Evening star., 1896-07-02

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| General Gordon.
thrown, canes and umbrellas were thumped
| upon the floor men yelled, stamped their
! feet and clapped their hands, and 1t was
| minutes before silence was restored.
Immediately after the excitement attend
| ant upon the above incident had died out
| General Gordon again came to the front
| and referred to the presence in the conven-
| ton Of Corporal James Tanner, a veteran
of the Union army. and called npon Cor
poral Tanner to come forward
Ovation to Tanner.
| AS this brave Union soldier. who has
both legs buried In Virginia soil, appeared
the whole audience arose and greeted him
with cheers and hurrahs.
| The corporal seemed to be deeply moved
| by the demonstration in his honor, and he
! made a great speech. His patriotic utter
| ances were received with almost rninter-
| rupted applause. At times he would be-
| come humorous. and mis- wit would ronvulse
the vast audience into laughter; again. he
| was pathetic, and many eyes were bathed
| In tears. Many strong man was N.iSibly
| affected.
| He opened his speech with the express
| sion. My fellow veterans" and he praised
| the valor and the bravery Of the Union
| soldiers and did not fail to recognize the
| bravery and worth Of the confederates.
! He spoke of General Gordon in the highest
| terms. and his statement that he would
| like to see the Georgian in the White
| House brought forth tremendous applause.
| In concluding his speech Corporal Tanner
begged the southern people to take good
| care OF the confederate veterans and make
| their last days on earth happy.
| General Cabell reported the action OF his
| committee, who selected the plans for the
Davis monument and his report was
| adopted.
| At this stage Of the proceedings propo-
| sition to make Jefferson Davis. jr. an
| honorary member of the body vas unani-
| n.o,isly adopted. A veteran shouldered the
| boy and carried him down among the vet
| Grams. where he received an ovation. Cen
| eral Gordon announced that he would ap-
point the young Davis a member of his
| staff.
At o'clock q recess Of thirty minutes
| was taken, in order that the veterans might
be presented to Mrs Davis and Mrs Hayes.
The Battle Abbey.
| Chairman Mcintosh of the Battle Abbey
| committee reported the resolutions adopt
| ed by that committee providing for the i'm
mediate discharge Of that committee ap-
| pointed by the last reunion and the ap-
point ment Of board of trustees to succeed
| 1t. to be composed Of one trustee from each
| state, who shall be inoorr ora ted as the
| Confederate Memorial Association This
| report, with the proposition of Mr.. Charles
|
| sentative, Col A. B. Dickinson, to con-
| tribute S5OOOOO toward the erection OF the
| abbey provided the confederate veterans
| raise a like amount and on condition that
| the abbey be located at Washington. pro-
| voked considerable discussion. and the re-
port was finally adopted on motion Of
| General Jackson of Tennessee
The board of trustees created under the
resolution were vested with full power to
determine the location and decide between
the two propositions made by Mr.. Rouss
| The chairman announced the following as
| the board of trustees: Alabama, Geo. D.
| Johnson: Arkansas, Major w. T. Tannerhill: ::
| District of Columbia. w. A. Gordon; Florida
! w. ]. Chipley; Georgia, Clement A. Evans
| Kentucky Gen. ]. Z. Briggs: louisiana
| Gen. ]. A. Shallerhorn: Maryland, John
| Gill: Mississippi Col. J. r. Mcintosh: Mis-
souri,. Gen. E. A. Ashbury; North Carolina,
| Thomas ]. Keanar: Oklahoma John A
Coster; South Carolina DIR. ]. b. league;
Tennessee. Gen. w. H. Jackson; Texas, Gen
| l.. l.. Rose; Virginia, Col. j. B. Cary; West
| Virginia, Col. Robert White.
| The Tennessee delegation Is much disap-
| pointed that the location of the abbey was
not determined at this session. inasmuch as
they believe that they would have secured
| it if the question had been determines here
The contest will probably be between Rich
| mond. New Orleans. Nashville and Wash
| ngton with chances in favor of the capital
| of the confederacy, as there seems to be
| much opposition to the second proposition
| made by Mr.. Rouss, which carries with
it the location Of the abbey in this city.
A sentiment that it should be located in
| the confederate states prevails very widely
| with the veterans.
To Meet at Nashville,
There has been spirited fight between
Nashville. st. Louis. Baltimore and At
lanta for the next annual meeting. but #
| narrowed down between Nashville and
| Baltimore before the meeting and after
| one-haif or the states had been called the
Maryland delegation gracefully moved a
a OF
| lands delegation was divided between Ral-
| ttmore and Nashville. Immediately after
Nashville had been selected as the next
| meeting place a motion that the Same offi :
| GERS be continued for another year was
| unanimously adopted, and Gen. John b
| Gordon Will preside at the seventh annual
convention of the veterans This prac-
| ,ically completed the business of this ses-
sion. and the veterans then adjourned until
| this morning at 10 o'clock
| The War Concert.
The war concert given at the Auditorium
| last night will long be remembered by those
| who attended. There were $4,000 persons in
the Exposition building, and $4,000 in the
| Auditorium, which seats only 1O.2OO
Seated on the platform were the sponsors
of the several states and many other promi-
nent persons. The rendition of old con-
| federate war songs by the grand chorus. ac-
| companied by two full brass bands. was
greatly enjoyed by the large audience.
Governor OFerrall and Mrs O'Ferrall
| assisted by the sponsors of the several
| states, held brilliant public reception at
the executive mansion last night
The Governor to the Cadets.
At yesterday afternoons reception of tho
| Washington High School Cadets Gov.
| O'Ferrall spoke warm words of welcome.
| and especially felicitated the cadets on
coming in the face Of so many difficulties
He expressed surprise that any objection
| had been made to their coming, but said
| he was g1atif1ed that all federal soldiers
| we're not alike, and that the truest and the
| best had aided and abetted the boys in com
| ing; that much more might be said, but
| that there were many things better for not