The Indianapolis journal., 1903-05-03

rest he got the members OF his staff to-
gether aud rode back TO the city. III he was
irritated at the treatment accorded him the
only vent he gave to his feelings was in
leading his party on a mad gallop 10 the
city, for he set a pace that was severe
test of the horsemanship of his aids.
There was dinner that night in honor Of
Roosevelt and Cleveland and the visiting
Governors; there was great display of
fireworks at which they were supposed TO
be guests; there was demonstration next
day and luncheon for the members OF the
diplomatic corps and more fireworks that
night with a reception for the diplomats at
the st. Louis Club; there was a dinner to
the newspaper correspondents Friday night;
there was a luncheon for the Governors
Saturday noon and there was a big parade
in their honor-in fact, Saturday was to
be Governors day"-but the Governor or
Indiana received no intimation officlaliy
that any of these affairs were on. or that
he was expected TO participate In any OF
them. He therefore started for Indianapolis
Friday forenoon.
The explanation was offered by repre-
sentatives of the exposition that through
some mistake invitations which had been
mailed TO the Governors were not Delivered.
III would occur to an outsider that invita-
tons of that character, under such circum-
stances, should have been delivered IN per-
SON by members of the reception or enter
tainment committees, at least by mes
sengers who would take receipts from the
Governors secretaries. 1t would likewise
occur to some people that the Governors
should have received, long before they
started for st. Louis, communications from
the exposition officials in which arrange
ments for every hour of every day they
were to be in that city were set out No
such communication was received by the
Governor of this State.
AN UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE.
1t goes without saying that the exposi-
ton officials did not Intentionally slight the
Governors. 1t was simply an unfortunate
mistake for which they must be response
bic. but which they keenly regret. They
tried to make amends and did succeed in
modifying Oden of New York. Peabody of
Colorado, Cummings of Iowa and others to
such degree that they remained until
yesterday, but while they remained they
were in the frame of mind of the Celtic in
dividual who was satisfied but not con-
tinted"
There were other unsatisfactory features
of the manner in which st. Louis received
her guests. For instance, the hotels
charged most exorbitant prices for every
thing in the way of entertainment and
tried to make the Indiana party pay for
their rooms for five days when the con-
tracts were but for three days. This the
party refused to pay and left the matter for
future. settlement They tried to charge
one nights lodging in one room, when he
departed Thursday morning in high dud-
geon because he had been ignored by the
exposition committees. Everybody in st.
Louis, in fact, ION the make''-it was
their first chance at a worlds fair crowd
and they indicated that they were not in
the exposition business for pleasure. "A
visitor uHQld not step into carriage for
less than s.. A hack-not a carriage, or
anything like one-for the Indiana world S
fair commissioners Friday when they went
out to the exposition grounds for several
hours, was Originally to have cost s25, but
when the party came in an hour later than
had been anticipated they found the price
boosted to $35. The only things such an in
significant sum as quarter could pur-
chase was a highball or a supercilious
stare from a naughty waiter, and of course
none of the visitors had the slightest use
for either of those. 1t is true that street
car fare was only cents, but the cars
never arrived anywhere the same day they
started, so the visitors had little use for
them.
The Governors were not the only ones
to complain of their treatment Daniel NJ.
Ransdell of this city, who was there TO
look after the committee of ten United
States senator's, gave the Journals repre-
sentative a vivid story Thursday night OF
the trials and tribulations and hold-ups he
House were well cared for, they said.
position-there is no question about that
And too, it is generally conceded that per-
feet arrangements could not have been ex-
pected on the first big occasion, and that
the mistakes incident to the dedicatory ex-
ercises will be a helpful object lesson from
which the management of the big fair will
profit.