Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1900-06-08

Buffalo, New York, Wanted the Next
Reunion.
Louisville. ALI the officers of the
United Confederate Veterans we're re-
elected Thursday afternoon by ACCLAIM
alton. The lection was put through
in record time, the whole thing taking
less than one minute. The list of Off
GERS Is as follows:
Gen. John B. Gordon, general COM
manding.
Lieut.. Gen. Wade Hampton, army
Of Northern Virginia department.
Lieut.. Gen. s. D. Lee, commanding
army of Tennessee department.
Lieut.. Gen. w. l.. Cabell, command
ing trans Mississippi department.
The reunion adjourned sine die at 9
O'Clock Friday night. The meeting of
1901 will be held in Memphis. Three
cities were competitors for the honor
Of entertaining the veterans next year.
The claims of Memphis were presen ted
by Gen. g. W. Gordon, who made an
eloquent plea for the Tennessee city,
and he received several seconding
speeches to his own. The claims of
Buffalo were presented by D. L. Smith,
who made an excellent impression on
the convention. DR.. Williams. of
Jacksonville, spoke for jacksonville.
The final vote showed for Memphis
1880 votes, Jacksonville 258, Buffalo
30. A vote of thanks was extended
for the kind invitation of Buffalo.
rhe last session of the convention
was confined entirely to the vote on
the place for the next convention and
was practically devoid of incident, but
the latter part of the morning session
was full of excitement. For upwards
Of half an hour the convention was
in an uproar and in state of great
excitment and confusion. The trouble
arose at the conclusion Of the presenta-
tion of the report of the committee .-on
resolutions. A resolu ion had been in
corporated In the report which had
been presented by w. II. Burgyn, of
North Carolina, to the effect that the
convention of Confederate Veterans
recognized with appre ,iation the lam
guage of Gen. Daniel e. Sickles, the
orator at the annual reunion OF the
Army of the Potomac at Fredericks-
burg, in which he had mentioned most
kindly the men of the oonfederacy
and the resolution said the confeder.
ates reciprocated the feelings shown
toward them by the men of the Army
of the Potomac.
Gen. Gordon put the question on
the adoption of the report. There was
a chorus of ayes, and when he called
for the vote in the negative, he said
quickly: 'The ayes have 1t.
After he had announced the vote
there came few cries of no" Gen.
Gordon said.
81 did not think there that would be
any negative vote on such question,
but as there were some after l declared
the vote, l will now resubmit it.
The author of the resolution w. H.
Burgyn, took the floor to speak in be-
half of the resolution and made g
strong plea for its adoption. He saii
that he had been present at the meet
ing at Fredericks burg ana had heard
the Kindly sentiment expressed by the
soldiers of the north and he desired the
passage of the resolution merely as a
matter of courtesy.
Col. ]. s. Shepherd, of Richmond,
Va, secured the floor and said: 81
want no coauetting with the Yankees
who defeated us. For Gods sake do
not accept anything from their hands.
Don't accept anything from Union
soldiers. Vote it down, comrades,
vote it down"
Instantly there was terrific up
roar. Dozens of delegates were on
their feet demanding recognition from
the chair.
Rev. W E. Hill, of Mississippi,
secured the eye Of the chairman. He
read again the resolution and strong
ly urged its adoption. saying that the
man who would vote against it was
not worthy the name of a confeder-
ate soldier.
Gen. s. d. Lee also urged the adop-
tion of the resolution. As he conclud-
ed Col Shepherd came to the front of
the platform and cried: "VoIe it down.
Vote it down.
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