The National tribune., 1910-09-29


, One asking fer monument to SOL
adopted h'a
One favpring arbitration in National
disputes vas adopted ,,n..os
/ States avenue at Gettysburg to Hunt
, avenue. in honor of the great artillery
commander, was adopted.
The Pension Question.
The pension question came to the
front upon the motion of Past Com
mander-i in Chief Torrance that the re-
1 port of the Pension Committee be
adopted Comrade w A. ketcham
tiOns favoring the dollar-a-day bill.
' There Immediately developed a warm
discussion, in which Comrade Burdett
and others vigorously supported the
committees decision against asking Tor
any further pensions beyond the recon-
mendation that the limitation be taken
off widows who had lived with their
! husbands three years after marriage.
Other members spoke in the same
, strain, while there was an equally Wig
orous assertion for the dollar-a- day
proposition The minority report and
the one-dollar-a-d proposition was
, defeated. and the following resolution
adopted:
. Resolved. That our Pension Com
mittee be and they are hereby requested
|, to consider and if possible procure the
. passage of amendment to the age act OF
1907. so as to give a rating of S12 at 62
years of age, $l5 at &c years of age. $50
at 20 years of age and $25 at 15 years
of age, and where the pensioner be-
comes physically incapacitated for labor
he shall be placed on the pension roll
at $50 per month"
The lee Statue.
A much more heated and extended
debate arose on, the question of the ac-
ton to De taken Oh the Lee statue. Com
rade Ketcharl presented resolutions
which had been adopted by his Depart
ment, demanding the removal of the
Lee statue and that no man who had
borne arms aga."st the National Gov
ernmcnt should be allowed place in
the Hail of Fame. lie strongly resent
ed the lcrturlg of the AttOrney-Gen-
cral to the G.. 4. r. as to what consti-'
tuted patriotism, and said that we 10
not have to. so 10 40 Wall Street to
learn patriotism, nor do We want any
civilian to give us lessons. Commander
in-Cnief Van SAM and Past Command
ers-in-Ch:ef Eurdctt and Torrance
contendei that TIE war was over, that
the era of recon ciliS ton was at hand,
that Virginia had acted within her
rights, and That the matter was closed
by the kttornl y &c Ie. ais decision. and
it would be vastly harmful 20 have any
Remuneration mace b. the National En-
canpment.
Comrade D. Minor Stuart, of Tennes-
see, voiced Tie feelings of, these conf
rades who had gJnc South to make
their homes thee and bud up the
country. and II would be to the greatest
injury to t.srm to have the Encamp-
iicnt ta!se such aeon. He appealed to
the EncamGnent to conside" the vet
Grams wso were living in the South. not
10 put t9sn, - such a disadvantage.
Comrade Stuart said that all OF his
ancestors had been conspicuous in the
wars Of Phe Republic. that Re and his
brothers had served in the Union army.
He had lived in Tennessee for the last
40 yearsa and felt that he expressed the
wishes and feelings of his class of vet-
Grams - t
Con.rade Sfloles had also lived in the
, South for 80 years, knew the feelings
of peGlipnfhere but was opposed to
Comrade Stuart & view. and felt that
some, definite action should be taken to
Arrest t.rad exhibition of these object
lessons a.e to trcaSen and drawing line
between iidelitv the Government and
rel ellion against it.
Comra9e J. A. Prooks.lire. Louisiana
and MissiEippi, coincided with the views
Of CornTttHej Stuart
3 Comrade Levi T. Griffith of New
YORK, made far the abl"st argument
from n legal standpoint in the course OF
the debate. He showed tnat Virginia
statue to Washington. The joint reso-
luton authorizing; the President 10 in
yite the States TO send to the Statuary
Hall Two of their citizens most worthy
of National cCmmeinOruti0n was passed
July 2s1S64 At that time the Army of
the Potomac had suffered unparalleled
losses in the Wilderness campaign and
before Petersburg from the army COM
mandcd by Gen. X. T.. Lee. 1t was in
credible that the Congress which passed
the act could see such Il thing possible
las that Il Cnrnmandcr-in-Chief of une
Confederate armies should be honored
in Statuary Hall Acts of lawmakers
must always be construed by the courts
with reference to the conditions under
which the laws we're passed. and it is
inconceivablc that this act of Congress
. should have been turned as it had been
by Virginia to do something never con-
; templated by the lawmakers. The de-
bate was continued warmly until dark
ness gathered. Everyone wanted to go
to dinner, and it was decided to in
definitely postpone the matter.
... Installation of Officers.
Past dcr-in-Chief John c.
Black introduced resolution, which
was adopted. giving the warmest
; thanks Of the assembled veterans to the
State of New jersey, the citizens of At
Iantic City and comrades of the De-
partment of New Jersey for their mag
nifcent entertainment.
The officcrs-elect were then installed
by Past Gpmmander-in-Chief \. e..
Weisscrt and the 44th National En-
cahpmeht, G.. A. r., adjourned sine die.
The Council Of Administration.
At the meeting Of the new Council of
Administration after the Encampment
committee was authorized to procure
a testifn fnonial for Past Commander-in-
Chief Van SAINT. The Commandcr-in-
Chief is 10 appoint the committee.
The sum of $500 was appropriated
for travelling expenses of the Com
mandcr-in-Chief
Twelve hundred copies of the pro-
ceedings of the f4th National Encamp-
ment were ordered to be prepared I'M
der the direction OF the retiring Com
Chief.
Council of Administration.
Alabama, VIM. Snyder; Arizona and
New Mexico, i. S. Godfrey; Arkansas,
NJ Eirst, Little Rock; California and
Nevada, II. u. Oshorne; Colorado and
Wyoming. John ". Wingate; Connetti
cut, Virgil +. MCNEIL; Delaware, Vim.
Mendcnh:H1; Florida, VIM. Emerson;
Georgia ard South Carolina. Lewis
Thayer; Idaho, Jqhp II. Hart. Manipa;
Illinois, Charles b, Wilson; Indiana,
VIM II. Armstrong, indianapolis; Iowa,
| H. NJ PEkcll; kansas, Thomas III.