The morning news., 1899-11-24
communications referred to this commit
tee during the day
CHEERS ron THE GOVERNOR.
GeOrgia's Chief Executive Welcomed
with wild Enthusiasm.

An official notification Of the fact that
Gov. Gambler, with members of his staff,
was in the city was made 10 the conyen-
ton, and the chair appointed Col. John w.
Lindsay and Col. John Triplett commit
| lee to wait upon the Governor at his head
quarters, and to escort him with his staff,
to the hail Of the convention. The com
mittee retired, aud after short interval,
returned and reported that The Governor
and his staff were awaiting the pleasure
OF the convention as to their adm ttance.
Gen. Evans issued immediate instructions
| that they shCuld be brought upon the stage
wilhout further de ay
IL was ami st a scene of the widest en-
thusiasm that the Governor appeared The
| old Confederates in the audience threw
their caps in air and emitted an awful eX-
ample cf the old rebel yelI' TO evidence
the glad welcome they extended to the
| Chief Executive Of the state.
In intrcduc ng the overnor, Gen Evans
alluded TO him as a Confederate veteran
! himself, who had been through The rigors
and dangers of he war, and hence was
In a position 10 a preciate the affectionate
We at brought he members cf he Geor-
gia division together.
1T is no fost cause that you represent"
said the Governor to the convention. THE
love that George bears you has .os rom
ing OF its streng h since The days of 1871
when you eniisJ i in its defense, and the
truth of the cause which you represented
and Tor which you so nObiy fought is ac-
knowledged now, not only by the whole
of the Southern states, but by every state
in this Federal Union ID is the pr nciple
which holds together the United States TO-
day
1.-THE cause for which you fought is as
much alive as II has ever been. 1t is the
H a4rsrsw
fronts the voters Of the country, and the
position taken by the men of the South in
those old days is the posiion taken by the
intelligence and the virtue and the patrict-
ism of the country to-day. 1t is no Lost
Cause of which 50 mrch can so truthfuliy
be said.' p"
You. my comrades we're ever loyal to
the constitution of our country. The prin-
cples that 1t represented were those that
you so bravely espoused and that you
never forgot The constitution Of the Con-
federate States of America was virtual
reproduction of that of the United States
of America and when We took the oath
of allegiance and fidelity to the latter, we
but reaffirmed our oath of allegiance to
the former We never denied the truths
that IL inculcated we never fought against
II. What we did deny and what we did
fight against were the announced princi-
piles and the threatened policy of the DOM
lndnt pOftlcal party, thdt declared both
against the cons stitution and the perpetuity
of the common country. 1t was a noble
fight, nobly waged.
Therefore am l proud Of this badge of
Confederate camp that was pinned upon
the lapel of my coat to-day. 1 am more
proud of 1t than If it were the order of the
Star and Garter, for it represents not the
favor of a sovereign, but the honor won
on those glorious fields on which you have
spent your blood Your sacrifices will
never be forgotten. As long as the in
stinct of patriotism and the admira ton
of valor, so long as the admiration of
Southern chivalry and The love of South
ern women for the glory af their section
survives, so long will the people of the
South hold you, my comrades, in undying
reverence and esteem"
There were three cheers and tiger for
the Governor. given with a win by the
convention as he took his seat. His pro-
testatisns that he might possibly be the
last Confederate veteran who would adj
dress a convention of Confederate veter-
ans rs the chief executive of the state was
received with indignant cries of mo! Nor
''I am rich in Savannah friends" said the
Governor TO a representative of the Morn
ing News after the session had been con-
cluded