New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-06
cpAND ARMY BUGLE NOTES.
,r Dirty OF VETERANS AND SONS OF
VETERANS IN THE ELECTION.

i,.nrs WHO DESERVE HEARTY SUPPORT
RVS FROM THE DEPARTMENT AT ALBANY
orrov every Union veteran who has taken
,h,e ~ register will have the opportunity
u ,IsuIng the oft-repeated boast of the true
=" ,s,or. 81 vote as l fought" For the offices Of
.,orv of State and State Controller there
'or,ed the names of two stanch comrades Of
war-John Palmer. Of Albany, and James a.
w Of Buffalo. Comrade Palmer has held the
"a NJ Department Commander of New-York and
Fonder-n-Chief of the Grand Army in the
.ued states Comrade Roberts Is one of the best
I'm members of the Grand Army in the west
- mart of the State. Both have been identified
,,h the order for long years. and have given II
hair earnest, faithful and unwavering support.
60, have made the interests of their fellow
sosIers their constant concern and deserving
:, the votes of every veteran and of every veter-
ans son in the Empire State, without regard TO
ar,y They gallant soldiers and made splen-
ad records at the front while their opponents re-
NAMED at home lukewarm and inactive, If not
hos,ie at the time when the great contest for the
observation of the Union and constitutional liberty
vas being fought Comrades Palmer and Roberts
osht TO receive the suffrages of every one OF the
10 900 survivors of the war in New-York State.
The same principle. true hearted comrades believe,
ought to be adhered to in the local election Of this
city Past Commander John Schmdling of j. S.
RIker Post, No e. Republican nominee for Sena-
Tor in the IXth Senate District; Major Thomas
r. Odell of John A. Dix Post. No. lS5. running upon
the same ticket for Civil Justice in the With
judicial District. and other Grand Army men VINO
are candidates appeal in the same way to the sup
port of comrades, no matter what their politics
may be. They have proved themselves worthy of
the places they seek by action and fearless service
in the armies of the Union.
SENSIBLE APPEAL.
"Comrade" writing upon the same general sub
ject makes sensible appeal TO veterans ana sons
OF veterans. He says: THE wisdom and the ne
cessity of veterans standing shoulder to shoulder
IN political matters have during the last year re-
ceived overwhelming emphasis by the acts of the
party now in power Surely If you are not now
convinced nothing can be said more forcihly TO
impress upon you the fact that your rights are in
peril. The of veteran is now before the
voters of the XIVth Senate District, placed in
nomination by the unanimous vote of his district
organization, the XXVIth Assembly District Repub-
ljcan for Constitutional Delegate. His entire life
has been spent in his district; he is able and
fearless, we'll and fsvorably known in religious,
POLITICAL and financial circles Every one that
knows James NJ. Doremus feels confident that the
honor will not be conferred upon this young man
alone but that the district will be honored by
having in the Constitutional Convention repre-
sentative who will fearlessly and honestly serve
the best interests of his constituents and reflect
credit upon their action
COMMANDER sHoTTs A CANDIDATE.
Commander John c. Shots. Of Kitchngs Post.
Yonkers. writes to The Tribune that the report
that, through business requirements upon his
time he is only a half hearted candidate for De
partment Commander and likely to withdraw az
any moment, is a mistake He believes that little
inquiry among we-posted Grand Army men Will
readily reveal the fact that he is positive candi-
date. intending 10 contest by every fair and bon
orabe means for the Department Commandersnip
until the vote is closed. co...
This positive announcement Of Comrade Shots
has been received with some surprise among Grand
Army Of this city, who understood MIN 10
say at the indianapolis Encampment last Septem-
port Senior Vice-Department Commander r J.
Atkinson. past commander of II. B. Clahin Post
OF New-York If he would be candidate. II Is
likely that II was this statement which has been
generally circulated Comrade Shots is a cand-
date. and so is Comrade Atkinson. They are both
excellent and devoted Grand Army men, and each
possesses irst-class qualifications for the place
Whichever one Is elected, the Department Will be
in able hands.
To lift from restitution and want the orphan
child of Union soldier and provide for her
education, Timothy H. Roberts lawyer and a
Union veteran. OF Flatbush. i. L. has filed a claim
for a pension for Maggie Riley. eleven years old.
of the same town. The child Is the youngest or
three children Of Patrick Riley who died in the
fall Of 1892 from wounds contracted in the late
war THE childs mother died year ago ana
since that time the little one has lived with an
elder sister in restitution, in a small wooden
shsnty In MalbOne-st