Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
LAWYER CHOSEN CHIEF.
Illinois Man Elected Commander o.
the Grand Army OF the
RenubliC.

La
o1oc+oa chief of the Granu
Army of the Republic by majority 0.
eleven votes over Col. /. n. Walker Oh
Indianapols. 1t was the closest cohtest
for the office in the history of the u. "A. ~.
Rnsiness and activity characterized Tue
lobby of the Grand Opera house at an
carly hour. and long before the secoho
davis session of the Grand Army cohVeh-
tion onened there was a crowd OF lopps
ISIS nj work in favor of their several cal-
didates for office AS nominations were
only made Yesterday for the office OF com.
mander-in-chief, those departments tha1
Ind candidates for the other natlolal
officers were busy buttonhollng delegales
as they made their way into the CoiI n1ii
tion hall. New York came out with I nj
in s. Biglin for Junior e-commandet'
ali Louisiana had an opposltl0h S Sai,t
date in the person of Charles II. c1ute'
Both sides, of course, We're coi.ho eil No.
The two candidates for the hlgnesl ei 4be
in the giving of the Grand Army OF tne
Republic came to the convention carry:
Col Thomas G. Lawler arrived at 9:Io
a. M, with all his department. delega,esi;
They were confident that things looKeo
bright for them. Col. w alkei anu no
followers were also on hand at season
able hour. and were equally conhdent.
The feature Of the encampment ana the
hottest and closest contest ever KNOWN III
the Grand Army was the tight TOR or, the Pc
sition of commander-ln-chleI; ne coz ~
testan-s were Col. Thomas q. LAWYER OF
Rockford, H.. and l. n. Walker OF IN
dianapois Electioneering of a most vls-
orOuS character has been gong on aH tne
week, and last night and this morning tne
friends of both candidates claimed VIC
tory by a good margin. The closeness OF
the result was a surprise to both victor
and defeated 1t took forty-hve minutes
TO cast and count the ballots OF 649 dele-
gates. Then Commander Adams an
nounced that the vote stood: LAWYER
$50; Walker, 319-the Illinois man WIN
ming by the narrow majority OF eleven
votes. AS soon as the election was an
nounced peals of applause rang through
the opera house When some semblance
of quiet was restored, Col. Walker with
drew his name and the election OF 90:
Lawler was made unanimous. In pf!ef
speech the new commander-lh-chlgii
thanked his supporters and said he would
work to the utmost for the advancement
of that grand organization--the u. "A. IL:
Nevins post of Rockford, ILL.,. IN honor OF
the election of Col. Lawler, fired salute
on the river bank.
Col. LAWYER was born in England on
April Z, 1914. When child he was
taken to Illinois and educated in the pup.
lie schools of Rockford. At the age o. OF
II he enlisted as private IN 60. H.
Eighteenth Illinois Volunteer infantry.
manded his company for two months
during the Atlanta campaign, and was
elected captain by the company ana
placed upon the roll Of honor by MAJ
Gen. Rosecrans of the Army OF the Cunl-
berland. Col. LAWYER organized the ROCK
ford rifles in 1876 and was elected colo
mel and commanded the Third regiment,
I. n. G., for seven years, when ne re-
signed. He was postmaster at ROCKFORD
under the Hayes and Garfield admins,
- 1,,,,,h np nd
business. Col Lawler has been COM
mander of G. L. Nevins post of Rock
ford for twentysiN consecutive years
He has also served as Il member or the
council of administration and junior and
senior vice-commandeT. After the cleo
ton of Col. Lawler the convention adj
'oIhn e TILTED n d'5F States Veteran Signal serv
ice Corps association held its eighteenth
annual reunion in Columbia hall and
elected the following officers: President.
w. II. Holmes. Spcnd,lile, Ia: vice
presidents. Dr. w. H Fulton. Pittsburg;
4. 0, Rayenaugh, Louisville. and j. c.
Don 16 : ~ 3r5 sgcfR3tarytFfbai s
ter, Evan Russell, Williamsport, Pa;
| chaplain, John S. Speer, Canonsburg,
Pa. More than 100 members represent
| ing nearly every state in the Union were
present.
The Daughters of Veterans this fore
noon elected the following national of
fcers President, Mrs. Ellen NJ. Walker.
| Worcester Mass; senior vice-president,
Miss Anna Schmid, St. Louis; junior vice
president, Miss Gladys Foster. Kansas;
chaplain, Miss Lena Stevens. Massillon,
| O.; treasurer, Mrs. Ida J. Alien Newton
| vile, Mass. inspector, Miss Addie Yorke,
| Somerville, Mass; installing officer. Miss
Anna Roberts: Connellsville, Ind; trus-
tees, Anna Moore New York: Minnie
| NTracoot+ Ohio. MALTA
! Pike, Massachusetts, and R. Evelyn,
| Monroe. O.
The ladies of the G. A. r. met this
morning and received greetings from the
other women's organizations in session
here. The report Of the national in
spector Mrs. Mary e. Gordon of Kansas,
showed that the organization has over
10000 members, and expended $4,000
during the year. The report of the ma
tional council was received. amending
some of the minor features of the consti-
tuition
The Woman's Relief corps at it's ses-
sion this morning, received an invitation
from Mrs. Mahon, deputy president of
kentucky, to meet with the G. A. r. in
Louisville in 1895. Kate Brownley Sher-
wood submitted the report of the com
!nittee on national council of women. The
committee met with the worlds congress
OF representative women to arrange for
the triennial council to be held at Wash
corps ranked second numerically at this
':antlng. Whnrn snyenteen women's aSso-
Citations were represented with an aggre-
gate membership of over 100000 The
movement to teach patriotism in the pub
he schools and placing a flag on every
schoolhouse and in every schoolroom in
the land was approved.
Chaplain [. H. Haggerty of st. Louis
was elected unanimously chapain-in-
chief, his only opponent withdrawing be-
fore the vote was taken.