The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-06-16
lLI Again ELECTED.
Only Opposition Manifested Was to
General Cabell.
CHEERED "OLD TIGE"
new Orisans Was Selected For Next
Years Place OF heetiag, but
Capital Ok Tennessee Made
hard Plight.

Louisville. June fs.-The United Con-
federate Veterans reelected their old
officers as follows:
cornmen der in chief - Lieut. Cen
stephen y Lee Mississippi
Commander Trsnsrnisssasippi Depart
rn@nfs--Generai W. L. Cahen. Texas.
fomtnaad~r of Army of the T~mes-
see Depar'm~nt--Lieu'en Genera,
Clement A Evans. Georgia.
con'"Ap1er Of AIRY of Northern
Virginia Observation-Disclosures Walker
South Carolina
The nominations we're maae nv a.
cianation. although there was an .r-
tempt 10 defeat the ete~ttcn er Genera,
Cahell
Poet No OF T~~as .nteres . o,o
'1"s TO tne re~esection Of General rah-
ell saying that he ~as not the ,,rap,-
's'ouS @hsaee 81 the Ts~as delegation
oa1 tire prosesser was haotsd down nj
'hr@% cheers gwen for odd rfge~
'Aeeh whila ths secretary recorded the
''"sRfo1 wv INV Oh TEXAN
S~w Orleans had ~sixn1 Ss~ieriev in
securing The convention ~ 1905 There
was serv little speech making and n'-
'ie sn fhe wav 90 -onr bur whaav an
given the oe'sga'~w along thes~ hines
was most excellent the singing of
MISS Nellie blanchard wotng straight
To ths hearts os the veterans ~sxA-
VILE mate fight which va. a awrnrs.~
- Tire convention. but she n~,4f,rn~rY
was strongly In favor ~ the Cresr~y,,
city
The fay was a strenuous one For
fs*nsral lee and Adfutant Hickle Two
@r~ssffsi~ were held. and much business
franssrsef
The annsal sfaverp was delivered bv
Captain ~ r. HarYis ~ Macon Ga
Captain Harris Ia y Yorc~rai sneaker
His address was excellent and IN.
morn thar two hours he held TIE In rye
audience closely He WAS f-fven ar aya~
ton
AnTtER tsn progress ~ the business
~ the day II was discovered that the
name as Federal officer wms on ire
committee on resolutions This canm~,s
cnnsrsotton among tha delornte~ The
"efAr"F In QUESTION Was spInnel & G
Russell af Indian Territory Colonel
kHHs@h tSfA ret attend the convention.
ard 90 thn protest aF Texas member
- tie committee Conrad n n Pad
deck of FDrt Worth General lee Rtps-
*ti'Usea thn name ~ ] Kprtfni1 81
indian Territory fer Colonel Russell
FTnferwal greetings were read from
th~ stat@ @Hrswprent of the Grand
Army ~ tha Republic ~ Indiana IN
secession ~ Madison TIE greet lrmH were
es}ss moderately eh@~r~48. art hus. Del
%wats on th@ platform made tha remark
Thar there Is getting ~ he toa much
M thav frztsyn. zfnw and toek his hat
ard serarsna
Other veuaFts submitted during the
aay were these ~ the History commit
fer ard ths tsattie abhev committee
TH| history Committee reported graf
ifstnE progress bs5 the matter af Naear-
fnw accurate histories fev uea tu the
southern schools FIRE battle abbey IL
fnw assured II will be built ~ Rich
word bnt th@ exact ste IN That c1fv
has tot vet been decided
The report ~ fhs Davis Monument
association save That the monument
IN ire dead chteftain IS assure Tt~
reading ~ th@ report eaaSed prolonged
cheering
Snath Coroiira's sponsor. Mites Fiix-
abeth T'Br7pkin. waH given an ovation
by the OLD men in gray az ire con
riusloH af notable address az greet
Ing THIS Young woman possesses
spIsndil vllee ard SHE swnyed her
a1sit~r"e alternately ~ tears and
cheers. Her efforts. however. were too
much for her strength. and as sire vas
so much iadiwuosesi thar she was un-
ahls ~ sreak az the reception given
AT tite Gait House ia honor of Miss car
rt~ Fevfen wf~~leT the daua afey Of
General Joe Wheeler. and sponsor for
tn south