The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-09
INsULTED KANSAS.
How GOV. 81. John WAS Treated at Kan
sas City Gsa theNOecassiOn of the Grant
Keception.
the Main Facts Connected with the I'm
pIeasantmcSs.

the Main Facts Connected with the Tn
PleasantneSs.
The absorbing topic of state interest At
present is the rude aud unwarranted
manner in which Governor st. John was
treated by Col Van Horn, of the Journal,
and Mayor Chace, Of Kansas City. upon
the occasion OF the Grant reception in
that city on the 2d We copy the fol |
lowing from the Topeka Capital of the |
9TH, in relation 10 the matter:
The facts concerning the insults given |
to Kansas through her governor and sew |
eral other weilknnwn and greatly re-
spected citizens, by certain Kansas City
parties, are given below rs learned by
our reporter, who arrived in the city the
evening of the day they were so freely
given Gov. ST John arrived in the city
Friday morning too late 10 go out with
the reception committee To meet Gen
Grant, but part of the Kansas reception
committee was in the car: Rev. ID. L.
Mitchell, of Independence; Mr. Alex
Davis, OF Spring Hill; Gen. John III.
Rice, of Paola; Mr.. J. y. Bruner, of Gar
diner; Major J b. Abbott, of DcSota;
Major Pickering. OF Olathe; Mr.. w. S.
Chick, of Shawnee; Mr. d. Il. Hadley,
of Wyandoitee; MIR. :. n. Simpson, OF
Rivcrview, and Mr. r. G.. CTowder, of
Merriam Park, beng of the number.
Gov. St. John met the party on lis re-
turn at the Union depot, but Gen. Grant
and friends were hurried off up street be
fore meeting him. The Kansas commit
tee and the governor We're left standing
on the depot platform, not a word hav
ing been said to them by any one. They
were left to find their way Ia the hotel
n.
About noon of thai day, Col. Van
Horn returned to the car in company
with Gen. Grant and five or six others of
the Kansas City reception committee
and entered the special ear of the general
which was then ready Ia go Ia Merriam
Park Part of the Kansas committee
| entered the car at this time. As Major
j. b. Abbot attempted Ia go up the steps
of the car, wearing the committee badge
on the lapel of his coat, Mayer Chace,
of Kansas City, who was standing on the
car platform ordered the porter To shut
down the door of the steps, saying
They have no business up here" Major
| Pickering, of The Kansas committee,
who was standing alongside Mayor
| Chace, said in a surprised tone of voice,
''Mayor Chace, that is Major J. b. Alb
bot: he is member of the Kansas re-
| cepliOn committee" Mayor Chace re-
| iterated hrs statement that ''they have
no business here" To this Major
Pickering replied, Il see the Kansas
| CITY committc here, and think the
Kansas committee has the same privi-
lege, and l think you are acting in Il
| super serviceable manner" The mayor
| vouchSafed, This is no place for
words" TO which MAJOR Pickering Ie-
| piled: "Our committee is 1T least en-
titled TO courteous treatment" The col
loduy ended, the car rolled away, and
| Major Abbot, W. 5. Chick and other
members of the Kansas commute were
standing on the platform.
The return from Merriam Park was
characterized by the same lack of cour-
tcsy. There were no introductions of
the two committees to one another, and
every one that received an introduction
10 Gen. Grant had to ask for it. Some of
our most prominent citizens ON the com
mittee asked Col. Van Horn for an intro
duction and didn't get 1t. On arriving
at the depot two carriages only we're in
waiting. Col. Van Horn, Gen. Grant
and one other gentleman took one, and
Cows Phelps and st. John and Messrs
Sluvens and Cook, of Kansas City, the
other, and ell were driven to the Coates
House, the Kansas committee standing
on the sidewalk contemplating the mud
and wondering what was the matter
The occupants of the carriages entered
the Coates House parlors, where Mrs
Grant, Mrs. Col. Fred Grant and Other
ladies were seated. Col. Van Horn took
Gov. Phelps by the arm and introduced
him 10 the ladies, leaving Gov. ST. John
standing near the center of the room, la
IN hand Col. Van Horn seemingly is
nured the presence of our governor en-
tirely, and never Onc0 offered to intro
duce him to anybody. In a few mo
mcnts Gen Grant stepped 10 a side room
to answer Il telegram, giving Gov. ST
John an opportunity to excuse himsel
privately, which he did and then drove
TO the Union depot and returned to To
peka on the night train. He had re
= ceiVed no invitation to the banquet ani
of course didn't remain for II.
