Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-19
FITZ AND THE BABY.
THE JoVIAl EX-GOVERNOR SENDS
CLEVELAND ANOTHER MESSAGE.
He Explains Why He Asked the Convex
ton to Send It's Congrstuiations-
Letter to Grover.

There isn't a man in the State OF Vir-
GINA who loves joke better than fitz
Lee. but then it's quite different thing
between telling one on somebody else and
being the victim yourself. For once the
politicians have got Fitz-shst Is TO say
they have got q frst-class joke on the ex-
Governor. and be is bound to admit that
he has been faxed"
At the afternoon session of the conven-
ton Thursday the gallant Democrat con-
cuded his clever little speech with these
words:
II an informed. and il is an augury OF
the peace aud prosperity, and the harm0-
Nous action and the happiness WITH wnicn
the action of this great convention Will DC
received-I am told that there Is another
Grover Cleveland. lCheers.l am told
that now, az this moment. there 10 little
Grover Cleveland at Gray tables, IN
Massachusetts"
OF course. this announcement was re.
| ceived with delight and at the close OF
the afternoon session titz again came TOT
ward and waving down the cheers toat
! greeted him. said that he only wished
| to suggest that the convention SEND
! telegram to the President, bearing
| their CONGRATULATIONS to him upon the ar
: rival of little Grover, whether he came
/ into this world with silver spoon in bis
mouth or not.
| CONGRATULATED WITHOUT CAUSE.
Here IS the telegram that the General
/ sent TO the Jolly old Democrat at Gray
Gables:
The Virginia Democratic Convention,
now IN session, by resolution send con-
gratulations to n Democratic President on
/ the birth of Democratic son."
/ Now, the funny part about the whole
| thing IL that the Grover Cleveland, Jr..
/ alluded to, is a nonentity. tie deesn
exist at ell. OF course there are ht5lc
Grover Clevelands galore Gil over the
country, but these Youngsters OIL nave
! other sirnames and no one of them IS the
individual we require"
Yesterday morning Fitz found out that
he had made a mistake--a most pecullar
mistake. OF course. be had 10 smile over
it, but all the same he would have felt far
more comfortable If the laugh had been on
somebody else. But he always likes to do
the proper thing so he sent the following
telegram to Grover:
Subject of dispatch yesterday was on
bulletin boards and IN evening papers;
| Action of convention was based upon said
information; was complimentary, ana OF
course. proves interest in everything re-
lating TO you personally
WY he MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
When the ex- Governor was approached on
| the subject by the representative OF the
DIsPATCH yesterday "a smile fitted over his
face He said that while sitting In the
BODY Of the convention number OF gen.
tleuen came 20 him and made the an-
nouucement that the existence OF Grover,
Jr.. had been proclaimed on the bulletin
board Of an evening paper.
| orua bora of tbOaQ my I'M
mediate vicinity insisted on my making
| the announcement" said General Lee.
and finally did It, supDOslng, OF course.
that the information put out IN that pup
lie manner and N such q conspicuous
place was correct"
81 am quite certain" added the General.
THAT the State would have been very
I glad to have known that the facts as given
were true They know enough about one
Grover 10 have no objections to two"
ANOTHER FRIEND WAS CAUGHT.
There IS a story alolt that Richmond
gentleman, who stands IN close touch with
3 Mr. Cleveland ani will probably be hon
ored By his patronage, was also yictimized
/ by tho bogus kilograms which announced
the birth Of the presidential possibility"
! Everybody wants to congratulate every
B body else when the last-named everybody
becomes the father of son, and so the
"Clevc. aud mar" htStened TO pen MS good
wishes TO the round Cnlef Executive of our
broad land. Yesterday morning when the
gentleman learned that the baoy was the
fiction OF some mendacIouS fraud he was
horrlied. How to undo the mischief he
had done was The grave question that per;
plexed his BRAIN. From time Immemorial
poets have sung Of the letter that
! was longed for bat that never came. "
! This was case when the eplstle
! doubtless wasn't longed for, but whore
/ il perversely went" At ony rate, the
/ letter had been posted and the writer, ace-
! cording to the story, knew that bis sole
! salvation lay in its recovery from the post
4 Office ere it was placed upon the train. He
! fastened 10 the big stone building and
! besought Postmaster Russell to return the
letter. II Is not known whether these et-
| forts proved undyailIng or not.
! TIE TELEGRAM.
! Here is the " special" upon which Gen.
eral Lees action III the first place was
! based
| "GRAY GABLES, August II. Mrs. Cleve-
| land Is the mother OF tne boy. Mother
| md SON arc doing we'll "