The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-01
--rozAM VETERANS ACT.
.r refuse to Be Governed By the
Tney atIauta Organization.

3.A,sa TO Be Governed BY the
Tney Atlanta Organization
Confederate Veterans Association OF
, 1ns county held large and enthu-
E-l .4s r,ssting at Springfield yesterday, at
sis'',l --~sitive action was taken against the
VAC I'm the Atlanta association, recently
faaO1 Tho temper of the Etfingham
torin7u- = in line with the feeling OF dis
veterans 1a1-s;an in this city, that any one aSso-
sata.Ia.-sball bv the provisions OF lts CON
elauo.u ba in a position to control all tne
sHI9lon, items throughout the state.
l0cal a Sooii1o of the Etfingham veterans is
Il7 i :, he following resolutions which
w.. W. unanimously adopted; 1,...-o,
we're u I nv the Confederate Veterans
E esStso' If Bingham county, That
49, we earnestly uesiro Cne
sllIo,srvation Of eonte7Gdera.e Il history $50 y
@eoasl and viii do ali that IN us hes TO
ard - fellowship and to cultivate friend
promote 50 renewal of old ties between the
ship anu anu - isrs and soldiers OF the army, navy
SUI nt1 organizations IN the ser vice ot tIio
an soSsa.~ecvF vet. mindful OF the uhuy lnS
.-ncinleS and the divine rlght VI 80
pm. ip,'.1,dad for which we fought IN that
nels .ois service. will neither ratlfy nor sub
ulellol - ,-rra rizatiOu of confederate veterans
MI 70 a.; in which we are treated as subordi-
ID .ni All her than sovereign and co-equaL
LA p5.esoji,ed That we VIII neiVheF ooey nor
heso' .la any officers, whether of county or
5r..sSionai district, who owe tnelr selecOloh
9atber authority than our votes
" SU-.-nI,.s3 That we recommend 20 our com,
heS.iLsr1,,,hor1t the state that they form local
IaIoo 3 in the several iocahties OF ali
oIsH- ,-bo we're in the service OF the late
veterans states of America, on plan similar
NOn L- si,Aa Nv organized, ana that we invite
10 ~. y,So1r~espondeuce with view or forming
IneI , TT,arization which shall not ignore the
svl,O nriy7,.ni $ and acknowledged methods or
representative government. it, ., ..
10 pSs5I,.,- That in our opinion annual meet
~ e+ate organization of confederate
Inss ou5ht not always be held in any one
toT Tte % FFtiingbam Veterans Association is
49, e. n meet since the Atlanta asSocia-
800 constitution has been made public,
end While Hon. Morgan Rawls, representa-
q ,'IT from Effingham participated in the Az
ianra meeting. the action of the veterans
s'',, Yesterday sharply defines al
;ssne and repudi ties the district COM
,oerdar, aruoirt-d If Atlanta.
The Confederate Veterans Association of
Savannah will meet on Tuesday night, and
The General impression is that it will also
formnlate resolutions in harmony with the
spjrit of those adopted by the Ettingham
veterans.
Iappears that out-of-town veterans were
not posted as to the Atlanta plan OF tying
tbe hands Of the local Confederate Voter
ans Associations, or they would not have
participated in the meeting, and now that
there las been an expose of the effort to
scoop everything by the Atlanta associa-
tioa' the other associations of confederate
veterans will protest and take action t.
form state association to be composed
of all the local associations in which
there will be q fair and just proportionate
representation based upon the numerical
strength Of the individual associations. and
by which the objections to the Atlanta plan
will be removed, aud no one city be fixed
upon by constitutional provision as the an
nual place of meeting, but the time and
place fixed annually, as in other state as
sociations composed Of accredited delegate;
from the local branches.