The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-09-09
THE G. A. R. MEETING
The Second Day of the Encampment
a Banner Day.
PARADE GIVEN By NAVAL VETERANS.
The Contest for ommander-in In chief Much
Complicated-Col. Tom Anderson, of
Topeka. Getting Western Votes
Ex-Prisonera Elect Onicera.

Cincinnati, Sept. THE second day
of the thirty-second annual encamp-
ment of the q. A. r., was banner
day-a Star Spangled Banner day in
every way. The weather was delight
full. The labor parade on Monday
and the naval parade yesterday were
both under clear skies and nature
promises to smile on the old veterans
in line to-day. AS these veterans
were marching in the naval parade
yesterday ii was noticed that most of
them are gray, many infirm and lame.
There will not be many more of these
annual parades and some of the veter-
ans favor disseminating the annual
demonstrations because they are get
ting too old for long trips as we'll as
for parading. Some advocate discon-
tinuance of encampments, because
they want all remem brances even of
sectional differences wiped out, but
the say they will attend the annual
encampments as long as they are held.
There are none here who held high rank
in the civil war and IL is frequently
remarked that the leading federal
commanders seem to have gone, while
several of the confederate leading
commanders survive. The leading sur
wing officers of the civil war are pre-
vented from attending the encamp-
ment this year on account of the Span
ish war. Among the ladies who are
missed none is referred to more than
Mrs John A. Logan. Many of the
veterans hunt up old army nurses, who
are remembered with great tender
ness, Much disappointment is ex-
pressed because President Mckinley
and eX'President Harrison are not
here, as they have been in former
years. In the absence OF the presi-
dent, Gov. BUSHNELL of Ohio, will
occupy his place on the reviewing
stand to-day, surrounded by Gov Pin.
gree, of Michigan; Gov. Mount, of
Indiana; Gov. Atkinson, of West Vir-
ginia, and other governors with their
stats.
The contest for commandments
has become much complicated by the
arrival of large delegation from New
York, headed by Corporal Tanner, in
support of Col. John c. Sheets, of
Yonkers, This not only divides the
vote of the department of New York
against Col. A. d, Shaw, of Water
town, n. Y, but it also divides the
vote of other eastern departments
that were expected to be solid
for Shaw. While Col. j. A. Sexton,
of Chicago, had only one or
two votes in the Illinois delega-
tion against him, he is now losing
some support by the candidacy of Col.
Tom Anderson, of Topeka, who is get
ting western votes that were depend
ed upon for Sexton, and who was con.
sidered as favorite in the race as the
only western candidate, until the
Kansas man was brought out l. f.
Mack, the Ohio candidate, is embar-
raised in his canvass by the fact that
w. c. Johnson, of Cincinnati, has been
determined on as the man for senior
vice commander, and the two leading
officers are not likely to go to the same
state
Commander w. f. Atkins has here
tofore been considered as the leading
candidate for rear admiral of the Ma.
tional Naval association, but he is
having u close contest now with Com
modore j. +. r. Foss for that position.
The contest for the new offices have
now become quite animated among
the ladies.
The national executive council was
busy yesterday in the receipt of rou-
tine reports of the different encamp-
ments. The real business of the ma
tional encampment, however will not
begin until Thursday morning, when
the great parade is out of the way.
There is more and more talk of the
strength and weakness of the severs
candidates for commander-in-chi
and along with it much work done in
favor of the next place of meeting
Denver is especially demonstrative
with magnificent drum corps which
Darades the streets with banner