The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-09-08

Junior vice president, Miss Anna Smith, st.
Louis; chaplain, Miss Stephens, Allegheny,
Pa: treasurer Mrs Ida J. Allen, Worcester,
Mass; installing officer. Miss Ella Adair,
Oak Park, ILL.,; trustees, Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Walker, Miss Gladys Foster of Hiawatha.
Kan, Miss Lizzie Kimball of Massachusetts,,
Mrs r. E. Monroe of Massachusetts, Mrs.
May Edgerton Of Chicago.
ST Paul, Sept g. = The week of
pleasure in the Twin Cities is over and
nearly all of the visitors have depart
ed Many of the visitors who came
from q distance and expect to remain
some time are now making excursions
to different points of interest around
st. Paul and Minneapolis. The G.. A.
r. encampment at st. Paul, the
knights Of Pythias encampment and
Carnival of Ceres at Minneapolis and
the state fair have been a great sue
cess and the 100000 or 100000 visitors
to the Twin Cities were sent away
happy.
The last session of the G. A. r. con-
vention was called to order at 10 a. m.
After the preliminary business was
disposed of the chair declared nomina-
tons for the several officers to be in
order
The candidates were then presented.
Delegate CoggsWell of North Dakota
presented the name of Mr.. Linehan in
a strong speech, and the nomination
was seconded by a New York delegate.
Brown of North Dakota nominated
Rear Admiral Meade. Col. Spooner OF
Rhode Island made the nominating
speech for Mr. Ballou. Clarkson's name
was presented by Judge NJ. L. Hay
ward of Nebraska The name of Judge
Given of Iowa was withdrawn by his
delegation. Senior Vice Commander
Hobson's name was also presented by
one of the delegates from Kentucky.
When the nominating speeches We're
finished and preparations were being
made for ballot there was general
surprise when the announcement was
made that MI Linehan's name would
be withdrawn. Then, as it appeared
that @ concerted movement had been
decided upon for the withdrawal of all
Candidates except Mr.. Clarkson, there
was general applause.
The chairman announced that the
only candidate before the convention
was Comrade ClarksOn of Nebraska.
A motion was at once made that Mr..
ClarkSOn be elected by acclamatlOn.
This was done with a WhOOp and MI.
Clarkson was declared unanimously
elected.
Gen. Mullen Senior Vice.
The next business in order was the
selection of a senior vice commander
in-chief On motion, there being no
other candidates. Gen. John H. Mullen
of Wabasha, Mimi, was declared
unanimously elected. The convention
went into the nomination. for Junior
vice commander, surgeon general and
chaDIain-in-chief, and after the ballots
had been cast and counted the result
was declared as follows:
Junior vice commander c. w. Buck
lev. Alabama surgeon general, Kew.
A. e. Johnson, Washington, D. O.;
chaDlain-in-chief, Rev. Mark A. Taylor,
Massachusetts. The commander-in-
chief announced the appointment OF
G. r. Burmester of Omaha as adjutant
general.
The committee on resolutions re-
Dorted. and the convention Endorsed, as
q substitute for various resolutions Of
fered in regard to the utterances OF
President Elliott, of Harvard college,
that while they emphatically con-
demned h., unworthy and untruthful
statements. they would not dignity
them by formal resolution.
1t was favorably reported and the
convention indoTsed q resolution ask
ing preference to capable eX-soldles
in government appointment; also one
urging on congress the justice and pro-
prietv Of comforting on Gen. Miles the
rank Of lieutenant general; also reso-
luton indorsing proposed park at
Vicksburg; also a national park at the
battlefield of Fredericksburg; recon-
mending the reading of Lincoln's Get
tysburg address as a part of the eXer-
cises on Memorial day. The encamp-
ment then adjourned.
The New Commander.
Thaddeus Stevens Clarkson of Oma-
ha was born at Gettysburg, Pa, III
1870 He was educated three miles
from the great battlefield of Antietam
He enlisted April IS. 1861, within two
hours after President Lincoln's call
for $4,000 men for three months. in
ComDany A, First Illinois artillery.
He went to Cairo, served under Cen
Grant there: re-enlisted for the war
July IS. 1861; was promoted Dec. l,
1861. to adiutant of the Thirteenth III
inois cavalry; served with that regl-
wont apd ON tho staff of Gen. John w.