The age-herald., 1899-05-13
Substitute to Lee Resolution
 Was Passed AFTER A STORMY DEBATE Government Can Care for Those
 in the North. GEN. GORDON WAS REELECTED Together With All the Old Command
Together With All the Old Command
 Ing Officers.
THE COMMITTEE ON HISTORY
Recommends That School Histories Placing South in False Light Be Excluded NextAnnual Session
 Will be Held in Louisville

Charleston s. C., May 12.-With a spirit ed and, al times, stormy session. the ninth annual reunion of the United Confederate veterans was today brought to a close. Cen. John B. Gordon, ommander-:n-chief and ali the old officers were reelected. Louisville. Ky, was chosen as the next place of meeting, and the question of Fed eral care Of Confederate graves was dis posed of by the adoption of substitute resolution which declines the presidents s suggestion, except as to those graves To- cated in the north, and reserving to the women of the south the duty of caring for those in the seeding states and Maryland. The adoption of this resolution and the re- port that accompanied it, precipitated a de- bate which verged upon tn esensa- tional, and at times much confusion and disorder prevailed.
 The resolution adopted in place of the one offered by Gen. Stephen D. Lee is in full as follows:
 Your committee, to whom was refer red the resolution introduced by Gen. Stephen D. Lee, beg to report the fol- lowing substitute, with the recommen- dations of the committee that the same be adopted:
 uG OHllSu 1OnISueTaIG veterans, ln
 this annual reunion assembled, desire
 to place upon record their sincere ap-
 preciation of the utterances of the
 president of the United States in Atlan-
 ta in December last concerning the as-
 sumption of the care of the graves of
 our Confederate dead by the national
 government.
 We appreciate every kind sentiment
 expressed, and we shall welcome any
 legislation which shall result in the care
 of the graves of our comrades in the
 northern states by our government.
 In regard to our dead, whose remains
 are resting in the states which were
 represented in the Confederate and
 Maryland, the care of their final resting
 places is a sacred trust, dear to the
 hearts of southern women, and we be-
 lieve we can safely let it there remain.
 There Was Much Opposition
 Several very vigorous speeches were made in opposition to the whole principle involved in the matter, but the final vote upon the resolution was practically unan- inous, and the announcement of it's pas sage was cheered.
 Gen. Stephen D. Lee presented the report of the committee on history, which was unanimously adopted. This was one of the most important matters before the conven- ton, and the reading of the report was lis- tened to with close attention. The report
 
 ir obliterating the shadows of the war between the states and refers to the prompt response of the southern states to the call for troops as showing the whole country the depth and fervor of southern patriot ism. Continuing the report says:
 President Mckinley displayed the spirit of the American soldier when he chose from his former foes the gallant Wheeler, the steadfast Fitzhugh Lee, the chivalrous Butler and many others of our own brave comrades to marshal the hosts of the union. We are glad that General Wheeler had another opportunity to exhibit the fighting qualities of the Confederate soldier and that Lieutenant Hobson, Victor Blue and Worth Bagley in the navy showed the country of what stuff our young men are made. Once more the blood of the north and south has been poured out together no longer beneath contending standards in the bitterness of war between the states, but now beneath one flag to the glory of one country. Those dead at least, belong to us all The last hateful memory that could divide our country is buried with them At their graves kneels a new nation, loving all her children everywhere the same"
 Alluding to the question of Confederate graves, the report says:
 "The recent generous words of President Mckinley, commenting the Confederate dead to the nations care, are the express sion of sentiment growing everywhere, that the deeds of the Confederate soldier are the glory of the whole country, and that his memory is worthy to be cherished wherever self-sacrifice command sympathy or brave actions strike responsive chord in noble hearts,"
 The Race Problem
 Coming down to the question for which 1t was appointed, the committee says that its duty is little more than to keep watch upon the. histories of the day, and to stimulate historical research and pubica- ton. It regards the prospect for fairness and candor in history as much improved by the Spanish war. The committee also alludes to the race question and expresses the opinion that the trace problem is not apt in the future to be so binding to true apprehension of southern history" and says:
 "The recent movement to put the su- premacy of the more educated and capable race upon a constitutional and legal basis. has banished the specter of misrule from our borders. and is steadily gaining progress"
 Continuing, the report says: '"The re- ception given our benevolent intentions in the Philippines is certainly of character likely to inspire wholesome respect. eve are not likely in the future to hear so much about the right of men who have not yet learned to govern themselves, to