The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-02
Kindly Message TO the Northern
Soldiers Enthusiasticai
ly IndOrsed.
LAST DAY CT THE REUNION.
Continued Rain Forced The Aban-
dOnmcnt of the Parade-Next
Meeting in Memphis-S.
OF e.. Y. Election.

! Louisville. Ky, June The tenth annual
! reunion ~ the United Confederate Veterans
| adjourned sine die at . o'clock tonight.
The meeting Of i@.l will be held In Mem-
| phis. Three cities were competitors Tor tho
| honor Of entertaining the veterans next
year The claims Of Memphis were presented
by General g. VI. Gordon. who made an
eloquent plea for the Tennessee city, and
he received several secondinS speeches to
| his OWE The claims Of Buffalo were pre-
| sented by Z. J, Smith. who made an ey-
ceIleEt impression on the convention. Doc
tor Williams Of Jacksonville spoke for
Jacksonville. The final vote showed for
Memphis. I53O votes; Jacksonville. 256; B..t-
fal0, %
The latter par; of the morning session
was full Of excitement. For upward Of
half an hour the convention was in an up
roar and in a state of great excitement
and confusion.
The trouble arose at the conclusion OF
the presentation "f IN" report OF the Com
nittee pn Resolutions. ! resolution had
been incorporated IN the report. which had
been presented hy " II BurSyn mn %. North
Carolina. 80 the I'll - tnat the convention
of CnnfcG"Tdt"S recognized with apprrcid-
tion the IlusuaC. ot General Daniel L.
II rks!s. the orator at th.- annual reunion
al the Army ii The Potomac. at Freri--s' s>,-
hl.rG. in which General SiHkslS had men
toned most kindly the men of the con
f"'leracv. ana III" resolution said the Con
:,dcTates rscipro 'at"d the feeling shown
toward them by the men Of the Army Of
the Potomac.
Fight Over isr>oiuticn.
General Gordon rIt the question Of The
g 20 pIion uf III" Tep"it- = lerr U4- q chorus
"f ayes" AMI when ne C'ii.,d ioT the votes
III tn, negative. hs Sail quickly: TIE ages
h1r,. Il.
Ar,cr he Rad announced the vo'e ;isre
came few cries Of Mo- General HH." -
l-..esr . f.a
any negative votes on siI"h a question. but
there were som" after Ead declared
the vote. I will now resihrni, H.; -
The author Of III" resolution. W II Bur
gym. mad" strong pirt for itI adoption
H.. said that he had been present at n.
r,catir,. at FrtG,ricksburr and had heard
the kindly S,ntiT.,utS oppressed by the
soldiers Il the North. and he desired the
Passage "i IN. resolution merely as a mat
ter 0f COuTttsy.
colonel ]. H. Shepari Of RichmoHd. Va.
.. c,.rcI the floor and said: Il want no CO.
guc-jiHs with the Yankees wh" defeated = ,
For Gods ss.ko. d. not accept .Ey thing from !
u. fr hands Don't Accept any hing from |
t-U:ua soldiers. Vote II to"n. comrades. |
Nu;., II down.
poz,uS uF G..cga;.s were on their feet de- /
nau5ius recognition from the cHair-
t;cH-~II :. u. Lee nd the Reverend W /
T. FiII of MISSISSIPPI! strongly urged the /
adoption "f rLr resolution.
The. confusion at This point became tre- !
m ..ru~. r:.s Iy tn. dozens shouting to /,
''N~i-.'' "Cu. .s.i-.. NO" 'fes'' and Coz |
,.'r,r.i t;ur,ion finally restored order. and |!
"a r,~rgus,' 20 Il call f9r his opinion. said: |
Il trust the tim" will never come, while !
/ stand an southern ground; or among the |
ChIyaIruus mon uf the South. when | viii |
refuse t. send kindly message 10 the en- /
Th4n. coming down to the front rail Of |
the platform. the Genera raised his voice /
in emphatic earueStnesS. saying:
''I know th. sender of this message. on |
l. in front OF my lines, and it was my bull
lets that sent him to the rear with leg
ofr. For me. am going to reciprocate the
kindly message of the Northern soldiers"
Wi.d cheers greeted This declaration. |
General Gordon yielded the gavel to ,;ensr-
al Cabcll OF Tevas. who made short adj
the question In the midst Of such great con-
fusion tha. his voice could scarcely be |
heard. II was adopted with roar OF as
sent.
The attendance at the convention OF this
forenoon was larger than at any previous
The convention WAS called 10 order at 10
o'clock by General Gordon
Tho rrpor; OF the Historical Committee
Special S order for today. was Brought Up
gain by General g. u. Lee and adopted
Hattie Abbey Funds.
Genera! g A. Evans, chairman OF the
COMMITTEES on the Battle Abbey presented
he report Of the boiy he represented. On
Nay S5. 1900. the COMMITTEES had on hand
n cash s65. .2lo; subscriptions received. S9.-
~ making a total Of Sl4 42s. He then read
etters from Charles broadway Rouse Of
cew York. who promised 10000 in cash
whenever an equal sum should be raised |
~ the members Of the Confederacy.
The report was adopted. General Gordon
hen Introduced to the audience Mrs |
,d;son Hayes daughter Of jefferson Dl- !
is: Miss Varina Howell Hayes. grand
laughter of Jeff Davis: Miss Carrie Smith
Il Tennessee. daughter OF General Kirby
pvf Mr0 2 To- d,
very one Of them the assembly arose and
hecrei frauticsl!y. |,
General Carw!le. chairman OF tho Com