Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-01
LEE FOR THE SENATE.
THE GENERAL ANNOUNCES THAT
HE rs A CANDIDATE.
HAS NO IDEA OF WITHDRAWING
Will Not Go Into Details, But
Says That His Declaration About
Canyassing the State stu stands
May he Several Candidates.

However many candidates there may
winter to succeed Hon. Thomas s. Martin.
1t is certain General Fitzhugh Lee Will
be one OF them.
General Lee himself is authority for
the statement that he will be a candl-
date.
II stated emphatically a month or two
ago that / should run for the Senate
he said to a Dispatch representative at
the Westmoreland Club yesterday after
naon.
There has been a great many state
ments made since then regarding my in
tentions," he continued, but ] can say
as emphatically now as l did then that
will be candidate. Everything said
on the subject then holds good now"
General Lee was asked when he ex-
pected to be able TO return to Savannah.
Il cannot state certainly" he said,
probably Wednesday night. Governor
Tyler will probably accompany me- l do
not know when my corps will sail, pro-
badly the latter part of November. Mrs
Lees Improvement is steady. and / feel
l can soon be able to leave her without
any apprehension Of q relapse during my
absence"
THE GENERAL LOOKING WELL
General Lee is looking remarkably we'll
He was seated in front Of a glowing fire
in the writing-room at the club, reading
his paper when the newspaper man en-
tered. His greeting was Of that frankly
cordial character which has made him
tens of thousands of friends wherever
hox IN
he has stood the trying china e of Cuba
and Florida in the sickliest season, and
has never seemed TO suffer in the least
yet during his recent few weeks stay N
Richmond there has come a better color
into his face, and altogether he appears
in finer health than he did month ago.
His gray hair and moustache and
goatee give the impression that he IS
much older than he is. His quick steP
and rollicking conversation makes one
think him much younger His every
movement is indicative of strength; every
sentence expresses energy and vitality
The campaign he proposes TO make in
Virginia next year promises to be one
rarely equalled In point Of aggressiveness
in Virginia He impresses one as a man
just in the prime Of intellectual and
physical strength. Virginians remember
what vigorous fighter he was in the
days when he canvassed the State from
the mountains 70 the SEA and went into
the Governors mansion by a majority OF
nearly 10000 His campaign next year
would probably be a stronger one than
that of 1889. AS he used to say from the
hastings in those days. he was not ac-
customed to speaking. but since that time
he has had much experience. The people
knew of him then as dashinG
cavalryman; there is scarcely voter in
! Virginia now who does not know his
face, scarcely one indeed who has not
hurrahed as he appeared on a platform.
General Lee has said he will canvass
every county before the election of men,
bers Of the Legislature next fall. He
and his friends will work to have candi.
dates instructed to vote for him for the
Senate. Whether he will get a majority
is to be the great question In Virginia
politics in 1899.
FIGHT BETWEEN HIM AND MARTIN.
General Lees chief opponent will. Of
course. be Senator Thomas 5. Martin.
though he may not be the only one Hon.
r. Walton Moore, Of Fairfax, has al
ready announced his candidacy. Attor-
ney-General Montague has not as yet
done So but there are many people VINO
would like to see him wearing the tOga
Of a senator from the. Old Dominion.
There may be other candidates, but II Is
no disparagement of anybody to say thar
at present, at any rate, Lee and Martin
are far in the forefront so far as all
other asprants are concerned.
Senator Martin has been very active In
Virginia politics this year and he is said
to have made many friends. He has
spoken in various counties of the State
and his manner Of presenting Democratic
doctrine has always won the attention
and the applause of the crowds.
MAY BE THERE LONG.
General Lee is not able to state when
he will return from Cuba. Indeed, 1t is
impossible. apparently, for anybody 10
state when the need of American soldiers
in the island will no longer be necessary
General Lee has said that he does not
believe there should be such an office
as military governor Of Cuba. The army,
he says. will simply preserve the peace
until the Cubans organize and establish
a stable government, affording adequate
protection TO life and property. After
that the troops will be withdrawn.