The National tribune., 1906-08-23
SECOND DAY.
Much Miscellaneous BusincsS-Su-lrorn
for the Next Meeting Piace-The ylrx
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
Committees.

Much Miscellaneous Business-sa-arora
for the Next Meeting PIacc-Thc yirx
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS atiOns-Report of
Committees.
Friday. Aug. II. 1906.
The Commander-in-Chief called the
Encampment to order, and the Chap
lain-in-Chief invoked the Divine bless
ing.
Past Commander-in-Chief King pre-
sented the report of the Committee on
Patriotic instruction, highly commend
ing the long. active. unseifish and ex-
ceedingly effective work of Comrade
Bakewell. the National Patriotic In
structor Adopted.
Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief-
Elect Fenton was presented to the En-
campment. and received with accIama-
ton. He briefly thanked the Encamp.
ment for the high honor conferred uporS
| him.
| Past Chief Goblin re-
sumed the floor to continue the Discus;
sion of the recommendations in the Adj
jutant-Generafs report. He was greatly
surprised at the radical nature of theses
| What was the trouble? Had we noS
learned the difference between income
and expenditure? Who were TO be tht5
incorporators? What property would
they hold? The Department of Penn!
sylvania had learned TO take care OF it,
self without incorporation. He was
wholly opposed to the proposed incor-
poration. It would be a confession Of;
| inability to take care Of ourselves. and
| deliver us over bound hand and foot to-
the officials. He was opposed to raising
the per capita tax. 1t would be absurd
to elect Commander-in-Chief of cor
| poration.
Comrade Cole, of New Jersey, moved
that the report of the committee be re-
ferred to the incoming administration,
with instructions to report a financial
plan to the next Encampment Adopted
Chaplain-in-C Chief Cole presented res.
| olutlons of regret and coincidence over
the death of Chaplain-in-Chief Leary,
which were listened to standing and
adopted.
Presentation of n Flag.
Comrade Chas. Burrows. as Senior
Past Department Commander of New
Jersey. briefly but eloquently presented
| on behalf of the veterans of New Jersey
beautiful set of colors to the Depart
ment of California and Nevada
Comrade Roberts received the colors
for the Department of California and
Nevada, and made feeling expression
of thanks not only to New Jersey for
her beautiful gift. but to all the COM
rades throughout the country for their
prompt and generous contributions to
San Francisco.
The Next Encampment.
The next business in order was the
consideration of the place of holding
the next National Encampment.
Comrade Mullaney, of Ohio, presented
an invitation from Cincinnati. The Gin.
cinnati League, comprising all the busi-
ness organizations of the city, signed
the invitation. and it was indorsed by
the Mayor for the municipal authorities.
Comrade O'Neall said that the De-
partment of Ohio had no responsibility
for the invitation. 1t had come solely
to carry off the Commander-in-Chief
which it had done. Some time 1t would
come with an invitation to the Encamp-
ment to meet in Ohio, but at present 1t
disclaimed all connection with the In
vitation, which came from Cincinnati
alone.
Commander Snyder, of New York,
made a strong presentation Of the
} claims of Saratoga and its ability to care
for an immense gathering. He had pro-
posals to care for thousands at 81 day,
thousands more at 81 a day, and so on.
AS many as IS trains were handled q
day at Saratoga with great ease, and as
many as 10000 people had been taken
care of comfortably and satisfactorily in
a day.
Comrade O'Donnell, of Illinois. asked
when the Encampment would meet
there. !,
Comrade Snyder said that the season
opened the first week in August and
ended the last week. Every Department
could have ground-fioor headquarters
in the United States Hotel. All the wo.
mans organizations could have ground-
floor headquarters in the Union Hotel
with beautiful parks to look out upon.
Comrade Palmer made a strong ap-
peal for Cincinnati. ~
| Comrade Jones was sure that if the
comrades went to Saratoga they would
be glad of it ever after. They would get
reasonable rates everywhere, and not be
packed in as they had been in Minne-
apolis. If two hotels in Saratoga were
packed as the West House was they
would care for $4,000 alone. Saratoga
had better hotel and lodging-house ia
lcilities than any city in the country. If
We went to Saratoga we would not have
to climb from cellar to garret hunting
headquarters. They would all be on the
ground floor.
Comrade Stewart moved that the
whole matter be referred to the incom-
ing administration.
Comrade Palmer, of Nebraska, advos
Gated Cincinnati.
Comrade O'Donnell, of Illinois, be-
llieved that the comrades from New York
would carry out every promise and
! pieuSe, duu llSlS SuppOIlSu SdEr
atoga.
Past Commander-in-Chief Stewards
amendment was defeated.
The Commander-in-Chief announced
that the question was upon selecting
Saratoga as the next meeting place.
Comrade Mullaney moved to amend
by substituting Cincinnati.
On the viva voce vote it seemed that
Cincinnati was defeated. A roll call was
demanded. I
The roll of the Departments was CALI
ed, and when Kansas was reached 40
votes were announced for Cincinnati. !
Comrade Shots at once challenged
the vote, and demanded that the delega-
ton be polled. The roll call began to
show most of the delegation absent.
when Commander Coney appeared, and
insisted that the report of 40 votes for
Cincinnati was correct. as at the meet
ing of the delegation he had been en-
powered to cast all the votes of the De-
partment.
The Commander-in-Chief said that he
was astonished that comrade SO prom
inent in the Order as Commander Coney
should attempt procedure SO distinct-
| ly prohibited by its laws
| Comrade Kelly attempted to defend
the action, but was ruled out of order.
The result of the polling showed that
the Kansas delegation stood for Cln-