Evening star., 1901-10-24
Election in Chicago Today Result of
Compromise.
THE OLD MEN ARE REELECTED
Resolution Adopted EuIogizing
Late President Mckinley.
ALSO FOR HOME RULE HERE

Special From star Correspondent.
CHICAGO, H., October 24-The election
of officers was the special order for today in
the national encampment OF the Union
Veterans Union, and there was a full at
tendance of delegates.
Last night there were many conferences
held, and early today some of the state
delegations got together in the interest Of
harmony. AS a result all the candidates
that had been originally proposed by va
rious delegations were dropped and the old
officers were reelected unanimously. They
are as follows: Robert St. George Dyren-
forth, commander-ln-chief: William 8.
Morgan of Illinois. first deputy national
commander and F. b. Hutchinson Of New
York, second deputy national commander.
Each was enthusiastically cheered and each
made a happy speech of acceptance. pledg-
ing efforts for harmony and predicting
great increase in the membership during
the next year.
Action on Resolutions.
Several resolutions presented to the en-
campment and referred to the committee
We're reported and favorable action was
taken on one containing warm euloey OF
the late President Mckinley and a strong
denunciation of anarchy. the teaching CT
which made assassination of the nations
ruler possible A resolution coming from
the division of the Potomac IN regard to
suffrage in the District Of Columbia was
laid on the table The resolutions declared
that inasmuch the people of the District
of Columbia We're in 1874 deprived Of the
right of local self-government and a form
of government under which they have
neither voice nor influence forced upon
them without their consent, and as the
present form of government in the capital
of the republic, the political heart o: the
nation. is contrary to the most fundamental
principles of American liberty, to establish
which our revolutionary forefathers lodged
their lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honor and waged a successful seven-years
war and the ballot is the peoples most
effective weapon deprived Of whi9A they
are powerless to peaceably redress their
grievances, therefore,
For New District Government.
Resolved. That II is the sense of this IA
tional encampment of Union Veterans
Union that Congress should re-establish in
the District of Columbia a government re-
publican in form and in harmony with the
spirit and institutions OF our country; a
government of the people, by the people
and for the people, based on free suffrage.
limited only by a reasonable educational
test, under the Australian system OF voting
A resolution setting out the fun purposes
of the order In detail, and what 1T was
hoped could be accomplished for the ben
eft of the Union Veterans, was adopted.
At a campfire last night the chief ad-
dresses were made by Senator VIM. Z. Ma
son and Gen. Jno. 5. Morgan. The senator
denounced some phrases of the civil service
law which barred the old soldiers from po-
sitions of watchmen, messengers and
skilled laborers, and ridiculed the examina-
tion provided for applicants for such places.
Gen. Robt. f. Wilson of the Division of the
Potomac was one of the speakers, was
Gen. Green Bs Raum, eX-commissioner Of
pensions F. T. II.