Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
RUFUS HATCH's GUESTS.
How Some of Them Acted on the Vel
lOwStOne Park Trip.

commenting on the IfibuRP'S ObSerYa-
tlons yesterday concerning the conduct
OF certain Englishmen on the recent rail
way excursions, the EreHinQ Post depre-
Gates the tone of the American press.
particularly the Western press, on the
subject The POSTS statement of the
OnSlOW case is doubtless authoritative.
and we take pleasure in reproducing it:
''LOrd and Lady OnsIow were invited
to Join the party at Chicago, and they
were put with a second lady into a sleep
ing car which was intended to accom-
mOdate also three or four English guests.
who were uncomfortable crowded in an
other car. They were not made aware,
however. that they were not to have it
to themselves until late in the evening:
and as none of them had ever been in a
sleeping car before, they thought, not al
together unnaturally. that the ladies
could not occupy it with several strange
gentlemen. Lord OnslOW therefore OBJ
jected so strongly that he was left i'm pos
session by the meSSengGf, the hour being
too late for a tull explanation with him.
On discovering his error, the next day,
he made the fullest and frankest apology.
ON his own behalf and that of the ladies,
to two of the English party whom he had
incOnVcnienced."
Since the Post has thought it needful to
make public apologies for the conduct of
the American press in ''heaping volumes
of coarse abuse on the heads of strangers
and guests, without taking any pains to
get at the facts, - we propose to furnish it
with some of the facts. We derive them
in each case from our own correspondents,
accompanying the eXcursiOns-men de
tailed from our own office, known to us to
be trustworthy and stating only what
came within their personal knowledge.
Scanley |. Stubbs, Charles J. Eastman.
Guy Y. Bethel and Slingsby Bethel were
in the habit Of washing III the morning at
the open washstands without any clothing
on except their drawers, in places where
they knew ladies had to pass in order to
reach the dining car. Even when told
that ladies were about to pass they made
no attempt to cover their nakedness or
get out Of the way.
The same men when staying at hotels
never paid for drinks which they or their
friends took at the public bar. They had
them charged to Mr.. Hatch. They never
paid for the washing of their clothes
having the wash bills also charged to Mr..
Hatch.
In Fargo one of the Bethells hired
horse, which he rode SO hard that its
owner demanded compensation for the
damage done. This was refused, and it
was only after the train had left Fargo,
and the facts had been communicated to
Mr.. Hatch, and some Englishmen in the
party threatened to make up purse to
pay the bill rather than have their host
pay it, that Bethel could be induced to
send the money soto the stablekeeper.
The claim was known to be Il Just one.
When breakfast. dinner, or tea was an
nOunced ON the train, StubbS, Eastman,
the Bethells, and one Mr.. Morris would
seize upon seats to the exclusion of ladies.
who We're compelled to wait an hOur or so
for a second table, the car not accOmmO-
dating more than half of the party at a
time. This continued until and even after
vigorous remonstrance from some of the
other Englghmen. Mr.. William Hard
man, editor Of the London .HOFRiHd POST
John NJ. LeSage. one of the editors Of the
London IcIegrdph, and others of the Eng
lish guests. repeatedly SAID that their
conduct was disgraceful, and such as to
make every Englishman in the party hang
his head in shame.
The Hon. Mr.. Finch, a kinsman of Lord
Aylesl0rd, happened to be in Chicago
when the Hatch party arrived there. The
only person in the party acquainted with
him was Lord iIeadlcY. Without the least
hesitation he joined the party i'll going out
to Pullman to examine the car works, the
city. etc, and to receive a dinner. During
the entire trip he never asked to be made
acquainted with his host in fact he had
never taken llt tIOUplt " iSh lOT all III
vitation) or to acknowledge in any way
the hospitality which he received.
During the reception given to the Presi-
dent at the Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
these same Englishmen first named above,
and others. such as Mr.. Morris. II. ID.
Kimber and &. IL. COWie, behaved SO
rudely as TO attract general attention,
planted themselves in front Of the Presi- |
dent, staring ut him persistently, and |
standing between him aHd the musicians |
who had been asked to perform for his !
special benefit.
On the first day at the Mammoth Hot
Springs, Stanley |. Stuhbs, Charles j. |
Eastman and the Bethells went to the |
stables of the hotel, and. hy pretending |
that they had come to get the horses en- |
Gagged for certain ladies Of the party, got |
the horses for their own use,
If more facts are wanted, there are-l
more and worse ones ready. We have /
not been in the way of publishing these |
things ourselves. but before any further |
apology is made for the conduct of the /
American press at large, on the occasion, |
we think t we'll enough to be somewhat /
precise as to the demeanOr of the guests |
to whom the apology is to be rendered.