Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-11
DOWN ON ST. JOHN.
The Younger Members of the Southern So.
cIety Condemn Their Late Vice PresI.
dent-NO War Issues in the
Davis Resolutions.

Davis Resolutions
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
NEW YORK, January 10.-A great many
of the members of the Southern Society
particularly the younger ones, talk very bit
terly against Vice President st. John, who
resigned from the society because of the JEFF
ferson Davis memorial. There was large
attendance at the clubhouse last night and
tonight. Some of the angry young men
said that Mr.. St. John ought not to be al.
lowed to resign, but that he should be ex.
PEELED. Several members declared that they
would sign recommendation to the Execu-
| tive Committee that this course be pursued.
One man said:
st. John won't be much loss to us. He was
always in the way, Objecting to everything.
Why he did not even want us to maintain a
clubhouse. We ought not to be sorry that he
has resigned, but that he should rush of into
print about 1t and spread himself in the news
papers before the Secretary of the club re-
ceived his letter OF resignation. The Davis
resolutions were entirely proper There Is no
dislOyal feeling in this society. The war and
its issues are dead and buried. There are
many Republican members of this society, and
there was no politics in the Davis resolutions
There were Republicans present who voted for
the resolutions as fitting compliment to a
great Southerner
DR.. ]. h. Parker, the Senior Vice Presi-
dent of the Southern Society, who presided
at the meeting at which the Davis resolu-
tions were passed, said to-day:
think Mr. St. John was hasty, and will re-
gret his action. but don't think there is any
strong sentiment in the society in favor of ex-
pelling him. There was nothing improper
about the resolutions and nothing in them that
could see that was calculated to stir up ILL
feeling. ], as member of the Executive Com
mittee of the society, was in favor of passing
these resolutions, or others like them, lmmedi-
ately after Mr. Davis death. Mr.. Davis was
distinguished Southerner, and the resolutions
simply honored him as such. ! am sure that a
great majority of the members of the society
favored the resolutions and their spirit and
were somewhat indignant that the Executive
Committee did not act in the matter, am
sorry that st. John resigned, for he is q good
fellow, and like him very much. But no one
man is essential to the prosperity of the South
ern Society. The society will go right on just
the same, and, as matter of fact the society
is increasing in numbers, prosperity and in
huence every day.
Mr.. st. John said to-day that he did not
propose to keep up running fight with the
members Of the Southern Society in the
newspapers, as otherwise he would have no
time to attend to the banking business. He
added:
My letter of resignation, which has been pub
lished, explains my course fully, and, think.
justifies my action in the minds of all right
Inlnklng men. stanQ TO the sentiments IN tnat
letter. l am out of the Southern Society be-
cause could not consistently stay there.
So far as can be learned there are no other
designations on account of the Davis resolu-
tions besides those of Mr.. st. John and Mr..
Gibson. The annual election of officers of
the society occurs in March. and strong
effort will undoubtedly be made then to
oust the majority Of the present board of
officers. President John c. Calhoun, of the
society, is personally very popular, but
many of the members condemn him for his
inactivity in the Davis matter. A prelim-
mary caucus for the purpose of nominating
an opposition ticket 70 the regular" ticket
has, in fact been already held.