The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-24
AN ALLEGED INDIGNATION.
An Ex-Confederate Tells Of the Fort
Worth Meeting
ONLY FOURTEEN MEMBERS PRESENT.


Austin. Texas, October 49, The follow
ing communication from the adjutant OF
Il. f. Lee camp. No. 1855 United Confcd-
crate Veterans. of Fort Worth. will throw
some light upon the character of the inaig-
nation aroused in the Panther City by Gov
crnor Culbersons remarks anent candi-
date for vice president, Buckneri
Governor &. \. Culberson, Austin, Texas:
Fort Worth. Texas. october 81, 1896
Dear Sir; You doubtless saw IRON The
Oallas News OF the 18th instant that an
effort WAS made last Sunday to pass 1850
buttons by Il. II. Lee camp. No. los, United
Confederate Veterans. censuring you Ter
what you said In your speech here on Tie
10th instant in reference to the surrender
of Fort Donoson by General Simon u.
BuCkner
You will see a shor, interview or rather
statement OF mine in the Evening Mail
Telegram OF this date (Which / send YOU'D
explanatory of the kind ana character OF
meeting We had.
Will state that | am and have Teen
the adjutant OF this camp Tor a number
OF years and one of the most regular at
tendantS at It's meetings. and that rcNer
before that occasion saw Captain ". u.
Paddock present at regular meeting Of
the camp before that day, and that, further
more that Or j T.. Price. who made the
motion before the camp TO appoint COM
mittoe of three TO draft resolutions cen
Surfing you for what you said had never
been al but one regular meeting hciore.
and that for the purpose OF inducing our
| members to join the Knights OF pixie, an
order that he then represented.
These You viii remember are both for the
gold standard and claim 10 be supporters
~ the Palmer and Bucknor ticket " SIDE
SHOW.
The Dallas News says that 1t was II large
and indignant Getting. hut tell You there
were only fourteen regularly enrolled mom-
hers present Including Major * NJ Van
1andt, the commander. who Is also gold
standard man.
Under our constitution auG h. laws.
Major Van Znudt very wisely and Justly
ruled pr Prices motion on, Of order and
that ended the matter Tor the time no far
aa action OF the camp was concerned
We had, "a ] stated. fourteen regular
members prcspui seven O; whom would
! have voted against Dr. Prices motion and
six. perhaps, for it, the commander, of
| courRc, hot voting. Ot the sin there were
three gold standard men and the other
! three were populista and candidates for
county offices, viz J. G. Terrell for conn
| IS Judge Abe Harris for the legislature
and q W. Yates for county treasurer.
| Not contend with this defeat, you viii
observe in the Dallas News OF this date
! October I'D, on page s. column a. under
| HE head of ''The Buckner Slur.' signed by
| fourteen old soldiers csomo members Of the
camp and some notD, that they call for "a
| meeting at the criminal district court
| room at 10 o'clock today to take action
! iu the matter of the charges publicly made
| IN Fort Worth by Governor Culbcrson
against Our comradc. Lieutenant General
| Simon ~. Buohnor," (By the way never
heard Of his being a ioutonant general be-
! fore
The meeting was held in obedience to the
call and motion made 10 appoint com
miitoe Of three for same purposes as above
set out. ana motion in lieu of tnis made
by Or. Van Zandt, brother to the major.
to defer action Tor two weeks ear
| riod WhoroUpou Captain II. Is. Paddock
| publicly acknowledged their defeat. moved
to lay the whole proceedings ON the table
and the old boys took up the rebel yell
of victory as we viii do on the 3d Of
| November
noticed amongst those present ana
| against US. Colonel John Peter smith, cam
didato for congress ON the Palmer and
! Buoknor ticket, and the following pcrulst
| candidates Tor Office j. &. Terr,ll, county
Judge, Abe llnrris and $. o. Moody. legis-
| laturc. Il. W. intcs, county treasurer. and
other middle of the readers Of less note
| and prominence, but who are bent on the
ruin of the State and Nation II everything
does not come th"ii Nay am not surc but
that an OK -rodciol yoled with them. but a
| populst Thomas Brattuu G. c. Cum
mings. O. s. Kennedy. Judge Blair and
| Dick Wynne rhampiuned your cause in
speeches appropriate. while a. NJ, Carter
and n y Paddock felt greatly asgrieved
at the wroug that you had done our old
oOmfadc General Huckner. But while this
! wHs going on. governor the balance Of us
marshalod our forces and did the voting,
| which we hope Will settle all further con-
trovorsy about the matter,
Your telegram was handed TO Judge G.
G. Cummings just In time 10 be read by
| him before the vote was taken.
| We viii be on the alert and II anything