Show Record Rec rd of G A R Business Meetings Armory hall was the scene of or the open opening openIng openIng ing of the business session of the Grand Army of the th Republic yesterday morning wh when n it was discovered that about 73 of the 1506 lijOi members of the G A R It en entitled entitled entItled titled to voles votes in the th encampment were present with credentials All past do de department commanders and past Officers of the national G U A R B beides a dele delegate delegate gate for tor every 50 members of each de department department department is entitled to a vote Armory hall WitS was found to be altogether too small to admit all entitled to vote and after heating hearing the report of Command H M Nevius and receiving the reports of various officers and special committees a recess was taken until 2 Z when it was given out that the meeting would adjourn to Assembly hall ball where the further business of the day was continued Previous to the opening of the session Cooks drum corps and band of Denver gave an enlivening concert In Armory hall giving among other patriotic num numbers bets bers a musical treat entitled The Battle of Gettysburg G composed and arranged by the leader Captain George Cook in interpolated Interpolated Interpolated in the piece were strains of war songs Auld Lang Syne Sync The fhe Girl I Left Behind Me bugle calls the battle scene and concluding conc ding with Tramp Tramp Trump Tramp the Boys Bos Are Marching The Vacant Chair Nearer My M God to Thee and Taps Tap These were greeted with round after round of applause from the old veterans Large tears coursed down the furrowed cheeks ks of many of the old veterans v Taps l ps stirred them Ulem to the very souls carrying them back to clearer recollections of the battle scenes No Outsiders Admitted The business session was strictly executive the tive At the Armory and In the after atter afternoon afternoon noon at atthe the Assembly hall guards stood at the doors with muskets in hand and fixed bayonets admitting no one except old soldiers who were required to give the password and only delegates dele ates to the ground gmund floor who had proper credentials Nevius at the morning session attempted to read his report but before he had bad proceeded very far fat his voice failed him and Adjutant General Frank O 0 Cole Cote who acted as see sec secretary rotary during the meeting was wan called upon to finish h it Several of the reports of other officers and committees were fere to have hae been read at the morning meeting but on a motion they were disposed of I by referring them to various standing committees As soon as the afternoon session had convened In hi Assembly hall ball a motion was made that the chair appoint a committee of five to bear greetings to the various women auxiliary organizations in Ms sea s sion sum and a committee c composed of the following was wa named John E Black EI ET E ET T lH Hahn W Witherbee John E K Gilman Oilman I and Charles Charlea A Partridge This commit committee tee left lett Immediately upon its errand bearing greetings from the G A AR R B to the Womans Relief corps corpa LadleS Ladies of the th Grand Army of the Republic and Daugh Daughters of Veterans Following came ca a report from froni Past John R B King ICing of or Baltimore on oft the work ork and recommends recommendations of ot the pension committee The chairman of this committee R U B Brown of 0 O was not able to be present at the meeting The pension com corn committee committee it was explained was a perma lIerma permanent neat nent committee which had been appoint appointed I ed for fr handling all matters concerning pensions to veterans and to secure desir desirable desirable desirable I able legislation in regard to pensions I Demagogues Denounced I In the report of o the committee consid considerable tO SkI erable stress trea was WAIl laid upon the fact fad that I Grand Army veterans bad had been een bothered considerably con in getting gettins certain legislation from congress and had been placed in a false light before the country through the efforts of many representatives tives tIes In congress who bad been bien active in their behalf who it was wa charged used the th old as s stepping g stones stories to at attain attain tain tam national nor or to help them then advance amance politically They were termed demagogues and were roundly criticised I in the committee report It was reported ported r that the he pension p com corn mitt hail had ha so 50 far secured d all the desk desh abi in congress that had been pa ia std Sd thai the r rr who had been si s 5 ud ld w with th their words seeking to torea ln rea reat af the r that they we weha 1 ha majors f rT fr r tl tI old ild soldiers when T iT iTi t i reality tamy lInt to were wen ambitious only f for Or i j themselves had never accomplished any anything anything anything thing that could in any sense help the veterans In the matter of pensions The old soldiers did not so 50 the report read desire to be classed as chronic beggars they did sot not relish the con eon constant constant stant harping among the members of congress congreso which gave the public the lm hit that they could never be antis satis satisfied fled fied or the impression that had laad been heen spread all over the country that