Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-05
Elected Commander-in-Chief of the
G. A. R. by Eleven Votes.
THE CLOSEST CONTEST EVER KNOWN
Scenes Of Activity About the Con-
vention Hall.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS

PITTSRURG Pa, September 13.-Col.
Thos. G. Lawler of Rockford, H.. was
this morning elected commander-in-chef
of the G. A. r. by a majority of eleven
votes over Col. l. N Walker of Indianap-
oils 1t was the closest contest for the
office in the history of the G. A. r.
Major A. p. Burchiield of this city was
elected senior vice commander. and Chas.
II. Shupe of New Orleans junior vice COM
mander.
Business and activity characterized the
lobby of the Grand Opera House at an
early hour, and long before the second
days session of the Grand Army conven-
ton opened there was a crowd Of lobby
lists at work in favor of their several car
didates for office. AS nominations were
only made yesterday for the Office of COM
mander-in- hief. those departments that
had candidates for the other national, Of
fees We're busy buttCnholing delegates as
they made their way into the convention
hall.
New York came out with Phillip s. Big
lin for junior vice commander. and Louisi-
ana mad an opposition candidate in the
person of Charles III. Shute. Both sides, of
course. were confident.
The two candidates for the highest office
in the giving of the Grand Army of the Re-
public came to the convention early.
Col. Thomas q. LawleT arrived at 9:13 a.
m. with all his department delegates. They
were confident that things looked bright
for them.
The first business when the convention
met was the nomination for national Off
GERS. Maj. A. p. Burchiield of this city was
non mated for senior vice commander-in-
chief, and, there vas no opposition, was
elected unanimously.
For junior vice commander Corporal Tan
ner proposed Philip s. Biglin.
When Ch trles ShIte was put forward in
nomination for the same Office by the pres
ent department commander of Louisiana
Mr. Biglin withdrew, and Charles Shute
was elected junior Vice without a ballot.
The next election was that for surgeon
general. Comrade o. w. Weeks of Marion
Ohio, was without opposition. and was
unanimously elected.
office. For this Chaplain T. II. Haggerty
of ST Louis and Comrade Southard of
Maine were nominated. So the matter
went over for election later.
Then the nomination of members of the
council of administration began. While
this was going on the presidents and ma
tional officers of the Ladies of the GAR.
and The W.R c. entered the convention hall.
Yeterans' hixnaa seEsAes. -
PITTSBURG, Pa, September 13.-The
United States Veterans Signal Service As
scciation held its annual reunion in Colum-
bia Hall and elected the following officers:
President w. H. Holmes. Independence,
Pittsburg; 40. Ravenaugh, Louisville, and
j.. e. Donahauer Minneapolis: secretary
treasurer, Chas. y. w. Marcy, Boston; his
torian, j. willard Boston; quartermaster,
Evan Russell, Wiliamsport Pa; chaplain,
John 8. Speer, Canonsburg Pa.
More than 100 members, representing
nearly every state in the Union, were pres
ent.
Daughters of Veterans.
PITTSBURG. Pa, September 13.-The
the following national officers: President,
Mrs. Ellen NJ. Walker, Worcester, Mass;
senior vice president, Miss Anna Schmid,
st. Louis; junior vice president, Miss
Gladys Foster. Kansas; chaplain, Miss
Leva Stevens Massifion, Ohio; treasurer
Mrs. Ida j. Allen, Newtonville, Mass; in
spector Miss Addie Yorke, Somerville,
Mass; installing officer, Miss Anna Rob-
erts. Connellsville, Ind; trustees, Anna
Moore, New York; Minnie Trescott, Ohio;
Nellie King, Ohio; Cora Pike, Massachu-
setts, and Il. Evelyn, Monroe Ohio.
Ladies' of the G. 4. X.
PlTTSBURG, September 12.-The Ladies
of the G. A. r. met this morning and re-
ceived greetings from the other women's
organizations in session here The report
of the national inspector, Mrs Mary L.
Gordon of Kansas. showed that the Or
ganization has over 1900 members and ex-
pSHueu *oo,vUU curing the year. The report
OF the national council was received amend
ing some of the minor features of the con-
stltution.
The Womens Relief Corps at the session
this morning received an invitation from
Mrs McMahon, deputy president of Ken
lucky, to meet with the q. A. r. in Louis
vile In 1885. Kate Brownlee Sherwood
submitted the report of the committee on
the national council of women The COM
mittee met with the worlds congress of
representative women to arrange for the
trlephiai council to be held at Washington
next year. The Women's Relief Corps rank
ed second, numerically, at this meeting
Wnere seventeen women associa tions were
represented, with an aggregate membership
of over 100000.
The movement to teach patriotism in the
public schools and placing a flag on every
school house and in every school room I'm
the land was approved.