The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-10-28
CONDENSED NEWS
HE PRESIDENT IN RlcBuosp.
Ar. Cleveland and His Party Accorded Hest Hn.
thusiastlc Welcome b. tha V1tSA6fana

1HE PRESIDENT IN RlCHn0HD.
Ar. Cleveland and His Party Accorded Hest En
thssiastic Welcome by tia vitsisiaas.
On Thursday TIE Dist inst, tho pre.i
dent accompanied by the secretaries, q
state and war. the postmaster general, tn,
Commissioner OF agriculture and Col. La
! mont, by invitation visited tho Virgins
state fair at Richmond, Va. At Milford
forty miles from Richmond, tbs train
was boarded by a au.tommittee of the
reception committee. representing the Vir
gaia State Agricultural association. the
ccr:thon council OF Richmond and the citi'
zcns, who, in the name OF the full Commit
tee, extended a welcome to tho distineu ish
ed guest. At wayeide stations and at farm
houses along the route little knots ofrustics
was gathered upon platforms and embauk.
ments, waving handkerchief and cheering
Justify. At Richmond, there was most
enthusiastic reception. He was escorted
to and seated in q carriage, drawn by four
white horses, with Gov. Fitz Hugh Lee
The remaining members OF the presi
DENTAL rarty were placed in other car.
riages, and under escort OF tho governors
staff, Gen. Charles J. Anderson and staff,
the mem bers OF the city council and city
officers, In carriages, the start. was made
Tor the fair grounds. The president, takina
the arm Of Gov. Zee, made his way, cheer
ed by the shouts OF ten thousand voices,
t" the veranda OF the office building and
faced the welcoming multitude.
The huzzas having ceaeed, Col. Robert
Beverly, presiden, oi the agricultural soci.
ety, stepped forwar,t and introduced Gov.
Lee, who welcomed the president and cabi-
net in a most elegant speech.
ppraInryr'a
In a clear voice, and loud Enough to be
heard upon the borders Of the great crowd,
he spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens OF Virginia: While /
thank you most sincerely for your kind
reception and recognize in its heartiness
the hospitality for which the people OF
Virginia have always been distinguished,
am fully aware that your dem
OF welcome Is rendered, not to an in.
divldual, but to an incumbent OF
an Office which crowns the govern
State OF Virginia, the mother OF
presidents, seven OF whose sons have filled
that high office, to-day greets, b. president
who for the first time meets Virginians on
Eirginia's soil. Congratulate myself that
my first introduction to the people OF Vir-
ginia occurs at time when they are sur.
rounded by the exhibits OF the productive.
ness and prosperity OF their state. What
ever there may be OF honor in her history,
and however much Of pride there may be in
her traditions, her true greatness is here ex-
cn'p!ified. In our sisterhood OF et:tes the
leading and most commanding place must
be gained and kept by that com monwcalth
WHICH, by the labor and intelligence OF her
citizens, can produce the most Of those
things which meet the necessities and de-
sires Of mankind; But the full advantage
OF that which may be yielded to a state by
The toll and ingenuity Of her people is not
measured alone by the money value OF the
products. The efforts ana the struggles OF her
farmers end her artisans not only create
new values in the field OF agriculture and
in the arts and manufactures, but they at
the same time produce rugged seli-reliant
and independent men, and cultivate that
product which more than all others enno-
bles a state-a patriotic earnest Ameri-
can citizenship. This will flourish in every
part Of the American domain. Neither
drouth nor rain can ever injure it, for
1T takes root in true hearts; and is en-
riched by love OF country. There are
no new virtues in this production. It must
DC the Same wherever seen, and its quality
is neither sound nor genuine unless itgrows
to deck and beautify an entire and united
nation, nor unless it supports and sustains
the institutions and the government found
ed to protect American liberty and happi-
ness. The present administration Of the
government is pledged to return for such
husbandry not only promises, but actual
tenders OF fairness and Justice with
equal protection and full participation in
national achievements. Ifin the past we
have been estranged, and the cultivation
OF American citizenship has been inter-
rupted our enthusiastic welcome Of day
demonstrates that there Is an end to such
cstrangement, and that the time of suspi.
cion and fearis succeeded by an era faith
and confidence. In such kindly atmos-
phero and beneath such cheeri. skies greet
the people OF Virginia as co-laborers in a
field where grows the love OF our united
country. God grant that in years tocome
Virginia, 1.-THE Old Dominion" the moth
er OF Presidents, she who looked on the ma
ton at her birth, may not only increase
her trophies OF growth in agriculture nd
mannfa cture, but that she may be among
the first OF all states in the cultivation OF
true American citizenship.
GIVEN AN OVATION.
The president was frequently interrupted
by hearty applause, and when he conclud-
ed the immense concourse OF people joined
in perfect ovation OF cheers. Col. Bever-
~ then introduced in the order M med Sec
retaries Bayard and Endicott, Post.
master General Villas and commissions
er OF Agriculture Coleman, each
OF whom was greeted with cheers,
which he simply acknowledged by bowling
to the people. Among the ladies on the
portico from which the speaking took
place were Mrs. Lee, the governors wife,
and Miss Winnie Davis, daughter OF ex-
President Davis, to whom President Clevc-
land was introduced, and with whom he
spent few m Moments in pleasant conversa-
ton.
Rumors are current that a terrible sta te