Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-09
THINGSIN NEW YORK.
SOME ODD RUMoRs ABOUT THE BIG
DAlLlES AND THEIR EDITORS.
A virxinisn Writes on the worid-A False
Charge Against Ran. Tucker-Goth-
ans Interest In Hske Smith.
Correspondence Of the Richmond pI.p..ch.l

correspondence Of the Richmond Dispstch.l
NEW York. April S.-The sale Of the New
York Times to stock company has set
many rumors afoat on Park Row this
week as TO newspaper-men who will be
connected with ii under the new manage
ment. One is to the effect that William G.
Reick. Mr.. BENEFITS general manager OF
the Herald, would become city editor. This
can hardly be true, as Mr.. Reick il said to
enjoy the confidence of James Gordon
Bennett to degree that none of his
managers have In recent years. III IL be
true that Mr.. Bennett has at last
secured a man after his own heart
the fact will be hailed with de-
light by all newspaper workers on the
Herald, for the numerous changes IN the
management of that paper have always re-
suited in a corresponding shaking up OF
the staff. and IN consequence the reporters
and editorial writers have felt that their
tenure of Office was insecure. with MIR.
Eeick permanently at the helm there
would be q general feeling OF security all
along the line.
Another rumor industriously circulated
is that Ballard Smith, formerly managing
editor of the World. who was hurled from
his position in the dome OF the big Pulitzer
building on account OF the fake " kissen-
gen interviews with Bismarck. Is to take
tho helm of the Times under the new regime.
Ballard Smith Is at present connected with
q brooklyn paper and would. no doubt,
like TO again assume commanding POSI-
ton in New York journalism.
VIRGINIA EDITOR.
Speaking of the World reminds mo that
NiIglnlan IS now one of the leading
writers of heavy editorials on that paper.
Colonel Charles Z. Sears. native of King
and Queen county and q graduate Of the
University of Virginia. is his name. He
has only been in New York few months.
but is already regarded as one of the fore
most journalists IN the metropolis. He ~
the founder of the Louisville Post. which
paper he edited for many years. During
the DAYS of the boom in Southwestern
Virginia he edited the Big Stone Post,
newspaper published at Big Stone Gap,
Va.
Colonel John A. Cockerill, at present
editor Of the Morning Advertiser, 10 still
another man whose name IS connected
with the managing editorshlp OF the Times.
This seems to be the most generally be-
lieyed of all the rumOrs with regard TO the
Times. | learn from authoritative sources
that Colonel Cockerill had practically
made all his arrangements for the pur-
chase of the Times himself few weeks
ago. but he was badly crippled III imam
clal way by the great Reading slump and
had to abandon the idea. 1t IS thought
that he Will now be willing to manage the
paper for other owners.
AN UNFoUEDED CHARGE.
The failure OF John Randolph Tucker
10 receive the attOrney-generalshlp which
was such great disappointment TO Viz
glnians and southern people generally.
In b1t- ho oNnl0tnad hV
incident, now for the first time pub
hshed, which occurred at the annual din
ner given by the New York Typothete at
the Brunswick Hotel on franklln's birth
day "A few weeks before the Inauguration.
81. Clair Mckelway. editor OF the Brook
lyn Eagle, who is SAID to be very
close to Mr. Cleveland. was ono
of the principal speakers OF tho, eve
ming. In the course of his speech he
referred 10 the candidacy OF Mr.. Tucker
and said that all printers and publishers
ought to protest against his appointment,
because when Mr.. Tucker was Attorney
General Of Virginia prior to the war he
prohibited or said that the circulation OF
the New York Tribune IN Virginia ought to
be prohibited. The speaker dwelt on this
and said that the fact ought to DO present
ed TO Mr. Cleveland. There is hardly any
doubt that 1t was presented to Dir. Cleye-
land, and as there was no opportunity on
the part OF Mr.. fuckers friends TO deny IT
and prove its falslty 1t may have had con-
siderable influence on the President IN IN
ducing him not to appoint Mr.. Tucker.
Mr.. Mchelway said that the reason why
Mir. Tucker wanted to prohibit the clrcu-
latlon of the Tribune in Virginia was be-
cause of its pronounced antl-slavefy
views.
GAZING AT THE UNCLE.
The great interest that New Workers feel
in everything that pertains to HOke Smith
was clearly demonstrated during the past
week by the arrival i'll town Of General
Robert +. Hoke, courtly North Carolina
gentleman, who Is an uncle to hoAe
smith. When IL became known that
Hoke Smiths uncle was at the Gisey
House the corridors of that hotel
were filed for several days with
lOuugers anxious to get a glimpse OF the
man who had Hoke Smith for q nephew.
The Gre wd evidently expected typical
Georgia cracker or a man like Charles Eg-
bert Craddock's western North Carollplans,
and when General Hoke would appear IN
the lobby there was evidence OF general
feeling Of having been In some Va, cheated
out of their dues that the distinguished
North Carolinian did not appear in
SLOUGH hat, white crayat, black, slick
Prince Albert coat, with his pants stuck IN
his boots. Instead of presenting such ali
appearance, he was as styllshly-dressed an
old gentlemen as one will meet any
bright afternoon prOmenadlng Broad
wav or Fifth avenue. The neat patent
leather shoes that encased his feet and the
shiny black silk hat on his head were the
finishing touches 10 the crowds cheap
feeling, and many turned away refusing 10
believe that the handsome old gentleman
was an uncle to Hoke Smith. They
thought that General Hoke must be play
ing some Joke on them and was keeping IN
hiding while this conventionally-dres
man was Incorporating IN his name. Gene
raj Hoke's business in town was OF prl-
vate nature and to visit his brother-in-law,
Judge Van Wyck, of Brooklyn.