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Show ' Famous Corporal Is Elected Commander-in-Chief by Large Vote. I H CONVENTION GOES WILD ! WITH ENTHUSIASM Favored One Is Carried to the . Rostrum on Shoulders of Comrades. DENVER. Sept. 8. The thirty-ninth na-tlonal na-tlonal encampment of the Grand Army of Htf the Republic elected officers today as fol- Commander-ln-chlcf Jnme3 Tanner of B Xow York. Sonlor vlcs-commandcr George- TV". Cook, Denver. Junior vice-commander Silas H. Tow-lor, Tow-lor, Minneapolis. Surgeon-general Hugo Phlllcr, "Wnuko-pha. "Wnuko-pha. WIh. 1 Chaplaln-ln-chlcf Rev. Father J. G. Leary, Chapman, Kan. Minneapolis wna chosen as the meeting j place for 190G. ' Contest Was Interesting. Tho contest for commander-in-chief was the moat Interesting feature of tho ses- 1 dons today. Besides Corp. Tanner. R. E. Brown of Zancsvllle, O.. Charles Burrows of Rutherford. N. J., and Chnrlcs G. Bur-ton Bur-ton of Nevada, Mo., wcro placed In noml-nation. noml-nation. Burrows's name wns immediately withdrawn. As the call of the roll of departments proceeded It became apparent from tho j nt-mber of departments seconding Tanner 1 that his election was a certainty. California for Stone. Hj Although George Stone of San Francls- co was not named formally as a candl-date, candl-date, the Department of California and Nevada cast their fifteen votes for him. The. total vote for Tanner was 4-17. Brown received 1ST. Ohio and Pennsyl-vanla Pennsyl-vanla gave him their full vote and In-j In-j dlnna a malorlty. I The only largo delegation that voted for Burton was that of Missouri. His total I strongth was 42 votes. Convention Went Wild. "When the adjutant-general announced 1 tho result tho convention went wild. Tho 1 old veterans leaped from their scats, shouting and cheering and throwing their j hats Into the air. Amid tho din Gen. 1 Brown mounted the stago and when quiet 1 had been restored isufflclcntly for him to bo heard he moved to make Tanner's nomination unanimous. Messrs. Burton and Stono both seconded the motion, I which was carried with a roar of avos. 1 Commander-in-Chief King appointed 1 the defeated comrades a committee to 1 escort Corp. Tanner to tho stage. Whllo the four were walking down tho center alnle, tho delegates made a rush for Tan-ncr, Tan-ncr, and, lifting him Into the air, carried j him bodily to the rostrum. The delegates then rose en masse and cheered for sev- eral minutes. Hj I To Meet Roosevelt. I In a brief speech Corp. Tanner thanked j his comrades, "There Is one man," ho said, "whose esteem and assistance It Is necessary for t)io old soldiers to have. Thero arc threo men In the encampment whom I will call In council In meeting President Roosc- Another great shout went up as Corp. Tanner indicated tho person he referred to In his veiled remark, and as It died down he said that he expected to have the ben eflccnt council In all his "undertakings as commander-in-chief of Senator William Warner of Missouri, Gen. John C. Black I of Chicago and Gen. Granville M. Dodgo 1 of New York. Ballot for Officers. l Tho convention proceeded to balloting I for officers at tho conclusion of Tanner's address. George W. Cook of Denver wns the only nominee for senior vlce-com-inander, and received an ovation when his unanimous election was announced. For lunlor vlce-commnndcr, James G. Evor-est Evor-est of Illinois and Silas H. Towler of Minnesota were placed before the convon- , 1 tion. Tho ballot resulted: Everest 290, Towler 328. Hugo Phlller of Wisconsin ang- Fred Brothers of Nebraska wers-omlnated for surgeon-general, the fo'rmcr recelv-Ing recelv-Ing 3d votes and the lalc'r 203. Tho vote for chaplaln-ln-chlo-j- wns close, Father 1 Lcary of Chapman, Kan., winning from Jesso Colg of ,Jowa by a vote of 2S2 to 270. ; ..'Letter From Roosevelt. Jrevlou? to the election a letter from 'resident Roosevelt to Commandcr-ln-Chief King, asking lilm to "extend my warmest congratulations to the comrades H' there assembled and say to them how I regret thnt I cannot In person rqect them and express the atTection and regard 1 ' feel for them," was read and a telegram I In reply was sent. I The recommendations In the annual re- , port of the commander-in-chief were ap- . proved, as were those made by the sur- goon-general, the chaplaln-ln-chicf and i the quartcrinuslcr-gcncriil. Announces Appointments. The newly-elected commander-ln-chlcf ' announced threu appointments and said they were all that he would mako until i i he returned from Washington. LliMit.