Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-22
N0Wo ny I0l0Sidpi FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE PRESIDENTS TRIP. Cordially Welcomed By The
 Virginians.
 MRS. CLEVELAND DON'T GO. Her Absence Breaks Up A
 Love Feast HEWITT TO GEORGE. Proposed New Theology Among UniversaIists.
THE PRESIDENT HIN RICHMOND.

THE PRESIDENT HIN RICHMGND. Disappointment Because The Lady of The White House Was Not Present. A Love Feast Frustrated By Her Absence.
 RICHMOND, Oct. 21.-Richmond has not presented such scenes of activity since the l city fell before General Grants hosts in 1865, were witnessed at an early hour this | morning, and the present excitement partook 1 in some respects of that which thrilled the people on the former occasion. As early as 4 o'clock the streets began to fill with resi- l dents and visitors, and at 8 o'clock Main, Broad and other principal streets were full of humanity. Excursion trains began to pour in, the hostelries and private residences l contributed thousands upon thousands of | souls until at 10 o'clock it was with difficult | ty that one edged his way along the side l walks. The special trains of the Richmond | and Fredericksburg railroad arrived 8 dozen | carloads of people from the heart of the city every twenty minutes, while street cars and hacks were flooded, all bound for the fair grounds, and yet the inflow from the sur
 
 sible to decrease the crowds on the streets
 The air was full of fog at early hour, but the suns warm rays dispelied the mists of the morning, and at midforenoon the air was of crystalline clearness. The chilly atmos- phere was soon languidly tempered and the thousands who gather ed at Elba station in the north part of the city to receive the special | train bearing President Cleveland and mem- bers of his cabinet, which was announced to | arrive at 11:3O, were weary waiting before their trouble was rewarded. At o'clock the l First Virginia regiment assembled and short time afterward emerged and marched | to the fair grounds, the drum corps leading. I The visiting military from Tarboro, N. O., Alexandria, Va, and other places soon fol- | lowed the line of march. The Stuart Horse Guards, a magnificent body of soldierly men, dashed into Broad street. These were the only military representatives designated to escort the presidential party to the fair grounds, mile distant, and therefore pro- ceeded at once to the station and took up a position near by and awaited the arrival of the distinguished visitors Some time before 1 this the committee on reception left the city for Milford, where they met the Presidents train.
 The committee was composed of Colonel L. L. Bass. president of the board of alder men; John s. Bethel, president of the com
 mon council; Beverly T. Crump, of the board of aldermen, and F. T. Glasgow, A. W. Burke and c. J. Sole, representing the Vir- ginia State Agricultural society. Amid the blaIe of music from numerous bands and the roar of voices, there were many expres- sions of regret heard on account of the fail- 1 ure of Mrs. Cleveland to accompany the ! party. A magnificent ovation in waiting for her we'll her bus band. It was arranged that the ladies of Richmond should tender joint reception to her and Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of the president of the late Confederacy at the governors mansion and the R. B. Lee camp of veterans intended to present her 8 beauti- ful souvenir. One of the principal objects on the part of Virginians in inducing the President and his cabinet to visit their cap itol at this time was to obliterate the last vestige of sectionalism and they deemed it highly appropriate that Miss Davis the direct representative of the head of the South dur l ing the rebellion should be presented to l those who now represent the united govern ! ment and who fought for federalism 8 quar- ! ter of century ago. It was intended to
 make the reception this evening kind of a ! love feast, but on account of the absence of | Mrs. Cleveland and the expr essed wish of 1 the President the days entertainment was | confined to the fair grounds. WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-There was eonsid- | erable discussion in social and political cir | cles to day because of the change of pro- l gramme which left Mrs. Cleveland and the | other ladies in Washington instead of taking 1 them to Richmond with the President. Some people said it was Miss Winnie Davis, the l daughter of Jefferson Davis, who was to have | assisted Governor Lee in receiving the presi- 1 dential party, who caused the change of pro- | gramme almost at the last hour. At the | executive mansion, however, this insinuation 1 was secuted as ridiculous and the impression T. <yiv puf hot a n l look after some personal matters that kept I Mrs. Cleveland ct home. Then, too, the | trip to Richmond and return within twelve 1 hours with all the attending hustle and con- l fusion would have been fatiguing to all the l ladies' These and other considerations were 1 discussed by the President and his wife last night and resulted in a determination on the l part of Mrs. Cleveland to abandon the Rich 1 mond trip. Of course, after this determina-
 tion on the part of the Presidents wife, the l other ladies who were to have accompanied 1 the party remained at home.
 After the hand shaking, seeing the exhib-
 its, viewing the races and partaking of a lunch at the fair grounds the presld entlal l party were taken in carriages and proceeded
 by a squad of the Stuart guards shown
 through portion of the city. Leaving the l grounds at 5:10 they were driven to the Con- federate Home, where the President shook 1 hands with the veterans and Was presented l with basket of handsome cut flowers. Dur ing the firing of salute here the premature l discharge of cannon tore of the arm of one
 man and lacerated in a painful manner the
 hand of another. The course of the party back to the city was l via the reservoir. At about o'clock they reached the Governors mansion and were received by Governor Lee's wife and mother l and their guest, Miss Winnie Davis. The I stay here consumed but twenty minutes and the party were then driven directly to the 1 train for the return trip. An immense con- course of people were assembled at the sta
 tion and cheered Justify as the chief execu- tive approached. Among the great crowd l were Mrs Hill, superintendent of the male 1 orphans asylum of Richmond, and her httle
 niece, Mamie Truherne, daughter of the E, 1 E. Lee camp As the President came to his
 car they presented to him box of the | choicest f1owers-a token prepared for Mrs. i Cleveland, ..oo wwhom the President was re- ] ouested to convey it, The train started on 1 the return at p:3p o!eloeA.
 The return of the presidential special from | Richmond was without incident and but one | or two brief stops were made. Upon afrlVal ! at Washington at 10 p. m. the President and
 cabinet were driven to their respectlVe cs h"1ecs The President said the members of the party l expressed themselves as having greatly en- l ioyed their visit.
 A Proposed Change of Greed. AKRON, O., Oct. 21.-In the Universalist general convention to-day proposition to | offer prize for the best essay upon the Uni l versalist ministry with view to attract more young men to it was adopted. The resolutions now uuder discussion have pro- l voked lively debate and there is a likelihood l of some change in the creed particularly in | it's utterances concerning the hereafter the