The age-herald., 1900-06-01

"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name," and after one stanza of the hymn had been rendered General Gordon introduced Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, who delivered a touching invocation.
 On motion of General Walker of South Carolina a loving message of congratula- tion was sent to the United Sons of Con federate Veterans, who were in session III the criminal court building
 A resolution was introduced by General S. D. Lee, providing that message or sympathy be sent to General Wade Hamp- ton, who is i'll at his home in Columbia S. c.
 Monument to Women
 Colonel Packard of Louisiana ln tro- duced a resolution providing for the efec- ton in Richmond, Va, of a monument to commemorate the sacrifices and loyalty of the women of the Confectionery during the war. The resolution stated that the matter should be placed entirely in the hands of General John B. Gordon
 Hon. J. H. Reagon of Texas asked that the monument should be placed in some central part of the Confederate states. The resolution, with the amendment of Senator Reagon, was referred to the committee on resolutions.
 The committee on resolutions and ere dentials retired to formulate their reports, and While they were so tIlSdSSu tt hIiit7 Der of short speeches were made by Hon. J. H. Reagon, General Mat. Ransom and others.
 Committees
 The committee on resolutions and ere dentials were as follows Resolutions-Florida, w. H. Jewell Georgia, w. J. Waddell; Oklahoma J. F. Allen; Tennessee, w. P. Tolley; Arkansas, James Coffin; District of Columbia, C. C. Carlisle. bama, J. w. A. Sanford Maryland, Spen- cer Jones; Kentucky, w. N. Haldeman; | Mississippi, Robert Lowery; Texas, A. r. Walls; Missouri, J. P. Grant; North caro-
 lima, w. T. DeRossett; Louisiana, Davlo l Cabell.
 | Credentials-Florida, J. A. Enloe; Geor- l gia C. M Wheathley: Oklahoma, J. O. Dobbs; Tennessee, T. N. Fort; Arkansas, J. 1 H. Horner; District of Columbia, James | Compton; South Carolina,Z. Davis; Ken l lucky, J. R. Rogers; Mississippi, John Mo- | Ginnis; Texas, J. T. Fontaine; Missouri, , H. w. Salmon; Maryland, J. M. Garnett; Louisiana, B. T. Walsh; North Carolina, H. A. London.
 w. R. Garnett chairman of the educa- l tional committee, read the report of his l committee, dwelling upon the researches 1 made into the history of the war by the | committee. During the report he paid l high tribute to the personal character of | President Abraham Lincoln. Because of the difficulty of hearing the l report the reading was suspended in ac- | cordance with the orders printed and made special order of the day for tomorrow. Senator Kerry Spoke l After vigorous rapping for order, General | Gordon said: T now have the pleasure of | introducing man who left one-quarter of | himself on the battlefield of Corinth, but l the three-quarters that remain constitute a better man than ever stood before him. | hnx fl,a af ,,,t,, Car,o .t.N,- Berry of Arkansas"
 Senator Berry received an ovation as he came to the front of the platform. He spoke upon the subject of "The Soldier of the Trans Mississippi" In opening his address he called upon his hearers to remember that the men who charged with Pickett at Gettysburg were not braver than the men who fought at Oakhill. The men who stood for the Confederacy at Pea Ridge aLd who followed Price through Missouri were of the same fibre and the same fighting courage as the men who figured in the great events in Virginia. The speaker dwelt at consid- erable length upon the heroism of the Con- federates at the fight at Pea Ridge and Wilson Creek. He paid an eloquent tribute to the valor shown by the soldiers of the ans-Mississlppi department under trials that did not come in such great measure to their brethren in the army in the east and in closing touched upon "anti-imperalism' by saying that as long as he lived he would have no share in foisting upon any people government which the ydd not desire. A resolution was offered by General Carr of North Carolina stating that Confederate Veterans recognize with friendly feeling the utterances of northern men regarding the Army of Northern Virginia, and that it was the opinion of the Confederate vet erans that there is no sectionalism in the valor of the American soldier. State Representation Zimmerman Davis of the committee on credentials, presented it's report, giving the following basis of representation in the conventions:
 Virginia, Ill; Maryland, 24 North Caro- lima, 116; South Carolina, 156; Kentucky, 142; West Virginia, IA; Georgia, 222; Ala bama, 15O; Tennessee, 40; Mississippi, IA; Louisiana, 134; Florida, 42; Missouri, 60; Texas, 245; Arkansas, 7S; Indian Territory, IS; Oklahoma, 6. Total, 1,772 At 12:15 the convention adjourned until 8 o'clock.
 Just prior to adjournment James Dinkins of Louisiana announced that during the afternoon he would offer resolution urg- ing upon the president of the United States to name a naval cruiser Miss Helen Gould, in grateful recognition of her ser- vices to the country during the Spanish American war.
 Afternoon Session The afternoon session of the convention opened with the reading of statement from the Daughters of the Confectionery, presented by Taylor Ellison of Richmond,