Bismarck weekly tribune., 1886-10-22
A ROYAL WELCOME.
Virginia, the Mother of Presidents,
Tenders Cleveland and Party an
~ Enthusiastic Reception.
Gov. Lee Administers the Welcoming
Taffy and the President Re-
turns the Compliment.
A Mutual Admiration Society.

A Mutual Admiration Society.
RICHMOND, VA, Oct. 21.--The president
arrived here upon special train at 1l:3O
o'clock, accompanied by secretaries of state
and war, postmaster general, commissioner
of agriculture and Colonel Lamont. The
committee from this city, consisting OF
Gov. VIC. Wickham and Col. A. s. Buford,
met the party at the station in Washington
and escorted them hither. The train con-
sisted of the new Pullman palace car
"President'' and one passenger coach.
Breakfast was served on the train immedi-
ately after leaving Washington. When the
president alighted he was greeted with tu-
multuous and continuous cheers, the peo-
pie rushing and crowding to get sight of
him. He was escorted to and seated in
carriage, drawn by four white horses, with
Gov. Fitz Hugh Lee. A few minutes drive
brought the party to the fair grounds, and.
as the head of the line filed into the grand
entrance, the presidential salute of twenty
one guns was fired. Inside the gates were
the military. The guests were ushered
into the Office of the president of the agr-
cultural society, where the members of the
reception committee and a few distin-
guished citizens were formally introduced
Half an hour later the president, taking
the arm of Governor Lee, made his way to
the veranda Of the Office building and faced
the welcoming multitude. Col. Robert
Beverly, president of the agricultural So
ciecy, stepped forward and introduced Gov
ernor Lee. In the course Of his speecn Of
welcome, Governor Lee said:
"The old mother of presidents to-day well
comes within lier bOraers president of
the United States, and 1 know that voice
the sentiments of this vast multitude when
zens and statesmen who accompany you,
sincere hearty and cordial welcome to Vir-
ginia. Virginians not only feel the most
profound .veneration for the high office
whose duties you so ably discharge, but
they respect the man who fills it. We
that under your administration the destiny
Of our country has been committed to wise,
conservative and safe hands, and that con-
stitutional liberty is assured. May your
| administration bring to the country life.
light and hope, and may, the prayers ascend
been beaten into the plOughshare and the
spear into the pruning hook; that state
shall not lift its arm against state, neither
shall there be any but the reign Of peace
and prosperity"
In his reply, among other things, Presi-
dent Cleveland said:
"In our sisterho0d of states the leading
and most commanding place must be
gained and kept by that commonwealth
which by the labor and intelligence of her
citizens can produce most of those things
,ioh, Nnnt fhA 4
mankind. But full advantage of that which
may be yielded to state by the toll and
ingenuity of her people is not measured
alone by "a money value of products.
The efforts and struggles Other farmers and
her artizans, not only create new values in
the field OF agriculture and in arts and
manufactures, but they at the same time,
produce rugged self reliant and independ-
ent men and cultivate that product which
more than all others enables state, a pa
triotic, earnest American citizenship. The
present administration ef the government
Is pledged to return for such husbandry
not only promises but actual tenders Of
fairness and justice, equal protection and
full participation in national achievements.
If in the past we have been estranged and
the cultivation Of American citizenship has
heen interrupted our enthusiastic welcome
to-day demonstrates that there is an end to
such. estrangement and that the time of
suspicion and fear is succeeded by an era
OF faith and confidence. In such a kindly
atmosphere, and beneath such cheering
skies greet the people OF Virginia as CO
laborers, in the field where grows the love
OF our united country. God grant that in
years to come Virginia may not only in
and manufacture, but that she may be
among the first of all the states in the cuI-
tivation of true American citizenship
VISITING THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Among the ladies on the portico from
which the speaking took place, were Mrs
Lee, the governors wife, and Miss Winnie
Davis, the daughter Of ex-President Davis,
to whom President Cleveland was intro
duced, and with whom he spent a few min
utes in pleasant conversation. The party
were escorted to the headquarters of the
president Of the society, where the presi-
dent had public reception for over an
hour and shook hands with thousands. At
ter lunch the party entered carriages and
were driven to the confederate soldiers
home, where they were received with sa-
lutte OF artillery by the veterans. At the
gubernatorial mansion the party alighted,
and general introduction to the ladies
took place: The party were then driven !.
back to Ellea station, where they embarked
at $40 O'clock, homeward bound When
the presidential party were leaving the
confederate home the veterans resumed the
cannon firing, and one of the guns prema-
turely exploded, blowing one mans arm off
and breaking the other and severely injur-
ing another man.
South Dakota Druggists
MIMcHELL. OAK, Oct. 2O.-The South
Dakota druggists organized here to-day by
electing ID: 5. White, of Flandrean, presi-
ri mt m IL. - VI =.