The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-19
THERE WAS NO DINNER.
IT rs TRUE THAT ONE OF THE
GUESTS WAS A COLORED NAN.
BOT che Covsrnor Only Served Light Re.
freshmsats and He Thought That all
His Visitors Were white.

The following appeared in the Phila-
delphis Times day or two ago.
Governor OFerrall. OF Virginia. enter
tAined coiored man at dinner Friday
In the Executive Mansion. lie WAS a
member OF the committee on mercan-
tile affairs of the Massachusetts Leeisla-
ture which has been examining the fac
tories OF the South, and was entertained
by the Governor as such with his White
colleagues. His name Is Robert Teamoh'
and he reIresents the arlstOeratic beacVii
Hill district OF Boston In the lower houso
OF the Massachusetts, Legislature. one OF
his white colleagues said tonight ihat
ne understood this was the first time
IN the history OF Virginia that its cover
nor had entertained a negro III uiHiei !"
the executive mansion. .,,,,o
..Teamoh Is popular with his white
colleagues, ard they were "nho!cu ~
and that in all the cities they Nlsi'e",
Including Washington, they couiu ilo' go
him accommodations at hotels OF res,
,surants 'rhey had TO telegraph ahehd
az Arrange for his entertainment by prom
,rsnt coleted men. who treated hin most
hosnt,ablv He inspected the factories
with his colleagues. but was shown no
social courtesy anywhere by white man.
except when he was entertainer al uiiiHei
by Governor Oferrdi'
TBy GOVERNOR TALKS
Thinking that there was soinethihs
v,rnnr about the above publication
called ON Governor O'Ferrall last evening
for the purpose OF sscertainlng the true
inUsr6ness of the case. The Governor
rsreived me with his usual urbane man
~ I'D az soon as / had stated the
ohiec, of my mission, the Chief Executive
an the most obliging manner, stated tne
f,Sts I'm the matter, which were as loi"
lows: ,...s,,, >, tho
"On last Wednesday afternoon Tue
covcrnor continued, IA young man ilo'"
tho depot called oh me. ana stated Una.
he had received letter from Ioioi,e'
H. NJ Boykin. informing MN tnat
,youId reach Richmond, with commit
60 from the Massachusetts Legislature
,.annosed Of prominent business men, VINO
rad undertaken "A trip through the Sou'h
for the purpose OF gathering ihIornnd,io"
In regard TO the various NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
industries in this section OF the coultiS'
Colonel Boykin desired 10 know whether
I would be willing TO receive the co'H-
mittee. -.
,sV'ben | had ascertained that tho COM
mittee consisted of prominent BUSINESS !
men. thought that it would be proper |
for me 10 show the visitors some more |
ccurtesies than to merely receive them IN |
the Executive Chamber, and ! therefore |
appointed Friday. at y. NJ, as the |
time when | woul1 receive the committee |
at the Executive Mansion
shortly before 2 O'Clock, on FRIDAY |
afternoon, ] left the Capitol and went |
over to the Mansion, accompanied by |
Mr. Chesterman. my secretary, whom l |
had asked 10 receive the yisitors. Whhe /
I was up stairs I'm my room, ] noticed that
a carriage drove up, but not seeing any |
one alight, paid no further attention TO
H. Soon after three other carriages ar
rived. and the first one then moved up a
distance to make room for the late
corners.
THE VISITORS ARRIyET.
4 few minutes later I was informed by
nv butler that the visitors had arrived
and we're waiting ia the parlor | imme-
iiateiy went down stairs with Mrs .O'Fer-
rail- and the delegation was presented TO
US The last one 10 be introduced was
the colored representative. and when he
stepped up TO me | had the first intima-
ton that the delegation Was made up or
other than white gentlemen.
White WAS talking to some gentlemen
j eotireS the ,coiorN delegate conversing
with an6r4e representative of his race
WHO had not been presented ito me- and
i naturally did not pay any attention 10
him. ] learned afterwards that the two
representatives OF the colored race were
the inmates of the first carriage, which
arrived ahead of the others.
After some little time 7 asked the
gentlemen TO whom ! was conVersing TO
accompany me TO the dining-room. where
some light refreshments were served
The Philadelphia paper is entirely mis-
aiken when IL speaks of a dinner that
1ad been served II was only light
'ollation. | received the visitors from
in an official capaci-
y. and they came to me also
N 'an official capacity and
,nly d!d what any one else would have
lone had he been in my position. While
knew that was TO receive a committee
rom the Legislature of Massachusetts,. |
vas not aware until the last moment
whom this delegation consisted of.