Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1906 — G. A. R. CAMP CLOSES [ARTICLE]

G. A. R. CAMP CLOSES

Boys in Blue Are Addressed by “Corporal" Tanner and Gov. Hanly. LAFAYETTE IS COMPLIMENTED Declared to Have Done Herself Proud —Brown Elected CommanderHoosier State Items. Lafayette, Ind., May 25.—The business sessions of the twenty-seventh encampment of the Indiana department, G. A. R., closed with the election of officers. E. R. Brown, of Monticello, was chosen commander. The other features of the reunion closed last night with a display of fireworks. Department officers declare in no uncertain terms that the Lafayette encampment has been the baqner G. A. R. reunion of a decade. The attendance of veterans was larger and the entertainment and decorative features more profuse. Balance of the Officers. The other officers elected were: A. S. McCormick, of Lafayette, senior vice commander; George W. Coward, of Jeffersonville, junior vice commander; S. N. Hamilton, of Connersville, medical director: J. E. Bell, of Columbus, chaplain. The following council of administration was elected: S. M. Hench, of Fort Wayne: W. M. Cochran, of Indianapolis; Andrew Fite, of New Albany; Charles Myerhoff, of Evansville; C. W. Scott, of Warsaw. Many Reunions Were Held. Oneof the noteworthy features of the Lafayette encampment has been the unusually large number of regimental reunions. Nearly every Indiana regiment that served in the civil war has held either a formal or Informal reunion, and a number of regimental associations have been formed for the purpose of keeping comrades together. No Graft in the G. A. R. In addressing a campfire Commander Tanner referred with pride to the fact that in the sensational graft xposures in New York and Philadelphia, not one Grand Army man wnt* among the men revealed as corruptionists. Governor Hanly received an ovation as he stepped forward to si>eak. He congratulated the veterans and their wives and families on their excellent treatment by the citizens or Lafayette, which he referred to as the “City Beautiful,” ami the eloquent address that followed was a tribute to the veterans and their organization. Head of the W. 11. C. The W. It. C. elected Mrs. Alice Waugh, of Tipton. commander/ and the retiring commander was presented with a' diamond ring and a set of silverware.

Agreement is predicted! Coat Men of Indiana Said To Be Pretty Sure to Get Toget her on a ScalA Torre Haute. Ind.. May 24.—Unless untoward delsite or other unexpected opposition interposes, it is safe to say that before the end of the week the Indiana operators and miners will have reached an agreement. There will bo a good deal of contention in the menntime. but that there is a purpose to agree, on what basis cannot be said now, is a fact. The probability is that Illinois, also, will reach an agreement, and at any hour a call for a conference in Ohio is to be expected. State, instead of interstate agreements. is the policy. It has been the. policy since the first Indianapolis interstate conference adjourned. A good deal that is done in these miners - and operators’negotiations is for the grandstand, for public impression, and nothing is surer than that when the powers that be on both sides map out a policy there will be considerable general firing before the battle (practically a sham battle) is over.

Prohibition State Convention. lndinna)>olis. May 24.—The Prohibitionists of Indiana in state convention adopted a platform urging 2-e*ut railroad fare, the abolition of passes, woman suffrage, the initiative and referendum and a now fee and salary law In addition to the prohibition planks. The following ticket was nominated: Secretary of state. A. L. Grim, Crawfordsville; auditor. William H. Keller. Corydon: treasurer, Charles M. Lemon. Indianapolis: attorney general, C. F. Holler. South Bend; clerk supreme court. Daniel E. Sjieiclier, Urbana; superintendent of public Instruction. W. O. Bailey, Angel; geologist. Allen D Hole, Earlham college; statistician. Dr. Millard F. Gerrish, Seymour.

Baker Is Willing to Trade. Indianapolis, May 25.—An effort is being made whereby O. A. Baker, charged with attempting to bribe members of the late Indiana legislature, may return to the state without danger of arrest. His son-in-law haa proposed to Governor Hanly that if Ifetker is promised immunity from arrest he will return to Indiana and relate a startling story of corruption in the state legislature. Governor Hanly declined to make the arrangement.

Coal Men Make Slow Progress. Terre Haute, Ind., May 25. The miners’ and operators' scale committee. which has been meeting here since Monday to settle the coal mine scale, has placed the matter in the hands of a sub-committe, which will now try to do the work which the scale committee Intended to do.