Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-31
yIRsINIA's NEXT GOVERNOR.

a.
General satisfaetion at the Nomination
Sketch OF General Fitzhugh Lee.
RlCHMoSD, July 30.-At last nights con-
Nntion . committee Of Ave was appointed
"a inform Gen. Lee Of his nomination.
lnrng the absence Iof this committee .
rsPolution was adopted inviting Msssa
Philip W. Mckinney, John E. Massey and
Baker P. Lee, the other gentlemen whose
nsmes were placed in nomination for gov
slhorr to seats on the platform of the con-
yention.
Gen. Ftzhugh Lee, escorted by the COM
raittee, appeared on the platform at 1885.
He was introduced as the next Governor of
Virginia. With the bugle sounding cav
airy call, Gen. Lee stepped forward on the
platform. he was dressed in dark cut
assy coat, white vest and dark
Vpusers. He appeared in excel
INT spirits, and thanked the
convention for the honor conferred upon
him in his best vein. Gen. Lee said twenty
fveyears ago he had q commission in the
EsIsrsl army, the profession Of bis choice,
&c had no higher ambition then, be said,
than to seeh his subordnates receive Justice
and win the commentator of his superiors.
He said he had full faith in the Democratic
party. he said he took o business view Of
the debt question, He would not disturb
the settlement of the Legislature. he fa-
vored the encouragement Of the develop
ment of mining and sll other industrial en-
terprises.
Major BaAer P. Lee. Col. Tom Smith, of
Fauquier, and others made speeches in re-
sponse to repeated calls At II o'clock the
convention adjourned I'll to-day at 10
O clock.
The platform will be adopted to-day and
the candidates for Attorney General and
Lieutenant Governor nominsted. The names
OF several well-knewn gentlemen are men
toned for these pisces. 1t seems to be gen.
erally conceded that one, if not both OF
them, will be given to forme- readjusterS
The committee which waited upon Mr.
Massey to invite him upon the stage said
he would be on the stsge tomorrow and en-
dorse the nominee
The nomination of Sen. Lee gives very
general sAtisfsctiou. AL parties seem sat
isfed, and admit that Cen. Lee will make a
splendid campaign. Tae best OF feeling
characterized all of the proceedings Of the
convention. No bitterness has yet been left
behind, ard all of Gen. lees opponents for
the nomination say they psll take the stump
at once for he ticket.
The platform will not hedge free books
for public SCHOOLS. The Plank submitting
the question Of local option 70 a vote Of the
peoyle will be agreed to as en- Offset to the
same plank in Mshone's platform.
S.SSteh of Gen. Dce.
Gen. Pitzhush Lee, the nominee Of the
Democratic convention for Governor, was
born at Clermoat, Fairfax comfy, on No
vember l9, 1895, and is therefore in the
50th year of fhisAge. His father was Capt.
Sydney Smith Lee, who left the United
States navy at the breaking Out Of the war
and Joined the. Confederate navy. Gen.
Lee is q grandson of Gen. Henry Lee or
Light Horse Harry" and nephew of
Gen Robert E. Lee. The mother OF Gen
Lee was granddaughter Of George Mason
and sister OF James NJ. Mason, who
for many years represented Virginia
in the United States Senate, and who
represented the Confederacy in England
during the war. At the age Of l6 Gen.
Lee secured an aOE eminent to West Point
He graduated from there in 1856. He stood
at the head of his class in horsemsnship and
was assigned to the Fifth cavalry as second
lieutenant. This was at that period one OF
the most famous regiments in the army. II
was at times commanded by such distin-
guished officers as Albert Sidney johnson
and Robert E Lee Earl Van Dorm. George
Il Thomas, VIM. J, Hardee, John Hood
and others who won fame IN the Southern
and Federal armies during the late war were
officers in this regiment. Lee saw service
on the Western frontiers, aud was seriously
wounded in conflict with the Comanche
TDdians. In l86C.Gen Lee was detached
from his regiment and ordered to report to
West Point as an instructor OF cavalry.
The breaking out OF the war found the
subject of this skesch second lieutenant on
duty at West Point When Virginia seeded
he promptly resigned his commission and
Joined the Confederate army. His first ser
vice under the South was in Gen. Besure-
CARDS army at thu battle of Manassas. Gen
.iAe became one of the most brilliant cav
airy commanders in the Confederate army.
riCm a heutenGnt he rose to be major
general At the battle of Winchester Gen.
Lee was wounded in the thigh BY minnie
ball. Three horses were shot under him
during that conflict, HIS, wound confined
him 10 his room for several months, but a.
soon as he could do so he was again at his
post. Early in the spring of 1865 Gen. Lfe
W. placed in command of all the cavalry
of the Army Of Northern Virginia. The
'emocratic candidate. for Governor was
one of the three corps commanders
who, with Gen. Robert e. Lee. composed
the council of war which determined upon
the surrender at AIpomsttox Court House.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lees career was one OF the
most brilliant Of any commander In the
Confederate army. It has been said that
he never sustained defeat when he was in
independent command of an expedition.
ae was fsultlessly brave, and inspired mis-
men by his dashiDg, gallant bearing. He
was popular with officers aud men. After
the surrender Gen. Lee returned TO his home,
and for several years engaged in sgricultur-
al pursuits. He owned q fine farm in
Stafford county. During the Yorktown
centennial Gen. Lee was in command of all
the volunteer military that took part in the
exercises on that occasion. He was recent
II appointed by President Cleveland one OF
rbe members Of the Board of Visitors to
West Point