Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-23
VETERANS FINISH BUSINESS
John Lindt Of Council Bluffs Unanimously
Elected Department Commander.
SENIOR VICE TREATED the SAME WAY
Election of other Omcers and AdOp-
tion of Resolution occup Most
of Remainder of the
y Closing Day.
(From a Sian Correspondent.l

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Iowa Grand Army of the Republic came
to a close today after the election Of ON
GERS and transaction Of routine business.
The election Of officers brought out few
contests. The commander and senior vice
commander were chosen by reclamation.
For chaplain there were two candidates.
Rev. w. H. Hlsley Of Leon and Rev. S. R.
Ferguson Of Petersburg, and the latter
was elected. For Junior vice commander
Joseph Madison Of Fonda and w. T. Max
well OF Creston were placed in nomination
and Madison was elected. The following
are the officers elected:
Department commander, John Lindt.
Senior vice commander, N. 8. Durgen,
Cresco.
Junior vice commander. Joseph Madison,
Fonda.
Medical director, DR., J. A. shaner, KeO-
Chaplain, Rev. s. r. Ferguson. Parkers-
burg.
Council of administration, William Dean,
Upton; H. M. Pickel. Des Moinesi w. r.
NJ. B.. Davis, Sioux City.
The following were elected as the dele
gates to the national encampment to be
held in Washington in October:
Delegate-at-large. General G. M. Dodge,
Council Bluffs. Alternate, r. l.. Chase. Des
First district. David b. Hanna. Keokuk.
Alternate, John NJ. Lytie, Washington.
Second district, John Annable, Davenport.
Third district, s. N. Hammond, Belmont.
Alternate, G. A. Bliss. Iowa Falls.
Eonrth daS1rlfs' " g 6. FThompkins' Clear
Fifth district. w. A. Smith, Marshall
town, and J. b. Dennis, Traer. Alternates,
G. A. Leavelle. Belle Plainei Robert Powell,
Traer.
William Kirkpatrick, Oskaioosa. Alter
mates, r. b. Carr, S~igourney, and T. ].
Seventh district. Joseph Hewitt, Indian
alo, and A. S. Lytle, Ames. Alternates, J..
w. Donovan. Des Moines, and DR.. Lewis
Eighth district. w. t. Sinclair, Hume
t%srqates. w. II. Fitch. Bedford, and John
Ninth district. J. NJ. Briggs. Anita. and
and H. H. Baldwin, Fort Dodge. Alter.
mates, w. r Bush, Gilman City, and f.
Eleventh district, w. II. Barker. Sioux
City. Alternate, w d. Forbes. Wall Lake.
No action was taken in regard to the
next place Of meeting. but an effort is
being made to have it at Des MoInes next
year. The en~campment adopted the follow
ing resolutions before adjournment:
Resolutions Adopted.
That the Sons of Veterans Memorial
university at Mason City is q worthy and
port; that the encampment congratulates
the Sons of Veterans on the maintenance
That a fair construction of the law of
marriage Is carried out when 1t appears
that "a at the time Of the death of any SOL
and, publicly recognized by. such veteran
n the community in which he lived at the
pension department as sufficient evidence
OF the marriage;
Potomac" is a fair and impartial review
of that organization and worthy Of recon-
mendation and adoption in the public
That the Iowa delegation in congress be
asked to use all honorable means to Sc
cure an annuity for Clara Barton.
That the department indorse the enact
ment or a law giving all honorably dis
S menresienar s 81 tSn a sra f q pension, eom-
creasing from time to time.
That State Superintendent Barrett be
the schools Of Flag day, Memorial day'
Washington's birthday and LAncoln's birth
gay ana the preparation therefor OF
That the Shirley house, better known as
he White house, in the National park at
NlcksDurgi should be preserved as an his
toric spot, and the department learns with
regret Of the plan TO destroy Il and be-
neVes mat 1t should be saved.
Women Elect Omcers.
Des Moines has the honor of being the
home Of the president Of the woman's Re-
lief corps Of Iowa. Mrs. Myra L. Parker
was elected president OF the state depart
ment by 17S votes, against 1876 for Mrs.
Georgia Worker Of the Davenport corps.
The only reason specified for making a
change was that Mrs. Worker lived in Rock
island and the women thought, at least
a majority OF the delegates present did, that
the president should be a woman whose
home Ia in TAua CharloNto n No.
Waterloo was elected president of the
Ladies OF the Grand Army Of the Republic.
Bankers Oppose Branch Banks.
The Iowa State Bankers association ad-
Journed this afternoon after refusing TO
adopt a proposed resolution favorinE the
plan Of having branch banks for national
banks. The convention even declined TO
refer the resolution to the national meeting.
The next meeting will be held som time
In June. 1908. the exact date and place to
be nxed by the executive committee. While
there was no resolution passed fixing the
meeting place permanently at Des Moines,
the executive committee has been asked to
consider the advantages offered by Des
Moines as a convention city so that It Is
expected all conventions hereafter will come
to this point. The feature Of the closing
session was the speech Of Charles 4. Dawes,
ex-eomptroller Of the currency, on the
question, Asset Currency and Branch
Banking Mr.. Dawes spoke for an hour
and a half, holding the closest attention OF
his audience. Following are the officers
elected: President-Homer A. Miller, Des
Moines; vice president, L. F. Potter, Har-
Ian; treasurer. Frank Y. Locke, Sibley;
secretary, J. M. Dinwiddie. Cedar Rapids.
Des Holmes Army Post.
The Des Moines army post is regarded
as perfectly safe, even though the house
Of representatives at Washington passed a
resolution directing the reduction OF the
amount Of appropriation for army posts by
$4,000,O 900. Congressman Hull has tele-
graphed friends here that he has a sufieient
sum in the various other appropriation
bills to enable work TO be commenced this
year on the post and the situation here will
not be affected in the least by the fate OF
the regular army bill.
Steal Wire from Fair Grounds.
A daring robbery Is reported from the
state fair grounds last night. A man. evil
IDENTIFY an artist in his line. climbed the
electric light poles running through the
grounds and cut over 600 feet Of heavy
copper wire, worth $50. This he carried
AWAY nrohably for the purDosa NJ disnosin9