The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1920-10-09
.APPORTION DELEGATES
$1,000 sx.sGav,cE MEN AND
WOMEN IN PARADE.
COLLECT $500 RAIN IMsUR.
ANcG-cGMTRAllA FLAG
IN PARADE.

Week0b NeWsDoDSf NusS0 MOVIE 9SSvSSo.
Cleveland. Sept. IA parade OF
$4,000 former service men. witnessed
by approximately 10000 people, In.
Guiding about 5000 out-of.town
visitors, closed the second annual con-
venti0n Of the American Legion
The day started at Convention hali
when the convention WAS called TO
|Orler by Commander Franklin D'Olier.
After the routine reports had been
dispensed with. the credentials COM
mittee and the committee on perma.
neat rules and regulations retired to
begin their deliberations.
when the report of the permanent
committee on rules aud regulations
was submitted to the convention. 1t
recommended the adoption Of the. unit
rule Of voting. At this point Mrs..
Julia Wheslock Of New York declared
that "she Insisted on retaining her In.
herent right to think and vote ~ she
pleased"
She was supported by many men
delegates. A member from Minnesota
presented 4 minority report which
asked that the unit rule be defeated.
The minority report was adopted.
The credentials committee had for
Its principal question the matter Of
delegations from the statss and terri
tories Of the United States. The r.
port a. submitted recommended that
each department be given five dele
gatss.at.large and one additisnal dele
gate for each 1000 members rot fFae-
tion thereof :.
One feature which tended to Gniiveu
the session came when Col. J. r. Nc
Quisg. commander Of the department
Of Ohio, In replying to the address OF
welcome by Mayor W. .. Fitzgerald.
stated that France was one Of the
most loyal friends Of the American
Legion. Cheering started and cries
fos, Francis e. Drake. commander OF
legion post No. ], Paris, brought him
to his feet. At this juncture every
body arose and cheered for several
minutes. sir. Drake IL representing
the legion, posts Of France, England,
belgium and the Rhine.
aust before adjoursfnsnt wss takeo
the national commander asked that
any Civil War veterans who were
members Of the legion to come for
ward. N. w. Woods Of Idaho was
given seat on the stage. Mr.. Woods
was wounded twice during the Civil
War. The other Civil War veteran At.
tending the convention was DR.. Win
field Thompson Of California.
The insignia Of each division was
In evidence In the parade, practically
everybody marching in uniform. There
was also several hundred Americans
in the uniform Of Canada, England and
France, this contingent having klitie
band to furnish music.
A result Of the ralnstorm the
American legion expects to collect $1a.-
600 rain insuruhce. Some days ago
the mama cement OF the parade took nut
Insurance against rain for $4,000. To
collect this insurance 1t was necessary
for twO-tenths Of I'm inch Of rain to
fall. The weather bureau reported
that the rainfall for the day was 37-100
Of an inch.
The delegation from Centralia,
WASH. carried In the parade the flag
which was fired upon by the I. W. VS.
on Armistice Day. 1919 The flag was
carried by J. +. Murray, the same man
who carried 1t when 1t was fired upon.
Four men marching by Murray's side
at the time were killed.