the pen pensions n shins they received were In any measure pay for the services they had performed for their country Following the reading of 0 this report which was of great length a discussion dl arose aro e when a motion was wa made to refer It to the committee on resolutions It was argued that the pension committee was wasa a permanent committee e entirely as Im liD Important as the committee on resolutions and that to refer the report to the latter committee would savor of an insult Some warm debate on this point followed and several suggested and insisted that the report be referred to the body b dY of dele delegates delegateS delegates gates present for tor approval or rejection Others argued that the report had rec me recommendations annexed which should properly be acted upon by some other per permanent permanent permanent manent committee preferably the resolutions resolutions committee and the report was fin finally finally finally ally referred to the resolutions committee Battlefields Project t Next in order came cattle canie a report from Wit Wil William It liam J Wells of oC Philadelphia chairman of the permanent nt committee appointed some years ego ago to get statistics and data on a project for the government to buy the ground on which was fought the two battles of Bull Run and convert the same into a national park This report was as re referred referred referred to toa a proper committee to be flied filed away liway among the papers of the national organization organisation for future reference if needed Then it was moved that as a special or order order order der of business roll roil calls calla for nominations s of national officers be taken up and that the elections immediately Immediate follow This motion carried and with little delay the thi th election of Officers was begun it was moved and carried that nomination speeches pee Spee hes should be limited to ten min mlp minutes ute utes and the seconding speeches be limit limited limited limited ed to three minutes Nominations for were first taken ta en up and the roll call of de departments for nominations commenced At the call of Indiana Orlando W V Som Soni Somers SomerS ers eN department commander rose roee and presented the thc name of Judge William A Ketcham of Indianapolis He occupied the full allotted time in making the nom nomination nomInation going into the grand record recerd made by his candidate as a soldier his career as a and declaring that Judge Ketcham possessed all the requirements necessary for an ideal chief He pointed out that his candidate had hid always been active in Grand Army matters mattera had always II I ways taken a keen Inter Interest Interest est eat In all affairs relating to o the welfare of his comrades had been loyal lo al to them in time of war and antI In time of peace Cheers greeted greet the nomination and the roll call continued When l Minnesota was wall reached In th the list Past EH Ell Torrance rose from his seat but before he could speak there thera was tremendous applause appl u e and cries crl of Van Sant Van Sant Sent came from many parts of the room then there was little doubt but that the Min Minnesota Mm n sota man would be elected Commander Torrance made an eloquent talk In presenting the name of Samuel R Van Sant santo He nominated him a IWI as a man who had served all aU through the war who had lad enlisted as a private in company c A Ninth Illinois cavalry and who cam came out of the rebellion as a corporal whose s sr r vice had beet been faithful all alt through and andI I who since the war nar r had made a record as aJ asa aJa asa a civilian that had been bOen a credit to him himself himself self and his h comrades of the th Grand Army H was presented pres as aa a man of sturdy Dutch ancestry l onest fearless Arley loyal and energetic in whatever sphere he had been tested He cornea cornet from Minnesota aota the lh last la lt state mate taken into the Union Lulon before Fort Sumter was ire upon and the first state to anwer to tte nations call for troops said raid th speaker lI This j state stat I then populated b beMes eid s sending I her full quota nta of of them to q th the ret Hi on afterward raised ral i l mn mm nt at home during their ab absence sence to put down oon one of the most mo t se serious miens rious Indian uprisings this country has h hever s sever ever known The speaker stated that ten former guy v vi i of the tate state of Minnesota had bad worn tut t H I nion blue during dunns the war aDd ami that Van Vati ant had lied th thc tho statS dur jn h hi rm a as erno one of nf r th tire beit b it ad it hd h ht 1 l ever r F J dh in Ii li i r tn th thrE re were vere I j o V v cis l 1 icart l every ever de nt ex xe pt t is liili in and anti Pennsylvania I here were Wt rc no other nom and the roll 1011 call vail toi i votes otes was wall commenced c When the run lull call had hd showed 50 votes for Van Sant and foi for Ketcham th Indiana TOM rO t and got the attention of the th chair interrupt interrupting ing the roll roil can call He lip ll said saidI I defeu I want to make a motion that gamut I R It Van Sant b declared elected unanimously by this convention as all Its Ita and aDd andIn aDdIn andin In doing so I desire to say saS a few words He was loudly applauded Continuing he said aid Id