The Minneapolis journal., 1906-08-15
BROWN IN LEAD =. !.
FOR COMMANDER
Ohio Man Seems to Have Honor
Cinched Thru Action Of 80
New York.
ENCAMPMENT PROPER ,..,.
WILL OPEN TOMORROW
Saratoga Is Doomed as the Next
Meeting Place and Will
Probably Be Named,

The action of New York last night
in declaring for R. B. Brown Of Ohio
for comnander-in-ch chief has gone con
siderable length toward settling that
question, and, unless something now
unforeseen happens, Brown will prob
ably be elected on the first ballot:
Of course he has the delegation from
his own state, Ohio, and in addition ID
port him solidly. Here, then, are te four
largest and most influential depart
ments in the country friendly to him.
Brown is by all odds the best known of
the candidates for commander chief.
For years he has served on the. pension
committee Of the national encampment,
encampment, and his services there
have made him favorably known in all
the departments He is man Of
strong character. and marked ability,
and will, no doubt, as commander-in-
chief take rank with the best men who
have held that office. 80
Kansan Will Wait. ..'
Captain ConeY of Kansas has gath
cred respectable number Of delegates,
but his following is scattering and
confined mostly to the small depart
ments, some of them in the south. The
certificate Of character which his own
state has give nhim has destroyed the
power of his anonymous .detractors. to
work him harm. It cannot be discoy-
cred that the circular attacking his
military record has had the slightest
effect upon his candidacy. He will
make a fair showing this year, and will
again be a candidate for commander
in-chief in 1907, if he is unsuccessful
this year. yss...--.g2 -, # 7s1
C. G. Burton of Missouri has not de-
veioped any following worth while out
side of that from his own state. TEizl Is
AS soon as word. got around today
concerning the action of New YIork last
night, nearly everyone was ready 10
admit that the contest for commander
in.chief has closed AS soon as it shall
have been determined that Brown will
be elected, the canvass for, senior AMI
junior vice commanders-in- chief will be
taken up These places are. always
filed with reference to the location Of
the commander-in-chief, on something
of geographical basis. Were Goney
to be COMMUNICATIVE chief, for instance,
or Burton, the two subordinate places
would not go to the same parts of the
r .eeuntr8.r that would get them with
Brown, holding first place. By this
places will be under full headway, in
all probability. c.->,s@%< ~. 80
- Encampment Opens Thursday.
The national encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the for
tieth, will be called to order tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at the Audi
torium, and after the commander-in-
chief. ''Corporal Tanner, has raped
tc. order, the national chaplain. or in
his absence, somebody specially select
Il e 4ls4
" All IL of the the forenoon @ Session ont toPorTow STeV
will be occupied with the work of the
committee on credentials, which will be
announced as one of the routine for
smalities of The early part Of the ses-
sion. It is likely that by the time the
encampment is ready to meet at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, the committed
will be ready to report, and this report
having been adopted, the regular work
of the encampment will be taken up.
Tanner Will Report,
At. the afternoon session of Thurs.
day it is expected that the commander.
in-chief will make his annual report
showing the condition of the organiza.
tion and quoting statistics of growth
etc. Then, after the usual standing
committees have been appointed one
of the most important this year will be
tudI oH IoooluIlOuS-tue dl CeFuOOu SeS
sion will adjourn. While it has moi
been officially announced that there
will be evening sessions, it is: altogether
likely that the two daily sessions
morning and afternoon; will not give
enough time for the consideration Of
the several important questions thai
are to come up. ..s~. ..
The encampment will come to close
with the latest Friday session, tn.
newly elected officers having in tn,
meantime been installed, and the plac,
for holding the 1907 encampment hav
ing either been determined or referred
with power to act to the new counci
of administration
Two Big Questions.
The two most important questions t.
come before the encampment this yea
are those having to do with the aholi
tion Of canteens at national soldiers
homes and with the proposed movemen
In the south for the erection of a monu
ment to Captain Henry Wirz, who wa
In charge Of Andersonville prison
These two questions heretofore hav
been referred to at some length by T h
jour- during the week. 49, csr -,
The. encampment will be composed o
some fifteen hundred delegates, if al
are present, divided between life dele
gates, such as past commanders-in
chief, past senior and junior vice corn
manders-in-chief, past department com
manders, and some Others in the sam
class, and delegates elected by state
at the time Of each department encaInL
-ment, on the ratio of one to every fly
hundred members Of the organization
Under this ratio Minnesota will hav
nine elected delegates, while Judge FL
Torrance and Silas H. fowler will 81
as permanent delegates, because of th
sf nasf by them pdge
Tnwler the nresent. innio1 Z. Vi q