The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-10-11
Indignant Vermonters.

A JOURNAL reporter saw Colonel j. g. |
Brown today in regard to the phantasy
Published 10y certain New York papers in
regard TO the reception of Lieutenant Gov |
ernor Bates and staff by Admiral Dewey on
board the Olympia
He denounced the report OF the Sun as a
malicious fabrication throughout with the
possible exception OF the fact that the Yer
monlers visited the flgship and came
away.
Colonel Brown said the Admiral was
most cordial in his treatment OF them That
as they assembled the I'll le Of the ship to the
deck there were many guests departing at
the time. The Admiral saluted them ge-
nially when they arrived on deck and for a
time continued seeing his departing guests
off Just as any true gentleman would have
done.
After this was attended to, the Admiral
greeted them heartily and invited them to
his cabin where they were royalty enter.
tanned by him for time without reporter
OF any paper present
AS to the gold lac of the staff and the
alleged snubbing, Col Brown said the
stats of visiting governors from o her states
appeared in uniform aud the only snubbing
that was done was done by the New York
committee, which started in with the idea
that the celebration was for New Workers
only and snubbed not only the Vermont
delegation but those from every other
state for which they were roundly berated
| Dy ulblluRulSueu NlSllOIb. Dub luo COm-
mittee got over that sort OF thing before the
visitors left the city and tried to make
amends for their mulishness.
One newspaper man there remarked to
| Col. Brown, "You Vermonters think you
have come down here to run this show,
don't your and was somewhat taken
| off his feet when Col. Brown laughingly
replied, "Oh no. But We furnished the
leading feature-Dewey. That's all. And
we can send down to you lot more off the
| same piece"
The Vermonters came another fl1p on
tie committee which took the wind out of
| their sails They had been assigned to
seats on back street from which to view
the parade. They were not used to that
sort OF thing and proceeded to engage for
themselves one OF the best locations
on Fifth avenue. When the committee
| learned Of this the members appeared like
whipped ours and afterward treated the
| Verm onteIs as though they were bombs
and they did not know when they would
explode. The respect accorded them by
the hunkey committee was marked from
that time on.
At Washington all this snobbishness was
reversed and the Vermonters were given
precedence 10 all the events, \ committee
meeting them at the railway station upon
their arrival and during their stay paying
| them every courtesy which one gentleman
pays another. Col Brown W of the i'm
preston the difference was that at New
York the committee was composed chiefly
of men who not long since wore rubber
boots, had now a political pull and were
ashamed OF their former occupation and
were not brainy enough to fill the position
in society to which their pull had raised
them. So they looked upon all others in
the same light; while in Washington the
men who comprised the committee were
naturally gentlemen and did not know how
to be anything else.