The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-13
WAS THE GOVERNOR IGNORED?
COLONIES SAY THE GEORGIA PAR
TY WAS SIGHTED.

Many of the other FunctiOns-At-
tributed 90 the Governors speech.
Trial of the Wistwa1 Damage
CaSe-Defense Is Trying to show
That He Was intoxicated.
Atlanta, May 12.-"Was Gov. Gambler
md his party Intentionally snubbed by
Charleston is the question:
That is the question now agitating the
bosoms of some Of the Georgia colonies
and others who made up the party OF the
Governor at the reunion.
GOV. Gambler and his party reached
home this morning in their private car.
II may nave been that the sea breezes
from sullivan's Island did not agree with
The Georgians. but disturbed their livers.
Then it is possible that there was some
ground for the complaints that began to
be uttered on all sides by the returning
reunionists, as soon as they struck town
and found ears willing 70 listen TO their
complaints.
According TO the most aggravated ones,
Gov. Gambler and the whole Georgia col
lection of colonies and so forth was delib-
erately counted out of the picture by the
managers of the reunion. Others, how
ever take their experiences with an even
temper, according the failure of the
Charleston people to accord the Govern
or of Georgia a suitable reception to the
fact that the crowd overwhelmed every
body and everything in and about the old
city by the sea.
Gov. Gambler himself has much too fine
a sense of the fitness of things and the
proprieties of life to say anything reflect
ing upon the hospitality of his reception.
He admitted some of the facts, as alleged
by the others of the party, however
though refusing absolutely to discuss the
things from a personal point of view.
The Alleged Sights.
According to the stories told by the re-
turning colonels, the Governor and his staff
were left to hustle for themselves from the
time they struck Charleston's limits until
they left. There was no committee or aEy
one else on hano to meet their tram,
though they did not think so much OF
that Then there was no one to receive
them at the state headquarters when they
arrival, the Governor being allowed TO
knock about and find the register 10 place
his autograph thereon, just as If ne was
not only not Governor of a great state, but
had never even been near war
The GROWING slight of the whole list of
alleged incivilities, the colonies say, was
The fact that Gov Gambler and his staff
were ignored completely in the reviewing
of the procession, as wen as given place
al the tail end of the line. Last year the
South Carolnians were given the place OF
honor when the reunion was held IN At
lanta. and the Georgians thought they were
entitled to something special.
According to arrangements the coIu-
manders of the divisions were invited 10
place on the reviewing stand along with
Gen. Gordon with the exception OF Gov
Gambler, who was told the arrangements
were that he and his staff should remain
Ia line as the column passed the stand.
Then the Georgians were allowed 10 stray
Gle in and out of the Auditorium as indl-
viduals the Governor among them, with
out The FEAST attention being paid 70 them
by the management or any invitation OF
any kind being extended to them TO JOIN
other official parties on the platform.
The Supposed Cause.
The Georgia colonies think that the rea-
son for the marked inattention to Gov.
Gambler was that his recent speech at
Chickamauga was disapproved there. Inc
News and Courier criticised the speech Sc
verelv on account of the tribute which the
Governor paid TO the soldiers of the North
ern army in dedicating the Confederate
monument on the Chickamauga battle
field This is the only reason the Offend
ed ones can assign for the alleged sights
which they received.
All. of Them however say that there was
an immense crowd present, and as
Charleston has had no experience in taking
care of large crowds, many of the discom
forts and inconveniences, and apparent
sights should be overlooked on that ac-
count
Claim WistwaII Was Gay.
The wistwal suit against Manager De
Give of the Grand Opera House took
decidedly interesting turn to-day. The
defense opened it's side with a proposition
10 show that MIR. Wistwall who lost his
life by falling from the grand stairway,
was intoxicated at the time, and would
not have met with the accident If he had
been in possession Of his wits.
Besides this allegation several women
of the half world were introduced as wit
nesses to testify that the deceased was
very gay gentleman, and might easily
defense the night he fell down the stairs.
One of these women. Madam Annie Roll
Inns, swore that on the night in question
Wistwall visited her house and remain
ing there from u TO o'clock in the morn
ing, spent $40 for champagne to set lem
up to the girls.
To rebut this his Widows counsel pro-
duced witnesses, who swore that he was
of model habits, and Mr. l.. Lanier of
West Point, testified that ON the night
OF the accident he was with the deceased
until IL O'Clock at the Aragon Hotel, at
which hour WistWall left to go to the
drug store a few doors away where he
met his death.
The defense is that instead of going di-
rect TO the drug store he went out to see
the town, and a hackman was brought
Ia who remembered having taken such a
man on the rounds, including the house
OF Madam Rollins. Wistwall was shown
to be an elder in the Presbyterian Church
OF which he was a member at Boston.
MINING NEAR GAINESVILLE.