. Minutes . ar heroes of each. Mrs. Harris of Portsmouth, Va., and a lady whose charmsmight have turned any convention to grant her request if ithad not made up its mind, sang with all the spirit that the airpermits, Lets Go to Chattanooga to the tune of were great cheers for this, but there were also cries fromvarious parts of the assemblage for the other cities in the com-petition. Meeting Place for 1911 Selected. 137 John A. Patten, President of the Chattanooga Board ofTrade, made a fine impression for his city. He has a voice thatreached to the innermost recesses of the b
. Minutes . ar heroes of each. Mrs. Harris of Portsmouth, Va., and a lady whose charmsmight have turned any convention to grant her request if ithad not made up its mind, sang with all the spirit that the airpermits, Lets Go to Chattanooga to the tune of were great cheers for this, but there were also cries fromvarious parts of the assemblage for the other cities in the com-petition. Meeting Place for 1911 Selected. 137 John A. Patten, President of the Chattanooga Board ofTrade, made a fine impression for his city. He has a voice thatreached to the innermost recesses of the building outside theconvention auditorium, and when he said that the city hadpledged $5,000, the county a similar amount, citizens and organi-zations $30,000, and that the banks of the city had agreed tounderwrite these amounts and more, if necessary, he was heardby all present. Mr. Patten also made an appeal on the historicand sentimental side, and spoke of the facilities of Chattanoogafor handling the Elks Home, Cor. Joachim and Government Streets. E. W. Foster, of Nashville, explained that his city had with-drawn in favor of her sister city of Tennessee, but Nashvillewas willing to entertain the Veterans at any time, and they couldalways go there if they had not other place to go. Adjutant General Miekle expressed astonishment that therewas no representative of Macon, (la., to present the claims ofthat city, but lie exhibited a sheaf of telegrams which he said 138 Twentieth Reunion, Mobile, Ala., April 26, 27 and 28 % 1910. were from every man, woman and child in Macon, white andcolored. E. J. Giddings, of Oklahoma City, proved the star per-former among the city advocates. lie was at the Memphis re-union asking for the 1910 gathering, and he said, with theoath that is usually taken in courts of law, Oklahoma Citydid not get the next convention he would persist and appearbefore them annually until the claims of the baby common-wealth were recognized. His s
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