The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-25

rived at Washington at 4:40 he i'm
! mediately boarded their cars.
/ No member of the party looked bet
/ ter than did Governor Stuart. who
admitted naively that he had stood
up well and believed he had taken
/ on a few pounds" All others in the
+ party appear in the pink of health,
/ TO which has been added slight tinge
/ of brown acquired during five days
+ tour of the Yellowstone in old-fash-
toned stage coaches and under a
broiling sun.
( Gathered Information.
/ 1T was the greatest trip have ever
had" opened Governor Stuart after he
had passed cigars presented him by
| the Cuban minister at the exposition
+ and fully guaranteed. He continued:
We have received on this trip much
/ that is of great educational value TO
us. We have come into contact with
the people OF all sections of the coun-
I try gathered at the exposition and in
Los Angeles and with people In other
parts of the country on our way to and
from the exposition We have bene-
| fitted by this contact. and I believe
, that we have left all along the trail an
! impression of Old Virginia that those
/ peoples will long remember.
Virginia has made a great impress
/ sion in the West It leaves its i'm
press as a great Commonwealth, and
rich In resources. with the people who
view it's exhibit at the exposition. Our
n agricultural exhibit is much admired,
and all the information about Virginia
that we are able 10 give Is being given
10 those inquiring
( THE Virginia agricultural exhibit is
the most complete at the exposition.
and the single farm exhibit Of Mr..
, Bellwood surpasses everything of its
kind that Ia shown. IT ia the most
complete and the most valuable.
i While other States and Canada in
their exhibits have their products
carefully gathered and fixed up In re-
freshing and artistic taste. none 81
them can show the variety OF Virginia
Canada cannot show corn tobacco or
peanuts; California cannot show
corn. Corn does not grow there.
WeSterners SuTTnount Obstacles,
II expect 10 have something 70 say
to the people of Virginia during the
corning months. On data ! have col
llected and on Information gained dur
ing this trip I shall base a series of
addresses to be delivered to the peo-
pie in various parts of the Common
wealth.
. III We NlTEtNtdH& uAtb SUM- O1 lsiG
fpluck and energy in taking advantage
Of our opportunities that the people Of
the West have shown IN overcoming
the obstacles that have confronted
, them in the deserts the mountains and
the arid lands Virginia would be A
greater Commonwealth.
Things come to lis too easily; we
do not have to make great effort, and
we are too easily satisfied with things
! as they are. In the West artificial
moisture, irrigation and the most. ad-
vanced ideas In cultivation are neces-
sary in many places before crops any
where near the natural richness and
variety Of Virgina's can be produced.
There were in the Virginia party
20T persons" said the Governor, 1o2
men, the Blues and the members OF
my party, excluding the ladies. and
believe that with the lessons learned
by us on this trip, and the spirit we
bring back, we will be able to dissent
mate a knowledge and spirit that will
prove a valuable asset to the State"
That the impress of Virginia was
left everywhere upon the people in
= the places visited is Governor Stuarts
= belief and ne asserts that all the ben
: efiits of the trip have not accrued to
: the virginians The Governor Is of the
/ opinion that the selection of Mount
~
Virginia at the exposition was happy
{ thought.
Left Patriotic Inspiration.
2 EVERY one in the country" said
= Governor Stuart. has. al one time or
I another. possessed. a desire 10 see the
- home Of Washington; Most of the Fser
, and women west of Chicago, between
= the Mississippi and the Pacific coast
have not the opportunity OF the people
b sHF Era - 1ri~ Mount Narnnn
The taking of the replica of Wash
q inCton's home to the exposition has
Y given hundreds OF thousands an on
2 portuntty they would not othewis,
( have had to see the simple beauty
? and the quiet grandeur of the structure
= from which came the influences thai
G founded our nation.
Mount Vernon, the home OF Wash.
ington. TO whom all the country Iavt
claim. inspires a patriotic reverence
that no other type of building coul(
I Icreate. The people who visit the ex
> position find the Virginia building one
t OF the most popular on the grounds
$ They are inspired by the sentiment
= that unconscousiy associate themselves
4 with the building and with the grea
- leader and the great influences tina
lcame from out Mount vernon's walks
] I'VE have brought back information
!. and inspiration and we have left I'M
e spiration and greater patriotism and
g greater reverence for the Old Domin
= ion behind Ms"
Ovations Gfven Virginia.
g Colonel Dick Beirne, of Covington
Y historian of the party interrupted Il
: say that the greatest reception o
them all was that given by Los An
4 geles. and the Governor. admitting
$ that IL was, amended the assertion b,
!, declaring that 1t was Virginia rather
: than the party that received the ova
o ton,
n THE appearance Of the flag of Vir
ginla, with its Sic Semper Tyrannis', :
= said the Governor. was signal fol-
o cheers. All along the line there cam,
: from Threats of Virginians and those
! whose parents and grandparents hat
: gone from Virginia cheers given will
all the strength they couE command
"'God bless Old Virginia. was on,
of the most popular OF the exclama
= tons.
And TO show that the people be
4 lieve they know something OF vir