The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-10


ernor in respect to this matter and
Richmond will put her best foot for,
ward, The visitors will be driven in
carriages to the many points OF interest
in and about the city, reception will
probably be givon them at the Vest
morelaud Club, receptions will be tend
cred them at some oil the private houses
and it is more than probable that they
will be taken on an excursion to New
port News, which is eighty miles dis
tant and the deep-water terminus OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. Tho
people Of Virginia generally are in'
teres,ed in the convention and it is eX'
pected that it will attract visitors from
all over the state. It's therefore likely
that other excursions besides that to
Newport News will be arranged. New
port News, it should be said, would be
the natural entry port oil immigrants
for the south. tits on Hampton Roads,
where the great naval review will take
place, il already great Conltng station
and the Chesapeake and Ohio Steam
ship Company (limited) are now build
ing six large steamships for direct
traffic between the port and Liverpool
1t IL argued by Governor Fishback
that at the time Of the centennial expo
sition Of 1876 the condition OF the south
was go uncertain and so misunderstood
as to repel immigration and invest,
ment. Tho tide was therefore diverted
to tho northwestern states and terri
tories, has continued TO flow in that di'
rection and has effected wonderful
transformation in that region. The
present condition OF the south, how
ever, Governor Fishback and others be.
lleye, Is such that il properly advertised
it will attract both capital and home
seekers to this section. 1t is proposed,
therefore, to advertise it through the
approaching convention.
No detailed programme OF the TOPICS
to be discussed has yet been announced,
but it is underatood that during the
sessions OF the convention all the adj
YantageI OF tho south as field for in.
yestment and rs q home for sturdy and
thrifty immigrants will be presented in
the speeches, and some simple plan will
be- devised for bringing these advantages
to the attention of the tide OF immi-
grants and visitors that will follow in
the wake OF the Columbian exposition.
1t is probable that the plan will en-
brace succinct and emphatic statement
of the growth OF the south, its induce:
ments OF climate and soil, its mineral
wealth, its agricultural possibilities, its
educational progress which will 30 forth
to the world somewhat in tho nature OF
an official utterance. Governor Fish.
backs correspondence with the COVER
nors OF Virginia and others in Rich
mond indicates an earnest purpose to
make the convention business body.
SNAP SHOTS OF THE GOVERNORS.
Gov. Philip W. Mckinney, who will
welcome the visiting governors to Vir.
ginia, is a graceful speaker. A lawyer
by profession he was chairman of the
state Democratic executive committee
and otherwise prominent figure in the
commonwealth before he succeeded
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in the gubernatoriaI
chair.
William Fishback, the Arkansas gov.
ernor, who will be looked to as the
father OF the convention, has q strong
hold upon the people Of his state, and
is probably her most potent factor in
industrial as we'll as political affairs.
Georgia's governor, William j. Nor
then, ia well equipped for service in
in this movement. A farmer, and a
successful one, the people OF Hancock
county began sending him to represent
them in the legislature fifteen years
ago. He was director OF the State
Agricultural society for many years and
its president before he assumed the
executive office.
Governor John Young Brown is q
typical Kentuckian, with popularity
extending beyond the borders OF his
state. He is a man OF affairs, graceful
speaker and can fittingly speak for the
enticing blue grass region.
II his excelIency, James G. Hogg, Of
"the Lone Star state" includes all her
territory and resources in his presenta'
ton Of her claims to the worlds atten'
ton he will ill large space in the pro
Ceedings. He recently attracted wide
notice by his denuncation OF certain
acts of mob violence and his efforts to
punish the perpetrators.
benjamin h Tlllman, the aggressive
South Carolina governor, political
product OF the Peoples party move
lnent, will be an interesting figure
Tennessee's governor, Peter Turnev,
and Alabama's, Thomas &, Jones, could
consume numberless hours telling o.
inexhaustible wealth in coal and iron
awaiting manipulation at the hands Of
miners and manufacturers. By the
time Elias Carr has told OF North Caro-
lina's tobacco, resin and tar; Henry &C.
Mitchell OF Florida's oranges; Murphy
]. Foster OF Louisiana's molasses; ]. NJ
Stone OF Mississippl's cotton; William
]. Stone OF Missour's diversified agri
culture; Frank Brown of Maryland't
oysters, and William A. MacCorkle o.
West Virginia's iron and coal, the
southern governors will all have been