The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-12
HOWLFR0M ATLANTA
SAVANNAH CRITICISMS Anglers
HORSE GUARDS.
CAPT. HOPE MAKES REPLY.
SAYS ATLANTA WILL REPEAT HER
OFFENsE.

Commander of the Governors Horse
Guards Gives Out a Queer Sort of
Statement, Charging That savan-
nnh's Criticism Is Due to "Dirty
Politics" on Part of the Actors
"DisgruntIed by Defeat"-savan-
nahians Chargcd With Playing
the "Dog in the Manager" Part and
Their Anxiety About the s'Honor
of the State" RidicuIed.
Atlanta, Sept. 11.-Capt. George NJ.
Hope, commanding Troop L. First Reg
iment Cavalry, who was in charge Of
the Atlanta team which went to Sea
Cirt, N. J., recently gave out red
hot statement to-day in which he pays
his respects to the Savannah men who
criticized the Governor and the men,
hers of the Guard who attended the
shoot. He characterizes the criticism
as small politics. dirty politics. in
which the actors. disgruntled by de-
feat, in the name of military, would
malign the Executive and destroy the
discipline and efficiency of the SER
vice.
Capt Hope announces that next
year Atlanta will be represented at the
Sea Girt range by team of at least
fifteen picked members of the Horse
Guard. After referring to the editorial
in the Savannah Morning News on the
subject, Capt. Hope gives an account
of the organization of the team he
carried to Sea Girt, and says:
The writer of this alleged editorial
speaks of 'trifling with the honor of
the state The honor of the ctate is.
perhaps. as safe in the keeping of q
veteran soldier. who has bled on more
than one battle field in defending her
honor as in the hands of a few dis
gruntled politicians in Savannah, from
whom all the complaint comes. who
never smelt an ounce of burning gun
powder in their lives. All of this noise
in Savannah about the honor of the
state and the people of Georgia is
amusing. go
1t is the veriest rot and twaddle 1t
reminds one of the three tailors of
Tooly street. who said, we, the peo-
pie of London These disgruntled ma
ligners of an honest and brave old
Governor, who never trims nor lodges,
bear about the same relation to the
people of Georgia as the three tailors
did to the people of London. They
got beaten at Sea Grit, fairly or un-
fairly, and got mad, and, like spoiled
children. they said, We won't play in
your back yard my more They are
now ashamed of their childish folly
and transfer their foolish indignation
from Sea Grit to Atlanta Like the
dog in the manger, they can't eat the
hay themselves because of their own
petulant folly, and they don't want the
OK to eat 1t. They think they are the
whole thing when, in fact, they are a
very small part of the military estab-
lishments of the state. Their friends, If
they have any, should take them out
and douse them with ice water till they
cool off. )Both the Governor and the
Governors Horse Guard will, 1t is
hoped, be able to survive their frantic
attacks and the people of Georgia
will laugh at their hysterical anxiety
about the honor of the state The
whole thing is ridiculous. 1t is small
politics, dirty politics, in which the ac-
tors, disgruntled by defeat in the name
of the military. would malign the exec
utive and destroy the discipline and
efficiency of the service. The entire
expenses of the trip were paid by the
company. 1t did not cost the state a
penny. George M. Hope.
Captain Commanding Troop l., First
Regiment, Cavalry, G.. S. T."