The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
WERE A JOLLY CROWD
Spent Spare Moments in Telling
War Stories.
Headquarters Party Received
With Great Demonstration.

Minneapolis Aug. 14.-Kansas has
more representatives. than any othe"
state among the vanguard OF the in
vading hosts of the G. A r. who are
hooking to this city from all the corners
of the union to participate in the ma
tional encampnent of the organization
At this time about two out of every
three veterans met on the streets are
llansans. They cannot be mistaken for
the sunnower emblem of the state IS
conspicuous on their fatigue uniforms
OF course. when the first roll call IS
taken there will be q couple or more
states thar will be- able to muster more
man tnan Kansas, but Kansas was
without question the inst il this neld as
lar as numbers ere concerned ana 10 u
an old but rather iuelesant eplsf am lot
81 smile III tine early plru cAtSnSs the
worm there is no doubt that Kansas y
certain to land the coveted prize OF
national commander With 1T caISluals'
p II. COneys comniancef o. tHS uspalt
rnent Of Kansas. And at the present
time it looks as though Captain Coney
had the best possible chance TO TINS
highest honor which is left 20 the VET
Grams OF the civil war TO confer on one
Of their number.
There is Only one other avowed can
dfdate in the field for this office, K q
Brown Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio. MI Brown
has been candidate for national com
mander for three successive years. %
the principal argument when y petlis
need nv the Kansas veterans 10r tue
election of Captain Coney IS the fact
that OHIO has already had three natioi-
III commanders. Missouri has had three
and Kansas has had none 1nefeAOtS'
an The view Of the fnct that the onl&
slt-or.-ed candidatcs against Captain
Conev are from Ohio and missouri IL
Is argued that the other STATES "ht-H
have no candidates, should come 10 lil1
efpuort of Kansas as 1t IS enuleu ~
this time to secure the hohoI' sAee go,
aa AGAINST Missouri for there are more
veterans in Kansas than In that state;
Ali Of the candidates for the natonal
communicating arrived MONDAY Hiol a.
ing and the headquarters OF S1pesatl'
rr0nexr are in the Brunswick hotel- NJ
T7To4z-u's Headquarters are not 50 Ia
av-sv in the West --otel, ana II ~
uotfceable fact that the veterans w
are already in town from various SIatVS
which have no candidates are more
..,,,,ss,.o7,a around Kansas headquarters
than the headquarters OF tiie OetAei 49,
IIesdausrters train Of the Kansas G.
r department arrived acre at tSi4
o'clock Monday morning after an I'M
e,,enffIfl but meme the less interesting
and ENJOYABLE trip Of tWcnly-iouI
hours from Topeka. This tram prous
fhe FIRST of the Kansas cohorts to tiaNei
exnected during the afternoon. bue
there was any number of Kansas vet
erans in the city. having eccIne on reg
4,la1 trains. when the headquarters trdiii
arrived .-3s+i,,,-
~ atyl,t cars left Topeka over the
9orl[ island at 10 a. m Sunday. Two
a16iffonal cars providing accommoaa-
ton for G. A. R. post II OF La " v l lelloe
we're added to the train at Kansas
ROOu
run. arriving at Minneapolis Dul sl.ll9
over an hour late. About tour nun
5red persons travelled on this train ana
an their number was GOOD lepkssSH-
tation Of the Modoe Giee ctuD pI
neka which has attended every ma
4fonaJ G. A. r. encampment for the
mast twenty-five years; the Lincoln
Post Flanlbeau club. fourteen strong
4he Kappa Gamma band of Gay cen
+ar the Kansas G. A. R. department
hand twenty-eight strong; over hum
bred veterans of Topeka, most OF them
from the Lincoln post; and nearly an
equal number from the post at Law
renee.
In the Headquarters Car.
In the headquarters car in this train
with Captain Coney We're t3,. 1lls, :,
William Green, W. H. wilson j. l.,
Rfufiy. who was assistant adJutant
General of Pennsylvania during the
civil war; Mrs. Julian M Gordon OF
Topeka. president of the Ladies Z. A
r organization; Mrs. Elma b Dalton,
of Winfield, a past president of this
organization; Major Thomas j. AMER
son and Mrs. Anderson, Mrs &. y
Crane and daughter. Dorothy, and
Mrs. ]. S. Langston. In the Modoe
PARTY we're NJ c. Holman director;
Theodore Mueller, accOmpan1sf; FRANK
Csahasan. Charles L. Wood W. Boil
Iineer. \. b Thompson, Charles Often
Frank stevens. L. NJ. Wood, Frank
n d ~ Z n H.
ing, VIII Lovitt. Arthur Hargess'
and Ernest Robinson; and max
ing up the Lincoln Post Drum
corps were S. E. Huh, A E Strauss, E.
H Williams. J. NJ Langston, E. A
Peters. p. kempton, C. kempton, E
Kempton. W. A Anderson. c. n.
TIoughton. Y. H. Goodwin, Y. NJ Good
win. c. H. Brown and A. B. sStrauss.
The trip on the headquarters special
was an uneventful one except that 1t
sort
Weather conditions were ideal from
the time the train left Topeka until it
reached Minneapolis. and the indica-
tions are that the same ideal weather
conditions will prevail during the en-
tire time of the encamDment- In all Of
the ten cars on the train were most
congenial parties, who hob-nobbed
with each other in most felicitous
Had No Dining Cars.
There was only one slight draw
back to the trip and that was the fact
that at no time was a dining car at
4ached to the train. Stops at lunch
counters along the line were few and
far between and Of short duration.
However. q ajority Of those on the
train had provided themselves with
copiously filed lunch baskets and they
generously shared their contents with
the minority who had not been so
forehanded so that no one went
hungry. But even such a discomfort
as mere hunger would have been borne
willingly by the unprovided ones on
board in view Of the fact that they
were on their way to a place, where
~ s.nlce and gAsfuraa nniphtv battles