, The indignation of the Kansas mill
tary when they learned the facts abov
stated was very great. At o'clocl
4 Saturday morning Il meeting of all til
\ commissioned officers of the Kansa
companies in the city, and some Of lac
citizens, met in the Lindell house pal
n lors and elected Gen. Rice, cOf Paola
y chairman and lieutenant Smith, of To
> peka, secretary. They met and passe
Il series of resolutions strongly censui
It ing the insult offered to the chief eXecr
/
q the dignity of said state be maintainc
and the insult to its governor resenle
by withdrawing form all further partic
e patton in tie program. But after a col
ference with the Craig Rifles by whor
= the Kansas militia were very handsome
u ly treated. They passed the following
# ReS0lced, By the military of kansa
e who are i'll Kansas City rs the guests O
the Craig Rifles, that fully endorsing tn
:. resolutions passed at the meeting hel
IL at the Lindell holel parlurs this morl
ing, we will, nevertheless, waive r.
sentiment of the-discOuriesy named, fC
the time being, aud out OF respect fe
II the Craig Rifles alone, we will march
e procession with them to-day.
Ie The treatment of the Flambcau clu
n. is looked upon more as neglect than il
. tent, but rs il was our boys were left
take care of themselves as best the
d could The band promised them in
letter was not provided, no one went to I'll
=, depot to tell them where TO go, and the
- were informed by the committee afte
wards that they could march 10 su
10 themselves. They finally got pa
r of the building where they purchase
:: the fireworks, and used il for their heaC
" quarters. They were compelled to hun
y up something 10 eat like the other Wis
is tors. and were so thankful for some il
,r water kindly furnished them by ii
Journal Office that this generosity W;
the basis of Il vote of thanks.
ii The following interviews are co
ID densed from those in the Sunday Times
4 Adjutant-General Noble: Il tell you
he said with vehemence, 1--WE haven't
Vi boor in Topeka who doesn't know mo-
C manners than Van Horn and his crow
Mt The treatment of st John was dirty an
m shabby in the extreme. 1t made no ma
ter whether Van Horn liked him or n
ct - it made no matter whether he was &
ignorant and common mamie was Il
chief executive of Kansas, and as sue
was entitled to mt least ordinary court
10 sizes. But Van Horn was determined
snub him"
Then the insult was premeditated
l" "Ofcourse it was: we all understaI
G. that Van Horn had said he was goir
to get even at this time with St. Jol
for not letting Hayes come to Kans
III City last year. AS soon as Grant arriv,
I'd at the depot Friday morning, Van HO
n hustled him into "a hack, leaving Il
M Kansas committee of reception standiI
~ on the platform. Two carriages were
nc the depot for the Grant party-think
it, city of sixty thousand sending ty
carriages to meet its guests 1t was q
d-dest smallest piece of business
We ever heard of. The Kansas commit
at hired their own transportation and we
,st taken 10 the Coates House. No cour
:, sizes were shown them there The &c
III ernor was not introduced to Gen. Ora
Its until the excursion train had started I
k Merriam Park" Gen. Noble than co
demned Mayor Chace's action IN closil
the car door on the Kansas commit,
10 and stated that Majors Pickering al
of Abbot both tore off their badges in Tia,
- anger THE Kansas visitors are rig
IN cously indignant. They came here wi
Is open hearts and hands, and have been
TIL pulsed don't wonder the militay co