Show G a A It n threat Great Interest Manifested Ir ins 11 Alt All the It e port Cleveland Ohio Sept Se t It na nations ni national convention ot of the Grand arena Grant Army Am cf ct th te the RepublIc n opened this morning moring at I the avenue opera home houme with wih a large attendance Interest was manifested ted by tho the delegates In III the tho re report port of at tho committee on pensions and aud audIt It was WiS r ts generally believed thirst that tho the con corn convention convention would mice tak fume conic very radical bearing on that thit subject The Tho he Leo Ico Has flag devoted a largo large part Qt his hits annual address oddress to the mutter of at pensions pensions Without effort he ire said sail on Oi tine the part pat of ot the organization or Its It to give the tine pension problem nay any In un urn undue undue due prominence that subject has over overshadowed shadowed all ul others antI and hints has coiled called for lor lormore more attention mind and thought In tho tine tun year ear than nil all ni other questions which concern us UD uslie Ho lie 10 tho tim administration of ot the tine pension bureau noel and demanded ell tho thu honest and uld fair administration of at laws las ns which arc nrc already on tho tine statute statu Ie books Continuing he said If It an lawlessness reckless riseS ness lell and boldness go to such length as ns to lead lell him hIm to override niril ni Ignore a 1 plain Ill unmistakable order ordel Indicating the tine line lne of or hl his duty dut under tho the law coming corning from bin hil hii superior of at officer fleer the secretory secretary of ot the tho Interior what can the poor and helpless old soldier lohler CI t at nt his hands when ho he hI Is In I claim claiming leg ing In to exercise his mm discretion under tine tho law Tho Tine exercising of ot his hili discretion cannot possibly result t In anything else In most of ot the cases calles than a n positive denial low law of at the benefits prescribed by b the tIne lowThe The report of at the noral noralF F P M I showed that tho total membership Juno 30 1901 1101 was wan wa In CM CS puts The gains during the tins last Ilat year were nets antI and the loee lo rl by addition nd and by suspension llon 1622 Th hl dropped dropp d from the tine rolls rolli tinning having bean ireon previously suspended was wa The Tire number on the rolls rol June 30 1001 1101 Including 20 Z r suspend suspended ed td was wall The states In which there thero are over 2000 OO members are as o follows fallows nia nl anti and Nevada Colorado aol Wyoming 2117 17 Connecticut Un Illinois 21 Indiana Iowa lm Kansas Kentucky 2651 US Maine BW Maryland 2503 2505 Mam Massa a t ch ctt 1067 Michigan Min Minneapolis neapolis Missouri Misouri Nebraska ka New Hampshire New Jersey New Nere York Ohio 25 28 li 11 1 Pennsylvania 5 Vermont ermont Washington anti and Alaska Alaka Ot Wisconsin Tho Th amount expended for Cor relief dui dur tog Inc the year ar was Referring to the tho southern memorial fund the tho said raid The h Importance of ot aiding ow ne o comrades of ot atthe the southern states and their successor sor ors Bore B In the tho Important object lesson leston cf rt placing of ot the flaw na of oC the tho union on the graves of ot our fallen Callen lying In iii ant and Ind other cemeteries of ot that section Iclon mi at Ol Memorial Day Ut for each year for far all I time to come conic urges us UI to tn adopt th the end bout best method towards securing that |