The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-28
.COV.PENNYPACKER
STOPS A WHILE "
Spends Three IIolirs 8oi.#His Pri-
vatc Car III Ills City
gss,as Last Night
TALKS ON SEVERAL. TOPICS
The soutl1. lie 1'11iillSs,.'is Making
Splendid Commercial
Progress. #s 9 n

Governor 1,cnnypncker, OF PENNSYLVANIA
accompanied by his staff OF colonies il'ld
Id delegation or prominent 1'cnnsSivhh-
ians. stopped over III the city4thrce hours
last night on their way homo from
viclsburg, Miss, where they had been
to attend and take part in the. ceremonies
of unrcillns n monument to tic Penn =
sylvnnia soldiers who urc buried IN the
Federal Cemetery near that city.
.,What struck mo most OF all during
my rip was the very evident prosperity
OF every town we visited. Chattanoosa.s
birmingham, vicksburg, nrc one mud al
amnkin;. rapid strides towards material
greatness. The whole South has picked
itself Up anu gotten down to worlt--tiiat
saving grace Of humanity. Everywhere
there were thrifty people and, thriving
towns. / have only good news TO BRING
to Richmond OF its sister cities fnrtlNr
South 85
SO sud the C:1yernor of tho great state Ia,
\ or Pennsylvania to Il reporter lor zl y.
Times Dispatch, who called Oh nm ~
the byrd Street station. ..4
&' The Governor struck Richmond about
$50 O'Clock In his private car. Ills suite
was switched off In Manchester from
the Southern Railroad to the Atlhhtic
Coast Line and was carried into Ing
Byrd Street station, where the party re-
.nlaiHcd TIL 1l:iO o clock. they left Ric.l-
tnond behind train No s; for Washing l1 ~
ton, where they will make connection
for Philadelphia, arriving there ABOUT 4
o'clock this morning.
Generals Galore.
m ythc party were the Governors stan
irt ~
wife. his sister-in-law, Mrs. James Penny
packer, and Mrs. II. j. Stewart, wife OF
sAdiutant- General Il. j.. Stewart. The
members OF tho staff are: Adjutant-Gcn-
cral Stewart; lnspector-Gencral7 Frank
Sweeney, Commlssary-Gen Logan,
Surgeon-Gcneral j. *. Y aavcr. Sergeant
Green. color bearer: Colonel Ripple, as
slstant nt-gencral. and sColoncis
Bradley Pratt Read and Chambers,
aides.
s"I am very favorably impressed with
the South,' continued the Governor to
the reporter. Your hospitality down this
way is something I shall never forget.
Down at Vicksburg they treated us Just
royalty; we became for the time the
princes OF tho town.
They Saw Varda1nan.
"Governor Vardnman received us most
cordially lie spoke at orr exercises
Saturday afternoon, and was throughout
most courteous i, his treatment
Eve carried over three hundred YES
Grams 0f Pennsylvania regiments. which
had served. in the Vicksburg campaign.
along with us, and we all had 4 great
time. We arrived in tho city last Friday
morning and Saturday was unveiled the
monument to Pennsylvana's dead who
are buried in the National Cemetery
there.
"Thc entire city was drapcd and de-
icor;lted from end TO end In our honor.
The streets we're crowded with people,
who treated us us they would have done
their own leaders Saturday night they
gavc'us Il formal reception. and did
justice to my love of Southern dishes
L have never enjoyed myself better than
in tho last four or five days.
oh ! forgot to tell YOU. General
Stephen 2. Ice was with us two days. A
He is a friend whom esteem most high
ly And by the way, speaking Of the
Lees General 1Hitzhugh Lee was q good
friend or mine. knew him very well,
and liked him. Poor fellow, he died
very soon nftcr--a great pity! ] was
very fond OF him.
I'VE left Vicksburg Sunday afternoon
and have been delayed all tho way up
Pennsylvania to Jamestown.
LIS INcellency mad not heard or the.
discussion IN the Massachusetts LcGis-s
9lolure relative to the appropriation FOR
,thcffJnmcstown exposition, but spoke of
tho action Of his own state. lie stated
that the Legislature had made m APP
preparation Of $4,000 for the exposition.
and the State will have q good exhibit
mt the jamestown show.
j Yes, | would like to stay over in
Richmond very much. was here several
years ago, spending a few days in the
city. AS i recollect Il, It was Il citytI
OF mills. Perhaps I shall renew my visit
scme day in the future, exposition year,