The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-20
Threaten to Have G. A. r.
Meeting Held Elsewhere if
Eagles Decide to Hold Car
nival Here.
EAGLES WILL MEET
TO HEAR PROTESTS
State Organizations lncensed
Last Year at Terre Haute
Because Carnival Was
Held There.

A decision not to hold the state en-
campments of the G. A. r., Sons of
Veterans, and allied womens organi-
cations in Richmond, May 16, Il. IS,
and 19. as has been planned. is threat
ened and the resignation of at least
one member of the executive commit
tee in charge of arrangements is prob
able if the local lodge of Eagles insist
on bringing carnival to the city dur
ing the encampment week, May Is to
20. On the ground that it is in viola
ton of a direct promise made to the
old soldiers, upon which Richmond
was selected, at the last encampment,
for the 1911 meeting; and that the
merchants of the city would be unwill-
ing to lend financial support to the
event in case such an attraction is to
come into the city and carry away the
money which would otherwise be put
in circulation here. the local commit
tee is opposing the carnival PROPOSE
ton.
1t is declared that If carnival is
booked the officers of the various
mond and select some other city for
the meetings.
Eagles to Decide.
A special meeting of the Eagles com
mittee having the carnival arrange.
ments in charge. of which Alphonse
Weishaupt is chairman. will be held
either this evening or tomorrow even
ing to consider the opposition, while
the secretary of the local encampment
| committee has called special meeting
for tomorrow afternoon at which time
| steps will be taken to formally pre-
! sent the matter before the Eagles
! lodge for consideration
The old soldiers We're highly in
censed over the fact that carnival
was held during their engagement at
Terre Haute last year, and the com.
mittee which secured it was severely
criticized. One of the most important
factors in the selection Of Richmond
as the next meeting place was the
promises of Attorney VIII w. Keller
and Lawrence A. Handley, members
Of the Young Mems Business club
who attended the meeting TO present
Richmond's application for the honor
that no carnival or counter attraction
| would be held here if this city was de
cided upon for the encampment.
! One member of the committee de
clared today that in case the Eagles
persist in holding the carnival, he
would notify the heads of the various
state organizations in time to allow
them to select some other city for the
encampments and he predicted that
! they would take such action. If such
would go to South Bend which We'd
with Richmond SO bitterly at the last
meeting for this years convention.
! If the Eagles were to attempt tc
hold the carnival within the city lin
it's it would be within the power OF
/ the G. A. r. committee to stop it, as
the mayor and board of works has con
! ferred upon it the power of granting
privileges and concessions during the
encampnent week. There is nc
doubt, however, but that the carnival
in case it is held, would hold forth
without the corporation line.
Rather than face the old veteran.
with a broken pledge one of the com
mitteemen has threatened to resign
provided the Eagles do not recogniz,
the position of the committee and thu
consistency OF its claims, which it /!
hoped they will. This same commit
teeman pointed out the fact that /
was also promised to the veterans tha
an old soldiers monument and Morto,
statue would be either erected Or b.
/ in the course of construction by tn,
time of the encampment, but there il
practically no indication that thi
pledge will be kept.
| The G. A. r. committee also base
! its complaint on the hardships a car
nivaI would inflict upon the commit
| teemen in securing funds to meet tn,
expenses of the encampments. The,
are reliant wholly upon the merchant
and are confident that il a carnival
which would take away about as mucl
/ money as the encampments woul,
bring into the city, were arranged TO
no donations would be forthcomin,
from the business men. They also de
clare that it would not be fair for tn,
merchants to pay for an elaborate dec
oration of the city and have the Eagle:
lodge reap the benefit