The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-20
A BIG HITCH ON GEORGIA DAY.
GOV. ATKINSON NOT INVITED TO
TAKE PART.

The Chief Magistrate Therefore
Turns Up Missing when His Turn
for Making speech Came-The
Governor Wired HIS staT Monday
Not 10 Come-The Committee in
Charge OF the Arrangements Also
Entirely Overlooked the Proposed
Military Pageant.
Atlanta, Ca. Nov. l9.-Georgia day was
the most successful day of the exposition,
so far. in attendance Thirty thousand
people paid their way in TO see the great
show. Most Of the crowd came from the
surrounding cities and towns within a
radius of a hundred miles or so, and to-
night the greater portion went back 70
their homes. They began to arrive last
night. and all the early trains this morn
ing were crowded TO the platforms. The
buildings were overrun with the Grove,
and the Midway was so densely packed
all day that il was almost impossible TO
make Roadway from one show TO another.
Several of the attractions were closed
for a while during the morning on ac-
count of the order from President Col
uer. imposing a fine of 500 each upon
them because the spoilers, who stanc
at the entrance and cry the features OF
obscene speeches. They had also been
giving the public free exhibitions of lv-
ing pictures and showing the women Of
their companies in a way that the exposi-
ton MANAGEMENT thought might offend
ladies who did not care TO have
those features of the Midway
forced upon them. These places, however.
paid their fine before noon and took the
crepe down from their closed doors, which
were thrown open TO the public again. but
with the speeches Of the spielers trimmed,
and the women of the coochee coochee
carefully hidden from sight on the in
side
The speech programme of the day con-
sisted of short speeches at the AUDITOR
UNI. The programme was understood 10
have been in the hands of the legislative
committee, but there seems TO nave beeh
an unfortunate misunderstanding as 10
this Gov. Atkinson was down Tor an adj
dress, but did not appear, ana CHAIRMAN
Beeks of the joint legislative committee,
who presided, announced TO lhe assem-
bled multitude that packed the auditO-
rum, that the governor was too III 10
be present. The announcement was re-
ceVed with surprise and regret many OF
those present being anxious TO hear ana
see Georg1a's governor. Later on II ue-
Veloped that the announcement about the
governor was unauthorized by him. when
seen at the mansion Gov Atkinson sald
that he had not appeared at the auditO-
rum because he had not been invited TO
take part in the programme. He had
expected to be invited, and had written
ali the members of his staff to
come to Atlanta and be with him 10 cele-
brate the occasion, but last night, not
having received such an invitation, ne
wired his staff not to come. In eXplana-
ton of this misunderstanding President
Collier of the exposition company SAID
that the exposition company having
paced the entire arrangements in the
governors hands some time ago, when
he issued his proclamation making the
day holiday Tor the celebratloh; ana
therefore IL was not considered that
special invitation would be expected by
him. AS stated however, the arrange
a joint committee of the legislature and
the governors friends think II was the
business of that committee to invite the
governor, although the committee had
been appointed by the legislature in pur-
suance of message sent in by the eXecu-
tive, making such recommendation.
That the invitation was not extended was
an oversight of the committee, wen as
a misunderstanding by the committee as
Just here il is not out of place to say
that there has been good deal
of comment upon the, programme;
II appears that the work of
the legislative committee was done
by one or TWO members, who We're
depending upon Capt. Howell of Fulton
county TO take the initiative. II was eX-
pected that the programme would contain
a great military event, a great many of
state being assembled here TO honor the
occasion, but the military was entirely ig-
nored. The governor had intended hav-
ing his entire staff here, and would have
ridden at the head of the column. 1t only
became known when it was too late to
remedy this oversight that the military
The programme prepared by the com
mittee consisted of speeches by the presi-
dent of the Senate and the speaker of the
House, and the assembling Of the two
houses, the supreme court and other dig
nitaries at the auditorium, to listen to
these and the other addresses. Both
President Nenable and Speaker Fleming
made speeches that were interesting and
entertaining, however, and so far as it
went, the programme was enjoyed by the
crowd Of Georgians The exhibitors as
ISOLATION participated in the exercises,
and Col. Albert Cox of this city delivered
O brief address, as the representative of
the colonial department of the exposition.
Mrs. Harrison of Opelika also sang Tos-
ta's Good By as a feature of the
colonial committees part of the pro-
The Joint committee of the House and
Senate, headed by Senator Walter c.
Beeks, took charge of the exercises in
the auditorium. First came the review
of the Exhibitors Association. The eX-
hibitofs sat in reserved seats in front or
the stage wearing badges. They were men
representing most of the leading manu-
facturers of the United States, and some
from other countries. Chairman Beel1s
addressed to the exhibitors few words.
thanking them in behalf of the people or
Georgia for their help in making this
great exposition.
President johnson of the Exhibitors
Association introduced Mr. Bennett of
New York who made a telling reply. in
which he stated that the exhibitors con-
sidered ii an honor to have had a part in
the exposition, the greatest in the world =
history, with the single exception of the
Chicago fair in 1888, and he congratulated
the people of Georgia and the entire
south upon this magnificent exhibition
Of their resources and their enterSise.
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