The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-07-06

cOmpdnleQ Qy neT daughter, NTS. ilaNtS,
and her son. who was decorated with ma
tional and confederate badges, came TO
| the front of the stand. The convention
| cheered, the ladies bowed to the right and
| left and the whole body arose and waved
hats. flags and banners and yelled until
| they were hoerse. General Gordon made
feeling speech and wound up by present.
| ing Mr.. Jefferson Davis Hayes. the eleven
year-old grandson of the president or the
| confederacy to the convention.
4 delegate in the audience then proposed
| that the young boy be made member of
their body. The motion was put and unan-
| imously carried, and the boy was duly IN
| stalled as an honorary member OF the
United Confederate Veterans. He was then
| taken i'm the arms of a general, carried
| down on the floor and cheered Ike con-
! uuering hero After this Mrs. Hayes AMI
| the boy. Mrs. Davis, who was 'ndisrosed,
| having retired, held an informal reception
| ~ tho stand.
Old Men Shake Hands with Boy.
The convention took recess Of haif an
| hour at . O'Clock, during which time nearly
! all the veterans came to the front ana
| shook hands with the young and newly
! made confederate veteran, bearing the
name of Jefferson Davis Hayes. Mrs
| Hayes, the oldest daughter of Jefferson
| Davis, resides with her husband in Colo
reunion with Mrs. Davis.
| General Cabell, OF Texas, announced that
! the hoy had already been elected a mem
! it's badge and General Gordon at one
| promoted the youth by making him a
| colonel on his staff as conmand"r -lli-ctl-eA
| of the confederate veterans.
Wanted To Hear Underwood.
During the morning there had been
! numerous calls for General John c. Uncer-
| wood. of Chicago, and in view OF the
valuable services he had rendered in the
| great western city. General Stephen D.
! zee moved that the constitution of the
! United Veterans be so amended by unani-
| nous consent that the department oil the
! north he restored.
~ t1apvn
! noes one of the delegates made speech
! against the restoration Of the department.
| of the north. The subject was finally dis
! posed Of by the chair ruling that the pro-
ccedngs were out of order, being con-
! trary 10 the provision of the constitution
Calls for General Underwood were again
renewed and committee was appointed
/ to conduct him to the stand lie was pre-
! scented i'm a very graceful speech ny General
/ Gordon. and was referred to as a man VINO
/ had taken care of more confederate sol
diers buried in the north than any other
man. General Underwood made q stirring
| patriotic speech, in which he pictured the
! condition of the graves of the six thousand
| contedcrateS buried in ChlcaSo, several
! years ago. and contrasted it with the beau
| tiful spectacle which the plot of ground
containing those heroes presents today. lie
| referred to the fact that the first service
he did in the confederate army was in
| Richmond a city he came to boy, to
| defend and where he cast his .irst vote
! General Underwood gave the most inter-
| esting account Of his work IN the preserva-
/ ton Of the graves of the confederate dead
| i'm Chicago, and Of the erection of the
monument to their memory there about
| a year ago.
! General Underwood is a ma five Of Ken
| lucky. His family were union people and
| he ran away from home to eight for the
J south He now lives in Chicago, and IL
/ was due to his efforts that the monument
! was reared in that city in memory of the
COCO confederate dead buried there. General
| Underwood is a fine speaker and made L
! beautiful address.
A Yankee Corporal Greeted.
| When he had concluded. General Gordon.
| I'm "A handsome speech introduced Corporal
james Tanner, a manned union soldier who
was present. He said he met him on one
coca sion coming to Richmond and he ask
| ed him if he was rot afraid to 90 there
! among those dangerous Johnnies. Tanner
| said
NO. I'm not. \ man ought not to he
| afraid to visit his own graveyard. ] left
! two of my legs in Virginia and | think
| have right to so back and see where
| they are buried"
J Gordon then said:
/ Comrades. YOU have put n han through
/ put a bali through his heart"
/ The corporal was cheered 70 the echo
/ and the band played yankee Doodle and
I Dixie"
/ The scene in the convention at this time
! was one OF the most inspiring and enthus-
! iastc Of the reunion. The corporal made
a speech characteristics Of the man and
/ aroused the old Confederates t. the utmost
! degree OF excited patriotic feeling. lie
! began: My fellow veterans" and this
/ was q hit. He related numerous anecdotes
/ beginning with Malvern Hin and coming
/ down 70 the present. all of which We're
| humorous and exceedingly touching He
| referred to the speech of General Under
wood and tho monument at Chicago. and
said that when he heard of the idea Of
/ erecting a monument over the COCO men
/ who rested on the shore of Lake Michigan,
he thought 1t was the best thinS they could
/ do and he was glad 10 say that he would
| touch elbows with them in so good cause.
! He then paid a most eloquent tribute to
the women of the south-the now wrinsled
/ women. but who were still the girls of the
| south.
Nashville Gets the Next Reunion
/ Mr. r. H. statute of Baltimore, made
/ strong appeal in behalf of that city. lie
read papers from the mayor Of Baltimore
and other prominent Marylanders, ASKING
that the next annual reunion take place
there. and asserting that Baltimore would
welcome and entertain them handsomely.
General Kyd Douglas followed in behalf
OF Baltimore. and in addition To other
claims of the Monumental City. said that
il owned the best baseball team in the
country ana could show them the best
game. General Douglas made a very good
address and was literally applauded.
General Joe Shelby. of Missouri. repre-
sentinE the delegation from that state
made a neat speech withdrawing the name
Of St Louis In favor of the city Of Nash
vile. Tenn.
Nominations then closed, and cell of
the states being ordered it was soon oh
served that as between Baltimore and
Nashville the latter city decidedly the
more popular General Douglas then. on
the part of Baltimore, In a neat speech
withdrew the city Of Baltimore and the
selection Of Nashville the next place
Of meeting was made unanimous.
A resolution was offered that the next
reunion ne not later than the 18th os May.
This was defeated and the time for the
next meeting was left to the committee Of
arrangements to be fixed hereafter.
The District of Columbia veterans ac-
companicd by the HiEh School cadets,
marched into the capitol square. and up
20 the executive mansion where they were
received by Governor O'Ferrau this even
Ing. Captain Mark Thomas. commander
OF the veterans. introduced all the mem
bers individually to his eXcellencY. in
Guiding the cadets of the high school
Governor O'FcrraI made delicate feel