Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-06
c. A. R. ENCAMPMENT
Veterans of the Civil War in
Big Parade.
THOUSANDS ENCORE
OLD SOLDIERS STEP OUT TO
TUNES BY BAND.
Throngs Of Citizens Watch Battle
Scared Heroes in Triumphant
March Through Streets.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DENVER. Col. September 6-To the mu-
sic that led them to the battlefields more
than two score years ago, $1,000 veterans
of the civil war, for the second time in the
history of that organization, marched over
the sunlit streets of Denver in process
sion that will become historical. Two hun
dred thousand people stood back of the
long lines Of ropes and cheered the old vet
Grams to the echo, and bombarded them
from thousand vantage points with bou-
quets OF mountain and hot-house flowers
and snow balls made of snow sent down
from the lofty mountains, in the center of
which was rose. The rgriZzled veterans,
like forty years ago, never faltered, but
stood by their guns, and though with en-
feebled step, but youthful heart, re-
sponded to the command Of Forward"
that reflected the spirit Of 81
The weather is ideal, a cool breeze from
the mountains making the march one of
comfort. During the night the asphalt
pavements were scrubbed by the city labor
ers, and the veterans enjoyed the parade
as they would walking the sidewalks.
With the ending of the monster parade the
assembled veterans have given their at
tention to the politics of the encampment.
Corporal James Tanner and Gen. Robert
Brown of Ohio are the leading candidates
for the office of chief. Every
state delegation, however seems to have
Its favorite son within its own delegation
and 1t is confidently predicted that many
ballots will be required to settle the fight
for the highest Office in the G. A r.
TANNER claims to have three-fourths of
the convention pledged to his support but
the Brown partisans treat this claim
lightly.
Fight on Tanner
A fo,I,t
opponents who are using his record as
chief Of the pension bureau to point out
to veterans that his selection would be
pledging the organization to an admins
tratlon of G. A. R. affairs as radical as
was the Tanner pension administration.
Brown, on the other hand, says his SUD-
port is representative of the conserva tism
that should be part of G. A. r. affairs 1t
is pointed out the pension matters have in
the past received considerable attention
from Congress, and ex-Union soldiers have
many times been subjected to harsh criti-
clsm on account of radical movements. AS
1t appears today, Tanner has an immense
undouDted advantage of no small propor-
tlons in the fight, but many of the middle
states are for Brown, who is also supported
by the immense Illinois delegation and will
get the votes of Missouri and many Of the
other states when their favorfte sons have
received the first complimentary votes
For the office of national president of the
Woman's Relief Corps Mrs. Kate E. Jones
Of 1lion. N. Y. seems to be in the lead, al
though Mrs. Abbte Adams of Superior,
Neb.. Is making strong fight.
Among the other candidates are Mrs
Belle E. Harris Of Emporia, Kan; Mrs.
Csrrie e. Sporklin of ST. Louis, Mo-; Mrs.
6. E. Frisbie Of San Francisco and Mrs
Alfretta Devin of Pennsylvania.
For senior vice president Mrs. Fanny D.
Hardin of Denver is still the leading can
didate.
Candidates making the race for the Of
Of Indiana Mrs. Charlotte Wright of Con-
necticut and Others
With the ladies of G. A. R. Mrs. Ruth
E. Foote of Denver is regarded as the most
popular candidate for the presidency