The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-13

partment except Wisconsin. Indiana and
Pennsylvania. There were no other nom
nations and the roll call for votes was
commenced. When the rul call had
showed 45G votes for Van SAINT and l56 for
ketchsm the Indiana candidate rose and
got the attention of the chair. interrupt
ing the roll call He said;
81 acknowledge defeat I want TO make
Il motion that Samuel +. Van SAINT b.
declared elected unanimously by this
convention as its commandments and,
In doing SO. 7 desire to say few words.
He was loudly applauded.
Continuing he said that he had been
unduiy persuaded by several Jealous
friends that he had the timber in him for
COmmaudeT-in-ChieL
Why He Entered Race.
This. he said. had been rather against
his own Judgment but for the sake Of the
few who had sworn loyalty toward MIN
he had unWillingly to some extent entered
the race He said he had doubted an the
time that the encampment IN session
would consider him the right man for the
place. but that all those doubts had been
dispelled. He knew now that he WASH
wanted He was willing To quit Inc
votes as far as they had been registered
had persuaded him that he was not the
right man. He said in conclusion,
4 congratulate this convention in its
selection of good man FOR this hlsh
place. He will find that while he is in
4
porter than myself. 7 Will stand by him
and will rejoice i1 his election and I now
move to make il unanimous
Amid mighty cheers. waving o! hats
and great enthusiasm Van SAINT was de-
clared elected and the Indiana eX-candi-
date was appointed d committee of one
to escort him to the platform for a
speech.
Van SAINT Speaks.
The new commander-in-chief- before
taking his sat. made very brleI al
dress. He thanked the delegates for the
high honor conferred upon him and those
who had elected him for their loyal sup
port He said that there was but one
bitter thing connected with his election
and that was il had cost the defeat OF a
man fully as worthy as himself of th4
office and perhaps more competent TO
perform its duties
He said that he would Immediately tele-
graph his partners in business IN Mime
apolis the news of his election and ask
for a wears leave of absence.
1T is my intention" he said. to de
vote my whole time to the work or the
Grand Army; nothing shall interfere Win
this new work and ] hope that what /
lack in ability I will be able to make up
in the earnestness with which / shall
take up the duties of commander-in-
chief"
on the roll call of departments Utah
was the only state that presented can
didate for the office of senior vice COM
mander. The nomination speech was
made by George 3. Squires, state insur-
ance commissioner of Utah. He told Of
having attended the encampment at To-
ledo and said that at that encampment
he had made some very tall promises,
if the next encampment should be held
in Salt Lake You are all here now.
he said, and are competent to judge
whether these promises have been ful-
filed
He told of the military record Of his
candidate. J. W. BOstaph of ogden, and
added that his candidate had also an en-
viable civil record. My candidate mas
been selected by an overwhelming vote of
the veterans of Utah as their candidate
for this office which, il has been the
practice of the Grand Army TO give TO
the entertaining department He stands
well with our people. He is competent
I'm every way for the office. he has al
ways been loyal TO the interest OF the
old soldiers and our present organization
in this state and its prosperous condition
is due largely TO his activity in creating
enthusiasm and building up the work of
the G. y. r.
Colonel r B. Beath of Philadelphia
here opened "a discussion on the propriety
of the custom of giving the office Of
senior vice commander to the entertain
inE department. He spoke decidedly
against il. He said he had always been
against the practice.
The roll call for non nation for junio-
vice EOHlIIidNQfi was next DlutItu- Ala
bama. first on the list, gave way to Nir-
ginia and George G. Round Of that state
placed in nomination for the office John
W, Stebbins Of Norfolk
When Connecticut was called Deps It
ment Commander Mckinley in few
words presented the name of9 Alfred 3
Beers of Harvard and Department Com
mander Cummings of Oakland presented
for his state the name of William n
! HOrnaday. Seconds were received for each
of these and a roll call vote called for
the result being: Beers. 20. Stebbins, 132
HOrnaday. Joe. The result, however. was
not announced. as each of the candidates
rose at once to move that the election be
declared unanimous and promising the