The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-28
SONS OF REVOLUTION DELEGATES.
They Were Highly Pleased with
Their Visit TO Savannah.

Washington, April 2.-The delegates
from the eastern states. who passed
through Washington this morning on their
way home from the annual meeting OF the
Sons of the Revolution at Savannah, are
warm In their praise Of the cordial manner
in which they were received and enter
tained while in the south. Ex-Gov. Car
roll, the newly elected president OF the So
ciety, expressed himself as highly gratlhed
at the warm manner in which the Georgia
society had provided for the delegates and
stated that at no other city where such
meetings had been held had their been
more unbounded and liberal hospitality
displayed by the people. The New York
ers, and the representatives from New
ike TO have the next meeting at Savannah
or some other southern city as
they know that pleasant time
all agree Furthermore that seldom
nave brighter or more timely after dinner
speeches been heard than those delivered
Harden. Mr. Kemp OF the Baltimore sun,
one OF the Washington city delegates in
speaking Of the reception accorded the del
egates, said this evening:
We all knew that we would be well re-
celved at Savannah, but few OF the dele
gates expected any such lavish outlay and
all sides. The arrangements were ideal
and the banquet was one OF the finest that
any or the delegates have ever attended at
a similar meeting of the society. Few cit
les and certainly few societie would have
undertaken to practically care for all the
visitors as the Georgia society, and many
OF the leading citizens of Savannah did.
and ! doubt If we had gone 10 any other
city, but some in the south, would we have
found one of the leading judges adlourning
his court in order to see the delegates on
home. Aside from the reception
struck with the thrift and ans nc BEAU beau.
ty of the city and the evidences Of careful
attention TO the cleanliness Of the streets
and parks. The cemetery and the visit
10 the yacht clubs were both places Of
peculiar interests to the northern dele
gates, many of whom had never before
been so far south or had ever seen a pail
metto tree in all its vigor of growth
What surprised most Of the delegates was
the way in which the leading clubs threw
open their doors to the visitors and ex-
tended to them the privileges OF the
houses. This would have been done in but
few northern cities, where visitors are so
numerous that II would practically con-
jest many clubs were visitors cards given
with such hberality. The hotel and rail-
road facilities were another thing that
appealed faVOrably to tho delegates some
both were far inferior TO those Of the
north. The programme at st. Johns
church on Sunday evening of our arrival
was one Of the most perfectly rendered
OF any that / have seen OF a like char
acter, and even Washingtons big society
has given no celebration of its kind the
equal TO that at Savannah. The society
has already testified its approval Of the
address delivered by the pastor, by or
dering II to be printed FOR circulation
among the members. II all the meetings
OF the society were as pleasant as that
at savannah there would be little ques-
tion that the various state organizations
might favor yearly instead Of triennial
meetings"