The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-01
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
They Held Their Annual Congress In Ricl
mond Yeaterday.

mond Yesterday.
RICHMOND, Va, April 3O.-About loo
| delegates attended the annual congress
| Of the National Society of the Sons OF
the Revolution here to-day, over which
General Horace Porter, of New York,
| presided.
Bishop Charles Edward Cheney, of
Chicago. opened the proceedings with
prayer. The address of welcome was
made by William Writ Henry. Patrick
Henry's grandson, and was responded
to by General Porter. Secretary gem
eral Franklin Murphy, of New jersey,
read very interesting report.
1t showed that Massachusetts with
967 has the largest State membership.
Connecticut IL second with s74, New
York third with SOC. The District of
Columbia Is fourth with 44O, Illinois as
All, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont
Maine and New Hampshire have more
than 200.
The others Of the thirty-four States
that have chapters have each q mem
bership Of less than 200. The national
society now has 1883 member q gain
of 1905 since the last Congress. The
new societies OF the year were those In
Florida and Hawaii. A telegram was
received from Chauncey NJ. Depew ex-
pressing regret at not being able to at
tend the congress on account of railroad
duties.
Resolutions offered by Congressman
]. Hill, OF Connections, looking to A
union with the Sons of the American
Revolution, were adopted, providing for
the appointment of competent and
disinterested committee to examine the
rolls Of each society and erase all names
that could not establish indubitable
right to membership by lineal descent
from revolutionary ancestor, said
union to be effected in accordance with
the plan OF consolidation agreed on by
the committees OF conference in 1898.
The society pledged the National So
ciety OF the Sons of the American Revo.
luton to heartily and sincerely labor
for the removal OF every possible cause
OF disagreement between the two So
cleties and to effect satisfactory union
ct the earliest possible date.
The president-general and the secre-
tsry-Reneral were instructed to imme-
diately communicate the preamble and
accompanying resolutions to the officers
Of the general society of the Sons of the
American Revolution with the assur-
ance OF frasernal regard and desire
that union of the two societies NAV
speedily affected.
For three years past the two organize.
tions have been trying to join forces.
Last year the Sons of the American Rev.
olution made proposition to unite with
the other organization and on April 90
last ct meeting in Savannah, Ga, the
Sons OF the Revolu ton m ade q PROPOSE.
ton for union. It is likely that the plan
will be Immediately carried out.
The following message WAS sent to
Speaker Reed:
"rhirty-eight States, Sons of the
Revolution In national congress assem-
blec in Richmond, Va, appeal to you to
do all that lies in your power to facili-
tate the passage OF the Senate bill max
Ing an appropriation for the Maryland
revolutionary monument"
The old officers were reelected. To-
night tho banquet was held at the Jef-
ferson Hotel. Toasts were responded 80
as follows:
THE National Society OF the Sons Of
the American Revolution, Inspired BY
the Patriotism Taught Us by Washing
tom" General Horace Porter.
1.-The Daughters of the Revolution,
Fit Repre- sentatives of Their Patriotic
Mothers. Without Whom the Struggle
Would Have Been Fruitless," Robert B.
| Roosevelt.
1.-THE Continental Army, the Heroes
OF the Revolution" General Fitzhugh
Lee.
Virginia, the Mother Colony" Hon.
Waller r. Staples.
| THE Federal Constitution, the Con-
summation of the Revolution" Vice.
President Adlai Stephenson.
THE Northwest the Child of the
Revolution" DR.. Brown Goode.
Tho Trans Mississippi, the Logical
Results of Independence" Hon. George
Leighton.
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