Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-10-29
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AT
RICHMOND.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AT
RICHMOND.
HIS ADMIRABLE sPEECH ON THE FAIR
GROUNDS THERE.
The Richmond papers are full of de-
scrlptions CT the visit of President Cleve-
land to the State Agricultural Fair there
on Thursday Of last week. Augusta was
represented in 1t; for we see that Mr.. r.
W. Burke was one Of those appointed on
the part Of the Society to take part In the
reception of the President. We take from
the Dispatch" an account of the visit
WHY MRS. CLEVELAND DIDN'T COME.
On the way to Richmond there was a
good deal of talk as to why Mrs. Cleve-
land and the Cabinet ladies did not come.
The President said that his wife regretted
that circumstances prevented her leaving
Washington, but that she hoped to visit
Richmond before very long. One of the
Richmond gentlemen mentioned to Mr..
Bayard the rumor that the change Of pro-
non attendance of Mrs.
Cleveland and the breaking up of the
Presidents reception at the Governor g
after the Governor had gone to all the
trouble and expense of preparatiop-was
due to the fact Mr.. Cleveland did not
think it polite to have reception in con-
junction with Fitz Lee. Mrs. Lee, and
Miss Winnie Davis, a daughter of Hon.
Jefferson DAYS., who Is the Governors
guest.
Mr.. Bayard pronounced that nonsense.
He said that he didn t believ any such
idea had ever entered the Presidents
head.
Nearly all the members of the party ex-
pressed the opinion that that rumor was
baseless and foolish. One of them, whose
wife intended to come with Mrs. Cleve-
land. said that Mrs. Cleveland only gave
up her visit to Richmond at P. M. Wed
nesday, and that the reason was she was
apprehensive that the amount of travel
ling necessary and the fatigue and excite
ment unavoidable would be too much for
her.
So 1t was that the distinguished gentle
men came without the ladies; SO it is that
Mrs. Cleveland owes us visit which she
will certainly be called upon to pay.
At the Fair Grounds, Governor Lee in
PRODUCED Miss Winnie Davis to the Presi-
dent, and he shook hands with her and
said, II am very glad to meet you"
AT MILFORD.
At Milford large number Of school
girls from the Bowling Green Academy
and others, had assembled. AS the presi-
Dental train reaeied the station it was
greeted with loud cheers. In response to
which the President went out on the rear
platform and bowed his acknowledge
ments.
THE PRESIDENTS DEPoRTMENr.
At Ashland the President also went out
on the platform and bowed to the people
who were standing on the side of the
track waiting to see him. A loud shot
was fired as the train passed.
During the trip down to Richmond
President Cleveland sat mostly alone, but
he chatted in quiet way with any one
who approached him. He seldom smiled,
and his eyes would only light up when
some subject was preached in which be
felt special interest. One of these sub
jects was hunting, and when Mr.. Bever-
ly T. Crump of the City Council Recep-
ton Committee. opened fire on him in
this direction he became quite talkative,
and gave accounts of his experiences in
the Adirondack mountains.
The President, as we'll as the members
of his Cabinet, were dressed in black suits
Prince Albert coats and silk hats.
THE FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE PREsI-
DENT.
AS the train passed the Fair Grounds.
where the troops were drawn up in line,
and where large crowd had already as
sembled, Mr.. Cleveland remarked that it
seemed that the people turned out well at
the fairs in Virginia, and he added
well, the people here evidently regard a
Democratic President as rare animal. u
''The people are delighted to see you,
but there will be great disappointment in
in not seeing Mrs. Cleveland" a Rich
mond gentleman observed.
Mr.. Cleveland "Mrs. Cleveland had
been thinking of coming. and she will
come to Richmond some day. She is very
anxious to meet the good people of your
city,
ENTERING THE GROUNDS.
As the President entered tho grounds
the HowitZers fired salute Of twenty-one
guns; the military-First Regiment, Blues,
and Edgecombe IN. CO. Guard, and the
colored battalion-presented arms and
dipped their colors, the bands played the
Presidents march. and the people swarm.
ed and cheered, and Cleveland lifted his
hat and smiled, until the brick offices
we're reached, where the party alighted
for the speech-making.
AA0 OAOWO wac r. GOV OAOs OAoy PCOp'O
and country people, young and old, rich
and poor, soldiers and civilians, Democrats
and Republicans, plain people, people of
fashion, whites and blacks, formed the
mass Of President-worshipping humanity
which pushed its way as near as possible
to the speakers stand. The attendance
at Hayes reception in 1877 numbered
about $4,000. The ticket-sellers and gate
keepers are of the opinion that the de-
monstration Of yesterday exceeded by
several thousand that OF 1S57Vf
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Gov. Lee made an address of welcome