The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-16
The OLD VETS
Get Through With TheIs Reunion
and Adjourn.
MEET NEXT IN MOBILE

MEET NEXT IN MlV6SLa 3
Ges. EvsRs, the Aged Commander
n-Chiss, Declined Reelection L
Els O@ce, But the EosoE is Thrus
Upos Elm Assss By BIS OK
Comrades.
The reunion Of the C!d confed
Veterans for 1903 at Memphis. Tenn.
Is over. Ate. re-e!ecdng Gen
Clement A Evans comnandes-in'
chief over MS vigorous but futile pro
test, and selecting Mobile. Ala, as
the next place OF reunion, the United
Confederate Veterans adjourned their
business meeting Wednesday Oh the
heels Of a very stormy session. The
only candidate for commsnder-in-
chief placed n nomination vas Gen.
VIM. n. CabelI. commander OF the
Trans Mississippi division. Just BE-
fore nominations we're in order. Gen.
Evans read an announcement to the
convention. IN which be declined re-
election. He said be had served il
every capacity. from the lowest to
the highest, and that he felt thst the
highest hoaor il the Veterans gift
should be passed from one A-Coa-
fede1ate to another in turn.
But the delegates disagreed With
him. and By vote Of 1870 to 74+
for Cabell, reelected Gen. Swans 70
command. With tears streaming
down bis cheeks and shaking with
emotios, the stately and aged soldier
bowed TO the commands os his COM
rades
After Mobile. Houston. Nashville,
Chattanooga and Oklahoma City had
been put IN nomination for the next
reunion, some one began to Introduce
outside speakers. Sweitecing in a
temperature Of over q hundred de-
srees, the Veterans delegates object
ed strongly and yelled vigorously for
a vote. Finally John ". Apperson,
connander-in-chief OF the United
Sons Of Confederate Veterans, Sc
cured the floor and introduced Con-
gresham T. Z. Sissoa. Of Mississippi,
SIS the spokesman OF the Sons.
Nearly every one thought Sisson
was to spring a dark horse" can
didate for the next meeting place.
but as it became evident that the
young Congressman merely desired
TO make speech. the delegates be-
came noisy and calls OF sit down"
and vote" were Insisted. SisEoa
was game, however. sod WON out on
8 test Of endurance. Re announced
that be wished to repeal his speech
IN Congress, delivered in answe. to
Congressman Calderhead, OF Kan
sss, who charged that the Southern
people we're lazy. Ssssoo received
some encouragement and some his
ses, but he perseve-ed. Finally his
concluded n burst OF elooHeace,
saying:
The principles you fought for
we're right in 81 and are right to-
day. You were not conquered then,
yo1 are not conquered now, and the
greatest monument in your honor
are the millions Of pensions tie Fed
ersl government pays to the widows
and orphans you. ralor made anc
the Sorty-six thousand graves ID Ar
angtoo Cemetery. which the Federal
government decorates each 10th OF
May. AS long as these monuments
are perpetuated to your honor, you
need erect no others"
Sisson's speech vas received with
mingled cheers and Kisses, and many
ConSederates left the hall in dis
gust. Others crowded around him
and swamped him with congcatu!a-
tons
Meantime Mrs Moore Murdock. OF
Dallas, Texss. vas endeavo-sns to
be heard. She wanted to second
the nomination OF Houston, Texas.
for the next reunion. She posses
ses q very masculine voice and man
ne. OF delivery, and she soon Qu!eted
the assembly. The Veterans !ssseaeo
IN patience unit, she declared:
I'VE have lived as rebels. ve are
still rebels, and We will die as
rebels
Then pandenon!un broke loose.
II was difficult TO tell whether the
majority favored her sentiments CT
opposed them. Cheers were mingled
with cat-calls and Kisses and above
al! reverberated the ear-sp!itting
rebel yell.
Several other speakers were In
troduced but no one heard their
names or what they said until Gov
e,nor Haskell. Of Oklahoma. was in
troduced. Even he had a stormy
greeting, which might be construed
one way or another, Finally. how
ever, BE tired out the crowd and
made diplomatic speech, inviting
the Convention to choose Oslaho-
ma City for the 1910 reunion.
You will find Confederate Veter-
ans in most of the Offices OF the State.
from Supreme Court Judges to con
stables" ne said. "snd you will find
as hearty a welcome as YOU will
find anywhere on Gods earth.
Immediately after the Governor
speech the vote for the next re-
union city began. Every one picked
Houston. Texas. as the winner, but
Mobile, Ala, seemed to have con
Quoted gunshoe campaign. and
1t soon became evident that the Ala
bama city had won. She pollet
1854 votes, with Houston seconc
with 6a5. Oklahoma City. Nash