The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-30

wrong from heginning to end. In order to counteract this impression the report of the committee should be printed and spread broadcast throughout the South and prizes should be offere1 for the best articles written by the children showing that they had their former Impressions dispeiled and understood the Southern cause thoroughly.
 A general discussion of school histo- ries ensued and it was the general opin- ion that none but histories written by an impartial author and presenting fairly the Southern and Northern sides of the war should be used In the public schools of the South.
 The report of the Relief Committee was presented by Chairman Robert c. Pillow, of Little Rock. Owing to the fact that the report was incomplete in some de- tails. 1t was referred back to the com mittee. 4af
 The report of the Monumental Commit- tee was s1omatted ex Ghai5man D. A.
 h The report % of the sbreasAtf2si S1SRssoi GJmmit- tee was submitted. slfo Wing there are si camps represented by 5l3 delegates pres ent. The largest representation is the N. B Forrest S Camp; nsx Of Memphis, s.,ud with ,Ia Si John A. Broaddus Camp. of Louisville. with 35 delegates.
 Sixty-two camps In the organization. with 20o delegates. were not reported. The report of the committee was adopted. Owing to the fact that the hail was rented to other paries for an hour the convention. at i2:so took a recess until i:3a o'clock.
 closed their convention in one of the stormiest sessions in the history of the organization. It all arose over the ehoic- of a commander-in-chief to succeed B.s- COG Hindman. who ~ declined ,s to become 2 Haughton of St. Louis was finally de- clared eelcted by exclamation, but the decision was reached after hard par iiamentary battle.
 tire afternoon and was effected with less than half Of the delegates present. The flower parade was scheduled for the same tim eas the election of officers at delegates were absent in attendance upon it. An effort was made to postpone the election. but this was bitterly opposed by the friends of Haughton, and after ed in carrying their point and having their man elected.
 There has been a spirited rivalry over the position ever since the delegates oe- gan to pour into Memphis. The foremost Judge Haughton Of St. Louis and Edwin P. Cox of Richmond. Va. Considerable
 wire-pulling had been |done. and both
 sides felt confident of success. officers would be reached at the morn ing session when there was full rep resentation present, but other matters crowded the session and precluded the possibility of disposing of the important matter. Other attractions claimed the at' tention of a number of the delegates In the afternoon and when this order was reached only about one-third of the deie' gates were present.. H The Haughton men had foresecn the advantage of remaining and were anxious to take an early vote. The Cox men en. deavored to postpone until their men could reach tn ehall, but. after series of motions and counter motions and q considerable wransle. the motion to post, pone was defeated and the election ol haughton followed. The other officers elected were: Ed win P. Cox. Commander or the DcparI ment of Northern Virginia; w. A. Col Her. Jr., of Memphis, Commander Of the Army of the Tennessee; w. M. kava' uaugh, of Little Rock, Ark, Commanae' of the Trans-Mississippi Division James Mann. Chairman Of the Memor!a Comrnittee. submitted a report showing | that S7oO had been collected for the mon ument which the Sons of Veterans pro posed to erect in honor of the Confed | crate women. He made strong plet | for support for this object. and the rol | of each camp was called and subscrip | tions to the amount of S5,0OO were raised | This makes 6, zoo pledged to the com | mittee The location of the monumen will probably be decided at the next re | union.
 l The convention adjourned sine die t. | meet in Dallas. Tex. in 1S02.