The Dickinson press., 1895-09-14
COMING ! T0ST.PAOL
q. A. n. CONVENTION PRACTICALLY
CAPTURED By MINNESOTA,
st. Paurs Delcgation IL Hard Al
Work Making Votes, and the In
dicattons Are That the Con-.
venti0n Will Meet In
st. Paul.
NAVAL VETERANS IN PARADE.
All Louisville Turns Out to Cheer
the Marine FighteFs-The Next
Commander.in.Chi

Louisville, Sept. 12.-Messrs. Benz,
w. r. Johnson, j. G. DOnnelly and w.
B. Somers from st. Paul arrived this
morning. McCardy and Castle are ex-
pected today. The committee is con-
Quoting vigorous camp aign with ev-
cry prospect of success. So general is
the feeling that st. Paul will have the
next cncampment that one of the larg-
est and most influential posts has al
ready contracted for seventy-five
rooms in st. Paul for next year. Their
headquarters are thronged with dele
gates and large number have given
an absolute pledge. Denver arrived
with very large delegation Of influ-
entail citizens and large quantities Of
attractive printed matter, and are ac-
cOmpaned by the Leadville, drum
corps of twenty-five pieces, a large
chorus of male voices and q mandolin
club, and are making a very ag-
gressive campaign. They have visited
and serenaded all headquarters. and
given concerts in various hotel lobbies.
Although they will make a splendid
fight there is n general prejudice
against the location. Buffalo is max
ing quiet campaign. Their strength
Is not known yet. Walker is the most
prominent candidate for commander
in-chief.
1t is doubtful If the city of fair wo-
men and fast horses ever before en-
tertaincd ia many guests as to-day.
Certain 1t is the town l'efore never
had within its limits 50 many battle
SCARED soldiers. 1t is ccnservatively
estimated that nearly 100000 strang-
ers are here. but the majority of them
thirty years ago bore arms either for
the blue or for the gray. But the blue
and gray are one to-day, nd men who
were then at war walk arm in arm
like brothers. The bitter hatred Of
these dark days has vanished.
The event Of to-day WIS the grand
parade of the naval veterans associa-
tfon, and to judge by the crowds Of
men, women and children who
thronge'l the sidewalks along the line
Of march. crowded the windows and
llousetops. all Louisville turned out
to see its old citizens, men who had
lived here for the las: forty or fifty
years-and there are many Of them
say 1t was the grandest sight they
ever saw. But the old Grand Army
parade tomorrow, which it to be the
event of the week, promises to far
surpass 1t.
There is good deal of talk to the
effect that Col. I. N. Walker of Indian
apolis should be elected commander-in-
chief. Another prominent candidate
for the leadership is Thaddeus A.
Clarkson Of Nebraska. Gen. G. H.
Schute of New Orleans has also come
in as a candidate. There promises to
be lively scrimmage over the office
Of senior vice commander also. Gen.
E. II. Hobson Of Greensburg, Ky, and
Capt. Michael NIinton Of this city,
both being candidates for the place
and friends of each are working hard
1t has always been customary for the
encampmcnt to give the city in which
the comrades are assembled the office
Of vice commander as tribute to the
hospitality and the labor necessary
to the entertainment Of the veterans.
When 1t was decided in Pittsburg that
the next encampment would be in
Louisville, Capt. Minton was one Of
those who went to that city and
worked for the kentucky metropolis,
and announced that he was a candi-
date for that place. However, the de-
partment of Kentucky, which met at
Hopkinsville last spring, indorsed
Gen. Hobson by a close vote. and al
though Capt. Minton's candidacy is
still being urged by the posts of Louis
vile, Gen. Holsson's friends are max
ing every effort to secure the place for
him.