Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-07
C, A, R. ENCAMPMEhT
Tanner Campaign Given q
Setback.
WORKING IN EARNEST
DELEGATES GET DOWN TO MAT
TIERS OF INTEREST.
Fight for Chief Becomes
More Intense Each Hour-Senti-
ment Constantly Changing.
WORKING IN EARNEST
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Corps are again in earnest session this
morning.
The veterans are meeting at the beauti-
full Broadway Theater, where every seat
was occupied long before 10 o'clock the
opening hour Of the session. The fight for
the commander In -chiefship Of the q. A.
r. between Corporal Tanner and Gen.
Brown Is becoming more intense hourly.
and sentiment Is constantly changing.
One Of the chief isues in the race for
commander Of the Grand Army Is radical
ism against conservatism in the matter
of granting pensions Corporal Tanner Is
the chief exponent of the former, while
Gen. Brown Is upon the other side Of the
question.
The Tanner campaign was given a Sc
we're setback by the report which he has
since denied, that he was inimical to the
pension bill providing for the special PEN
sioning Of ex-prisoners Of war.
New Jersey held a caucus yesterday af-
ternoon and decided to put the name OF
Gen. Burrows for commander-in-chief.
No Compromise.
No compromise will be made by the
delegates today. The leaders of the state
and the mosquito states candidate will
not withdraw in favor OF any one. Penn
sylvania is for Brown; Missouri is saying
nothing. but Is saving wood. Her candi-
date, Judge Burton. is being pushed In a
very quiet manner. The delegates from
the show me" state say they have some
cards up their sleeves which they will
play during election Friday
Minneapolis Is leading for the next en-
campment. The plan to have reunion of
Union and confederate veterans is strongly
discouraged. Corporal Tanner has had
much explaining to do as a result of the
charge made against him in the National
Association of ex-Union Prisoners that he
was tnimical to the pension legislation now
before Congress for the old prisoners. Cor
poral Tanner issued this statement:
Il deny absolutely that have ever said
one word against the Penrose bill for the
made the assertion that have fought the
bill is telling a willful falsehood
Some of my enemies are claiming that
have been against service pensions for
old soldiers My record on this question is
like an open book. 1 have fought early and
late for this measure I am radical In the
pension matter, but I believe in using COM
mon sense at the same time. 1 want to see
every old soldier given pension. and
shall fight for these from first to last, no
matter whether 1 am made commander or
not The greatest OPPOSITION to me comes from
Pennsylvania. The election Is that Of
state fight more than matter between the
candidates. Pennsylvania has locked horns
with New York, and we Of the empire state
mean to throw our opponents by any and
all means"
The only DEVELOPMENT OF political ma
ture in the w. r. c. was the WITHDRAW wal Of
the name OF Mrs. Fannie D. W. Hardin as
a candidate for senior vice president and
the substitution Of Mrs. Julia Sine of ILL.,
no!s. She in all probability will receive the
nomination on the first ballot. Mrs Sine
has filled the office Of past depar .ment
president of Illinois.
The address of the commander-in- chief
John r. King OF Baltimore. covered the rec
ord OF the administration of the late COM
manderin-chief, Wilmon w. Blackmar,
whose service covered eleven months Of the
term for which he was elected. He said:
From the very beginning of his term
Commander-in-Chfef Blackmars purpose
was to do all that man could do to encour-
age the several departments. particularly
those that were weakest or most remote,
and. SO far as lay in his power, infuse new
life and energy and zeal into their ranks
and give to them added inspiration to con-
tinue bravely and manfully in the great
work they were carrying on for God and
country and humanity.
THE work Of the committee on pensions
has been mainly devoted to urging the pas
sage of service pension bill. The num-
Der of certificates issued In 1905 was 182. 2O7
fore and still more In excess of former
years. The large number was due to the
operation of order No. IS. the bureau grant
ing 12.436 original pensions and $3.50 in
order was issued April IS, 1894, the total
number of allowances under 1t was 65,612,
most of them, however, having been for
increase. The pension roll now contains
the names of 684 sos survivors of the civil
war, as against 600. 1872 at the close Of 1904.
The deaths in 1905 of survivors Of the civil
war were &c,
Vigilance must not be relaxed to prevent
action by Congress depriving our office
holding comrades of their wet-earned
means of livelihood.
The observance Of the exercises OF Me-
mortal day has become SO widespread that
xLo ff7y,a a
or village can be found in this great repub-
lie that does not in some manner pay trib-
ute to the nations honored dead.
sre =, psoent' there was little doubt that
the War Department would be willing
to include in its estimates for the next
fiscal year an appropriation sumclent for
the erection of an amphtheater In airing
ton cemetery; also an appropriation to put
Lincoln's Gettysburg address on tablets on
all national cemeteries.
with an active committee at work 10
this end It was safe to assume that the
government will soon establish an addi-
tionaI soldiers home in California
."The Woman's Relief Corps stu main
tains it's position as the right hand OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. Very Few
are undertaken by posts that
these patriotic women are not called upon
for assistance, and right royalty they give
badges. as ordered by the last national
have been sent to all army
nurses whose addresses were furnished;
but one thing more needs to be done for
these noble women. They have been endeav-
oring for some time to secure an increase
of pension. If the encampment could con-
tribute to the success of the measure 1t
would be going a long way toward paying
the debt of gratitude that comrades owe to
the army nurses.
THE Sons OF Veterans Is increasing IN
numbers and influence. and Is unquestlon-
ably destined to play an important part In
the future history Of the land their fathers
saved.
"The Daughters of Veterans. by oombin-
ing their influence In such an organisation
az the National Alliance. Daughters OF Vet
Grams. can accomplish much In the way OK
fnculcating In the minds OF children q love
for the country and loyal devotion to the
flag as the emblem of national unity and
the rights of men.
The report OF John r. King. as senior
vice commander chief. contained the
following:
for a material increase In our membership.
vet there are many. very many. survivors
Of the Union armies of the civil war who
still hold aloof and fail to avail themselves
of the eligibility to join the Grand Army
Of the Republic.
an view of the great benefit the influence
kae haoy1 IN, har In he