The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-14

y these two cities for the next encamp- =
= ment has been decidedly warm one, =
= The supporters Of each city claimed y
= victory, and it was not until the last =
= delegation had voted that the result =
, was assured.
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From the preliminary campaign st was
conceded before the opening Of yester-
days session that each city would have
about 30 votes, and that there were about
100 votes that were doubtful. This fore-
cast was approximately correct, and it
was the doubtful votes that gave Atlantic
City the encampmeut.
Charles E. Burrows Of Paterson, n. j.
a member of the staff of Past COmman-i
deT-in-Chief Henry NJ. Nevius, made the.
nominating speech for Atlantic City. He
described the ideal location Of the ocean
resort, spoke of the beauty OF its ocean
scenery, told OF the accommodations for
the hundreds Of thousands Of visitors eX-
pected and of the plans already made Tor
people Of Atlantic City.
Past COmmander-in-Chief Charles G.
Burton OF Nevada Mo, presented ST.
Louis. He argued that st. Louis was the
most centrally located city in the United
States, that it was easy Of access, and
that its railroad connections made &c
possible for every veteran In the United
States TO attend the encampment at St.
Louis. Judge Burton explained that he
had originally pledged himself TO vote
for Atlantic City. Since learning that
St. Louis was In the field, however, he
obtained permission from the New Jersey
delegation TO recede from this pledge.
Telegram Not Read.
In support OF the invitation of St Louis
A. @. Peterson past department COM
mander Of Missouri. attempted to read q
telegram fror1 the Business Mems league
pledEIns 500 as a gIell.1inary conIriDu-
ton CO l1e q. A r. the New Jersey dele
cation, however moved that the conven-
ton proceed to vote. This was carried,
and further debate was shut off.
AS the roll of the delegations was being
called IL was seen that New England and
the Atlantic coast states were solid Tor
Atlantic City. Most eff the states of the
Middle West were for St Louis the South
was for st. Louis, while the Mountain
and Coast states were divided The large
vote Of New York, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin was an important factor in the
victory of Atlantic City.
st. Louis led in the vote until New YORK
was reached. New York cast fifty-thres
out Of fifty-fOur votes for Atlantic City,
giving Atlantic City lead of ten, which
it maintained until Utah was reached
With its sixteen votes Utah had the
power to select the city for the next en-
Campmeut. If it was solid for St Louis,
the encampment could have gone there
instead of to Atlantic City. The vote Of
the delegation was ten for Atlantic CITY
and six for st. Louis, giving Atlantic City
the majority of fourteen.
When the vote was announced Missouri
moved that the action be made unani-
nous. Though the fight has been always
friendly. the supporters Of st. Louis feel
that on the convention floor the sctiOn
of the Atlantic City people i'm shutting
off debate was unfair, and they declare
that in fair fight St. Louis would have
Start in Toledo.
For three years Atlantic City has
sought to secure the encampmeut- A year
ago the New Jersey people spent their
time at the Toledo encampment in pre-
pairing for the campaign this year. A care
full campaign organization was formed
and every possible preparation made to
secure the encampment-
Every O. A r. post in New Jersey
adopted resolutions inviting the national
encampment to Atlantic City The state
legislature passed an appropriation OF
$500 for the entertainment Of the
veterans. The city council Of Atlantic
CITY voted TO spend 5000 in this enter
tainment, and the business mems assoc
Citations have pledged contributions to
swell 1.-The total fund to $4,000 The hotel
men of Atlantic City have pledged them
selves to reduce prices during the en-
The next encampment will be held IN
the latter part of September, just a tn6
end Of the summer beach season. II VIII
be at q time when the regular beach
crowds are thinning, and the hotels VIII
have ample room Tor the encan pInenE
visitors, and also at time when tho
surf bathing Of Atlantic City is unsur-
passed.
The campaign for Atlantic City was
conducted by EnOs E. Ham, past de-
partment commander Of New Jersey, ana
chairman Of the Atlantic City campaign
committee; George F. Currie, past COM
mander Of Joe Hooker post Of Atlantic
CITY. and president Of the Citizens Conc
mittee Of One Hundred, organized TO Sc
cure the next encampment for Atlantic
City: Captain Samuel +. Perry, repre-
senting the Hotel Mems association OF
Atlantic CITY. and George s. Lenhart,
eecretarv-director Of the Atlantic City
Publicity Bureau. and secretary Of the
Committee Of One Hundred. It secured
a substantial support from Past Com
mander-in-Chief Henry NJ Nevius, Ad-
iutant General Frank o. Cole, George
Barnett and Charles y. Burrows, all New
Jersey men prominent in the national or
ganizatiOn.