The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-13
G. A. R. ELECTS
S. R. VAN SAINT
COMMANDER
J. w. BOSta phi of Utah Is Given
Next Most important
Office.
DR.. LEMON OF KANSAS
NEW SURGEON GENERAL
FUTILE ATTEMPT TO OVER
THROW CUSTOM or RECoGNIZ-
ING ENTERTAINING STATE.

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% NEW NATIONAL OFFICERS. -
10 At the business meeting Of the %
q national G. A. r. yesterday the 81
o following officers were elected for 81
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. er-in-chief-Samuei r 81
81 Van SAINT Of Minnesota g
- Senior vice commander. ". 9
o Bostaph Of Utah. 8
{. Junior vice cOmmander-Alfred q
- B. Beers Of Connecticut. @
g Surgeon generaL-Dr. ". II. g
o Lemon of Kansas. q
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While it had not been the intention
Of the Grand Army to hold any cleo
lions Of officers until today, a motion
at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon that
rolls be called for nominations and that
elections Immediately follow, as a spe-
ciaI order Of business, was carried and
the above officers were elected before
/ the meeting adjourned at $3.50 last even
ing.
The election Of Former Governor
Samuel r. Van SAINT Of Minnesota was
by an overwhelming majority. In fact
the roll was not fully called. Before
the end was reached the only other can
/ didate, Judge William A. ketcham OF
Indianapolis, Ind, interrupted, received
| the attention of the chair and grace
/ fully accorded the election to his Oppo-
Eent, amid the resOuudiug cheers OF the
! delegates.
The election Of Van SAINT was an
| nCunced by the chair and he was
/ brought to the front by Ketcham, and
/ in a few words thanked the comrades
/ for the honor they had conferred upon
/ him, and promised to give the Grand
/ Army his entire time and attention
| during his term Of Office.
/ During the election Of officers the ut
most harmony prevailed, except during
/ the nomination for senior vice COM
mander, which Office, as is customary
/ with the @. A. r., fell to Utah. the en-
/ tertaining state.
Tries to Upset Custom.
During the calling of the roll Of de-
{ partments for nominations George d.
/ Squires Of Salt Lake City presented the
I name Of J. w. BOstaph of Ogden as
] Utah's candidate. Colonel R. b. Beath
| Of Philadelphia, commander of the de-
/ partment OF Pennsylvania, made Wig
orous protest against the practice Of
! giving the office of senior vice COM
! mauder to the entertaining state. He
claimed 1t was wrong In principle. He
stated that he did not wish to cast any
! reflections on the capability Of the man
I who had been nominated. but said that
! he had been asainst the idea for years.
/ and called attention to the fact that
| when the encampment had been held in
/ Philadelphia, the department Of Penn
/ sylvania, to show their disapproval Of
the custom, had refused. when the time
/ came, to present d candidate for the Of
fee.
James Tanner Of Washington praised
the war record and the civil career Of
the candidate named, but supported
/ Colonel Beath's contention that the
practice was wrong. He said the de-
partment Of Utah was small and that
bility Of this departments candidate
having TO assume the duties Of com
/ mander-in-chief. Their arguments
however. seemed not to be popular with
the delegates as q whole, as there were
no other nominations made. Utah's can
didate was therefore declared elected
unanimously.
Three candidates were nominated for
junior vice commander, Alfred B. Beers
Of Connecticut. John ". Stebbins Of
Vermont and William H. Hornaday Of
Oklahoma. but one ballot gave the Of
fee to the Connecticut man by an over
whelminC majority.
I DR.. William H. Lemon Of Kansas had
Dr. Granville ?. Conn Of New Hamp-
shire against him I'm the race for sur
Il geOn general but he defeated the New
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