| Show I T FAMOUS VETERAN ASPIRES TO BE G fi Ag A. He COMMANDER I pmt el R. R VanSant former er governor of Minnesota ot known known tin r ilY ii P pi i j It J j t. t l I i l P. P i 1 1 lf 1 i 1 lor f the Arm oi 1 I pi J. J r com n 1 l s n b a M bi 0 l lis f r r. r comm r f J In 1 J anSan T J l sell y r I Mr VanSant Ka ben been a n prominent In G G. G A A. IX R. circles for a R number num- num ber O ears ertrand el and has held lied many offices a I G G. In the th Department of or Minnesota of ot that de- de Af At A R. R He n ll was W In 1891 1894 and an made a 3 notable record cord corth Governor Govern r VanSant announced announce commander In f his his candidacy for of or the Grand Giand Arm Army some months ago solicitation of or his many at the thc earnest Ill tho the country countr friends friend willbe will win willbo only opponent chief and perhaps of ot Indianapolis Int In In- A. A Ketcham bo be Judge Juds-e William t who will open headquarters hero horo Mum Mon immediately after his arrival nl day and Mrs VanSant are arc stopping stapling stop stop- Governor Go Knutsford whore where the Minnesota Mitt Min lInn lIn- lIn ping ling at the headquarters headquarters head head- opened has has has' candidate n sot bus hus quarters In Parlor IL It Hero he by many of the veterans veteran welcomed been b en will Salt Soil Lake In nn n they the arrived following In the thc fight tight a n strong leadership of tho the G G. A A. It R tot toi time the Governor VanSant has been as prominent in Minnesota as he ho has hallo hasin ha hain halloIn nent politically in G 0 A ii U n circles lIe He was Willi nn elect elected I. I d large 1 gov JOv- o of f Mi Minnesota t a I In n 1901 bv b uy y a do 1 majority and It was ns under his regime the fight fl ht was ivas started ag against that I the dis die dissolution dissolution Securities company Tho The Northern of this great grent railroad combine solution Governor VanSant's I name before before be be- brought nation prominently and In 1901 1 fore tore the his hilt name was suggested as ns a j running Roosevelt for tor Theodore ma mate Governor Go to t. t VanSant has hus often said 1 that thai ho would rather be ln in r In oi of than President 01 tho the nd Gr Army of If if the United States end and it now his hopes are arc about to bo be realized ell that If hE lit Is victorious in the election to tobe tobo tobo bo be held hed within a n. few days Governor VanSant Yan nt Is not known only locally In Minnesota l but has hils a T reputation PU- PU tation tatton stretching throughout the country coun oun and as a politician both ai aS a 0 try tn Grand Army man moan Ho lio 1 h 1 prominent with energy to man mon heavy a short fight n ht and Is IB In lit earnest In th spare executives executive's office of th the thA chief chlof t for the During tko the War Wai of the thc Grand Army highest post pORt he ho held Rebellion Rebe tho corporal lint But for n nearly rIy a y year yar ar arhe he was had 11 MI charge clarg of a boat on the thc Mississippi l result of this W was I Ien and as a sippi VanSant known a as Captain generally en raIlY J enlisted In the thc Ninth Illinois He was W served cd through h tho the war wat and I c ca 1 Minnesota laL later laCer c rem removing to L |
