Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-27
The Storm Breaks.

ne report Oh tHe cOIll!ul1lSt Oh
resolutions was then read by Col.
Chas. Coffin and was as follows:
"Whereas, 1t has come to our no.
tice that the letter head of the his
torical committee is being used for
the furtherance of the political inter
ests of candidate by having the de-
! sign placed on envelopes to be used
in sending out circulars and political
, matter in his interest.
"Whereas. We regard it our duty
! tC the living who suffered the hard
ships of war and offered their lives
for the cause they believed right and
a sacred privilege and obligation we
eve the gallant Confederate dead to
preserve from personal. private or po-
litical use any and all emblems, in
. sigma and designs adopted or intend
, ed for use in any department or by
any order of the U. c. ", and
Whereas, We regard such action
iD using said letter head design in
political campaign as an attempt to
influence the sentiment and love for
the old Confederate soldier to his per-
! sonal and political advantage and an
insinuation that his candidacy is en-
dorsed by the U. c. ", therefore be it
Resolved. That we as members of
the U. C. ". assembled in annual re-
union at Little Rock, most earnestly
| protest against this unwarranted and
unprecedented misuse of said en-
blem; that We deny the authority of
any one to prostitute the designs and
emblems of our beloved order to the
level of partisan politics.; that we con-
denim as false the insinuat ton that our
| order has endorsed any candidate for
the United States senate; that we re-
gard such action as an insult to ev-
cry living Confederate soldier and
defamation of the memory of all who
are dead; and be it further
Resolved, That we endorse the ac-
! sas at Fort Smith yesterday on this
subject and thank them for their pa
triotic and timely condemnation of
| such prostitution of our sacred em-
blem"
The reading of the resolutions was
! applauded and a motion that the res
olutions be adopted by a rising vote
was made by Col. L. Minor of New.
] port, and Commander Jones was about
to put it when Col Morgan was recog-
hiZed and said that he desired to read
| statement from Chas Jacobson. sec
| retary to Gov. Davis, before action
was taken.
Mr.. Jacobson's Explanation.
The following communication was
| then read:
"Gentlemen-With regard to the
upse of a few envelopes belonging
to the historical society. l beg to say
that the governor was out of the city
! when this happened and knew nothing
I OF it. We have been using the old en-
velopes left over by the legislature,
! and the janitor in gathering them up,
simply got hold of few of them, and
not knowing the difference, used
about so of them out of total about
$4,000 others. Both the governor and
myself were ignorant of this matter
until our attention was directed to it
later. There was no disposition to
use your literature in any manner
whatever for any purpose, and this
matter was simply an error of the
| janitor, pure and simple. If there was
any one to blame it was myself. for
| not detecting the error before the let
| ters were sent out can state. and
state positively, that the governor was
not in the city at the time, and was
! wholly ignorant of the matter. until
his attention was called to it in the
! press. He could not have known any