The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-01
FDITORs D.sPATCH,-A local in tn

EDITORS D,SPATCH,-A local III tue
AZ state Journal makes the statement -" mat tnc
announcement in the morning papers lllat Jo,L'
discussion would take place to-day between AicSSh.
Wise and Smith is erroneous; that so lar Us inc iat
ter gentleman is concerned no sueh meeting hai
been arranged Mr. Smith saw me Oh l d,,d va,
in thc presence of number of gentlemen anu WIS
at Coaliicld Oh Salurday today: lie then
s,id that he would see General Wickiam, ana
that they would meet .lr. Gilman aud myself.
I promised that he should be treated coNr,,
teotlsly, and that there should DC an cIo u,
division Of time. understood fhat the oDlect III
seeing General Wtckham WIS to have him deyo,e
hi, attention To Mr.. Gilman. After the interview
between AIr. Smith and myself remembered t t
Mr. Gilman was absent In distant part OF The
State and could not attend the Ccaiiicd meeting.
saw Mr.. Smith second time and Informed him OF
WIckhaul. Dlr. Smith replied that he would see me
next day, when all arrangement c0uld ne
made. l waited, In my office till II e St;
hid not authorize any publication In connection
with the matter, but the announcement III tic uiorll
ing pers was In accordance wi my mndtf 81 no
Coalheld meeting, and had 10 appointment In con-
fct withit then why was he absent If he really de-
Henrico County ,Corrt.at, Caroline, and at Han
over,, aud intend to meet the people OF LoniSa
on their copr;-i.y in October r. when sn, Mr. Gil
nominated the Ith day of August, and though we are
near tie last month of the ctmp:g he has not yet
addressed any meetings. 1t is tne-llonored Gus
on their court-days. ] have observed the Gus
tom, and my appointments have been rcgu-
iarly advertised 70 the city papers. That the
whereabouts of Mr.. Gilman aud myself have
been known to those who sought us is evil
denccd by the factthat were followed to Caroline
by those redoubtable champions OF Radicalism
Lewis Lindsey, Judge Boiling, and Mr.. James of
Hanover. We declined the honor of their distln-
gu!shed considerations but when at Hanover General
Wickham politely requested meeting he was
promptly Accommodated, and expressed himself as
satisfied with the treatmenthe received. have been
actively canvasslng for thirty days, speaking from
three to four times each week. My appointments
have been arranged and published and
will be most happy to meet Mr.. Smith ut
any Of the places specified. Another state
ment in the same paragraph is: We are further i'll
formed that Mr.. Smith has on two occasions chal-
ceived no response" My reply to that mus i,e that
since my nomination before the interview
on last Thursday, which have detailed As
recoect It He WAS absent from the dis
trct for time (for Il good reason, I believel,
and there was no opportunity for any meeting.
could not delay my appointments, and have
made them. He Was In Richmond the day of the
Hanover Court, and I short ride on the Chesapeake
aud Ohio railroad would have placed hiIn face TO
face with the man he seeks. He was In Richmond
the day Of the meeting at Cold Harbor, aud also the
day Of the gathering ut Coalfeld The public will
be very creduOus to believe that have been earn-
estiy sought. II AIr. Smith had made appointments
In conflict With mine mentioned above tnen there
might have been some excuse but he has made no
speeches. GEORGE ID. WISE.
September %, 1872. =. oc1