Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-27
STRONG MEN NEEDED
MAJ. sUrHeRlIN's VIEWS IN REGARD
TopoLiriCs AND IMMIGRATION.
Cievsland's Position on Great ousstions
Does Not Threaten the Conntry-Ihe
Beard of Agriculture Meets To-Day

MAJOR w. T. Sutherlin (president' Cap
tain Orris A. Browne, Hon. r. L. Henley
Mr.. L. BE Mallory, and Colonel Thomas
Whitehead (er-ofcio) we're the only mem
bers Of the State Board Of Agriculture
who arrived in the city yesterday. and
as sil is the number requisite to consti'
tute y quorum Of this body the meeting te
have been held on yesterday was simply
called to order and adjourned until
O'Clock this morning. 49,
Letters were received announcing that
Major r. V. Gaines. from the sixth Con
| gressl0nal District, and MIR. Aosolon
koinar, of the Tenth District, were SICK
| and unable to come TO Richmond. Other
| mem Ders of the board are expected TO ar
| rive this morning. In case quorum Il
| not Present at the hour. designated for tnt
| SESSION to begin to-day Major Sutheriir
| Will adjourn the body until some time IN
| Auglsst and will. if the weather CONTINUES
| TO be 50 hot ana oppressive, call the boaro
| together al some OF the mountain or sea-
| side resorts.
THE NEED OF IMMIGRATION.
The principal matter TO come before the
| agrlculturlsts at their meeting Is the need
| of immigration into the State. The Legs
| lature at its last session made no provision
Whatever 20 carry on the immigration
work, which was being done by the Agrl-
| cultural Department, and as the laws pro.
| hiblted the use OF other appropriations TO
| foreign purpose, the work nan TO stop at q
| time when it Is most needed
| Some special plan for the re-ess-
| tabashment Of this important work
IS to De considered. MAJOR SutheSiin IS
| especially anxious that Virginia shall be
| well advertised at the Worlds Fair, and
THINKS that this opportunity TO show the
| products of It's farming and mineral lands
should not he lost. He intends that the
matter of using some portion OF the an
| nua appropriation to the board in print
| ing-iuk. disseminating information con-
cernlug the State. its resources and advan-
tages It this great exposition, shall Toe
| areiuilY looked into.
While speaking to a DISPATCH reporter
upon this subject last night the Major said
| tnat be thought Virginia should have a
man IN the eNposition-grOundsd during the
talr with such printed matter as Will Illus
trate 70 the people of the North and of
the world what she offers in the way OF in
ducements to immigrants.
Among other matters TO be considered
by the board are the regular appeals from
the decisions Of the Commissioner IN fer
tllizer cases.
WANT GOOD, sIkoNt MIN.
When Mayor Sutherlin was Intercepted
! as 70 Virginia politics he conyersed freely
upon them and offered SOME very wise
suggestions. His first words we're: We'll,
ihefe's some talk Of Third party in my
section. Organizations are being perfected,
| thongh II Is quito impossible 10 guess al
t1olr strength. as yet. think the best thing
! Tor the Democrats to do is TO put up the
strongest and best man they have
| II each district for Congress. | mean a
| mau in whom everybody has confidence.
! ii they viii do this they will avert any
trouble from the Third party and ree
| tatiish among the people who are uncer-
tain IN their politics their faith in the De-
mocracy OF tne State. A great many men
are candidates for. congressional honor:
who could not possibly be elected IN an
Of year They hope TO be pulled through
oy the national ticket. but they will p0ssl-
| bly, take votes away from it and cause then
| own defeat besides
The Presidency.
Touching upon the presidency the Major
sa 4 that it seemed to him that no sensible
| southern man could fail to realize that Mr.
Cleveland IS better than Mr.. Harrison fol
| tee place a. far as the South Is concerned
| he remarked that the people OF this sec
| ton must know that the next President
will either be Grover Cleveland or the Int
| tie man with the blg bat, and that Ia view
! ~ snis !, the Democrats put up good
| strong men for Congress no was sure OF {
victory which would be gratifying.
Major Sutherlin stated that he had bu
| very recently had a conversation with the
| head Of the largest packing concern in The
United States. This gentleman. he said
| told him that he had always been Re
publican but intended to vote for Mr.
Cleveland this year. taking the grounds
| that he had given the country the cleanest
admin s.ration that II had had in the pasi
twenty-five years and that the eI-Presl
| dents position on all great questions did
not in any way threaten to disrupt or cause
commohcn in any of the industries, trades
| or professions.
Na,or Sutherlin, referring to the force
bin. sad that its passage was very gen
erally opposed even by the best class ,oi
northern Republican businessmen. whc
are not in sympathy with any measure
that is calculated to affect the harmony
which now exists throughout the country