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The Big Reunion in Dallas. 1
125.000 VisitorsThere General '
Gordon Given u Grent Ovation.
Immediately After Which lie 1
Delivered an Eloquent
Speech.
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Dallas, Tex., April 22. ? With
the Confederate reunion officially ^
12 hours old and unofficially con.
siderahly older, it is estimated to- r
night that there are 125,000 visitors
in Dallas. From early this
morning until late tonight the ,
treets were thronged and it is ^
said by men in a position to base ^
close calculations, that there are ^
80,000 visitors at the camp ia the ^
fair grounds alone. "The crowd
is too large to command," said
Colonel Slaughter to un Associate
Press representative to-day. c
"Thousands who have no right to
do so are sleeping at the cutnp and
eating at the veterans' tables. '
Some of the old veterans have had 1
to tight for their places, but they c
seemed to be as capable or a tus- |e
sle as they were years ago. Wejt
will have affairs better in hand-'
tomorrow " An additional iufiux !c
of visitors is expected tomorrow, 1
the attraction being the lvaliph's c
parade. Tonight the young ele- 1
meut and many of the veterans 1
rounded out the day's pleasures '
with a ball at the camp. The *
function .vas given by the Sons of 1
Veterans and an immense crowd 1
?too great for comfort ? was "
present. While thousands of 1
visitors did not leave the husine-s x
section of the city, Camp Johns .x
ton, two miles distant, where tho 51
opening exercises were held, was 11
crowded to the limit. Delegation '
after delegation from the four v
corners of the country reported ^
and were assigned to their divisions.
The great mess shed, seat- (
ing 12,000, was opened at 10 f
o'clock. An army of cooks and t
waiters were in attendance work i
ing like beavers, while tho vet- v
erans, with a hunger bern of a
night in the open, did their best
in an able manner to keep the
cooks busy.
OrENINO #F THE CONVENTION.
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The convention was compelled l
to open with General Gordon, the s
commander-in-chief, absent. Hon 1
John M. Allen, the orator of the b
day, was not present when the e
convention began. Governor j
Sayers and Hon. G. R. Gerald, a
however, appeared at the last |<
moment and were vociferously
cheered. Among those on the
stage were Judge Jobo H. Ren i
gan, the only surviving member
of the Davis cabinet; W. L. Cabell;
General Stephen D. Lee, a
cousin of R. E. Lee; Governor
Heard, of Louisiana; Mayor
Capdeville, of New Orleans; Colonel
Lee Craodall. who was on
4'Stonewall1' Jackson's staff; Miss
Lucy Lee Hill, of Chicago, the
sponsor-in-chief, and Miss Virgin*
ia Paddock, of Fort Worth, Tex.,
the chief niaid of-honor.
When the convention opened,
the veterans, many of them coinparing
the bounteous plenty of
their breakfasts with the starvation
they were often called upon
J
iu|cimuio um nig hid wftv, were in
high good humor. The building
Beating 8,000 people, was filled
to the topmost row soon after the
convention was called to order hv
General K. M. Van Zandt, president
of tho Texas Reunion Association.
From pillar and post
bung bunting and fiags and pic.
I tiros of old Confederate chief !
lains. The crowds were compos- j
ed not alone of veterans, hot of
Llieir son and wives and duugh- |
ters. Maids of honor and spun- j
sors, some ?uotahly those from!
Louisiana?wore brass buttons
ind Confederate gray, but the
majority, in cool white, lent an
ur of ornamentation to the scene.
Following the opening of the
neeting, Chaplain Young, of
Texas, delivered a touching invocation
Ceneral .Jos C. Sayirs,
on hehalf of the State of
lexas, then welcomed the visitors
o the State. He was followed
>y Ben. E. Cabell, mayor ofDalas,
who gave the veterans the
'reedomof the city. Gen. Gorild,
of Waco, welcomed the visitirsto
Texas.
IORDUN ARRIVES ? A DRAMATIC
SCENE. (
At 1:15 p. m., Commander-inJhief
Gordon arrived. The manler
of his entrance into the vast
luditorium was dramatic. Geniral
Van Zundt had announced
hal all hope of the presence of
ieneral Gordon hud been abaud>ned
and the meeting hud been
urncd over to General S. D. Lee,
tommander of the Army of Tenlessee.
