Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-04

f,a,ron h.s wr,s,eu the article spoksn Of ana
then resumed lits sttsck npon the press Of Rich
mone, lie rhsdo remark about some fellows
who could not make a living a. anything else
speech contained nothtnx pot venom to"sfu sne
reporters and editors.
pgSiRo riE oisPArcH's REPORT.
Mr.. Henry /. Carter, OF Cay Ward, up 70 this
ttaae had remained pretty quiet, but he made up
for lost time. lie arose with an air a. serene 1e
a May morning aud unfolded quarter OF
An sol OF tbs DIsPkTCH OF Saturday, Juno 24tb,
ana pegAn a process Of dissection Which turned
upon himself. Aftor depriving the newspa-
pers Of Amos, all liberties that Gig,
lrcN country and government gives 70 ttem,
he went on 70 prescribe tho duties OF the re-
portors o. the public press, especially ms lar as
the Clty Council was concerned, nOsEifhstand-
ing thc fact that he denied having said that be
iDoueht Tie press had no right TO crticise tue
action OF the councilincn.
Mr.. Carter opened hia remarks by saying
that he held IN hts hand what purportad TO DC
report Of the speclal meeting OF the Council AZ
which the re ooii OF the special committee on IN
vestigation vas considered. In u, no argued. he
was placed in very Improper portion. lie did
not propose 20 live under such an impntation as
had been placed upon him by the reporter a
the DisrArcH. He made him appear as The
paid attorney Of Waddey lie denied that ne
acted rs champion OF tho Waddey Conn
pany, ana In almost the same Dream
spoke of the. time and diligence that
the Committee 90 Grounds and bulldogs had
given IN Investigating the merits OF the samples
Of the City-Hall furniture resulting IN tho award
the Waddey Company. Fhe then ex-
planned the injunction already referred 10,
but prior 20 this Mr. Waddey, who was present
moved over aud took q seat almost directly be-
hind Mr. Carter
Continuing his attack upon this newspaper and
It's representative. Mr. Carter said that ne had
been lacOrFectly reported In the sentence: " hc-
cordlns 90 Mr. Carter's notion the public ana tho
NJ IA
OF q councilman" He remarked that anybody
who said lac hal said such thing wan
mistaken. snd appealed 20 every nofnDer 81
the body 70 bear HIM ont in this assertion. lie
spoke severely OF biased reporter aud assured
the Council that II one were allowed TO come IN
and no counc;lmen were not 20 DO exactly As no
wanted them 10 do, they would have no doiencc'
lie old not think that newspaper-man ha1
rlghi to place him IN false position and then
Withhold his language from the public
BACK TO THE CONTRACT.
Resumng his euiogy OF the goods Of tho once
Specially Company.be said that TO vote 70 annui
that contract would be saying that the commit,
tee on Grounds ana Buildings did not 90 lts iuii
duty In examining into the merits OF thosc
samples Ito denied again that he hao over
champiOnod Wsddey or the once Spoclaity
| Company. but argued that he had simply de-
| tended the Grounds nnd Buildings committee.
| tic then said that the company was prepared 70
20 ahead and practically fulhi Its contract, not
| withstanding the injunction
TuE DISPATCH WAS HIGHT.
Mr.. Carter having finished Mr. Gulgon made
| an a bic defeuce Of the newspapers nnd OF the
| DIsPATCH representative attacked specially he
| said that he Gid not know that NJ. carter sue
| ceedod very wen in champiUning the cause OF
| Mr. WRddey, but he certainly was mo
| cbampiOp II that contract unless his
| Oiulgons) cars deceived him. lie wouio
say that no Guigonl was not tno
| champion Of the Tin,ss or tho state or the Dis
| rATCn lie could speak with less embarrass-
| ment IN what he had to say, 6s lbe representa-
| tive of tho DISPATCH present was noi nc re-
| porter on that occasion. lie WOald say tnat that
| gentlemen was ono OF the Oldest, most careful,
| most digniGed, aud beloved members OF the news
| paper profession IA THIS city.
| Mr. Gutcon continued: " | dare say that Mr..
| Carter as he called upon the Council ia this
| manner, did use language which conveyed 70
| me, and presume TO other members OF this
body, that his opinion was that It bad come 10 a
| pretty pass that the members OF the council
should be criticised By tue press
WOULD NOT RECONSIDER
| Mr. Guicon now turned his remarks TO the
| question OF n reconsideration OF the report.
| lie believed that IL WAS TO tue Interest OF the
city 20 show TO the whole world that It's council
men could not be approached by even an I'M
| Tno ouesiion was called. Mr. Noble asked 10
| be excused. Mr. stratton objected, and the
| Council refused 10 excuse the Councilman from
| Marshall Ward. Tho vote was taken WIN inc
AYESHN ossrs. Boykin. Brauer, Carneal, Grit
fin, Guieon. Mcdowell. Murphy Thomas
| Vaughan. ". L. White, and the Presidential.
| NOES.-Mes-Is. Carter DAVIS, Epps, ferriier'
| Grimes, GrOO.ns. Jackson, Noble, eeay, Smlth,
| Stratton Trower. and Royal White-l3.
| Tho motion TO reconsider being lost the roll
| call was preceded with.
MANY MEASURES PROPOSED.
| Mr. Vaughan offered a resolution appropria-
| ting al ,OCO for tho imprOyementof the james
| river Referred 80 the Committee on Finance
| A resolution ASKING the Committee on fohct
| 10 report an ordinance for the government ana
| control OF the patrol wagon Was offered by MT
| Grimes and referred To the Commilte5 on
| IOltcO. -
| Mr. Davis presented an ordinance, which was
| ndopted imposing a nne Of 81 upon persons
| riding BICYCLES upon the sidewalks.
| At the close OF tne meeting MI. kpps submitted
| n puper setting forth that II had come 10 III
| knowledge that three daily papers had done the
! same amount Of printing (adVertislngl and had
sent in bills to the Committee on Council frint-
ing Tor So, al, and fl34. Two OF the bills one
| Of them that OF the DIsPATCD were approved
ana tho other was returned dsapproved.
| n was again sent back with 30 per cont. m0di-
0catiou aud ordered 20 be paid. The paper FUR
tucr stated that the clerk Of this committee was
employed ON the paper presenting tho lergest
| BIN and lost his position wnen that paper cut
! down ~ force Mr.. Epps's paper contained q
| resolution instru ting tho Committee Gu he
| trencbinent ana Reform to investigate this mat
| ter Tho whole subject was referred TO thls
| committee, and the Council adjourned al MD
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