that he had been unduly persuaded by several zealous friends that he heo had the timber in him for Why He Entered Race Rac This rids he said had been rather against his hili own judgment but for the sake of the few who had sworn loyalty loyal y toward him he had unwillingly to some extent entered the race He lie said be he had doubted all the time that the encampment in session would consider him the right man for the place but that all aU those thoR doubts had been dispelled He knew now that he wanted He Ife was willing to quit The votes as far tar as liS they had been registered had persuaded him hits that he was not the right man He said Aid In conclusion I l congratulate e this convention in its Ita selection of a good man for this high pl place He will wUl find that while white he is III In office he will have hav PO oo more loyal toval Io al sup SUII supporter supporter porter than myself I will stand by b him and will rejoice in his hla election and I now move to make it unanimous Amid mighty ml ty cheers waving of haU hati hatland and great enthusiasm Van Sant was as de dr declared d dared elected and the Indiana date was as appointed a committee of or one oneto oneto to escort e cort him to the platform for a Ii speech Van Sant Speaks The new before I made brief ad address address taking his s t a very dress He thanked the delegates for the high honor conferred upon him and those who had elected him for their loyal sup support support support port He said ask that there thre was waa but one bitter thing connected with his election and that was it had cost the defeat of a aman aman aman man fully as all worthy as all himself of th office and more competent to perform Its lu duties He 11 said that he would immediately tele telegraph telegraph graph his partners in business in Minne Minneapolis Minneapolis apolis spoils the theo news of his hili election and ask for a years veara leave of absence ab ene It is ill my intention he said ald to de do devote devote vote my whole time to the wok work of the Grand Army nothing shall interfere with this new work and I hope that what I lack in ability abUIt I will ill be able to make up in the earnestness with ith which I shall take up the duties dutie of chief On the roll call of departments Utah was the only state that presented a can van candidate candidate for the office of senior vice com corn commander commander mander The nomination speech was made by George B Squires state insurance insurance ance commissioner of Utah He lie told of having attended the encampment at To Toledo Toledo Toledo ledo and said that at that encampment he had made some very tall promises promis If the next encampment should be held In Salt Lake You are aie all here berE now he said Mild kl and are competent to judge whether w ether these promises have been ful fulfilled filled He told of the military record of ins lis candidate J W V Bostaph of Ogden and added that his bit candidate had also an en fn enviable enviable I viable civil record Mv My has hal been selected by an overwhelming vot ot of the veterans veteran of Utah as aR B their candidate for or this office which It has been heen the practice of the Grand Granel Army to give gin to the entertaining department He stands well with our people He is competent om I In every way for the office He Hp has al always I 1 ways been loyal loval to the interest of the theold th theold old soldiers and our present organization in this state and its prosperous condition is due largely to his activity in creating enthusiasm and up the th work of the G A R Colonel R H B Beath of Philadelphia here hen opened a discussion on the propriety of the custom of giving the office of senior vice commander to the Ute entertain entertaining entertainIng ing lug department He spoke decidedly against it lt He said he had always been against t the practice T The e oil reli cull call for nomination for junio vice vlee commander was next ordered Ala Alabama Alama hams bama ma first on the list lift gave way to Vir Virginia Virginia ginia finla and George C Round Bound of that stat state placed In nomination for tor the office John JohnW JohnW Johnv W v Stebbins Stebbin o of Norfolk When Connecticut was as called Deport Depart Department Dep Deportment rt ment Commander McKinley in a II row few words w presented the name Sante B BB Beers B ers of or Harvard and Department Com Corn Commander Commander mander mender Cummings of or Oakland presented for his hie h state the name of William H Hornaday Seconds S were received for rol of or these and a roll call cali vote called for fr forthe forthe the result being Beers 4 43 Stebbins 1 l 12 Hornaday Hornada 1 The Tha result however hoever wa was not announced t as 8 each of the candidates rose roee at once to move that the election be bf declared unanimous and thi th winning loyalty loyally and support during hK his lit term of office D nt Commander St of New when his state late was called In tie the 1011 for nomination for tor or sur aur surgeon goon geon eon nominated Dr GranvillE P Conn and Comrade Patrick H Coney of Kansas nominated Dr William H ii Lemon mon There no further won m one A Aroll Aroll Aroll roll rail mu for votes vote was taken re resulted suited BUlted Conn Cont IS 1ST Lemon L mon Ml Dr Lemon was d lard Then came the |