Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-13
HOW THEY RODE.

Governor 10 the care OF committee
man.
HOW THEY RODE.
The assignments for the leading car
riages were
l. Mr.. Whittle and Governor McKin-
ney.
2. Colonel Purcell and Governor
Brown.
3. Mayor Ellyson and Governor Stone.
!. Mr.. Trayers and Governor Foster.
.. Mr.. Hawos and Governor Jones.
6. Colonel Buford and Governor Carr.
z. Mr.. Barton and Governor Fish
back
8. Mr.. Antrim and Mr.. Myers, OF
West Virginia.
9. Colonel Cowardin and Mr. Skene,
of Mississippi.
10. Colonel Stern and Mr. Waddill, of
Georgia.
Governor Tillman subsequently joined
the party. The seats III the rest OF the
carriages were occupied by other dele
gates to the convention and members OF
the Chamber of-Commerce committee
and members of the press.
LUNCHED BY TIE LADIES.
From the Capitol the party drove to
Sanger Hall, where the ladies OF the
bazaar served them lunch. 1t was an
elegant affair both in respect OF variety
and the taste with which it was gotten
up. Before the lunch the mockiug.bird
vas heard to chirp .luleps.' After the
lunch the visitors and their hosts spent
pleasant half hour in the bazaar.
From the Armory the tour of the
points OF interest in the city was made,
embracing the Davis Mansion, the
Monumental church, St Johns church,
the Soldiers and Sailors Monument,
the Lee Monument, the Soldiers Home,
the Howitzer Monument, the Wlckham
Monument, otc.
Although the day was a raw one, and
il rained at intervals, oil enjoyed the
drive immensely, and the visitors were
greatly interested in everything they
saw.
TIE LENGTH AND BREADTH.
Commissioncr-of-A Agriculture John L.
Robinson, of North Carolina, and Colo
mel John T. Crisp, OF Missouri, are the
breadth and Colonel Anderson, of West
Virginia. is the length of the cOnven-
tion. Governor Brown, Of Maryland,
is evidently the ladies man of the body.
Governor Thomas q. Jones, OF Ala
hama. his wife, and daughter, Mrs.
Gcodc Lieutenant !. Z. Erwin. OF his
stat lion. II. y. Lane, Commissioners
of Agriculture of the state. and Mr.. w.
B. Stratford, secretary. arrived yester-
dav morning. Tho Governor and wife
AMI daughter are the guests Of Dr.
Francis I. Willis. The other members
OF the party are stopping at tine Ez-
change. Governor Jones is quite
young man, tall, erect, and has de-
cidcd military bearing. tbs parents
were natives Of this state aud he was
educated 1T the University of Virginia.
GOVERNOR FOSTERS PARTY.
Governor Foster, OF Louisiana, is also
a military-looking man and most aifaole
in his manners. He was educated at
Washington and Lee University. He
reached here yesterday. and is accom-
panied by Mr. John Diamond, large
sugar-planter, editor Of the SUgQr-
Phn.crs' Jo,unqi, and president OF the
State Agricultural Society; Colonel
John Nicholson, president Of the State
University and Agricultural and Ne
chanical College. and president of the
state Educational Association. and II.
II. Hargrove, representative OF the New
Orleans Pic0VJpiC.
The representative Of the State OF
Tennessee, Mr.. George ". Arnistead.
is native OF Richmond, and WAS reared
and educated here. he was one OF the
first graduates Of the Richmond Hieh
School. and has shown n deep interest
N the question OF southern develop
lDent.
yRGNIA's PRESIDENT.
Major W. T. Sutherlin, president OF
the State BoaId Of Agriculture, sat as
member OF the convention. aud during
the drive was IN the carriage with the
Commissioner of Agriculture OF North
Carolina. Mr.. W. y. Stevens, the repre-
sentative Of the st. Louis Giobc- DeHo-
cruf, and the representative OF the DIS
plTcu. The MAJOR was Of couEse the
life OF his party. Mr.. Stevens IS not only
here for the purpose OF wiring his paper
the proceedings of the convention, but
is gathering information regarding Fic-
ginia's resources.
Colonel Anderson, OF West Virginia, IS
an enthusiastic Confederate, and at the
Soldiers Home was soon the centre OF
an interested group OF veterans
Observation-Disclosures J. Hoge Tyler,
Anditor-of- f-Public-Accounts Marye, and
Treasurer Harman accompanied the
visitors on the drive.