Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-25
Dp HUNTER INQUIRE.


Richmond; Richard V. Gaines. who is
at home again, and the party who came
back on the Umbria with u.s..
"You visited your old friend. DR.. Foy'
OF Dublin. who spent some months win
you here couple Of years ago, ala you
not, DoctorY'
80 yes: I spent several days with him.
In fact the most of our travel was III
England. Scotland. Ireland. and France
We stopped week in Paris, ana also
visited Cologne"
PARIS ON THE RETROGRADE'
Speaking of Paris DR.. Mcclure said
he regretted 10 have 10 say that u WAS
on the retrograde, and not near the Deau-
tiful. brilliant city that 1T was when he
frat visited it. II now possessed the con-
tinental odor and was in many Respects
less attractive than II once was III nv
Guire said that Italy was now the most
nrogressiye Of the continental nations.
Referring to the war between Japan
and China. DR.. Mcclure stated that great
Interest was manifested in II, ana 'na'
the English papers were full OF H. ne
added. however. that sentiment seemed 70
be divided, though he thought IL id'oieu
tho Japanese, who were of higher CLASS
OF civilization than the Chinese.
KNOW LITTLE OF NEGROES.
"What do you know of the feeling in
England with reference TO Ida Wells ana
her lectures against lynchings III INC
Sonth - asked the Dispatch man
.,The English know very little about the
negro" remarked DR.. Mcclure. "Ihey
have long regarded him as somewhat an
object of pity. and they fare quite wei
among them. In fact. II Is not an UNI
common thing in London TO see NICE
looking white girl walking up the suee'
with a burly-looking negro man. Inc I'M
nressions created by Ida Wells, the hesio
woman you refer Ia, IN her ieC'uie9 Ui'S
increased the sympathy already ins'iiled
a. tho hearts of the BTitishers Tor the
negro. .,.oa o aeso-
citation and sent that committee 10 thls
country 10 investigate ana dehouhce
southern lynchings. My friend Dr' r o!'
however did much to dispei TINS leehhs'
He had spent some months IN ,he '9ou'ii'
and while here paid much attention 10
tht- 1vnching question. When Ida Wells
hsgan her TRADE upon the South Dr. Foy
commenced to write letters for the lead
INC napers setting forth his views. ana
,bese communications did great deal 10
shake the faith aroused by lda Weiis
doctrines. DR.. Foy explained TO the peo-
nle that they did not understand the STU
a,,on nj all. This Is a fact, and l believe
firmly
exactlv as the people of the South nave
done we're they placed under the same CIR
cumstances.
WATCHED THE MORAL EFFECT.
cneaking about the recent Owens
preckinridae contest for the seat in Con-
gress from the Ashland (Ky) District, the
Doctor said that great deal OF
interest was manifested in England
as to the result. ut was not that
the people over there entertainer
either fondness or enmity toward BrecK-
inridge; nor was II that they caleu ~
much for our politics; but that they were
interested in the effect Breckinridges
conduct would have upon the moral sentl-
ment of that section of Kentucky. IN
other words they were anxious 10 KNOW
whether or not the moral status was such
that BreckinridSe's people would return
him 10 Congress-.
Mr.. Potts and the War.
Mr. Thomas Potts, whose cNai ii'''e
letters from England have peeh sou.oe
OF so much pleasure TO the Dls-alon
readers for the past severai weehs' MaH
called ,lpon by the newsgather last eve
80, ~ said he had gone abroad solely
for Mrs Potts's health and that she was
greatly improved by the trip
IN ta,kinp about the "home-rule prop
',,on NJ potts said hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars had been sent from this
country only to be eXpehd ,ha, upon w as
impossibility. He declared that IL was
inst as impossible for Ireland to get
!ho,re rule as II was for Virginia TO
secede from the United States There
was now less hope for home rule than
there was ten years ago.
Mr. Potts spoke at length about the
Jananese-Chinese war. saying that the
EnrIish were much agitated over 1t.
though sentiment was divided. He said
the fact that England transacted so much
h,,.iness with these countries ii was but
natural that her people should be more
interested than ours.
His experience with regard to the Breck'
anridge-Owens contest was similar TO
that OF DR.. Mcclure.
DIR. Mcclure. In talking about Gladstone,
said that the grand old man" had no
following except among the ignorant
and working classes. He was amazed to
ohserye that none OF the cultured or re.
fned people were his supporters