The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-14
.C0L.A,| Mcclure.
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Brilliant Orator Praises i DOSE
gssyelts Signing s1'lag
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WILL SOUTH I FAIRLY !: \! y
thinks President Will Deal cal
Sqlarely all Sections,
ii s5 ofs Country.


S4 Colonel IA. X. Md liirc, OF pllladelphi,l,
lilo NOTED phllnnt tropist5 and liant plat
form speaker, who Will lecture at lie
Academy tonight forFthois benefit = the
Home Of Needy onfcderlto W omeis l lnr-5
4 flied last night, and IS stopping g 'Nrl,c
Il Jdr fcrsorS Ii q III W Is " ". III
cooncl Nice Cure Ii 1,panied NY COL
onel Alfred Crnlg hcad, tnlsoS of phlladcl-
tgrhin, and they wero met ut tho sta llon
& 81 d number Of friends. mostly confcds.s
\ rdteivcterans, whom hoy X s
3gs Colonel Mcclure Is In fine heal tn ana,
ho received d reporter In Ills roo III Win
tho utmost cordial ty.y s55f III
i would havc cancelled any otlcrE CHI
i sagcmcnt ut Tits tifncy" lie salt 81 Q wins
It's the extreme illness @ q bro " er-ll IL,
q lnw, # but III gfclt TINT u wanted ITO come
4 down hero and do swhntey II could 70
II teIp8t Needy Conf dar:lt omen
n shall be very happy Nh lie con tinued ]
E t shall be able to make snn1e p cor. (
tributionStoeth fort and 80 Z cn1r1c.a
Notwithstanding the Il adverse 33f clrcuitl-
stances OF my visit. Il. S
& gl3 Will Return Home.
rs. Met lure and j. had arranged TO
saRo South, leaving here for Florida lo-
n morrow night, nut she is detained INT
II homo on account Of he3S lness $ofj her
q brother. and 4 must go back when my
mission here la performed. Is II!
3$$83} Colonel Mcclure asked 4; q 8 number Of
questions about Richmond people. nild
q Seemed deeply Interested In Virginia and.
5@thc South IIe ok pressed his graft flcationg
lat the prosperity now prevalent III the
Southern States. md, declared that he;
WAS devoted to that section. 5 vs. 5
Colonel lecture alld lie was glad Pres
idcnt Roosevelt had signed S.thc bill To-
return the ba tile ma SIS 4 TO the Sou therii$
Il States, and he praised the President for
his policy Of fairness toward tho South
55ssg'I know him vcry wei. = he SAID, tand
II believe he'll going to Zeal fairly Wit
/ the Southland give no 8encourng emctt;
Il to the lingering feeling OF prejudice left
;Ss$ here anu there lin the Eorth.$81 also be-
Ilieve tho South feels kindly towards the
resident, and Il know he al preciat les the
feeling, 5sss HI OBJ
". Means to.Do Right.
3g|stiiThc President Is q man who makes
"a Ills owl, policies and I hope they vii be
wise. a He has a. great opportunity. or
course, he viii make mistakes. but LIDO
not believe he means to make them ''.sSs
ERR Colonel Nc lurc said Senator sumner
OF NJ dffcred "a ~ ~
4 Congress; shortly n Ter y he Wal Tor tEe
returne Of theH bntt lc fla gs. and was * Ia
lently criticised in tho North for.thl act.
~ Iis said Senator Sumner made q power
X ftlI speech OH the subj ect and his defeat
was threat ened OH this account. though
4 had he not died just prior % the elec-s
Si3tIon, his return 70 the Scnnt eS would have
VI been certain. III @s$, i # 5$s
Colonel Mcclure inquired particularly
SAfter6the Lees. and said he was aking
u. Il deep Interest in tho career OF Colonel
Robert e. Lee, ] r., Of ia irfax. whom
les tind met and whose father he knew
4 very we IL. sfy