Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-09-15
c. A. R. VETERANS
SELECT tanner
NEW YORK MAN CHOSEN COM
MANDER-IN-CHIEF AT DEN
YER ENCAMPMENT.
MINNEAPOLIS NAMED
NEXT MEETING PLACE
Great Interest Manifested by Old
Soldiers in Election of Officers
The Spanish War Veterans Have
Busy Day.

Denver, Col, Sept. corporal
James Tanner was elected command
er-in-chief Of the Grand Army of the
Republic by the national encampment
Friday. A great demonstration fol-
lowed the announcement Of Corporal
Tanners election.
Inc vote was as follows: James
Tanner, 447; Robert B. Brown, 1877;
Charles G. Burton, AZ; George Stone,
15.
COL George w. Cook, of Denver, was
unanimously elected senior vice COM
mander-in-chief.
Minneapolis was chosen as G.. A. r.
national encampment city in 1906.
Great Interest in Election.
Intense interest was manifested in
the election of officers of the Grand
Army of the Republic and it's women's
;auxlliaries. Keen rivalry had devel-
opee between the candidates for some
OF the offices, and active canvassing for
votes had been going on all the week.
Che G. A. R. election was held in
the Broadway theater. All delegates
and alternates and veterans who had
the countersign were admitted, but no
outsiders were allowed in the theater
during the election. Representation
in the convention is based on member
| ship of departments. Each depart
ment is allowed one delegate for every
| 100 veterans enrolled in each post
| IL a state or a department A vote is
also allowed every past department
commander Of every state. Repre-
sentation is given in the voting to all
past national officers. Speeches OF
domination of all candidates were lin
tied to five minutes, and seconding
| speeches to two minutes.
To Meet Next in Minneapolis.
1 The first business before the encamp.
| ment was the choice of meeting place
for next year. 1t had been practically
settled in advance that the national
Iencampment in 1906 would be held in
Minneapolis. The only other city that
asked for the encampment in the COM
| yention Friday was Dallas, Tex,
whose offer was presented by John A.
Ewton, manager of the Dallas One
Hundred and Fifty Thousand club.
On viva voce vote the delegates
seemed to be about equally divided be-
tween the two cities. A roll-call was
then ordered, and Minneapolis was
i chosen.
The encampment gave vote Of
thanks to Mr.. Ewton and the Texas
organization which extended the invi-
taticn to meet in Dallas. Commander
in-Chief King invited Mr.. Ewton to go
to Minneapolis next year and repeat
the invitation, promising to use his
influence to secure the national en-
campment in 1907 for Dallas.
i Busy Day for Spanish Veterans.
1 Milwaukee, Sept. 9.-What was ex-
! pected to be the busiest day of the
second annual reunion of the United
Spanish War Veterans opened Friday
at nine O'Clock in Light Horse armpry,
and the interest manifested in the
work before the gathering was shown
by the full attendance, nearly all the
delegates being in their seats. Be-
sides the many important matters to
come up for consideration, election of
officers was scheduled to take place,
and the place in which the next re-
union shall be held was to be selected,
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