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 General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, is in hearty sympathy with this movement, and, as you will see from his letter, he believes that the Hon. Mr. Taft can and will restore the name of Jefferson Davis to the tablet, where in justice and for the truth of history it belongs. On June 3, 1908, will occur the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis. We will celebrate the day in the honor of one of the greatest Americans the country has ever produced. We will honor him as soldier, statesman and patriot. He was said to be the most efficient Secretary of War that ever served in that office, and it was during his term of office that this wonderful structure, "Cabin John Bridge," was constructed; and to have erased his name from the tablet was a despicable act of prejudice that should be quickly repaired.

In connection with this movement, I beg to call your attention to an enclosed clipping, which proves that to-day all sectional feeling has died, and the people North and South are ready to say with Jackson, "The Union must be preserved." In the name of my Association I hope you will be pleased to take this matter up where General Meyer left off, and that you will, with your usual success, bring it to a glorious conclusion.

Yours very respectfully, President C. S. M. A.

[From New Orleans, La., Daily Picayune, April 22, 1908.]

PUT DAVIS' NAME BACK.

Resolution to be Offered by Mr. Carlin Looking to This. Washington, D. C, April 21.—Representative Carlin, of Virginia, said to-day it was his purpose to introduce a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for all information relative to the erasure of the name of Jefferson Davis from the aqueduct bridge, near this city.