General Lee was in the
nidt-t of his speech when a milliter
of voices and a stumping of
'cet was heard from the rear of
he hull. The roar grew to
hunderous jfroportions and above
ill could be heard the magic word
'Gordon !" At that name tho
eterans rose to their feet. "I
vill speak no more," said Generd
Lee, when the commander had
iscended to the platform. "Our
oved commander eun say to you
vords that will please you more
han those of any other man "
"It was n? fault of mine," said
ieneral Gordon, when the apilausc
had subsided, "that I was
wenty hours late. May be you
>oys can remember a time when I
van not late."
gknkkai. Gordon's speech.
General Gordon's address was
is follows:
Governor, Mr. Mayor, Gentleaen
of Committees and My Fel9W
Countrymen of Texas: How
hall I tell you what we think of
Texas, of her greuthearted people,
ler broad parit ies and still broadr
hospitality ? 1 but poorly extress
the thoughts of these vetftrbs
when i say that whether we
ook at her geogrsphioally, historLet
It
Alone.
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I
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>11. It doesn't tire you out.
i'here is no strain. The work
; ail natural and easy. You
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ou feel better?you cat better :
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ADVERTISEMENTS.:
It Takes All Our
Time Ordering
Goods To Keep
Up Our Stock.
WE HAVE HAD AN
-IMMENSE STOCK!N
ALL OUB DEPARTMENTS.
Our first shipments of Millinery,
Dress Goods, Silks, Etc.,
went out of Stores like hot
cakes. NEW' GOODS arriving;
daily. We will have
A SPECIAL DISPLAY!
SPECiALPRiCES
the balance of April.
- LISTEN! 10
yards of Lawn for twentyfive
cents.
Thompson Brand New $1.00 '
Corsets. Our price 82 cents.
Dotted Silk Tissues, worth 00
cents. Our price 48 cents.
25 dozen Ladies Vests, worth
10 cents. Our price 5 cents.
I
We cant ment ion our Bargains
unless we rent the whole paper.
COME AND SEE US.
-Inicaslcr litiiiiiilr in.
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callv or sentimentally, Texus is t<
ibout tho biggest thinwo ever i'
?ti v. She cun raise cattlo enough H
in her wild lands to furnish all tlio n
?anned beef for tho armies of v
I'nclo Sam, John Hull and tho ei
mvi iuuu riQi|iire, ana siui uavo n
Fortilo lands enough left, if plant ii
id in the fleecy staple, to make d
noro bales of cotton than are now p
produced by America and Egypt a;
lombined; or, if plant* d in grain w
:rops, to feed every man, woman is
ind child in the Union. tl
With such a territory?almost tl
tqual to that of the original thir- w
een States which threw off th n
poke of bondage and wrenched u
Freedom from the greatest of cm- w
pires?this great Commonwealth o
lolds to-day within its borders a ri
population devoted to those same it
mperishable principles?a popu- U
ation which, if the occasion should '<
lome, would wago (anothcr seven U
rears war in defence of this in- ii
icrited republic, its flag, its laws a<
ind its regulated liberties. y
la the f?\v moments in which
propriety permits mo to speak, I tl
Jure not trust myself, to make i*
nore than the briefest allusion to b
L'exns history. 1 cannot survey ai
sven the confines of that vast w
ield, made so rich and so inspir- tl
ng by the great deeds of her at
nartial sons. Indulge me just t(
ong enough to say that from her <v
>irth, through all her costly ex- b
jeriences as a struggling repub- oi
ic, and through subsequent wars,
ho sous of Texas, whenever summoned
to the sacrifice, have pourid
out their blood freely on liberies'
altars. From Croliod and t
San .Jacinto, from Huenu 10 Vista tr
md Scerro Cordo, from Chicka- si
uauga's hills and the shivered ri
ocks of the liound Top at (iet- C
yshurg, from the charge of tier I.
