The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-24

next Davis birthday, cohe0 .'vh lus
the monument would be takeh ,.,s,',c,s a..
were that al that time there Wouin oe
a generous response from the southern
states. When sufficient funds Were
raised the cornerstone Of the WotuiHtut
would be laid at Richmond. IL was
thought that this could be dohs ucAt
spring. and It was hoped to make Il
great occasion. ,,. .,..,
Get anDeal to the veterans 10 respond on
tho appointed day 20 the call for cot
lection. In seconding the hV1l9,ini, u,,ii, 10
adopt the report. thApialh -, -. j" ~ "a
Jones delivered brief but eloquent ai,
dress on tho subject. which was sre''e'
with loud applause.
RECEPTION To MISS DAVIS
An elaborate reception was rendered
Miss Winnie Davis at the Capitol Hotel
hv Mrs W. NJ. Rice between the houiS
OF n and - o'clock.
General Ross ana star called officially ,hs
on General Gordon and stan no the
Vufchins House \ reception was ten
darfd the visiting generals al the Lisnt
Guards armOry from 10 I'LL O'Clock To-
day. and reception was tenierei tns
vtsNing ladies at .he Cefitol Hotel aud
Hrrchins House by the Ladies Reception
Committee Of Houston from 10 20 II.
DIR. JONES TRIBUTE
Mr.. Davis paid q high tribute 20 Gen
orai Gordon. which was greeted Win
loud appla,se which was continued for
some time
General on the floor of the United states
Senate pledged TO the loyal assistance or
tho Southern States TO put down tno
Chicago rebellion, which was. lnh,ed' Z"
rebellion, he voiced our sentM'nt~ ,
DR. Jones proposed that the roll n'
called bv camps. and that each camp
w0rid say how much f. would raise TOR
the monument Bef re- the call bespn
there N,s several spontaneous offers X.
T. Leo Namp of Rich nOni. pledged $500
and j. r.. Hubbard Camp. OF Baltimore
only ono month old. came 20 the front
With Si0D.
General Gordon gave 500. and Generals
Lee and Stew art put down &O each
Tho Charleston Camp stated that a
movement was now on foot In that city,
ty which 81 40 would be raised. The call
OF the roll was begun. but was found 20
bee too long, so the camps We're required
90 send up the amounts they would give.
The whole amount, when footed up. was
found 90 be Sg.6H. During this interval
there was "A. burst of APPLAUSE. as several
historic old battle fiags were brought ln.
The selection of the place OF the next
reunion was the next and final business
in order General Icyton Wise. OF Nir-
glnia. was introduced and, ln an elo-
Quent speech. which was frequently In
terrupted with applause, be nominated
Richmond as the place OF the next le-
union. lie said the very spirits or the
dead bade tine veterans come and bee
present an the laying of the corner
stone OF the Davis Monument.
COmrado Pickett seconded the nOmina-
tion.
Major Theodore. Barnor. Major Grange
Simons and Mr j. a. Smythe presented
Charlcston's caims. General George f.
Laws seconded the nomination of Char
lesion. General George Shelby OF Mis-
souri,. introduced Mayor Davis. who pre-
sentod Kansas City's claims. and General
Lee iu froduced General g.. 4. Evans
who spoke in behalf OF Atlanta. General
A. j.. Calhoun seconded the nomination.
10 was arranged that the Major-Gen-
cral OF each division should cast The
vote for the State. and a recess of half
AN hour was taken. in Orler that the
delegates of the several States might ar
range their vote. When the vote was
takn the result was as follows. Rich
Wold cold 's9i % Chaes'on' H'' A'l'n'a' S''
Major Barker moved chat the vote for
Richmond he made unanimous AZ was
seconded by General Evans and carried
amid applause. General Wise expressed
thanks ia behalf of Richmond
TO-DAYs EVENTS.
The convention then adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow. From N 10 - o'clock
there will be parade Of an veterans of
Texas companies now in eucampment
here. which will be the event of the
week
Eight thousand people assembled at the
auditorium 10 sec the sponsors and their
maids of honor 'n the tahleauN.