Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-21
AGAINST COL. sTUgps

usi'oiy ccuucii OF the Grand
Camp, Confederate Veterans, den,,t,
ment of Virginia, met in Lyncbbn,.
yesterday in the City Council cbsmbsr
in pursuance of an order issued h.,
Grand Commander James N. Stubb:s
for the purpose of considering aIIa@odI
misconduct on the part of ColcSai
Stubbs rendering him, in the estimate
of the investigating committee %
Richmond, incompetent to retain b;s
position on the history committee ~ MS
grand commander of Virginia. The ir
tigatiug committee consisted of Alicsi.b
Woods, o. B. Morgan, W. A. Smoo,
Washington Taylor and BerrgmSn
Green. Colonel Stubs declined ~
abide by the decision of the comni,,e.
and referred the matter to the adviser
council.
At the request of Colonel Stubs tho
lieutenant grand commander, Cant Io ''V
j. Williams, of Winchester, presjfed
while the adjutant-g general of the Graz
Camp, Capt. Thomas Elicit acted -
secretary.
Two matters, regarding which mncb
discussion and consequent DELAY bsd
been anticipated, were readily disnosed
of, and orgapjZstion was effected and
the business OF the council taken IN h..
fore adjournment for dinner.
One important point was brought m
when a motion was made that Mpinr
Horace Lacy, of Fredericksburg. be re-.
ceived as the representative of tbo
camp of that place. The contention
that Major Lacy, being neither lba
commander nor the lieutenant oftIs
Fredericksburg camp, wac not, accord.
ing to the constitution, entitled TON
seat in the council, was sustained by y
vote of Is to S.
When a motion was made by Ma,r
Samuel Griffin, of Bedford Civ thu,
Gen. John Holmes Smith be received
as representative of the Garland Rods
Camp, of Lynchburg, the question arose
as to whether camps delinquent in The
payment of dues were entitled to re,.
resentation iu the council, it being
brought out that Garland Rodes CamH
had not RENTED dues for several wears
This matter was disposed of finally by
motion, carried by large majority
that the section of the constitution prc.
hibitiDg camps which did not pay their
dues before or at the meeting OF the
grand camp from being Represented
should not apply to the meeting Of tbs
advisory council.
Organization being perfected, com.
mittee of FIVE, consisting of Command.
ers Croker, Wright, Cook, Grinla and
Logan, was on motion appointed TO d,
termjne in the dinner hour mode and
method OF procedure.
On the reassembling Of the council
after dinner, the committees recon.
mendation, that after the reading Of
the report of the proceedings OF the it.
vestigating committee the council coz
slider behind closed doors what further
course of procedure to pursue, was
adopted.
The reading of the report consumed
the entire afternoon session.
After the supper hour lively de.
cussion was precipitated by a resolu.
lion "that We proceed to ballet by roll.
call upon the question of sustaining or
not sustaining the report of the iny5s.
tigating committee.
Colonel Crocker and Judge Wright
spoke earnestly against the councils
taking any decided action against Col.
Stubbs, Col. Croker maintaining thu.
court martial ought to be appointed
to formally and thoroughly investigate
Col. Stubbs's conduct. Both of them
maintained that Col. Stubs had not
had fair and impartial trial, although
they spoke in highest terms of the par.
sonnet of the investigating committee
Several resolutions were offered Tor
and against Col. Stubbs, but before
vote on any of them was taken mo-
ton for recess of five minutes for an
informal discussion was carried.
After the recess the discussion of fe
various resolutions was resumed. The
following resolution, offered by Col
Opie. was adopted by a vote OF u
to 10:
That We, the council, fluid, upon
examination of the evidence before US,
that Commander Stubs has not been
guilty of receiving bride, but we DO
iiud that ne should no longer be in
command Of the Grand Camp or q
member of the history committee Of
the Grand Camp"
Those who voted for the resolution
we're Messrs. Laughton, Marsden,
Croker, Ramsey, Hay, ]. H. Smith,
Gibbs, Taliaferro, Roberts, Funk-
houser, Opie, Alexander, Poague, W.
q. Smith, Boiling. Griffin, Logan, Tai
ley, Withers, Cook and Rodes.
General Hundley, who has acted as
Col. Stubbs's counsel, asked permission
to make brief statement, hut after a
brief discussion it was decided that his
request could not be granted.
The council adopted resolution f
voring a bill by the legislature to pro.
vide for disabled and INDECENT Conied-
crate veterans.
BOUND BY MASKED MEN "A disnafch