Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-23
THERE IS REASON 70 HOPE
That the Request Of the Virginia Com.
lnittees Will be Granted.

That the FSeunact ~ ~. vjr~sr;, Gov,
,nietees VIII be Granted.
The special committee from, tha ,,ns-
mess Mems Associ,tio, u.I,;nh 49,.
Washington "a request IA Sacrat,,.v os
the NAVY 70 send, Aha cruiser ol,,,n,,;,
10 Hampton Roads narl,, ne.t .nn,,,h
re1urnaa -, .l,a .''
eay. The committees which went rro,,
Norfolk ana on, point ,.+,,naa Iii.
the Newport News committ.a Tha
Richmond ,,f ,patorsl,,,r. oo,,,,,,;++,.s
reached their cit;aA, ,rhnrsi,1, ,ial, : ~,
rail.
The deley,tion ,v,c ,,,,,7a ~, ,e No
following conmittaae ,a,,rasant;on 80
four nloces which bave t,Ean tha7 ,,,..t
Interest," in tba ,,ova,,a,t - ~. ~
OLYMPIA here:
Newnort Eaws->,r ,rba,,, y 1,
lev. chairman. sacrat,rv J., w unrf-
man. Colonel T (, R,le, Mr. y,o,,art
p Orr and Nj, 7, N1 T,ans,n
DAD Point-Postn,as Jol,n p XIV,
berly and Mr.. Alan II C-amn,l,e,l man
age; of Hotel f,b,n,har,i,,
Norfnll5-A ~ r-hon, II ,
ex-Representativa 5,eorca r p,rd,
DR.. C. +. iSewbiIl {, ~ C,onso1ya .,na
d r. Callahan
Richmond-w. O shelton . " Inn
ston. r s 12rvan - II c,,,,,,,,, ~, -
! II.
The committees ,ssam1,,e7 AZ Joto1
Raleigh at 10 O'clock ,,,pr ;l,y mora
tng ana were met iIhc, rs s,ot,d 49,
tcl.lay nv Senator. N.n+in ,,1 G.,,,
grcssmen Young nr This district 1-n,e
OF Petersburg ana HAY of IN. y.,i,ev
of Virginia.
Senator, Martin advised The ,e,,io,
to select :, sneaker who shorl, ,,,.s,,,,t
the REQUEST and do an of ,ba ,,1,;;,r
AT the question of Mr. Henl,ay Nj,
Thorn. of Norfolk was designated -
sneaker for he hody Escorted nv San
ator Martin an4, ma t,nrur,ass,,,on +ba
delegation then proceeded to In. excc
utive mansion. senator Martin .a,.
made an engagement before hama ana
on the arrival Of the yirrini,ns pr.Si-
dent Mckinney vas ready TO ,.ca;ya
them Their receptjon was ;, cn,,rrnc,-
one. The plan to GET the CGynnja IL,
Hampton Roads for e,l,,cationoi ,uf
patriotic purposes apoeare,l to s1r;k,.
the President as a coed thing ana hn
assured the delegation thar he vn,,l1
do all in his power To further If ~
rding it did not conflict with any
plans already formulated by Tho Ha,.,-
Department. The visitors wara in
buoyant spirits when they left lie
White House ana no time WIS 1ost IN
reaching the Navy Department wh.r,
Acting S,cretary If tire NAVY f.h,r,a
a. Allen was waiting 10 receive. thc,,
Mr. Thorn also acted as Spokesman Tor
the party OF, this occasion
1t has been the idea Of the Norf,,l,
people to get the Olympia 10 Hamilton
Roads during the State Fair which is
to be held there next month When th;s
was mentioned, Secretary Alien slc
geSted that the delegation not use tina:
argument as requests are cOntinl,a11y
coming in from fair managers uhn
could not be accommodated. He
though; the patriotic and education.l
argument more fitting than any other
that could be advanced and advised his
delegation to put it's request in writing
and have it forwarded to him Mr.. Al
len also gave the committee encoura re-
ment and when 1T left the Navy Depart-
ment each man was satisfied that All
had been done that could possibly he
done to get the Olympia here
The visitors returned to the Raleieh
and there Senator Martin was author
lied as the representative Of the dele
cation, TO draft j letter to Secretary
Allen With rhe request embodied
Mr.. Martin later caEed on Mr.. Alien
and personally presented the letter, an
exact copy of which follows:
Washington. ID. C., Sept. p, 1899.
Hon. Sharles II. Allen,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Washington, D. G.
My Dear Sir: Referring to the ma =
ter presented TO YOU this morning iy
the delegation from Norfolk. Eewpa
News Old Point. Petersburg and Rich
mond. | desire, on behalf of the gen
tlemen who called. and in accordaEf e