Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-24
SHE RECEIVED 78O VOTES,
The Fifth Reunion of the Heroic Host Is Draw
 ing to Close.
BUSINESS WAS RUSHED YESTERDAY
The Old Constitution Practically Restored. Division of the Association Into De- partments Over $9ooo Pledged
 for the Davis Monument,

Houston May 23.-Another day Of cheers, of martial strains and touching scenes has passed and only one more day of the reunion remains. It has been rich in the incidents which in after years cling in the memory of men like a flow CT in the crannled wall" and as the scat tered remnants of the armies of the Con- federaey diminish with the passing years those who survive will recall this fifth reunion with increasing pride.
 The business of the convention has been of the greatest interest and impor- tance The gracious daughter of the Confederacy has been the recipient of successive ovations. which must have made the veins that flow with the blood of Jefferson Davis thrill with a rapture such as no other woman could know; while the aged veterans, with their hair as gray as the uniforms they wore, have gathered about their respective leaders with husky voices and swelling hearts and recalled the stirring scenes through which they passed together.
 The Virginia delegation are the hap piest people in Houston tonight, and every three times three for the south and her cause concludes with Heres to the old dominion; drink it down. No wonder they are happy for they have achieved the end towards which they struggled so long and so laboriously, and tonight the fact that Richmond will be the place for the next reunion will visit their tranquil dreams and trace smile upon their sleeping lips. Her sixty four delegates, together with their friends, came 400 miles to be present on this occasion and work for Richmond as the place for the next reunion. They did not come in vain and of course are delighted with their success.
 Another gratifying fact in the develop ments of the day is that nearly $100O0 was subscribed to the Jefferson Davis monument to be erected at Richmond for which $30,000 is already on hand, and when the veterans go to Richmond next spring they will witness the laying of the corner stone of the memorial to the Con federate president.
 Chaplain J. William Jones opened the convention with prayer at Il o'clock, and the delegates immediately proceeded to business. The vast auditorium was again crowded to it's utmost capacity but in striking contrast with the deliberations of yesterday,~ good order prevailed throughout.
 The first business of the convention was to hear the report of the committee on constitution and bylaws. It was read by the chairman, Gen. Stephen D. Lee 1t is principally the old Jackson consti- tuition restored, and provides for the com iHiLtee OI HlStOfy, Wnlcn the Blrmlngham constitution abolished. It divides the United Confederate Veterans association into the following departments:
 The department of the north the de- pertinent of the Army of Virginia, con- sisting of the states of Virginia Mary land, North Carolina, South Carolina and Kentucky; the department of the army of Tennessee, consisting of the states of Georgia, Alabama Tennessee, Missssp- pi: Louisiana and Florida; the trans Mississippi department comprising all the states west of the Mississippi except Louisiana.
 It provides that no state shall have more than one division, except Texas, which shall have five. There has been strong sentiment in favor of concentrat- Ing the five divisions of Texas into one.
 After the reading of the report, Gen. John M Claiborn objected to the five di- visions. He wanted Texas to be like other states, all in one division, and he wanted at the head of it Maj.-Gen. Law renee Sullivan Ross. He said the numer- ous divisions were made for political pur- poses. General Lee explained that Texas