Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1881 — Gen. Grant and Gen. Hancock. [ARTICLE]

Gen. Grant and Gen. Hancock.

Report of Meeting of Aztee Club. At the meeting of the club the death of its first president was spoken of in a feeling and appropiiate manner, and the members were invited to proceed to a new choice. Gen. Hancock, vicepresident of the club, being absent, Gen. Grant, whom several of the mem* bers had manifested a disposition to press as a candidate for the presidency, rose and in a brief but delicate ana

tasteful speech urged the election of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. A ballot was demanded and resulted in the unanimous election of General Hancock, who now becomes president for life of the Aztec Club. The graceful manner in which this was done by