The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-23

l eFliHDit NDti k' tsONIS NtAHtNta%'.
The Galveston people provided rooms for
those who could bot find lodgings at the
hctels. and II each one OF the thousands OF
visitors could not find the cons pcuously
displayed public comfort quarters t was
his own fault, for inquiry Of any citizen. OF
any policeman or a, any hotel would have
directed him 10 the place where be would
have fond hundreds Of rooms listed. with
messenger boys 10 conduct him to his choice
Of location.
But the correspondent lays stress upon
the crush OF the legislative party az the
Beach hotel. can hardly answer this
| without committing an oflease against pro-
priety SIS grave as the correspondents Of
Tense. but since the charge has hNrl made
| that these guests were not properly enter
| talncd. am compelled TO say thai Calves
| tons Invitation 10 the party Included the
| members Of the senate and house, the State
| ofhcers and the supreme judges. all With
their wives. These, by actual train count
| numbered fswer than 2aS. aud accommofa-
tioas were reserved FOR more than that
| number Surely It IS no reflection upon
! CAlveston's hospitality " these swollod TO
| over 500 en- route and Included persons
whom our guests permitted TO acco npany
them without notification TO US.
Concerning the events OF the week tho
CORRESPONDENT says: There seemed 10 be
TO head 10 the arrangements. and matters
were considerably mixed. The
committees consisted in the main OF So
| eiety leaders who devoted their
| time TO the officers OF the ship" This Is a
| libel upon dozens Of GalvcstOn's business
| men composing the committees. many Of
| whom scarcely visited their private Offices
! during The entire week. so inten, were they
| upon attending to the wants OF the visitors.
! aud some Of whom TO this hour have not
/ seen the officers Of the ship except at a
! distance, There was distinct head. Colonel
! John d. Rogers, who was In hourly touch
] with bis executive committee and the heads
I of tho suhcommittecs. That he did not
rose In public places but directed the work
( quietly and unos,entatiously is TO his
/ credit.
/ The Mallory boat which took the editors
| 20 The jetties Was not crowded with society
| leaders. Tho only local people admitted
| were members Of the local committees and
/ their wives, who went as hosts and who
served the refreshments TO the visitors.
! There was no inteuIion to transfer the
/ visitors from the Mallory boat to the bat
I ueship Such a thing was physically i'm
I possible. Under no circumstances could tho
[ Mallory boat be permitted 20 lie alongside
/ The Texas because OF the danger ~ coils
/ ion, and 90 have taken 500 people over the
I side Of tho one and transferred them in
7 yawls or launches to the other would have
required half day and would havo been
/ attended with great risk Not more than
/ half the editors cared 20 20 aboard the.
! Texas, as many OF them had frequently In
! spected hattleshirs ia other harbors. It
4 was Our intention to take part OF those who
/ desired TO 30 In tho tug Cruthia Thursday
/ evening. others Friday morning aud others
I Friday al noon Three trips would have
! taken all who cared to go. The trip Thurs
I day evening was preYented because many
/ Of the editors missed the Mallory boat and
/ for tho accommodation % the tardy the
D 4 fnas. a..
I until too late to make a trip to the battle.
shp That night the Cynthia got aground
and next morning Ii was impossible to gcr
another boat. The cynthia got ailolt at
! 80 and at O'Clock went to the Beach
! hotel where the editors we're assembled in
a body on the upper gallery 10 witness the
/ presentation OF the silver service. and in D.
| vitei everyone Of them to visit the ship
ONT OF some 400 only four cared to 10 at
! that time. aud they declined to use the
| tug for so small n number.
These circumstances We're explained to
/ the association both on board the Mallory
I boat Thursday afternoon and In the convcn-
/ ton Friday morning. | did not apolog 1e
/ TO the association, as your CORES pondent
I Eays, because an apology implies wrong,
and Galveston had done no wrong. She had
/ nothing TO be ashamed Of nothing to apollo
/ gi1c for. We regretted that some of the
[ editors had marred the programme by be
ing tardy. ana that II was further inter
/ rupted hy the grounding OF the cynthia,
and all did was to make this explanation.
with the suggestion that those VINO did not
want 20 take the risk Of going ont on tho
/ Cynthia could charter small boats at a
! nominal charge. There * not day in the
! week in any important harhor in the world
! that some small craft does not get aground.
[ as there is not day on a big railroad that
/ there is not a hot box or a broken axle.
..rtr ant hat
/ such trivial accidents como to public notice
| Or caus" any serious inconvenience.
| But the cause Of the STAFF correspondent
! hlliousness is discovered at the close of his
story when he relates that he was denied
access TO the speakers stand and the press
| reservation The facts are these. The
/ events Of the week had been covered by
| The Posts Galveston correspondent In con
| Junction with Tribune reporters. and nc-
! commotations were annie for all who The
( committee had any way TO know would
/ present themselves. There were tables and
| chairs for six reporters, two for the Tri-
| bune and Post working together. two for
! the News and ore each for Mr.. CIV. Hayes.
/ who represents several outside papers, and
J for a representative of the Times Demo-
/ crat, the only special correspondent OF
| whom tho committee had any knowledge.
| That only three OF the chairs were occupied
! proves TINT the accommodations were
/ simple Wnen inc POSTS STAN correspond
I ent presented himself Colonel ROGERS who
| was In charge OF the presentation services.
/ told him that The Post was provided for
! with tho Tribune. The correspondent made
! no further explanation but proceeded to
| the telephone and reported to the local
| correspondent OF The Post who was then
| AZ the Tribune office. that he was denied
! ndmittance The local correspondent told
! him to explain the matter TO the Tribune
/ representative, who could easily secure his
| admission. hut he answered that he di1 not
/ propose to beg" for admittance. Immedi-
[ aiely afterward the Tribune representative
observed the staff man standing near the
I platform. and twice invited him to go up
bur both times he declined That Colonel
Rogers did right in adhering to the first
| arrangement until he could see HIS way
clear to relax the rule is proven by tbs
| fact that two other persons unknown t'
him sought admittance upon the pretens'
Of being Post representatives. That th'
correspondent preferred to be Offended h
proven by the fact that he twice declined
an invitation after he had been first turne,
down, There way nothing about The Postl
staff man TO distinguish him from seyora