The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-09-22
LAWLER IS CHOSEN.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF IHn
GRAND ARMY.


pittsburg, Sept. 14.-The Ieasure =.
~ annan,nment. and the hottest q
closest contest ever known In the 2
Amy was the fight Tor the poslllon
of con,manaer-in-chief. the conIes nan,I
were Col. Thomas g. Lawier Oh ssoI
ford. ILL.,, and ]. N. Walker y. =
annapolis. Electioneering OF nio
VIGOROUS character has been gc1ng Oh
ali week. and last night and this MORN
inp the friends OF both candldates
claimed a victory by a good margin.
closeness Of the result was q y.
mise to both victor and defeated. =
took f0rty-hve minutes to cast ANU
CONT the ballot Of $40 delegates. Incl
Commander Adams announced tnat tue
vote stood: Lawler, $50; Walker, 5lS'
the Illinois man winning by the narrow
margin of eleven votes, As soon - Tue
election was announced, peals OF ap-
plause rang through the opera mouse.
when some semblance OF quiet was
restored Col. Walker Withdrew ms
name and the election OF Col. LAWYER
was made unsrimous.
In a brief speech the new
in-chief thanked his supporters, ana
said he would work to the utmost Ior
the advancement Of that grand organlz-
ation-the G. A. H.. Nevins post, OF
Rockford, ILL.,, in honor of the election
of Col. Lawler, fired a salute of twenty
one guns on the river bank.
Col. LAWYER was born In England on
April Z, 1874. When a child ne was
taken to Illinois and educated IN the
public schools Of Rockford. At the
age of seventeen he enlisted as a private
in Company Il, Nineteenth Illinois Vol
unteer infantry. He saw much hard
fighting. He commanded his company
for two months during the Atlanta cam
paign, and was elected captain by the
company and placed upon the roll OF
honor by Maj. Gen. Rosecrans, of the
Army Of the Cumbureland. Col. Law
Ter organized the Rockford Rifles IN
1876, and was elected colonel and COM
manded the Seventh regiment, I. N. G.,
for some years, when he resigned. He
was postmaster at Rockford under the
Hayes and Garfield administrations,
and is in the lumber and coal business.
Col. Lawler post, Of Rockford, for
twenty-six consecutive years. He has
also served as q member Of the council
of administration, and Junior and senior
vice commander.
The first business when the conven-
ton met was the nominations for ma
tional officers. Maj. A. p. Burchfield,
Of this city, was nominated for senior
vice commander-in-chie and as there
was no opposition, was elected unani-
monsly. For junior vice commander.
Corporal Tanner proposed Philip 8.
Rigiin. When Charles H. Shute was
put forward in nomination for the same
position by the present department
commander Of Louisiana. MI. Biglin
withdrew and Charles Shute was elect
ed junior vice without a ballot.
The next election was that for sur
geon general, Comrade O. o. Weeks,
of Marion, Ohio, was without opposi-
ton and was ur animously elected. 2
Chaplin T. H. Hasgerty Of St Louis,
was elected, unanimously, chaplain-in-
chief, his only opponent, Comrade
Southland of Maine, Withdrawing before
a ballot was taken.
The Daughters Of Veterans elected
the following national officers: Pres
ident, Mrs. Ellen N. Walker, Worces-
ter, Mass; senior vice president, Miss
Anna Schmidt, st. Louis; junior vice
president, Miss Gladys Foster, Kansas;
chaplain, Miss Lena Stevens, Massil-
lon, Ohio; treasurer, Miss Ida ]. Allen,
Newtonville, Mass; inspector, Miss
Addie York, Summerville, Mass; In
stallfng officer, Miss Anna Roberts,
Connellsville, Ind; trustees. Anna
Moore, New York; Minnie Prescott,
Ohio; Nellie King Ohio; Cora Pike,
Massachusetts,, and r. Evelyn, Mon.
roe. Ohio. IT,