The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-17
W|Rz MOVEMENT IS
OPPOSED BY
THE c. A. R.
OMMANDERIN.CHlEF WHO REC.
OMMENDS DIGNlFIED AND EN-
PHATlC PROTEST.
new OFFICERS ELECTED
At Business Session Yesterday-Tan
ner Wants All Orders Rolled
Into One--Oreanization is
Growing.

INV cICOf SSiiiZdeiOI' 10
Growing.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug 16.-The
G. A. h, elected officers today as fol
lows: Commander in chief, r. d
Brown of Zanesville, Ohio; senior
vice commander, VIM. Fl. Armstrong, OF
indianapolis; junior vice, E b. Fenton
OF Detroit; chaplain in chief, Arch
bishop, John Ireland, of st. Paul; sur
, tgeon general, w. II, Johnson, Lincoln
Neb.
c G. Burton, of Missouri and Capt
P. H. Coney of Kansas, declined nom
nations and Browns election was
made unanimous The choice of the
next meeting place will be decided to,
morrow.
Commanderin-Ch Tanner made
his address to the members today His
speech in part follows:
Notwithstanding the fearful inroads
Iof death upon the comrades of the
i Grand Army of the Republic, Mr., Tan
Iner declared, the organization today
is $500 stronger than at the encamp-
ment in Denver last year
He said the G. A. r. has attained a
position of commanding influence
which has been beneficial not only
to our own comrades but to the nation
which we served in its hour of perol.
The commander in chief bitterly ar
raigned those who, posing as the
'mcst eminent men of the nation
had proven false to their trust in var
ious ways, but declared that among
all such the name of no Civil War
veteran could be found On this sub
iect he said:
Repeatedly in thepast year on var
ious public occasions | have defiant
IT, and perhaps arrogauty, called at
tention to the fact that while the pub.
lie conscience has been shocked and
outraged by the exposure of moral
turpitude on the part of many of those
who stood among the socalled most
eminent men of the nation. eminent !
in financial aud religious circles. trust !
ed guardians of the interests of wild |
ows and orphans for whom loved ones |
dead and gone had thought they had |
made careful safeguard 10 cover the !
nece' sites for comfort through all |
their natural lives. men who in church |
circles stood on the very steps of the
affairs, trusted cupbearers of the cause
Of Christ yet who when their real
characters We're exposed were exhib-
tied in such poverty Of soul and honor
rs compared TO them. Lazarus in his
owest state might Justly be consider
I'd a multimillionaire, and in all the
list search it from top to bottom.
he name Of not one veteran of the
'ivil War can be found"
The commander in chief reiterated
MS views expressed in general orders
'erarding a proper observance Of me
norial day, and said hat as the result
If his recommendation concerning
he graves of Confederates buried on
orthern soil, he had received a num-
'er of touching messages from moth
rs Of the South whose sons are bur
ed in northern soil. pouring out their
pprcciatiOn Of the spirit embodied in
IFS order. These he said. were too 1 G
nnder and sacred to be hcraldcd pub.
ely, but If he had received but one
uch communication he would have
sli amply justified for the recommcn.
ations he made
After urging upon members ~ al
ays TO uncover upon hearing the ma a
onal anthem, Commander in Chief y
amer dwclt at length on the sub
'ct OF patriotic societies. auxiliary G
and in sympathy with the G. A. r -
IT is question whether it Is not
most thine 10 appoint a committee di
carefully consiier the relations N
be sustained in future between the
rand Army of the Republic and the
'omans Relief Corps. the Ladies' of
r. Grand Army # tbc Republic. The
p ehiers of Veterans. tho Sons Of NJ
'te-ans and other patriotic organi sa
tious." f1
All these s9-ietice had done great A.
n given substantial teip fo those pr ne
r. order IN Heo1 re -aid. an
IF if Doc fnlinrs- ~ timo these er
rious patriot" orEl7'zatiaus sboui 30
srCo into rr" 9rsuI toHv. what an
pstus woul, ho given fa the cause
have sn nuch af heard what o.
itc Wonii accrue r. orr beloved
rn,y and 7s riu.r vct very i'm cb
tiant ran .tn,a.i,t Wi
Tha proposed monument 90 Cant Ito0
irz. who was in charge Of Ander |ca
lville prison. was strongly condemn ha
He said Andersonviiie was the
1perty Of the Womsn's Relief Corps
4 that no monument % Wirz ever
uld be permitted upon but there
IS no legal power 10 prevent anyone Ca
disposed from pnrcdrsile = plot ~ af.
JInd near ArdsTs9uFiiie Ed s-ecs Ic.s