Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-08-31 | Page 1 | Spanish War Veterans Hold Election Today

SPANISH WAR VETERANS HOLD ELECTION TODAY DENVER, Colo:, Aug. 30. Aftor having devoted ycslorda-, tho first day of their national encampment, to tho welcome of thoir comrado in arms, Colonel Roosevelt, the United Spanish ar Veterans will settle- down to business busi-ness today. Of chief importnnco iu tho day's pro-RTnin pro-RTnin is tho Bulcction of next year's mooting plnco. Among the cities in tho held arc Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, iSow York. Saratoga Springs, N. Y Chicago, Louisville, St. Louis and Dallas, Tex. Two candidates aro in tho field for the oirico of commander in chief Joseph Jo-seph R. II. .Taeoby of Seattle, present inspector general, and Maurice Simmons Sim-mons of 2sow York. Tho contest will bo fought out on geographical lines, the west supporting Jacuby and the east voting for Simmons. JCntertainmont features today include a wi d west parudo in the morning and n wild west show and broncho busting contest in the evening. At S p. m. tlicro will bo a monster camp fire and reunion of various militnry and semi-mililary semi-mililary organizations under tho auspices aus-pices of the Spanish war veterans. At tonight's session the nominating committee reported a list of candidates ror all ornccs. Including throe fur mt-ndor-In-chlef. Tho lallor are- John f.nlrna, Chicago; Maurice Simmons, Now ork, and Joseph R. II. Jacobv, Seattle. Se-attle. The untranco of Calms promises to compllcalo the situation, and possiblv center ntorest upon him lu order to avoid bitterness of feeling due to sectionalism. sec-tionalism. The balloting will commence at 0 a. m. tomorrow. Tho executive committee or the votorans vot-orans today adopted a resolution commending com-mending members or congress who worked pnd voted for tho bill which provides pro-vides funds for raising the battleship Maine in Havana harbor and bringing home and burying tho bodies of the dead marines.