The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-17
SENSATIONAL FEATURE
tanners Wirz Movement Idea Checked
by Council. -r.- =

The sensational feature of the en-
scampment came last night when, the
committee on resolutions, the most I'M
.portant and carefully selected body OF
The organization, by overwhelming
vote, refused to- make favorable re-
port on, the Wirz Recommendation con
tanned in the address of the command
er-in-chief. There was but. one vote in
favor of the Tanner proposition, that
of the committeeman from, Indiana.
The wishes of the" com1nander-in-ch
regarding the canteens at soldiers
homes, were also ignored by the COM
mittee. These wishes, however, were
not expressed officially.
Tanner wanted the encampment not
only to protest against the erection Of
the monument to Wirz, but to scold
congress for abolishing the canteen. In
both these issues, raised by himself and
having back Of them the great pres
tige Of the high office Of commander
in-chief, he has been disappointed, and
the slender support of the committee
on resolutions makes his defeat almost
Is humiliating in character.
q. Late yesterday afternoon the encamp-
ment elected it's principal officers. The
new commander-in-ch is R. B. Brown
= of Ohio; the new senior vice command
er-in-chief, w. H. Armstrong of 1ndi-
ana, and the new junior vice commander
in.ehief, u. D. Fenton of Michigan.
William H. Johnson Of Nebraska. was
elected surgeon general, and Archbishop
John Ireland Of Minnesota, chaplain
,in-ehief. "
ss~c .~"I The Nominations. -.
David F. Pugh of Ohio, past depart
a:ment commander, presented the name
!. of Past Department Commander Robert
B. Brown of Ohio for COMMANDMENTS
chief.
8. s. Rev. B. F. Boyle of Kansas presented
the name of Department Commander
P. H. Coney Of Kansas.
= Past Commander-in-Chief Leo Ras-
sieur of Missouri presented the name Of
Charles G. Burton, past department
commander of Missouri
,,. a. ftar the call of the roll for seconds
s Burton Of Missouri rose and withdrew
!, in favor Of "Comrade Rob Brown of
2 Ohio.''
3 Coney of Kansas followed Burton
and withdrew in favor of Robert B.
+. Brown of Ohio, and moved that the adj
jutant general cast the ballot Of the
2 Ohio for commander-in-chief. Burton
seconded the motion. 1t was carried
and Commander Tanner appointed Bur
ton and COney to escort the commander
in-chief to the platform.
The commander-in chief elect returned
thanks gracefully, promising to give
the best service possible to the order
for the ensuing twelve months.
H. William H. Armstrong Of Indiana
was elected senior vice commanders
chief by reclamation.
E. B. Fenton Of Michigan was unan
iimously elected junior vice commander
in-chief.
DR.. W. H. Johnson of Nebraska wa,
elected surgeon general in the same
manner. ..
81 Archbishop John Ireland was unani
40 mously elected chaplain-in chief. ..~
Selection of City.
- A resolution was adopted empower
: ing the commander-in-chief and council
of administration to change the plac
- of holding the national eneampment
:, should the hotels and railroads not Civ
satisfactory rates in and to the cit
70 whose invitation is accepted by the en-
81 campment.
ST. A delegation from Saratoga, N. Y
& presented the claims of that city as
L place to hold the 1907 encampmen,
and the selection of the location 0
the 1907 encampment was made spt
" cial order for 10 am. today. Then
a. 4 recess to 10 am. was taken.
Today's Session. IL
e5 The encampment met at 10 am, an
9 following the invocation and some othe
q routine bust ness, John P. s. Goblin, pa
commander in chief, made a stirrin
I speech against the recommendation
asf providing for incorporating the. Gran
e Army Of the Republic. The matter W.
~ referred to the incoming commander-il
chief and council of administrative
with instructions to report at the e.
81: campment of 1907.
5sas The department Of New Jersey pr
*s:s scented to the denartmant of Califo