Morning journal and courier., 1880-08-28
The Hancock Veterans.
An Invitation From the Garfield Yet
 ernns-R eception Of New Members.

An Invitation From the Garfield Yet ernns-ReceptionO of New Members. large meeting of the Hancock Veteran I Legion was held in Whittlesey's Hall last | evening, Vice President Clark Peck presid- l ing.
 After the minutes were read by the secre- | tary Frank A. Hermance inquired if there was ! anything in the constitution to prevent the
 sons of veteran soldiers who have arrived at | their majority (21 years) becoming members of the Legion. He said that there were a 1 large number of sons of veterans whose fathers had died in the war for the Union that desired to be connected with this club 1 Again, there were those who had reached 1 their majority whose fathers had fought | through the war and were still living, and these young men desired, by connection with this Legion or in some other way, to be iden- 1 tifed with the veteran Hancock corps. l E. M. Graves thought the constitution
 should be amended so that the sons of vet
 erans could be admitted as honorary members
 provided they were voters.
 1 W. A. Welch thought thsre should be a
 separate organization of the sons of veterans,
 and that it should not be mixed up with the present organization in any way. 1 After further discussion it was voted to ap- l point committee of three to consider the 1 organization of junior Hancock Legion, | and Frank A. Hermance, J. P. Hunie and 1 Hugh Finnegan were appointed committee ] to carry the wishes of the club into effect 1 Col Samuel Tolles stated that he had re- 1 ceived Q letter from Col. White of the Gar 1 field Veteran Club, extending an invitation to
 the Hancock Legion to unite with them in listening to discussion of the political issues
 of the day, the Garfield veterans promising | to attend any meeting the Hancock veterans l would designate, provided the latter would | likewise attend a meeting of the Garfield | Legion.
 l After reading the invitation by Adjutant l Coe, Mir. Graves moved that the invitation
 be received and placed on file. l J. P. Hunie favored referring the invitation | to 6 committee on the ground that it would l be discourteous to reject it.
 1 On motion the communication was re- 1 ceived and referred to committee of five to 1 inquire and report.
 1 Mr. Graves spoke farther in regard to the
 motion. He thought it would not be policy
 to accept the proposition, as the Garfield 1 Legion would not, in the speakers opinion.
 attend the Democratic meeting. He would, | however, favor hiring the Grand Opera | House, each club to select a speaker, one and | a half hours to be given to each to present
 his views and then a half hour for reply
 If this proposition was agreed to he thought | that at least three hundred of the Garfield | club would be converted to the Hancock | faith The chairman then appointed the | committee to consider the communication, as
 follows: Col. Samuel Tolles, J. O'Donnen, l Dr. E. L. BisseIl, E. M. Graves, Col John G. Healey. The committee will report at | the next meeting.
 l The secretary read list of thirty three
 new members of the Leagion, making total 1 of five hundred and five.
 Then Frank A. Hermance arose to say that
 he had received circular and an accompany | ing anonymous letter from a person who I styled himself Ia friend" The circular gave
 reasons why the author could not as 8 veter-
 an soldier vote the Democratic ticket and
 the writer of the letter urged MT. Hermance
 to free himself of the thieving Democratic party After reading the letter, Mir. Her
 nance said he thought the meanest, most 1 ungodly man in the world was one who would
 write an anonymous letter, and he hoped the
 writer was present to hear what he had to 1 say.
 1 Songs by the glee club were called for, and | after singing one or two selections, in which l MT. Graves was the soloist and the chorus
 was 8 'discord of sweet sounds" the meet 1 ing adjourned.