve dur
ing the coming year:
! Cloud. Nv
Senior Vice Commander-G S. Ives, st. Pc
ter. w
Junior Vice Commander-w. H. Harries,
Chaplain-Rev. ]. N. Henry, Anoka.
field.
Council of Administrations. H TAYLOR.
Minneapolis; Robert Scarf, Pipestone; George
n. Savage, Osseo; J. o. Milne, Duluth; Blinn
Converse, st. Paul.
The new commander, D. B. Searle,
then appointed B. M. Hicks, of Mime
apolis, to be assistant adjutant gen.
eral. 1t was very popular appoint
ment and caused great applause
He also appointed E. N. Leavens. of
Far1bault, to be assistant quartermas-
ter general.
NATIONAL DELEGATES.
The following were chosen as dele
gates to the national convention, to be
held at Philadelphia Sept. A, 1897
At Large-George B. Arnold, Kasson; alter
nate, c. H. Robinson, Waterville.
First District-Charles Van Camper.
Rochester; alternate, A. NJ. Kinyon, Owa-
Second Dstrict-A. L. sackett, St. Peter;
alternate, S. M. Harrington, Marshall.
Third District-L. P. Fluke, Pennington
alternate, F. A. Carlson. Red Wing.
Fourth District-Benjamin Brack, ST. Paul ;
alternate, L. N. Bryant St. Paul.
Fifth District-Henry A. Norton, Minneap-
oils; Isl: alternate, c. O. Pierce Minneapolis.
nate, William Denny, Anoka
Seventh District-C. F. Zaracker. Crooks
ton; alternate NJ G. Manning, Willmar.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
The committee to confer with the
legislative committee in reference to
appropriations for soldiers home was
enlarged from five to fifteen, and is
now constituted as follows:
w. NJ. Bates, st. Paul. F. B. Doran. St.
Paul; L. L. Wheelock, Owatonna; G. A.
Whitney, Faribault; S. R. Van SAINT, Winona
A. Barto. St. Cloud; G. S. Ives. St. Peter;
Edwin Dunn, Ell Terrence, ]. L. Dobbjn,
Perry Starkweather, Minneapolis; ]. NJ. D.
Craft, J. j. McCardy, st. Paul, and ]. H,
Mulvey. saltwater
BADGE FOR E. B. WOOD.
Next followed the presentation of a
diamond badge to Past Commander E..
B. Wood by his many friends. The
presentation speech was made by G.. H.
Taylor.
On behalf of his staff and many
friends, retiring Commander E. w.
Mortimer was presented with a solid
gold watch, by D. B. Searles in a most
eloquent address, and eloquently it
was responded to by Mr.. Mortimer.
A resolution to pay, the expenses of
a comrade, who had gone to the su-
preme court on a proposition to test
the conStitutionality of the statutory
enactment giving preference to old SOL
diers in appointment to political Of
fees (Which, by the way, was declared
ny the court TO be unconstitutional,
was laid upon the table.
The newly elected officers and ap-
pointees were Installed by Perry Stark
weather.
The department colors and Union
Jack were turned over to Commander
D. B: Searle by Retiring Commander
Mortimer, with all pomp and circum-
stance.
The council of administration re-
ported resolution for the reduction
by one-third of the salaries of the as
sistant adjutant general and assistant
quartermaster general, but 1t was very
promptly killed.
The encampment authorized the
printing of $50 journals of the proceed
tngs.
A committee was appointed to sub
init at the next meeting an amendment
to the bylaws, providing for an Aus
tral1an system of voting in election of
officers.
The next encampment will be held in
Minneapolis, the date to be fixed by
the commander
Thus, with good wishes and kindly
feelings, ended the most harmonious
encampment ever held by the Grand
Army of the Republic in Minnesota.
LADIES OF THE G. A. H.