The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-13
GIN. LEES WELCOME
Enthusiastic Greetings at the Cap
ital Of the Nation.
NEW WORKERS HONOR THE BRAVE
A Party From the Metropolis. Went
Over to Share In the Demonstration
to Our Consul General-Says Spanish
Officials Were IN Maine Conspiracy.

toOur Consul General-Says Spanish
officials Wore In Maine Conspiracy
Washington. April 13-The ovation
that has followed Consul General Fitz
hugh Lee since he set foot on Ameri
can soil on, his return from Havana
eliminated last night in Washington
in what was in many ways one of the
most remarkable demonstrations tn.
city has ever seen. From the moment
he alightcd in the railroad station In
the afternoon he was surrounded by g
cheering crowd that followed him tc
the state department, and the spectacle
OF army and navy officers and govern
ment employees cheering outside the
very door of the secretary of state was
wholly unprecedented in the history Of
that staid department. AT night the
city turned out in thousands, when a
serenade was given General Lee at his
hotel. and stood for hours in the street
waiting glimpse Of him.
The popular consul general arrived
in this city at 2:3O o'clock yes
l
enthusiastic admirers had gathered at
| the Pennsylvania station, and when
the general stepped from the train he
was greeted with a tremendous out
burst oil applause. Women waved their
handkerchiefs and men their hats, and
altogether the demonstration was a
notable one. Washington crowds AS Il
rule are not demonstraHve, but this
occasion was a conspicuous exception.
BY the time he was ready to alight the
crowd was SO dense about the train
that even with the assistance of a pla-
toon of police it was with difficulty that
he reached the platform.
Several personal friends of the gen
eral, among them number of ladies,
pressed forward, and finally succeeded
in grasping him by the hand. One OF
the ladies' presented him with bou-
ouet of roses tied together by ribbons
ct the national colOTs, and bearing u
tiny Confederate battle flag. Immedi-
atc)y the crowd began to cheer and
round after round of applause greeted
him AS he walked slowly and uncov-
cred down the long platform of thu
station. He was driven to the STATE
tic crowd greeted him. After brief
Interview with Secretary Sherman he
was taken to the White House. receiy.
ing continuous ovation on the trip.
The night demonstration was almost
as quick and unprecedented as that
which had greeted General Lee at the
depot and state department. The Uni
ted States Marine band had been Sc
cured from the barracks, and the Sew
enty-first Regiment band, under the
leadership of Professor Fancinulli, for
merry conductor of the Marine band,
came over from New York on an after
noon train, accompanied by big crowG
Of New Workers, and by o'clock the
crowd was 5000 strong about the
Shoreham hotel where General Lee was
quarered. Before the close it was
twice that size. 1t was after Q before
he appeared on one of the small corner |
balconies, accompanied by committee |
of the Union Veterans Legion and a
Confederate Veterans association,
which was jointly in charge of the af-
fair. There was a burst of fireworks
from the neighborng houses, while
mounds of red, white and blue lights
famed at intervals along the street.
The crowd yelled itself hoarse calling
for Lee by name, and demanding
speech. The speech was brief and 50
much broken by applause that the
crowG caugh: probably little more than
its general drift. General Lee said:
After all the speeches ! have been
forced to make in the past two days, |
can hardly hope to make myself heard
over this great gathering. ! can ouly
assure you that such a great demon
straton seems to- me out Of all pro- |
portion to The simple fsrt of my humble
presence hare. and ! am frank to say
| don't see that l deserve ii, having
only tried to DO my duty as an Ameri-
can whe:" circumstances placed mr.
TIL" crowd broke out afresh, and
theie we've yelIs: That's it," "Thut's
what you did" General Lee rorfmurd:
Il have to thank you most heartily
for this splendid endorsement of my
course. 1t Is IL thing that can hardly
come to man more than cncc III
lifetime, and it moves me more than
can put in words"
You can act pretty quick" cried a
nan in the crowd, and then som" one
yelled, War fight" and the cheering
drowned everything else.
Il have not come to talk war" con-
inued Lee. but if war comes, in
ew days, OF in n few years, the preH:nt
riss has proved that it will find us a
united people and the only contest viii
re as to who can carry the flag farthAst
nd fastest. | want to thank my good
Jew York friends who have come so
to the front tonight 1t is
My another evidence that New York
5 ready, as she has been in the past, to
tand by Virginia. and if the trial {
ONES I can assure you all that Nir.
mia will be found standing shoulder
} shoulder with New York"
The speaking and music was followed s
y very brief reception, to which a {
NV score gained admittance in the r
,oms OF Representative Council, of Il
S
Consul General Lee was before the
mate committee on foreign relations
N an hour late yesterday. He talked
Getty with the committee in regard to }
10 conditions in cuba. and especially II
18th reference to the destruction of the o
aine, He said that in his opinion
ere was no room to doubt that the ri
structiun of the vessel was due to
,anish agencies.
DO you mean the Spanish authori-
's in Cuba?' he was asked by mem p'
+ Of the committee. II
Il mean the Spanish officials, he re- o.
ed, but not General Blanco. think n
me Of the officials were cognzant of e
e plan to destroy the vessel, but |
not believe that the captain gen
Al VAS
GENERAL Lee said that he had no y"
OwledEe Of the reports that a mine u
d been discovered by a diver under III
-, Montgomery while that vessel lay ~
the harbor at Havana.
The Sure a Crime Cure