The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-01
THE D. OF C.CONyENTION'
Several Amendments 10 the Convention
We're Adopted and Officers Elected.
MONUMENT 10 ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON
over for Failure 10 Make Appro-
printion Asked For.

Legislators Came In for Rnl<inn
over for Failure 10 Make Appro-
printion Asked For.
Austin, Texas. November so.--The
Daughters OF the confeieracy met prompt
ly at e:ao this morning for their second
days session. The reading OF chapter re-
ports not completed at Wednesdays ses-
sion was resumed and occupied much OF
the morning. Probably the most i'm
poriant report OF any chapter was that
OF Albert sidney Johnston OF this city,
which embraced a suggestion that Ii
brary be started at tho Confederate home
I for the benefit OF the old soldiers. The
report suggested that in as much as there
was new hospital being erected that
the building now used for hospital might
/ be converted into library and the ladies'
belonging to the various chapters of the
State might, without much trouble TO
themselves, see that said library was fur
nished with newspapers and periodicals
from time TO time, which would prove OF
great benefit 10 the inmates. This report
also contained the memorial presented TO
the last Legislature by the Albert sidney
Johnston chapter asking for an appro~
priation for the erection OF the Albert SD
ney Johnston monument The report set
forth that the legislature had bean asked
/ for $500. but that the request of the ladies
had never been permitted 20 set outside
| OF the committee room and hence nolh-
/ ing but failure could be reported along
+ this line.
Mrs. Stone. the president. complimentci
I the Daughters OF the local chapter very
highly upon their labors of the past year
and incidentally complimented Austin as
( a most hospitable city. Mrs. Stone also
f took occasion 10 take the members of the
! state legislature TO task for their neg
! lgence Of the request for money 10 build
monument to Johnston. She stated that
she regretted exceedingly to have TO con-
denim Texas and her people for not doing
their duty, but that the State legislators
had not done theirs in not making this
appropriation, and she would not hesitate
to say so,
/ Following the suggestion of the Austin
I chapter to have library established at
the home, the Galveston chapter came fol
ward with a suggestion to build a cottage
at the home, to be known as the Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy Cottage Follow
| ing this suggestion 1Captain Rufus King,
| superintendent of the Confederate home
was called on for speech which he made.
oompSimenting the Daughters OF the Con-
federscy very highly FOR ther untir NJ
zeal IN working for the Lost Cause aud
its survivors. He however, called their
attention to tho fact that the roadway
leading from the public stree, up 10 ID
IN ~ u
than were the inmates in need OF the IL.
hrary, and he asked that the ladies' devote
their energy TO havcs said road grad 3D. as
he could net get money enough from h.
Legislature to have ltsdone. He alsoscallei
attention. to the fact that there were so
many old men trying to get into the
home that 1t would probably be well to
use tho old hospital for dormitlry in
stead of using it for II library ana there
fore he urged that the ladies devote their
! attention to the grading OF the roadway.
Following his address the ladies' re-
paired in body to the church above,
where they participated in the holding Of
Thanksgiving services, after which ai.
! journment was had for dinner
At the afternoon session 1.-The annual re"
ports OF the various standing committees
were received and fled. motion by
Mrs. Cone Johnson Of Tyler providing fo'
the appointment of committee TO secure
a fre-proof vault for the preservation Of
historical records was adopted and the
chair appointed as said committee Mes
danes Sanders. Ruthyelt and Anderson.
resolution of thanks TO Mrs. Molly
Rosenberg of Galveston for courtesies and
gifts rendered the State division was
adopted The division gavel presented the
order by Mrs. Rosenberg was ordered
placed In the State historical department
10 reman there until such time as a
State museum is built by the Daughters
OF the Confederacy
Captain King of the Confederate Homs
was again called to the stand TO make a
speech. In response to Captain Kings
appeal for help to improve the roadway to
the Confederate Home. noted In the morn
ing proceedings, the Galveston chapter
subscribed 500, Mrs Rosenberg and Mrs
Kopperl of Galveston gave SIS each and
several chapters in the organization prom
ised to give as much as possible. the
amounts to be decided upon later. a COM
mittee was appointed TO receive the
funds and look after improvements OF the
roadway in question. Mrs. stone APP
pointed Mrs Tobin chairman OF this COM
mittee, with Mrs. Rufus King and Mrs.
Ousely as the other members OF said cop
mittee.
AT this juncture Captain King displayed
a coat General Hood wore In the war ana
some other personal relics OF nisuhsulshea
war veterans to the interested spectators
The chair appointed as committee To
take charge of the work Of securing tro-
phies for the Texas room in the Richmond
museum Mesdames Cabell Curry OF Dali
las, Mary r. Andrews OF Victoria and sea-
brook Sydnor OF Houston.
The chair appointed as the committee
on history Miss nunovant. Mrs. j. Is.
Clark and Mrs. W. p. Wood, as commit
tee on transportation, Mrs. Monserrate,
Mrs. NJ. II. Foster and Mrs. o. II Bond;
az committee on Albert Sidney Johnston
monument. Mrs, W. H. Tobin Mrs, Curry,
Mrs. johnson and Miss Blaine.
It. was announced that there was sun
s7.35 due on the piano recently purchased
by the ladies for the Confederate home
and a collection was at once ordered taken
up to secure this money. which resulted
in the collection OF IS. Mrs Tobin at this
point took occasion to pay fitting com
pliment to Miss Louise Shelley for her
interest IN the old Confederate veterans
and alao urged the convention to assist In
getting up money for the Albert Sidney
Johnston monument,
A constitutional amendment proyiding
that the division historian shall be elect
ed annually az other officers was adopted
finally
An amendment providing for uniform
"a, - AZ, for the election of chaptar