Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-01
U. U.S.A.W.TORN
BY DISSENSION
SYVERTS0NS FRIENDS FAIL
TO RESEAT HIM
NORTHERN DELEGATES ARE GEN.
sURED BY CONVENTION
Contest Over Disturbance Caused by
Negro Question May Lead to
Disruption Of the Or
ganlzatlon
Especial to The Herald !

PASADENA, Aug. 31.-Members of
Ensign Bagley camp of Pasadena
failed today in an attempt to secure
the reinstatement Of Theodore Syvert-
son, past commander of the camp, as
a delegate to the encampment of the
Department of California, United Span
ish War Veterans. The attempts and
one on the part Of the San Fransicco
delegation to oust Syvertson from the
hall entirely were failures.
Commander w. H. Reeves of the
Pasadena delegation made the motion
asking that the charges of the depart
ment commander, James Nolan of San
Francisco be set aside and the delegate
reinstated, but the motion was lost
by a vote of q to II. A San Fran
cisco delegate asked to have Syvertson
barred from the hall, but no action was
taken on the request
The deposed delegate is silent as tS
the reasons for his being unseated 1t
Is, he alleges, political move on the
part Of the administration, made be-
cause of his leadership in the opposi-
tion to it's plans and the stand he took
against the admission Of the four negro
delegates from Harrison Gray Otis
camp of Los Angeles and the position
he has taken as to the methods to be
employed in the conducting of the Or
ganiZation.
I'VE have served our enlistments as
soldiers" he said today, land should
not continue under military discipline.
The organization would be better off
if conducted along civil lines as fra
ternal brotherhood
Northern Delegates censured
Resolutions presented by John j.
West Of San Francisco were adopted
this morning in which the northern
camps which refused to seat their dele
gates in the hall with the men from
for what the wording calls "unpatriotic
and unfraternal" conduct. This resolu-
tion was the cause OF a brief spat on
the floor, as a member of the resolu-
tions committee arose and demanded
the committee be called In session to
pass on the document which he de-
clared had not been seen by the mem
bers of the committee other than it's
introducer. A special committee was
also appointed to pass on the new by
laws presented by Delegate West.
A press committee was appointed to-
day composed of M. M. Moulton of San
Diego, c. w. Dawson of San Jose and
w. H. Reeves of Pasadena, which is
supposed to undertake the task of
keeping the newspapers supplied with
harmony" news.
~
the legislative committee, but slated
on the Mulqueeny ticket for the Of
flee of Judge advocate, presented his
report on the work of his committee
during the past year. Three bills on
which the Department of California
concentrated its efforts were passed,
these being the bill providing for q
special fund in each county out of
which needy veterans of any war may
receive relief, one which provides PEN
alties for the use of the flag In any
advertising scheme, and one which
prohibits the holding of a prize fight
or sparring exhibition Memorial day
Veterans Go to Beach
At noon five special cars took nearly
300 members Of the veterans associa-
tion and the womens auxiliary to Bal
boa Beach, where a dinner was served
this evening, followed by trip to
Huntington Beach, where the veterans
of the Civil war are encamped.
AS a result of the disruption in the
ranks Of the United Spanish War Vet
Grams encamped here over the admis-
sion of negro delegates, the Ensign
Bagley camp failed to turn out for
last nights parade. This local camp
is acting as host of the encampment,
and yet feeling was so bitter over the
court-martialing of their member It.
L. Syvertson, that only a handful ap-
peared in the parade.
F. A. Foye, senior commander En-
sign Bagley camp, was served with
court-martial papers and denied the
convention floor this morning. The
contest over the disturbance caused by
the negro question is assuming start
ling proportions and may lead to a
disrupture of the organization.
Claiming the negro delegates issue
is a false one. B. A. Forsterer, chair
man of a committee to which letter
from the dissenting camps at Alameda
Oakland and Vallejo was referred, In
troduced today a resolution which de-
clared there never has been negro
question in connection with the sixth
annual u. S. w. V. encampment OF
California.