Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-08

in respect TO this matter and Richmond Will put
her best foot forward The visitors Will he
driven in carriages to the many points of in
tercst III and about the city. reception will
probably be given them at the Westmoreland
Club, receptions Will be rendered them a. some
OF the private houses ard it is more than prob
able that they will be taken on an excursion 20
Newport News. which is eighty miles distant
and the deep-water terminus of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. The people Of Virginia gen.
orally interested in the convention and it is
expected that it will attract visitors from all
over the state. 1t is therefore likely that other
excursions besides that to Newport News Will be
arranged. Newport News. it should be said.
would be the natural entry port of immigrants
for the south. Ii is on HAMPTON Roads. where
the great naval review will take place, is already
a great cOaling station and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Steamship Company (limited) are now
building six large steamships for direct traffic
between the port and Liverpool
1t IL argued by Gov. Fishback that at the
time OF the centennial exposition of 1876 tee
condition of the south was uncertain and so
misunderstood as to repel immigration and
inves tment. the tide wGs therefore diverted
to the northwestern states and territories has
continued to flow in that direction and has
effected a wonderful transformation in that
region. The present condition of the south.
however. Gov. Fishback and others believe is
such that If properly advertised it will attract
both capital and home seekers to this section.
1t Is prop osed therefore, to advertise IL through
the approaching convention.
No detailed program OF the topics to be dis
cussed has vet been announced. but it is under
stood that during The Sessions OF the conven-
ton all the advantages of the south as a field
for Investment and home for sturdy and
thrifty immigrants viii be presented in the
speeches. ard some simple plan will be devised
FOR bringing these advantages to the attention
OF the tide of immigrants and visitors that will
follow In the wake OF the Columbian exposition.
IL Is probable that the plan will embrace a sue
clnct and emphatic statement Of the growth OF
tine south. Its Inducements OF climate and SOIL
its mineral wealth. its agricultural possibilities
Its educational progress which will go forth to
the world somewhat in the nature of an official
utterance. Gov. Fishback' correspondence with
the governors OF Virginia and others IN Rich
mOEd indicates an earnest purpose TO make the
convention business body.
SNAP SHOTS OF TEE GOVERNORS.
Gov Philip W. Mckinney, who will welcome
the visiting governors TO Virginia, Is a graceful
speaker. lawyer by profession, he was chair
man OF The state democratic executive commit
tee and otherwise prominent figure in tine
commonwealth before he succeeded Gen Fitz-
hugh Lee in the gubernato-lal chair.
William VI. Fishback, the Arkansas governor,
who Will be looked to as the father of the con-
vention. has a strong hold upon the people of
his state. and Is probably her most potent fac
tor in industrial as well political affairs.
Gcorgias governor. William j. Northern is
we'll equipped for service in this movement. A
farmer. ard successful one. the people of
Hancock county began sending him to repre-
sent them in the legislature fifteen years ago.
He was a director OF the State Agricultural So
ciety for many wears and its president before
he assumed the executive Office.
Gov. John Young Brown is q typical Ken
tucL.ian. with popularity extending beyond
the borders of his state. He is a man of affairs
a graceful speaker and can fittingly speak for
the enticIas b!Ce grass region.
II his excellency, James Ct. Hogg of "the
lone star state, includes all her territory and
resources in his presentation Of her claims to
the worlds attention he will fill a large space
in the proceedings. He recently attracted wide
notice by his denunciation of certain acts OF
mob violence and his efforts to punish the per-
petrators.
benjamin Il. Tillman, the aggressive South
Carolina governor. a political product of the
people party movement, will be an interest
ing figure. Tennessees governor Peter Tur-
ney, and Alabama's, Thomas G.. JONES' could
consume numberless hours telling of mex
haustible wealth In coal and iron awaiting
manipulation at the hands of miners and manu-
facturers. By the time Elias Carr has told OF
North Carolina tobacco. resin and tar; Henry
G. Mitchell of Florida's oranges; Murphy j.
Foster of Louisianas rossses; ]. NJ. Stone OF
Mississippis cotton; VIM. j. Stone of Missouri
| diversified agriculture: Frank Brown of Mary
lands oysters, and William A. McCorkle Of
West Virginia's iron and coal, the southern
governors will all have been heard from.