iowboys and rough riders up the 'a
vire girdled steeps of Santiago, 'tt
Tom every battlefield made mom- V
>rable by American valor comes ct
he thrilling answer of Texas to
reedom's call. No wonder she ni
ias inspired her neighbors beyond fi
:he Rio Grande with such whole- '4
some respect for her powers. No fr
wonder that the Lone Star is so in
lazzling to Mexican eyes. You
<now that the Mexicans claim they a
lould stand up fairly well against w
the whole of the United States if hi
it were not for Texas. \\
But net only is Texas great his- G
torically and great in her geogra- 01
phieal expanse, but she can do
more in a small space than any oth- B
ar country in the world. As proof, a'
I point you to little Spindle Top, k
where a few acres can pour out of w
the greasy throat of boiling, than- 5^
dtring gushers, oil.enough to light n
every hamlet in the land, and at 8
the same timo, if (government ex- i<
perioients are successful enough, c
oil to kill all the mosquitoes from s
the Jersey shore to the Mexican 1
border. t
Again Texas has Ihe biggest ^
r>ilioa nf tknit* oir.o in nil fUa nnin 1
v/i vivo vi luvti oi/iv in (iii i ii v iiiii y
erse. Shall 1 illustrate by naming *
ono? The throbbing heart of every s
veteran in this assembly has alien- v
dy answered withtho name of Dal- v
las?beautiful Dallas,holding now u
in her loving embrace more peo- *
pie from the outside than she has *
population inside. And who are H
those men whom she so tenderly !
title! ci 1/ivincrlv nm 1?? ii'-iw/ VVUnf I <
this outpouring of her people? Is j h
some potentate of kindly lineage ^ c
pausing in her streets? lucre are : r
no l'rincc Henrys here ?no Inoth- j tl
ers, no other kin of the great Kai- f
bers. Bnt there are men hero, who v
3 your thoughts arc greater than
rincos, grander than potentates,
lero are men of the purest and
lost royal lineage?men in -whose
eins run the Meed of the foundry
of this mighty 1 (public, whose
lission it te light up for struggle
)g humanity the highway of free
oni. Hete are the veterans of the
roudest of armies?hoary with
go and ennobled by sacrifice,
ho by their own individual horo>ni
in the bloodiest of wars, by
leir sell-control and self-reliance
trough the long crucifixion
hich followed,have won the adtiration
of all men who lienor
innhood and love liberty. In a
rd, you, my fellow countrymen
f Texas, heliere, and you hare a
ght to believe, that every sold;r
who bravely fought in the
onfederate army and remained
>yal to its memorios, as well as
>val to the republic, is a prince
I his own right and by his own
shievmnnt. You boleive, and
ou have a right to believe1 that
very grey cap that ever sheltered
le head of a Confederate private
a nobler crown than that worn
v any potentate on earth. Hut 1
II treanavsilirr unrl
ith the affectionate greetiugs of
icse soldiers to this great State
id glorious city. Our hats are off
> hoth, and so long as life lasts
e will hold you in loving emrace.
U> OFFICERS REELECTED?NEW
ORLEANS NEXT PLACE OF MMET
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Dallas, Tex., April 23.?The
onfederate Veterans assembled
i reunion here today and trau^
ictcd important business with a
ish. Gens Gorden, Leo and
abell were reelected and Gen. C
Walker elected to succeed the
teGen. Wado Hampton as comander
of the Army of Northern
Kginia. Now Orleans was saluted
as the place for tha next
ninion. Gen. Gordon was given
i chance to retire. A voice
0111 the hack of the hall cried;
The only way you can get away
om the oilicer general, is bydyrni
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ine election was unanimous by
standing vote. Glowing tributes
ere paid to the officers, and
sdf the audiance was in tears
hen the meetiog adjourned* Gen
ordon called the convention to
rder at 10.45 and memorial ser^
ices for the late Gen. Wade
lampton begun. Chaplain Gener1
.Jones delivered the invocat*
>n and General Lee followed
'ith an eulogy of kthe lamented
outhern warrior and states
inn. From Gen. Hampton the
peuker had received his commiss3n
as a lieutenant-colonel and a
olonel of artillery. His associatens
with the famous soldier has
cen intimate and there were
ears in his eyes as he spoke of
lamptan's recent death.
Gen. Gordon spoke briefly of
he dead soldier. "With his death
aid the gcueul, t4a great light
irent out No, did 1 say the light
rent onlf The light of such a life
an never ^'o out, hut will burn
orever, a light t? guide our foottcps
to the highest pinnacle of
;lorv.
When the afternoon meeting was
e ?
ailed to order Chairman J. Tay[>r
Strutton of the resolutions
ommittee reported. Antony the
evolutions adopted was one withit-awing
the support of all Confederate
veterans from Grunt uniersity,
Tenn., on account of the