Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-16
THE WHEELER INCIDENT.
from Judge Brnviey an"
General walker.
(Charleston News-Sunday.'

| comment throughout the country. Gen
! raj Wheeler came here as the sPse,a
\ guest or the United Contedera,S - ~,
| rams. lie was TO deliver the a'lu'esS g.,
| The convention. and many tonsueS VAS
| Charleston sang his praises, lot he 80,
| the hero az two wars lie was Con
| federate soldier, and he serVeu MS cu 1,,
| Try well and CALAMITY. Ana tnSn he
| peace was declared he went Dam ~ Ill
ranks Of private life. to accept 4"
more than third of a century iatvr 20 ~
| defend flag that he once iousn I.s 81
| bitterly. That, in a word Is the recoru
| of Fighting Joe" Wheeler. Al tne coii-
| vention Oh Thursday he was given ah
| ovation. 49,,
The great crowds that swarmed, the
, streets Wednesday afternoon hau no
more earnest purpose than us ueste ~
see Wheeler. When the lols hhe ol olS
| COnfederates swept by with no sign Oh
little Fighting joe" there was dlsappolht-
! ment. On all sides was heard the query
| where is Wheeler Various eXplaha-
| tons were given as TO his absence. III
WIS said that ne had not arrived In the
! city; that he was sick; that he did not
| want TO make the long parade, ana sucn
| things as that. People VINO were on inc
| street remember the excitement caused
| when It was said Wheeler was coming
There was something missing from 1t all
| and il was Wheeler.
The reason of his absence naturally
| caused comment after men had been
| given time TO think it over. The news,
papers over the country took II up ana
! asked Charleston why it was so. Ii was
| known that General Wheeler was Ill
| Charleston, and no man seemed able 10
! understand why he should be here ana
| not go out with his comrades.
ON General &. Irvine Walker. com
mandcr of the South Carolina Division.
! United Confederate Veterans, deNOlVcd
! the task and duty of furnishing com
| mittee with the names of all persons who
I IN
! Members of the committee claim the list
| he gave the chairman did not inc ude the
| name Of General Wheeler. They said mat
/ another list was furnished TO be used as
/ a check. ana that no mention on this was
made of General Wheeler. Members OF
! the committe. bitterly deny that they
are in any way connected with the AFFAIR.
| They said their duty simply was To FUR
| nish carriages for persons named by
| General Walker, and the list furnished
them by him did not include General
| Wheeler's name. And so ii goes.
Judge William II. Brawley, Of the
! United States District Court with whom
General Wheeler was stopping, gave
reporter for the Sunday News state
! ment yesterday, in which he criticised the
| action Of General Walker. He said that
! General Walker would have 10 accept
| the blame. unless he could show that MS
| orders were not carried out.
JUDGE BRAWLEY'S STATEMENT
!
out yesterday by Judge Brawlcy:
| General Wheeler ana his daughter were
| brought to my house by Mr.. BacOt, a
| member of the committee, appointed 10
receive him. They arrived about o'clock,
| and after taking breakfast / left General
| " hecler in his room, where he wished 10
do some writing. and teiephoned TO Gene
| raj Wa .ker's office, ana asked the person
| who answered the telephone 10 let Gene
! raj Walker know that General Wheeler
! b.I nIOSe
! until ca. led tor or informed as 10 what
| his movements were 10 be- After waiting
! for some response | came 10 the court
| room and sent my messenger to General
| Walkers office, in Broad street, 70 ask
| what General Wheeler was to do, IN
! structing him if Walker was not TO be
| found to see Mr.. BacOt. Receiving no
| definite information ] went down TO Mr..
! Bacots office and asked him If he had
any instructions as 10 General Wheeler,
| and was told by him that Walkers IN
| structiOns To him were merely 10 conduct
| General Wheeler 10 my house, and mat
| he would attend to everything else; that
| he felt Walker would regard IL as an III
| trusion if he undertook 10 make any ar
! engagements for his movements,
| | then returned to my chambers ana
wrote ii note 10 General Walker TO icy
| him know that General W hceler WOulu
! wait at my house until he received some
message. and asked him If | should bring
him up TO the Auditorium. | soon recelN-
| ed his reply, saying that General wheeler
| was not 10 90 TO the Auditorium theh'
as the convention was about TO adjourn
| and asking me TO bring him up 10 the
night meeting. There being nothing else
To do. l asked Mr. Bacot to order a car
| rage and We called for General w neeIei,
| taking him 10 the reception at the 1achI
! cub, returning 10 my house lot luhcheoH
after making some calls.
had seen in the News and Courier
that morning programme, Ill Whlch IL
was stated tnat General W neeicr WIS 10
20 in the procession IN carriage WIN
| General Butler, Colonel II. J.. turner,
| and r. r.. Lee. Jr. This had been prlnteu
for day or two, and / presumed thdI
! the committee i'm charge Would, OF COURSE
| see. to IL that their programme was car
| Rcd out and 50 when the time when the
| procession was advertised 10 start l TOOK
| Miss Wheeler and the other guests OF my
! house To the courthouse, ia oIugI ll"t
| they might see the procession, ledNHl7
| General Wheeler at home, III the cum
dent anticipation that the carriage Woui'
| cal for him as appointed. II never "
Cured To me as being possible maj ln mos,
in charge would neglect 80 dls-li ul9il, y, =.
| "A guest as General W Wheeler. teIl'll'f
none Of those who were IN attendant
upon the reunion excited popular me
rest to greater extent, ana IL Il uouD'
full whether At this time any man III the
country would have received Il wal me-
greeting. and that any man III 10 ndNe
have him in the procession was ~
dreamed of. / was not member OF IN.
Of the committees, and had beeH 3oSc't
from the city FOR Il fortnight uolulns "
/ cnurt i'm Crernyillc [ supposed that Cen
eral Walker as a matter OF course "ou'1
see 10 il that the programme dII1"St"
/ by his committee was carried OUT; nc -
formed me after the parade ln"I tIe
committee appointed by MN Ior lie pun f,
pose Of sending the carriage Tor GehcId'
! Wheeler had failed TO carry out his IN
structions. You can probably hhu ou'
from him who were on TINS commute
and why they failed To 90 Wlat va" -. - /,
! pected Of them. There Is haluIdiS 81"
Indignation among our peop'c vi or %, ,
count Of this neglect, ana thtiS W. fiji
! disappointment in the crown VIM -
! the streets in failing 10 see '''iiu. /" =
| Wheeler in the procession re H. Ia
felt the slightest irritation i1is So "',''
slmple nature has apparently never NUi ,,
| ceived II To be possible that there "VuIu
be any studied attempt 10 Isno'O '''i''
or nut a slight upon him. ,,., o,.hut
! That there has been d palhiul eAIlpi,
ton of bluEdering ncapaeity sun sui Ill
is of course. evident. Inc punt WI,
naturally. hold General alNeI IeSpo oI,[
sible. unless he can show that SUM- n ot ~
APPOINTED for the purpose mas iaiieu u
| carry out his orders.
| GENERAL. WALKERS STAIEMEN
when called upon by reporter Ioi
the Sunday News yesterday d,t.
! Walker made the following statement
RE aid not admit that the entlre enter
tainment of General Wheeler was tht
! duty of himself personally OF rs Chdil ll, +, =
of the Veterans Committee re usepl
regretted that General Nheeler hau 40 uo
tingulshed career. If he did not IL was
| an accident entirely. and one which JUG
Brawley could have materially asslste'
| in preventing His reception was re
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