Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1891 — UNION VETERAN LEGION. [ARTICLE]

UNION VETERAN LEGION.

Joseph E. Palmer Elected Natldtial Com. mander and Jainea A. Ross Inspec- ■ tor-General. The national convent'on of the Union Veteran Legton reconvened in secret session at Reading, Pa., on the 15th, with over 250 delegates In attendance. The different officers presented their final reports. A proposition to create some ot the national officers life members of the National Encampment met with great opposition, and was voted down by a large majority, rfhe resolution asking that President Harrison remove Pension Commissioner Raum was postponed indefinitely. There were a number of candidates for national commander, but the contest harrowed down to three. The fourth and final ballot respited: Col. Joseph E. Palmer, of Brooklin, 83 votes; J. C. Aiken, of Philadelphia, 35; Daniel E. Butterfield, of New York, 32. Palmer was declared elected. The other officers chosen were: Senior Vice-Coinmandbr, D. E. Coon, of San Diego, Cal.;' Junior ViceCommander, John T. Brady, of Washington? Quartermaster,} Frank L. Blair; of (Petoskey, Mich,; Chaplain, Rev. J. A. Danks, of Pittsburg; Inspector General, James A. Bass, of Indiana. Executive Committee—M. M. Murphy, of Mt Vernon, O.; J. R. Grubb, of Camden; Z. P. Oyer, Philadelohiu; George Thompson, of Missouri. The resolution Tn favor of giving soldiers preference In government employment passed. The convention then adjourned. 1 The National Ladles’ Auxiliary of the Union Veteran Legion elected officers as follows: President, Mrs. Mary E. Belghel, of AltoOna; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. 0. C. Rose, o’s New Castle, and Mrs,.N. N. C. Glaze, of Reading; Treasurer, Mrs. Sadie Coon, of Altoona; Inspector, Mrs. Henrietta Wheeler, of Allegheny; Chaplain. Mrs. Cynthia Chapman, of Bradford; Secretary, Julia M. Johnson, of Altoona; Installing Officer, Mrs. S. J. ‘Huston, o! Newark, O,; Counselor, Mrs, Mcllvain,oi Bridgewater, Pa. ,"

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