The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-01
Senator Daniel Addresses
Veterans and Receives
Great Ovation.
SPEECH OF LEE
FEATURE OF DAY.
Old Soldiers Unable to Contain
Themselves When Grandson
Of Great Commander De
livered Wonderful Adj
dress Little Bust
& ness Transacted.

ness IL rarSaCled.
I. A gray day greeted the Army In Gray.
yesterday, Cold weather and a, driz-
zlinE rail- to some extent upset the
announced plans. notably as, to they
fireworks display at Reservoir Park at
night: but to no serious extent inter-
irupted the ceremonies incident to the
great reunion. Ne terans !wornEo out from
the first days taxing work. rested G
within doors: others braved the blus-s
ter OF the streets, and thousands OF
others continued the ceaseless march
being well reraid by the renlar rkabless
scenes In the convention hall during
the morning. the equally remarkable Il
gcathering at the White House of the
Confederacy in the afternoon, and the
brilliant ball in the Horse Show Build
ing at night. IN
The day opened with the session OF A
tho Veterans at the Horse Show Buil -..
ing, which, with a capacity Of more
than 5000. was filled to overflowinE g.
on the main floor were the men IN
gray, while the boxes and seats Q { the
a.mphitheatre were packed with repre-
sentative people OF Richmond and I
guests attending the reunion. .
pixie" sung by the reunion cl1oir,E
warmed tho crowd and made the old
men forget the rain outside. While
"Auld Lang Syne" prepared them for
the brilliant speeches made by Senator
John w. Daniel, the Lame Lion from I.
Lynchburg. and Robert E. Lee. Jr'. a.' aL.'
grandson Of GeneralaR. z. Lee. II!
Great E,nthusias1n. ! Fl
When Senator D Danial walked to thess
sueakers,1 stand great che eerf greeted /!
l,;,im. followed by the5a'rebel vel ~ and
\ all during his eloquent M speech the
gEeatest thusi asn1 yail ed
about 4 IT, cited tn old ssoldie iers 'tas the
Senatcrsptc ctured the y ines the U.s.
To Robert r. .SI Lee, ,sJr., e Bo b. Zee as
the veterans call him, belongs the hon
| or of the day, for n ever Sin the his
tory OF reunion conventfon5wasG such
| an ovation accord ed a speaker. y hat
Colonel Lee is not a veteran, but be-
l5longs to the Sons OF Veterans. is but,
| an Indication Of the wonderful imp
sion he made upon the old warriors
who followed his father and grand
Father III VIZ IL
1T was the first time IN the history
of the organization that the veterans
had gone outside their own ranks for
a spenker. and General Stephen d. Lee
| iii alluding tothe fact. said that twas
an especial mark OF honor and esteem.
gS Colonel Lee, whose voice carried to
| the most distant part OF the building,
reused such enthusiasm by his ringing
words that the veterans could scarce
contain themselves. and shout went
up that shook the building when he
said that he was tired Of hearing that
the men the South fought for what
they BELIEVED to be right" q was
what they, KNEW to be right ex-l
4 claimed the spea ker& in his mi ghtiestg
tones. y, f Ne Y
Tha was the keynote of the address
the right and truth Of the Confed-
eracy-and the reception which follow
/ cd Its close was the warmests which
4 has been accorlcd any speaker during
the reunion After presenting to Rev.
4 Dr. VIM. Jones, the lighting parson,"
a silver loving cup. the conventional y
journed for the day.
At the White House.
During the morning the Women OF
the Confederacy held a meeting at the
! Second Baptist Church. The only Incl
4 dent#not on the regular program was
1 the presentation by Mrs. j.. Taylor Ely
son Of a Eavel cut from a tree at
4 J jamestown Island to Mrs. Behah, of
4 Louisiana. the presiding officer.
4 # The Sons of Veterans held meet
4 3|ingSSat the city Auditorium, at which
only routine business, such as reports,
4 was dispatched Another meeting was
4 held in the afternoon. and various re-
4 unions of smaller organizations We're
! on the program. y
Il Luncheon was served to ma ny Vet
4 erans at the Westnlorelsnd, Club. tha
4 tables being decorated with Confed-
Il crate colors and overhung with Con-
! fcderate flags,
The sponsors and maids OF honor
were also entertained at luncheon at
n the Westmoreland. 5s
!, In the afternoon a reception took
|, place at the contederate Museum. the
old White House Of the Confe deracy.
In which President Davis lived. Here
, |it had heen planned to hold a garden
. party on tho lawn. on whichEis placed
Iinclemsncy of the weather prevented
out-of-door entertaining, and there
fore the overAowing attendance crowd
ed itself into the building somehow. The
scene was one that will probably never
1 be witnessed again. Noted women OF
the South. wives and widows and
. daughters of famous generals. were
Il In the receiving line. Totterins gray
4, haired veterans Were shaken with un-
Comfortable emotion as they bent over
the hand o! the daughter OF President
l Jefferson Davis, who graciousiy stood
. and created each one as he came.
I At night the great hall of the reunion
A was held at the Horse Show Building.
. 500 people dancing The building
i pfoper was filed with veterans and
& guests, while on the dancing floor wer,
/ numbers Of distinguished people. an
i, Guiding the ranking officers of the
Il United Confederate Veterans. the Soma
i, of Veterans, the wives and dau sl,tera
of yeterans, the sponsors and maids
|, OF honor, His Excellencys the Governor
OF Virginia and Mrs. Swanson. 70 gsthor
with many we'll known men and wo-
!. menso the South I'll 4, Il
!, Before tile hall was the n harm
Il c.xaaA--pSsll,"!n {" Ia yYhlc marched thiftsss-