Much Activity at the National Capital

Mitchell speaks of President McKinley's visit to Richmond, and commends him for visiting even when "he has nothing to gain by visiting Virginia."

President McKinley’s visit to Richmond to-morrow, to witness the launching of the Shubrick, the first government vessel ever built in that city, will show that he has no political object in view in mixing with his fellow citizens, as it must be plain to even his most narrow-minded critics that he has nothing to gain by visiting Virginia.
There is reason to believe that the Philippine Commission, which met in Washington to-day, will prepare a preliminary report at once, covering its investigation from the opening of hostilities by Aguinaldo and existing conditions on the islands, leaving the future to be handled in a later and fuller report, which may take the civilian members of the Commission back to the islands after peace is restored.

“Much Activity at the National Capital,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed December 7, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1740.