- Col. John Twecdal, retired, was made i adjutant-general and Allen C. Bakcwcll of N'ew York, national patriotic Instruc-tor. Instruc-tor. Thomas G. Sample of Allegheny, Hh Pa., was continued us a member of tho council of administration. Mr. Sample Is r"ported on his death-bed. and Corp. Tan-j Tan-j n-r explained that ho wanted him to ho j , In office as long as life lasted. Relief Corps Election. ' Mrs. Abble A. Adams of Superior, Xb. T was elected president of tho Woman's Ro- 'lef corps. There were originally five can- , illdaten and tho balloting continued for Ihrec hours. The contest Anally narrowed Bi I down to Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Carrie E 1 Sparklln of St Louis. The decisive bal-' lot was: Mrs. Adams, 203; Mrs. Sparklln, 1D3. Tho report of tho resolutions committee commit-tee commended tho efforts of President Roosevelt In bringing about pcaco between be-tween Russia and Japan, endorsed the President's appointment of Wsplnn Warper War-per as Commissioner of Pensions, approved ap-proved of the plan of tho committee In charge of the matter of establishing parks on the Virginia battlefields and favored fa-vored tho proposition to remove the remains re-mains of Past Commander-in-Chief Paul Van do Vonrt from Cuba to this country. coun-try. Tho report was ndoptcd. Changes in Rules. Among the recommendations for changes In the rule was one to Increase tho representation of the departments In the National Encampment. A resolution thanking the State and city offlclnls. railway officials and tho people of Denver, Den-ver, especially tho .local executive committee com-mittee of the encampment, was adopted with three cheers. Council of Administration. Tho members of the Council of Administration Admin-istration were announced as follows: Alabama Goorffo F. Jackson. rtlrrnliiKhnm. Arizona J. II. CrolRhton. Phoenix. Arknnpiut C. E. Newman. .Tudsonln. California Charles F. Hlce. Klvcrsldo. CoIoradoU. S. Holllster. Denver. Connecticut W. G. McNeil, Now Haven. Delaware Jnmcs McDowell. Wilmington. Florlda-Josepli Brumby, Nashville. Goorcla C. A. Buehi-r, Fltzcerald. Idaho Samuel Wallace, I'ocatello. Illinois Thomas W. Scott. Fnlrllehl. Indlnna William II. Armstrong, Indianapolis. Indianap-olis. Indian Territory Lym:in Croston, MuBkOKco. Iowa J. S. Lnthron, Sioux City. TCnn&as Georpo W. Snundors, Mayfleld. Louisiana Francis Richards, New Orlcana. Maine Gcortre S. Smith. Houllon. Maryland B. F. Taylor. Baltlmoro. Mossnehuseits John W. Ilolsoy, Springfield. Mlchlsnn Charles E. Fotte, Kalamazoo. Minnesota L. W. Collins. Minneapolis. Missouri G. M. Stcrrott. St. Louis Montana O. B. Sterling. Helena. Nebraska .Inmrs D. Cape. Mllford. New Hampshire G. B Woodbury. Concord. New Jersey Clayland Gllden, Jersy City. New Moxlco John Y. Hewitt. AVhlte Oak. Now Tork M. V. B. Lucas. Potsdam North Dakota E. Uleslnnd. Jamestown. Ohio J. r. Wlnans. Troy. Oklahoma M. FltzRoralil. El Bono. Oregon B. E. l'lke, Moro. Pennsylvania Thomas G. Sample. Alln-Bhcny. Alln-Bhcny. Potomac fWashlncton, D. C.) G. M. Hus-ted. Hus-ted. Washlncton. Rhodo Island Churlcs P. Burton, Providence. Provi-dence. South Dakota J. T. Tunner. Springfield. Texas J. S. Dunlap. Dallas. Utah N. D. Corsen. Vqrmont Daniel W. Davis, Chester. Washington Wllllnm Badger, North Tak-lina. Tak-lina. West Virginia N. M. Prltchord, Manning-ton. Manning-ton. Wisconsin Phil Cheek, Baraloo. |