The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-02
Questions Of LynchingS Hand
led in a Fearless Manner.
lid FOR CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Appropriations to Public Institutions OF
Learning Might BE Cut Down In ORDER
to Provide for the Old soldiers--Ihe
Oyster Question Board ofArbi-
trstion--s supervision oil Banks
A Splendid Record.
Governors Office.


constitution, and section 1874 OF the Coue
of Virginia. you have met this day TO leg
islate for the welfare of the whole peo-
ple. and 10 enact new laws II deemed
necessary. and amend existing laws III
considered advisable, in the interest OF
the Commonwealth.
You have been commissioned as repre-
scntatives of your respective consutu-
encies 20 consider well and inaturely al
matters pertaining to the prosperity
honor and integrity OF a State whose name
has stood for generations for all that Is
pure in government, upright in principle
and exalted i'm character; and ] am sure
that in all your deliberations you will
he prompted by the highest sense of re-
preventative duty:
As required b. the constitution. II Is
my honor TO communicate TO you thu
condition OF the Commonwealth. and TO
make such recon mendations as seem to
me meet and proper. leaving them IN
your hands for such action as your SUI
perior wisdom end judgment may die
tate
TEALTE.
The health of the State has been good;
no epidemic has increased our usual low
mortality rate. We have had additional
reason to rejoice and be thankful that
the lines have fallen to us in n cline free
from miasma or poisonous exhalations,
with oquable temperature and balnIy
and invigoraling breezes.
CROPS.
The crops OF the past year have been
abundant. Our friendly soil has responded
kindly TO the hand Of the tiller. and the
products of his labor have brought him
rcmunerative prices. His depression of
year ago has, in great measure, pass ed
away. and. with "A far more cheerful faee>'
he looks forward, hoping and l6lIeving
that there is in store for HIN at no dis
tant day an era of thriitand prosperity
He has been taught t,c actual experience
that the law OF sG-Sply and demand resu-
iates prices, I'd when the nocessaries OF
me are pI%htiful the prices will be low,
,aiio VIII they are scarce the prices will
INDUSTRIES.
= Our industrial enterprises have been
guickened and many that were dormant
twelve months ago have awakened. and
are now giving employment to thousands
who were idle. In every direction vigor
is returning. and activity is seen. Con-
hdence is banishine despondpncy and,
brightness Is driving out gloom.
OUR DUTY
No State POSSESSES superior advan-
tages To Virginia. She has boundless
mineral wealth. timbers and stone OF all
kinds, lands naturally unsurpassed in
richness and fertility. capable OF pro-
ducing luxurantly all the cereals and
grasses. adapted to the profitable Gull
tivation and growth OF almost every
vegetable and fruit known to the agri-
cultural and horticultural kingdoms.
mighty navigable streams and superb
water powers. She has no winter bliz-
yards ana no blasting summer winds. We
have I'm the past boosted of the induce
ments she offers TO immigration and cap
ltal. Ii is our duty now, with pride in
our State. and hearts fun Of thankfulness
for the blessings we enjoy, TO present her
advantages as they are. and invite the
honest and energetic OF less favored sec
lions TO come and aid us I'm developing
her vast re sources and cultvating her
fertile fields. reaping for themselves ben
Gifts. and adding to her wealth. This is
the demand OF State love: IL is the part
of self-nterest Virginia is rich. not
poor. her people have within their grasp
every element that makes a State strong
ana DtWtTIul~ IL IL our uulN 10 lIlS
Commonwealth as well as to ourselves TO
save her fro m the injury which the
calamity wall of the pessmist and chron-
lc fault-fnder would bring upon her by
advertising her TO the world as a land
Of blight and gloomy.
There could be no more suspicious
time than the present 10 take vigorous
steps TO direct the attention OF farmers
an Investors to the advantages Virginia
offers them. | quote from "A Southern
agricultural journal:
Now, whilst the waters are troubled
with one good crop In the West, is the
time for those who are dissatisfied with
their surroundings for building a per-
manent home. to be wise. and 1ee to a,
better country, and avoid the recurring
disasters of former years. Let ,hem
come to a section where there are three
things a settler can always depend upon:
]. Not to freeze 10 death in winter: 2.
Nor burn up in summer; 3. Nor beg
bread. winter nor summer"
During the past seven years thousands
OF rhese western farmers would have
moved into the genial and productive re-
gions OF the South II they had been able
20 do So but year after year blasting hot
winds destroyed their crops. and low
prices cutting of their profits. obliged
them 10 stay where they were; they had
no mCnoy TO move with. hardly any TO
live on. Now their golden opportunity
has come. Granaries are fun, prices arc
good. and the wise and prudent among
them will take advantage of this wave
OF prosperity. this tide in their affairs,
and will remove TO the SOUTH
earnestly recommend that your nom
orable bodies will inaugurate system
for advancing Virginia's interests In the
way Of attracting immigration ami capt.
tai 10 her.
Every legitimate method OF advertising
the actual resources and possibilities OF
Virginia should be adopted. so that ad-
vantage can be taken of existing favora-
Bile conditions.
PRESERVATION OF LAw-LYNcH-
INGS.
The Law has generally been maintained
throughout the Commonwealth. There
have been only three occasions of omen
violent defiance Of law during my ad-
ministration-all OF them since the last
session Of the General Assembly. Three
men have suffered death at the hands Of
ivnchers-one In Essex county. one In
Patrick county. and one In the city OF
Alexandria SO far rs l have been able
20 learn. after careful investigation. TO
b;ame attaches to the law officers OF
either the county Of Essex or Patrick for
the acts OF the mob. IN the city OF alex