The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-13
EVANS'S REMOVAL DEMANDED.
THE GRAND ARMY E~NCANPMENT
DECLARES FOR 1T.
hief nassieur Recommends
n. and the Veterans In Annual Meeting
DO Wild Over U-Attack on the Com
missioner on Account Of Pensions.

missioner on Account OF fc1fsions.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Sept. n.-Commandcr-
in-Chief Ras-ieur Of the @. A.. r.. threw
a bomb~hell into the ranks OF the delegates
az the annual meeting at the opening ses-
sion to-day by recommending that the
Grand Army prefer charg cs Of malfeasance
In ofics against Pension Commissioner
II. Clay Evans, and work for his removal.
After reading his address, Gen. Ras-
sieur said:
-Since preparing my annual address
and report I lave read tho report Of our
Pension COMMITTEES. II deals with tho
pension question only In a general way
and offers no remedy. I nov recommend
that Tho Grand Army Of the Republic at
this convention instruct TIA Pension Com
mittee TO at once prefer charges Of NAL
feasance In onics against Pension Com
missioner II. Clay Evans and use it, ut
most efforts 20 secure his removal from
Office
This recommendation was 90 strong and
unexpected that for a moment everybody
seemed stunned. Thcn the anti Evans
! people began 20 shout and cheer and for a
time the session was n p~andemonium.
Suoh a radical position was even more than
they had enpcctcd from Rassieur.
The thirty-hfth annual cncampment was
opened at 10 4. NJ mt tho Opera House.
The total voting strength Is i,+so. or
this number le-- thar 100 wers present.
Commander-in-C Chief Rassieuf devoted
half his annual address to the pension
question. His words were a ringing pro-
tes, against the policy and record Of Com
missioner Evans. He said there was a
necessity for an immediate change The
speech bristled with definite cases OF alleged
rank injustice. and the alleged course 81
Commissioner tvan was handled with
out gloves. The Commander HE Said
the pension quest N, without any wish
on the part Of the order had been the over
shadOwing question ~ tho year. In part
he ..id
the justification Of the present laws. IL
IL simply a question ~invO wing the present
administration 10 the Pension Bureau and
the honest and fair administration u laws
which are already on the statute books.
The necessity for immediate change II
emphasized by the lament Of the present
Commissioner when he deplores the fact
that he has not been able To reduce the
number Of pensioners receivins the maAi-
mum rate
Rassicur said the q A X bill for a Court
OF Pension Appeals failed because a hill
NNlNlhNt1 HUN u lNAAfIAb lflAhA INNl
with some Of the first bills features The
Department Till. he said. deprived ~ the
right 81 appeal more than fifteen thousand
veterans. whose claims are pending He
said Commissioner Evans attempted to
Justify his -cruel and unnatural conduct
~ the medical division Of his ofic.
One of the first acts OF the e~ncampment
was TO adopt a resolution offered hv Gen.
Sicklos. expressing the sympathy OF the
q. A X. foi -Comrad- William Mckinley
and congratulating him upon the pros
poets for ha speedy recovery.
Comrade Thistle Wood ~ Illlnois offered
an amendment To Gen Sickle-s resolution
20 the effect that the law should he ~
changed ne To- make an assault upon the
President 81 the United States punishable
as treason. No second 60 the Amendment
was received. ~ the Sckles resolution
was adopted.
Chairman Brown OF the Pension Com
mittee submitted a long report which de-
nounccd Commissioned Evans and r"com-
mended the establishment Of "A Board Of
Appeals to consider pension claims He
was followed by Gen Slckles. who offered
the minority report. which was that Presi-
dent Mckinley lie. urged "a appoint a sue
C-ssor 10 Commissioned Evans "a the l%atters
term Of ofice had expired. He had not
finished his address when the enCainpment
adjourned until Friday
Whilc Gen. stewart Of Pennsylvania
still appears to le the leader Va the race for
Commander int hbef tho SiCklcz boom
has taken a Jump since Rassieur delivered
HE spe$ch to-day opposing Evans
John O. Shaw Of bath. Me. was elected
Commodore Of the National Association OF
Naval Veterans to-day. Joseph Z. Miller
was a candidate for reelection. n when
defeated left the convention angry. saying
It was the last one be- would attend. Reese
Ia, tons werr passed AZ follows:
Resolved 1ha, the attention OF Congress
L. called 20 all literature" published through
out the United States tending 10 Anarchist
designs and a detriment TO the United
States Of America and good government,
and that W. ask hat such IT, rcprcssed
and treated In the same manner a. treason
able literature