Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-25
GOVERNOR FITZ LEE.
HIS RECEPTION IN CINCINNATI ON
SATURDAY LAST.
sreech at the Chamber of Commerce.
Warm acknowledgements
Interview, &C., &c.

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette OF
sunday gives In full Governor Lees speech
made on Saturday at the Chamber OF Com
merce. in that city. The following is the
closing paragraph:
al will take back with me this kind
greeting. am glad to see such evidences
OF prosperity and thrift in your midst. l
leaIn that your city has appropriated
S4,000.0O0 towards mending your ways,
[Iaughterl. and am happy to say that old
Virginia is contributing TO that solid foun-
datiGn. Laughter and applause.l She Is
reaching forward. She is going ahead IN this
age Of progress. and to-day Virginia l.
building cars aud sending locomotives 10
the New England States. Her railroads
are for the first time stretching out, and
the great iron and coal regions Of West
Virginia now he almost At her doors. She
is developing her domestic industries rap
idly. and she Is advancing, as | say. in mG-
terial growth and progress. and know
such information Is pleasant TO the people oi
Ohio, or else | would not take up your
time in telling you OF 1t. lAppiause.l
Virginia i going TO do her share. Our
sole ambition now Is TO take this old Com
monwealth up and place her once again in
.he 'coronet which binds the brow OF the
4 :, ,merIcan Union. and there make her once
more Lrilliitnt jewel" (Applause.l
"a GENUINE VIRGINIA SPEECH.
The Times Star "a Republican paper
says ediorially:
On 'Chan2e Yesterday Governor Fitz-
hugh Lee gave the merchants OF Cincinnati
a genuine Virginia speech, eloquent, flow-
ery, and able. He is an orator whose style.
while little foreign TO Cincinnati. i
wholly enjoyable, and in the short ten
minutes that he talked be thoroughly dis'i-
pated whatever prejudices there might
have been against him. and msde a most
excellent impression. His mauIy words
about the reunited North and South had the
true ring and we're as patriotic as were ever
spoken.
We are glad to have Governor Lee with
us, aud to have him speak to our people
and to the North as he spoke yestt rday. In
a peculiar manner he represents the South
and what we call-half in earnest. hall in
poctical charity the Lost Cause, and IN the
heat Of political campaigns he has been
numbered among those who are not in har'
mOnv with the new order OF things.
| Virginian. a Lee, a Confederate general.
| and a southeruer 0i the SouthernerS, II any
man might he excused for turning his eyes
| loneln2ly TO the past that man is Fitz-
| hugh Lee; vet his face is turned
| 20 the new future. He comes TO the citi-
zens OF Cincinnati as then guest, aud
| speaks 10 them Of the dead issues and the
present issues. so that our hearts respond in
sympathy. In declaring that Ohio and
| Virginia stood together in wishing the
| greatest possible prosperity Tor the coun-
| try. and the " hole couniry-an honest. eco-
Romicl administration Of the Government
and Of the governments OF the various
statcs-be called out the applause of his
| bearers. That + really the one great issue
! Cf to.d2y-tbe greatest prosperity OF the
whole people.
FITZ. LEE INTERVIEWED.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A gentleman Of medium height, pOrtly
build. with gray goatee and moustache and
| faulflcs, clothing. stood In the lobby of the
| Gibson House taking with friends last
| evening. The gentleman was Fitzhugh
! Lee. Governor OF Virginia, who. on ac-
count II the canvass he made for Governor
last fan aud his triumphant election. j.
now one OF the central figures politically
! in the United states. Governor Lee. with
| his staff. consisting OF Colonies J. Hump
ton Iloge. Richard +. Beirne, and B. y.
| James. Mr. James l.. Waller, and General
| Charles Anderson. l. the guest of the May
Festival Association.
"Well. you are with Us az last. Gov
cTnor," remarked the inquirer reporter
v 10 met the Old Dominion's Chief Magis-
! tratr last evening.
"Yes. after good many yicissitudes.
The train we were on came very nearly
being wrecked in West Virginia. We went
crashing INTO a freight train on the side
track. and had II not been for the engineer.
who. with admirable coolEess, stayed at
MS post and slackened speed. great many
on the train would have been killed.
..Is this Your first visit 10 Cincin1ati!"
cas- far as seeing anything OF Cincinnati
is concerned. yes. ] was through here
wears ago. but saw nothing OF the city,
"You attended the Festival tO-night;'
"Yes. aud was delighted. am great
lover Of music, anyhow. The descriptive
music tonight was sublime"
"The lIst time | saw you, vOu were rid
! ing at the head Of the Virginia militia, a;
! the Inauguration Of President Cleveland,
| and were given a great ovation
YeS, but did not consider that for me
personally. IL was the first time in .wen-
| ty-six years that the Virginia troops had
marched in a procession in Washington,
and the people were glad to see them"
"You have met Governor FOrakeri"
"Yes, and most pleasant and agreeable
gentleman find him to be-"
How long will you be with u.s.
Until sunday night"
"Who will take MahOue's place as leader
Of the Republican contingent now that he
! is showed under:"
al hardly know. There seems TO be no
/ one equal to the occaslon.'
Riddleberger, suppose, is too flashy
| aud trTaticI"
"Wel, a successor is TO be elected TO
| Riddleberger by the next Legislature, aud
! / think we will win again"