The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-09-15

DENVER, Sept S-The contest for
cOmmander-in-chief was the most in
teresting feature Of the sessions OF the
national encampment OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic today Besides
Corporal Tanner, r. B. Brown Of
Rutherford, y. J, and Charles G.
Burton OF Nevada, No, were placed
in nomination Burrows name was
Immediately withdrawn As the roll
call Of departments proceeded it be-
came apparent from the number Of
departments secOndfng Tanner that
his election was a certainty. Al
though George Stone Of San Fran
cisco was not named formally as a
candidate, the departments OF Cali
fOrnia and Nevada cast their fifteen
votes for him. The total vote for
Tanner was AL. Brown received 1877,
Ohio and Pennsylvania giving him
their full vote and Indiana a majority
The only large delegation that voted
for Burton was that Of Missouri His
total strength was fOrty-twO votes.
Threw Hats In the Air.
When the adjutant general an
nOunced the result the convention
went wild The old veterans Ieaped
from their seats. shouting and cheer
ing and throwing their hats in the air.
Amid the din General Brown mounted
the stage and when quiet had been
restored sufficiently for him to be
heard he moved to make Tanners
nomination unanimous Burton and
Stone both seconded the motion,
which carried with a roar Of ap-
plause. commandments King
appointed the defeated comrades a
committee to escort Corporal Tanner
to the stage While the four were
walking down the center aisle the de-
legates made a rush for Tanner and
lifting him into the air, carried him
bodily to the rOstrum. The delegates
then rose and Cheered for several
minutes.
In a brief speech, Corporal Tanner
thanked his comrades There is one
man." he said, whose esteem and
assistance il is necessary for the old
soldiers TO have. There are three men
in the encampment whom I will call
in council in meeting President ROOse-
velt-''
Expects TO Counsel With Warner.
Another great shout went up as
Corporal Tanner indicated the person
he referred to in his yelled remark
and as Il died down he said that he
expected to have the beneficent cOun-
sci in all his undertakings as COM
mander-in-chfef OF Senator William
Warner Of Missouri, General John c.
Black Of Chicago, and General Gran
vile NJ Dodge OF New Ork- The con-
yention proceeded to ballOting for Of
fcers at the conclusion Of Tanners
address. George ". Cook Of Denver
was the only nominee for senior vice
commander and received an ovation
when his unanimous election was an
nOunced- For junior vice command
er James G. Everest Of Illinois and
Silas H. fowler Of Minnesota were
placed before the convention The
ballot resulted Everest 2S9, fowler
32S.
Hugo Philler OF Wisconsin and Fred
Brothers OF Nebraska were nominated
for surgeon general, the former re-
ceiling 362 votes and the latter 2O3.
The vote for haplain-in-chief was
close Father LearyOf Chapman, Kan,
winning from Jesse Cole OF Iowa by
q vote OF 2S2 to 2T9.
Previous to the election a letter
from President Roosevelt to Com
mander-in-Chief King asking him to
extend my warmest congratulations
to the comrades there assembled and
say to them how I regret that I can
not in person meet them and express
the affection and regard feel for
them" was read and a telegram in
reply was sent
The report Of the resolutions COM
mittee commended the efforts Of
President Roosevelt in bringing about
peace between Russia and japan; in
dOrsed the presidents appointment Of
Fespian Warner as commissioner Of
pensions, and approved Of the plan Of
the committee in charge Of the mat
ter OF establishing parks on the Vir-
ginia battle fields