Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-10
EXPLAINS GA. R. BADGE.
Badge Was Made to Sell and
Cummins' Picture Put on
1t to Sell 1t
KicKERs MAKE NEWMAN MAD
Assistant Adjutant General of G. A. r..
Writes a Letter Explaining the G..
A. r. Badge Which is a Gem-Not a
Political Scheme, for Newman is Not
A Cummins Man.
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Specia! to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 10.-The last de-
partment encampment of the G. A. r.
in Iowa adopted a resolution presented
by the department commander direct
ing the assistant adjutant general to
design and have made souvenir badge
to be sold to visitors accompanying the
department to the national encamp-
ment at San Francisco, the purpose of
the sale being to raise money to
partially defray the expenses of the
department in attending the encamp-
ment. DR.. George A. Newman, the as
sistant adjutant general, had prepared
beautiful badge with pendant bearing
on one side the coat Of arms of Iowa in
colors and on the other a portrait of
Governor Cummins The ribbon bears
small cut Of the grand army badge.
To have made ii distinctive G. A. r..
badge would have rendered 1t illegal
for any other than a member of the
order to wear it In Iowa, and the ad-
jutant, bearing in mind that 1t was de-
signed especially to be sold to visitors
as money making proposition, made
the grand army character somewhat
small But the appearance Of the por-
trait of Governor Cummins on the
badge was the signal for protests from
large element OF the G. A. r. and
two posts passed resolutions disap-
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became apparent however. that there
was an attempt to belittle the badge
solely because 1t bears the portrait OF
Governor Cummins, the demand for
badges increased greatly and orders
commenced TO come in by the scores.
Prominent grand army men all over the
state commenced writing to DR.. New
man approving of the badge and de-
nouncing those who have sought to
brand the badge as political scheme.
number OF the grand army men wrote
asking about the matter and nearly all
labored under a misrepresentation as to
the character of the badge. To these
DR. Newman addressed respectful let
ters in which he explained the purpose
of the badge and that 1t was not a G. A.
r. badge at all. But one of his COM
rades in a northern Iowa town who had
ordered a badge wrote him saying he
had read in the papers that the badge
bore portrait of the governor and he
therefore rescinded the order as he did
not want a badge that bore the likeness
of politician and candidate for office
even though it was only a souvenir
badge. This aroused the ire of Dr. New
man and he wrote the comrade a sharp
letter in which he said
Il have only to say that the badge
was gotten up with the expectation of
selling it to comrades and civilians
alike If every veteran who goes to
California was to buy a badge l would
not get the first cost, provided no one
else bought them. There will not be
enough of them here l intended the
badge to be typical of Iowa. and If
it is not, with the picture of the man
who has served one term as governor
and has been nominated by reclamation
for another, where on earth can you
find one that is. You make mistake
when you intimate that l am Cum
Minis worshipper. He was not my choice
for governor, and I have been turned
down as cold by him as a man could
be- But 1 realize he is governor of
Iowa and as such deserves at least
the respect due a governor. If l could
have been convinced that another pict-
ure would have sold as many badges
I would have been glad to have used 1t.
/ am working in the interest of the de-
partment, against great odds at present.
but I hope to come out all right in spite
of treatment that 1 don't like to
characterize. / am trying to have the
civilians who go to the encampment
help us in paying our expenses. and my
comrades are making themselves ridi-
culous in embarrassing me in selling
them. l have never known such mar
rowness and prejudice in my life. l
was authorized to design and have
made a souvenir badge to sell, to as
sist in defraying our expenses, and
even if I made mistake, which there
is ground for difference of opinion
about, in a spirit of fraternity if moth
ing else and in the interest of the de-
partment personal feelings should have
been the last thing to interfere. l sad
died a whole lot of work on myself in
the interest of my comrades that
didn't need to, and by few have been
treated damnably for 1t. l am growing
mad every minute and had better stop"
Adjutant General Newman and many
others left today for the national en-
campment, and the Iowa badges with
the portrait of the Iowa governor will
be conspicuous all over California in
less than a week.
Unless there is something unforeseen
to turn UP the Des Moines conference
OF the NJ. e. church will again ask
Leslie NJ. Shaw to represent 1T as one
of the lay delegates to the general con-
ference which meets in Los Angeles
next May. The Des Moines conference
will meet in Indianola September 2
next 1t is entitled to six lay delegates.
The present plan is to select Secretary
Shaw as one of the delegates. 1t is
said of Shaw that he particularly
shines in a Methodist general confer
ence and that in the past two or three
conferences, of which he has been a
member, he has been conspicuous for
his aggressiveness and boldness IN
tackling the big ones of the church.
It Is understood he still retains his