The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-02
GORDON TOOK A FIRM STAND.
UPHELD THE RESOLUTION ABOUT
sICI<LEs' SPEECH.

| Voted Down, But the Confederate
| Veterans stood by Gordon, and He
| Carried 1t EasiIy--Many Attended
the Big Ball Last Night-Parade
| Abandoned on Account of Inccs-
snnt Rains.
Louisville, June 1.-The tenth annual re-
union of the United Confederate Veterans
| adjourned sine die at o'clock tonight.
The meeting of 1901 will be held in Mem
| phis. Three cities were competitors for
the honor of entertaining the veterans
next year. The claims of Memphis were
presented by Gen. G. w. Gordon, who
made an eloquent plea for the Tennessee
city, The claims of Buffalo were present.
| ed by S. l.. Smith, who made an excel
| lent impression on the convention. DR..
| Williams of Jacksonville spoke for jack
| sonville. The final vote showed for Mem
phis 1870 votes; Jacksonville, 256; Buffalo,
26. A vote of thanks was extended for the
| kind invitation of Buffalo.
The last session of the convention was
confined entirely to the vote on the place
for the next convention, and was practical
ly devoid of incident, but the latter part
of the morning session was full of excite
ment. For upwards of half an hour The
convention was in an uproar, and in a
state of great excitement and confusion.
The trouble arose at the conclusion of
the presentation of the report of the Com
mittee on Resolutions. A resolution had
been Incorporated in the report which had
been presented by w. H. Burgwynn Of
/ M 20 In ffa
vention of Confederate Veterans recog-
nized with appreciation the language of
Gen. Daniel E. Slckles, the orator at the
annual reunion of the army of the Po-
tomac at Fredericksburg, in which he
had mentioned most kindly the men OF
the Confederacy, and the resolution said
the Confederates reciprocated the feeling
shown toward them by the men of the
Army of the Potomac.
There Was Objection.
Gen. Gordon put the question en- The
adoption of the report. There was a chorus
of "ayes" and when he called for the vo
in the negative he said quickly:
'"rhe ayes have it,
After he had announced the vote there
came few cries of NO Gen. Go n
said:
II did not think there would be any
there were some after declared the vote
| l will now resubmit II -
/ The author of the resolution took the
floor to speak in behalf Of the resolution
and made a strong plea fer its adoption.
| He said he had been present at the meet
ing at Fredericksburg and had heard the
| kindly sentiments expressed by the sol
| diers of the North and he desired the
passage of the resolution merely as a mat
ter of courtesy. Col. J. II. sheI herd Of
Richmond secured the floor and said:
81 want no coquetting with the Yankees
who defeated us For Gods sake don't
accept anything from their hands. Don't
accept anything from Union soldiers.
Vote it down, comrades, vote it down.
Caused Terrific Upronr.
Instantly there was a terrific uproar.
Dozens of delegates were on their feet
demanding recognition from the chair.
Rev w. e. IIill of Mississippi secured
the eye of the chairman. He read again
the resolution, and strongly urged its
| adoption, saying that the man who would
vote against it was not worthy the name
| of soldier.
Cen. s d. Lee also urged the adoption
of the resolution.
AS he concluded Col. Shepherd came to
the front of the platform and cried Vote
1t dovnr" Vote ii DOWN. He was met
with mingled applause and cries of "Sit
down.
w. l.. deRossett Of North Carolina de-
clared he was the only member of the
Committee on Resolution who had op-
| posed the adoption of the resolution. He
| was against it for the reason that he
thought they should not lake action until
they had received official notice of acton
taken by the Army Of the Potomac. To
adopt ii now he considered humiliation
of The Confederate association.
The uproar was now something tre-
mendous, men by the dozen shouting to
attract the attention of the chair, calling
vote y Question:" mo" "Yes!' and
"Gordon, Gordonr
Besides there were shouts from a great
many who did nothing else. Others odd
ed to the din by cheering the speech of
some delegate close to them, whose re-
marks were inaudibie to all but those
within few feet of him.
Gordon Carried t'ic Day.
Gen. Gordon FINALLY restored order. and
in response to the call for his opinion,
came to the front with smile on his face.
and sold:
II trust the time will never come while
I stand on Southern ground, or among the
chivalrous men of the South, when / will
refuse to send q kindly message to ON
enemy
81 know the sender of this message. On
the heights OF Gettysburg he stood gall
iantly in front of my lines, and II was
| Dul4eIS lNdl sttlt ilill ~ TIC rear win
a leg off. For me. am going to reciD-
rocate the kindly message Of the North
ern soldier"
Wild cheers greeted this declaration.
The question was put, and IL was adopted
with a roar of assent. Gen Lyon of Ken
tucky moved that the resolution be re-
considered. and a motion to table camc
on the heels of his original motion. The
motion to table was lost.
Davis Monument Fund.
During the day the Ladies Committee
having in charge the collection of funds
for the building of the Davis monument,
in Richmond were very active, and in adj
dition to the pledges secured yesterday
raised about $500
The reunion ball tonight was a big sue
cess. or the 25000 persons entitled to adj
mission II Is estimated that 1900 had Wis
tied the ball by midnight The grand
march at p. m. was fed by Gen. John
b. Gordon and Mrs. Pickett, widow of the
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