The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-04
THE OLD FIGHT
 IS RE-OPENED Incident at Camp Alger
 Brought Up. BUTLER AND THE vIRGINlANs
South CaroIinian Invited to Attend Brandy Reunion.
Members of Regiment with Which He clashea Declare They VIII Not Lend Their Presence to the
 Occasion.

Washington, August ss--(Specia1)-- Near Brandy Station, in Culpepper County. Va, there Is to be held next Thursday a reunion of those who took part in the great cavalry flight that occurred in the vicinity during the civil war This was the biggest cav airy fight during the terrible con- f1ict.
 General M e. Butler, formerly Unit ed States Senator from South Carolina. 1 lost a leg in this battle and has been invited to be present as one of the honored guests. It will also be recall ed that General Butler was a high of- fciai in the Spanish American war having been appointed by President | Mckinley at the same time that he | appointed the late General Fitz Lee and Joe Wheeler and General Oates of | Alabama.
 General Butler was stationed at Camp Alger and was high in authority at that camp which was located in Virginia, not many miles from Wash I ington. He had to haul over the coals some of the companies of the 3rd vir- | ginia Regiment which formed part of the force at Camp Alger
 | The Clash at Camp Aiger. There was a serious clash and at one time 1t looked as If there would | be personal difficulty between Gen. erai Butler and some officers of the Virginia troops. The culpepper En- I terprise of today contains a card sign ed by "A Spanish Veteran. ? in which he says
 "The Culpepper Minute men. an or- 1 ganization that has been preserved since the revolution win not accept the invitation to attend the reunion at Brandy, August if General Butler. who caused the arrest and otherwise | n tk 0~A x4safs Regiment while at Camp Alger fin 1898, | is present as an invited guest Vir- einia soldiers will not mix with any man who tried to traduce the honor of | a Virginia regiment The members of | the old srd have not forgotten old Butler and the vetefans of the 3rd Vir- I ganie congratulAte the Minute Men | upon their refusal to De present under l the circumstanees
 A Iarxe attendance of the blue and | grey is expected ct the Brandy retin- | ion. but if General Butler hears that | the Culpepper Minute Men are still Sd | resentful he may not enjoy meeting l his old comrades as much as if the
 above card had not been hurled al
 him."
 The Muscle shoals Prejeet. l Tn an interview here Charles F schofield of Bridgeport. in speaking oi the Muscle Shoals projects. predicted | wonderful results there from an in- l 6istraal standpoint. He also touched l upon politics and among other things l remarked:
 | 'At shellmound we will have 100000 | horsepower. and in and around nay owi | town of Bridgeport ,56.000 horsepower Active construction has been commenc-
 ca on the latter project, and the pos
 session of such an immense power fol l manufacturing purposes is bound to boom the community. We have oul | coal and Iron in the mountains around
 us, so that, with. the possession of raw | materials immediately at hand. elim' mating expensive freight charges, and
 with power amply sufficient to operate factories and mills without number, thu future for this entire northern sectior of the State Is exceedingly bright.
 Has Political Ideas.
 But this is not only In industria matters that Alabama and other ia | yored Southern States have shown suci marked changes" MT. Schofield said
 ''There would be realignment of par ties in our State today if the negro 1 were eliminated from the equation, ana
 if the Republicans ceased to devote their energies to thir scrambl for of
 fices and applied themselves to build ing up a strong party inspired by hiGt | ideals. When that day comes. Demo
 crats who can see nothing now but aI
 organization perpetuated for the sol'
 rnrnose of personal advancement. will
 amIiste themselves with the party and
 destroy what has been known as th'
 solid south The opportunity is riD'
 Tor a nolitical realignment of the voter
 of inc south. If the managing leader.
 of the Republican Party were only sufh
 ciently wise to grasp IL