The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-22

acted as spokesman for the Denver
delegation. I'VE have. as stated in that
document, secured the 1-cent rate on
all trunk lines from the Mississippi
river points. That includes all The
lines from Chicago. St Louis and ST
Paul. something that has been sought
for on other occasions and never been
secured. We did not il is true. secure
a written pledge from a number of
minor lines running into the city. hut
when one considers that we have the
Chicago s, Alton, the Burlington, the
Wabash, Missouri Pacific. Union Pa
cifIc. Rock Island. the Santa Fe and
the St. Louis & San Francisco, you
can readily see that we have the lines
that would carry any passengers from
the east. The other lines will be boUUl
to fall in line, and with the influence
we could bring to bear when it was
seen that the enCamDment Was com
ing to Denver. there would not have
been the slightest doubt of success in
that line. The fact that the other re-
quirements We're met entirely to the
satisfaction Of the council shows chat
on the railroad matter alone hung any
excuse for our failure These rates
will be allowed to stand. however, aud
the committee says there VIII be an
encampment in Denver this fall The
Pennsylvania department. as well as
that of New York has stated that II
I lnJenQS coming 10 Denver ana 50 LIN =
other states The matter has not end
ed with tOday's decision. for it Will ie
taken UP by the committee with the
state departments at once.
The work Of endeavoring to win over
the various departments east Uf the
Mississippi river viii be commenced
at once, so the Denver committee
stated tonight
Rassieur is Angry
Commander-in-C Chief Rassieur was
handed copy of the statement issued
by the Denver committee. Before
reading it he called the committee to-
gether. explained that the statement
was in existence. and then read IL.
The contents of the document produced
some little feeling Of mOmentaTy char
acter, which resulted in the council
, considering the document behind closed
doors Ten minutes later the following
was given out by Commander Rassieur
speaking for and with the sanction Of
the council.
I have Just read what you inform
me enanates from the committee rep
resenting Denver It is hard to believe
that such a statement emanateS from
good Grand Army comrades. Assam
ing that il does. I desire simply to state
that the executive committee, with the
light before il, and after having gt.en
Denver TWO hearings ana Weighing
everything presented by it, decided
that the next encampment Of the Grand
Army should be held at Cleveland. o..
Sept. g. 1901. At that encampment thi.
committee will report the facts whicl
led them TO the action taken, and every
4 Grand Army cOmTade viii doubles.
heartily approve of that action. w,
{ have endeavOred to do what is best fO1
( the Grand Army, and in compliance
with the action Of the thirty-foUrtl
national encampment, notwithstanding
/ the statement made. which is said t,
/ emanate from the Denver delegates"
Bitter Fight is On.
Individual members of the counci
/ were unwilling TO discuss the mani
/ festO,' as they termed the doCumeU
/ issued by Denver They declared th.
/ Denver people were mistaken wheI
/ they thought they had the promise 60
I the Pennsylvania and New York de-
/ partmcnts TO go to Denver. and Wer.
/ certain that none of the department.
+ would refuse TO attend the rncdmp
| ment at Cleveland
1T is certain that if they do Rave
/ an encamoment it viii not be the ma
/ tiOnal encamDment Of the G. A. r..
was the manner in which one dismissed
/ the subject.