The Portland daily press., 1895-10-21
UNION VETERAN LEGION.
The Boys Owned One of the Grandest and
Finest Cities in the Land.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

Buffalo, October 17.-Today eclipses
everything as yet. At the morning session
of the Encampment of the Union Veteran
League the comrades gathered in full
force and the friends of the candidates
for offices were working earnestly and
persstantly for the election of their man.
The work of printing ballots caused some
delay and the time was taken up in hear
ing the reports of the committee on reso-
lutions and other routine business. AT
eleven O'Clock the ballots having arrived
the balloting was began. For COM
mander- in chief there were several candi-
dates in the field and on the first ballot.
there was no choice. There being but one
candidate for the office of senior vice
commander and chaplain in-chief, Com
rade w. S. Norcross of Lewiston, Maine,
was unanimously elected as senior vice
commander, and Comrade Rev. John A.
Danks, chaplain-in- chief. On the first
ballot for commander-in-chief there being
no choice, second ballot was ordered at
nine O'Clock tomorrow morning. The
ballot for Junior vice commander,
quarterlnaster general, surgeon general
and executive committee was taken, and
Comrade McGinley of Pennsylvania was
elected junior vice commander, and w.
Potter Hermon Of New York, was re-
elected as quartermaster general, and
Clarence G. Smith as surgeon general
AS the committee of arrangements had
prepared for carriage drive this after
noon, recess was taken (at twelve
o'olock) until nine o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The veterans on the evening Of October
II, have just returned from a most
beautiful and enjoyable drive. At two
O o'clock the carriage began to arrive In
front, of the Tiff house, and all who
had tickets were taken aboard and the
line was formed. Driving up Delaware
avenue. past the city buildings, we turn
to the leaf towards the lake, and soon the
beauties of eth, Front burst upon us
and as we drive along its broad and solid
driyeways exclamations of surprise and
appreciation burst from every lip.
Through the beautiful park up the
gradual slope to and past Fort Porter
shore. while on the left the W ters OF
Lake Erie stretch away into the distance.
dotted here and there by steamers and
sailing vessels, reminding one OF the
beautiful and unsurpassed outlook of our
own Eastern promenade. But on and on
through Chaplin park as yet un-
developed, but showing unlimited posi-
bilitieS.
We soon began to draw away from the
CITY proper, and enter the country, but
the iriyeways, were as broad and trees
and shrubbery of apparently all kinds
still lined the way or grew in the iInme-
diate vicinity We soon found out that
this was the park, and through its
seventeen miles of driveway we were
drawn, while objects Of interest and
beauty met our eyes on every hand. Here
are enclosures where Buffalo roamed at
large with deer and elk, and other wide
animals made up to me sight never
had seen before. In the centre OF this
park is large, almost level space dotted
here and there with trees the grass Kept
short by q droyeEof sheep, on which boys
on ponies were playing games and ladies'
and gentlemen were taking their AFTER
noon horse back ride.
Buffalo has $50 acres of parks With
seventeen miles of.xdriveways.
Buffalo also has one hundred ana 1oruy
miles of asphalt pavement, and after tne
miserable failure in our own city Inls
fact struck us with peculiar force. The
Erie canals and its twelve railroads l2oO
passenger trains arriving and departing
every day.; its shipping by lake; It's
banks. hotels, store houses, grain
elevators, all on grand and liberal scale,
serve to make Buffalo prosperous, busy.
hustling place, and this place, the
National Encampment of the Union
Veteran Legion, now own, the mayor
said so