The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-09
HIGH HONOR FOR MRNAVIS
  Honorary v.sident Gen era,. sf U. D. (. CONVENTION AT AN END Mrs. Smyth of Charleston is Elected President. Mrs. ]. D. BeaIe of Montgomery. Made second vice-President--Nex
 session to Be Held In
 San Francisco.
CONVENTION AT AN END

St. Louis, Oct. S.-After a brief ses- sion the United Daughters of the Con- | federaey concluded their annual con vention tonight, the feature of which was the creation of the office of Hon. orary President General, to which Mrs. Jefferson Davis was elected. In the creation of the offlce a question arose over the proposition that 1t would es- tablish precedent and supercede the office of First Honorary President, oc- cupied by Mrs. M. c. Goodlet of Nash vile. Tenn.. the founder of the organ ixation.
 Mrs. Goodlet herself settled the dis cussion by arising and gracefully ac- ceding to the plan in saying: I am only one of the daughters, while Mrs. Davis is the wife of our first Presi- dent"
 She was accorded tremendous ap- plause, and the convention then took formal action in ratifying the proposi- tion.
 Another proposition that caused much discussion was that Col. W. IL. Knauss of Columbus, O., be elected an honorary associate member in recogni- l tion of the fact that he looked after 1 the graves of Confederatel soldiers buried at Camp Chase, O.. and caused stones. designating the graves, to be placed.
 Knauss Federal Soldier. The discussion ensued by reason of his having been Federal soldier, and | It was asserted that his election to associate membership would be an act Unprecedented in the annals of the orr l ganization
 However. in view, of the services rendered by him to the graves of the | soldiers, it was finally decided to elect him as honorary associate member and | the convention did so.
 1 A resolution was introduced that the convention sanction the efforts of Mrs, Livingstone Rowe Schuyler of New York city to establish a scholarship in Columbia University for the instruction { of .sThe purposes for which the United
 Daughters of the Confsderacy was
 founded and transmitting to posterity tho truth of their cause"
 Y The resolution was adopted, but later | 1t was decided that the action of the l convention be reconsidered, and the 1 resolution was withdrawn with the un- derstanding that 1t would be considered at the next annual convention. How ever, in recognition of Mrs Schuyler's | efforts, the convention presented her I with a volume entitled. Northern Re-
 beilion and Southern Secession | The election or ofncers resulted;
 The officers Chosen. | Honorary President General. Mrs. l Jefferson Davis; Honorary Presidents,
 Mrs. M. c. Goodlett, Nashville; Mrs.
 Stonewall Jackson, Charlotte. N. C.;
 Mrs. Virginia c. Clay-Clopton, Hunts l ville,~ Ala; Mrs w. B. Pritchard, San
 Francisco. President. Mrs. A. IT. | Smyth, Charleston, s. C.. First Vice. President, Mrs. Basil W. Duke, Louis
 vile; Second Vice-President, Mrs. J. D.
 Beale, Montgomery, Ala; Recording
 Secretary, Mrs. John F. Hickman, Nash vile; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
 Virginia F. McSperry. Martinsburg, w.
 Va; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Y. Leigh, Nor folk. Va; Custodian, Mrs. s. E. Cab
 bett, Atlanta.
 After considerable debate and discuss
 sion San Francisco was chosen the place
 of meeting for the next convention, the
 time to be decided by the president. The
 convention then adjourned sine die.