The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-12
UHEhR FOX EXPANSION.


l.HARLEErON. q G.. May 1.-THE
memorial TO Winnie Davis was one At the
features Of today's session OF the Conted'
crate veterAnA
csS. Bennett II. Young, OK Louisville
pasa d tribute TO the memory of the
Daughter Of the c0nfederaey."
A resolution was unanimously adopted
extending the thanks OF every veteran fe
the people az the North who 50 tenderly
administered to Winnie Davis at the time
Of her Illness at NAxraganseit Pier.
The Jen Davis monument COMMITTEES
submitted the following report:
Resolved That il IL the earnest and
unanimous wish o the United Confederate
Veterans that the committee shall under
take the patriotic task OF bAllk1ifg the
monument TO President jefferson Davis
al Richmond, Va, feeling confident as We
do THAT under their direction the work Will
soon be accomplished and We shall have
in the capital city Of the Confederacy 4
memorial worthy OF the president ana OF
the People over whom he ruled with such
fidelity and wisdom"
The morning session opened with the
singing Of the Doxology. followed by a
prayer BY Chaplain 6mith. A letter OF
regret WAS read from Gen. FftShugh Lee.
Gen. Gordon then introduced Cen Joe
Wheeler.
II need not tell YOU" said Gen Gordon.
that here is ons q the wisest Confed-
crate wizards / need not tell you OF that
day at Santiago when he saw the spanish
flying before him, and when in the wild
enthusiasm Of the moment he forgot where
he WAS, and called upon his men: For
ward. boys. the Yankees are running. IT
] should tell you any OF these things /!
would strike a chord In every heart; but
] an not going To do 1t. ] am going TO
strike every chord at single stroke at
once by calling the name OF Joe Wheeler. ("
wheeler Enthusiastically Received.
The audience applauded wildly. Every
sentence of Gen WheeIer's speech
the Veterans to a FRENZY Of snthusiasm. At
times IL was impossible FOR the speaker
to proceed Gen. Wheeler declared that
the military history Of the Southern peo-
history OF the fsrst settlement q this coun-
try. while our civil war, / may truth
fully assert. was tho mast sanguinary re-
corded In history. II was Also remarkable
hostility. and soldiers a. individuals could
not In the nature OF things have entertain
ed feelings 81 hatred for each other. They
fought, not for revenge. not for malice.
hi.ion. hut simply because they felt that
there lay the path OF duty. The armies
Of the South laid down their arms. but
not one iota OF their belief in the truth
and justice OF their cause did they sur
render. With energy and determination
them"
Gen. Wheeler declared that Southern
soldiers and Southern statesmen had ever
taken a prominent part in all things look
INF 10 the enlargement % our territory.
These upon whom rest the cares. du-
ties and burdens OF government" he said
have encountered no embarrassment or
complaints or criticism from the Southern
states. Nor have their brave volunteer
regiments askee. TO be returned from the
fields 81 Asttye duty and when the request
has come from governors of other COM
ronwealths, volunteers from the Southern
states have promptly begged for the hon
or Of filling their places In the front of
hattie
IN one year we have risen To the first
place In the family OF nations. To make
the smallest rrtrogrsde step would BE at
the expense Of the prestige we have Won,
e rona t. e %, Z, oa rss point f ,a
century TO regain Up answer to those who
say the policy OF your forefathers for
babe an extension of territory. ] would
chase. Monroe and Florida: Polk and
Texas and the vast territory acquired
from Mexico. and later to Andrew john
son and the acquisition OF Alaska
euens trihnte to the women ~ the South
and the part they bore In the war and
tho dark years that followed
Gen. Lees Resolution.
The committee on resolutions of the Con-
Sederafe veterans 20 which was referred
SNffsf AseV = IeSotaNona accepting PRESIDENT
Mcktniey'& proposal that the Federal gov
eminent should make provision for the
care OF the graves of the Confederate dead
spent several hours discussing the matter
today. and late tonight compromise reso-
luton vas framed and Will he offered as "A
substitute tomorrow. The resolution is to
the~enecr that II the national government.
cares for the graves me confcierates do
not object 10 i,s taking charge OF those in
fhs North and In the neighhorhood Of the
cd war prisons. The resolution will state
that the South has voluntarily unsert takes
TO decorate and properly preserve the
graves IN the South. and the association
does not feel warranted in taking from
them what they have grown to regard as
q duty. In general the resolution II along
tho lines o. the speech made yesterday by
iR. busbee. who proposed the substitute
:" the ccmnaittee The modified resolution
mas been submitted 10 Gen. Lee. ana he Is
Understood fo have accepted IL.
The subcommittee will refsort TO The full
COMMITTEES tomorrow morning and the mat
ter VIII then be laid before the committee