Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-10
6UNDAY..........MARCH 10, 1896
what 4. said of the Times.


Our canting and kicking contemporary.
The Times. doesn't venture to answer the
accusations which we preferred against 1t
On Friday. but throws itself upon the
mercy OF the country with the plea that
the Dispatch has been moved TO attack Its
Democracy by the hope OF removing
rival
Now. what are the facts in the case?
For months and months last year the
Times vainly sought to engage the DIS
patch In a controversy. During the last
campaign. whilst we were striking our
heaviest blows at the Republicans and
PopulIsts, the Times eadeavored TO at
tract our attention 20 It. But we noticed
u not We let IL go on-go on helping
the enemy, hurting the Democracy. we
were advised and believed that that was
better plan than to get into squaboie
with 1t and give wide notoriety TO the
9'ires's detection az a time when our
party needed every moments attention
md every bit OF aid that tire Dispatch
and other Democratic papers could give
H. Even after the election was over ana
our victory was won-won despite the
H.mes--we continued to ignore the Times's
taunts at US. We let them pass week
after week. we wished no quarrel with
81. We were amisbly inclined, and were
willing 10 let the Times 90 its way while
we went ours; but no, II would not nave
81 that way.
on February 5th the Times assailed the
Dispatchs view OF the last Virginia con-
II. cha rqc
berzence and disregard OF the facts. Then.
we called a halt. Then We pointed out
that In pursuance Of that sort or De
tnocracy which is peculiar to the Times
The Times was working (and without just
GAUGE, 20 unteat Congressman Harry
Tucker, Claude Swanson, Gardiner Tylar,
Nv. r. McKennsy, and Peter Otey. Ihe
Times had long labored to unssat Con-
rregsnan Epes. but It capped the climax
NJ consciousness when II charged that
the election in which Otey, Mckinney.
ry,er. swanson. and Tucker got their Ger
flgcates was "a maste piece OF trickery,"
and that the authors Of the alienation |
OF candidates names N the tickets used |
last November were entitled to 'undying |
,nfamy."
Thus the Times picked this quarrel with |
The Disnltch. II IS a row Of its own |
making. Now how absurd It is for the |
Times to come before the public and !
crave sympathy for itself on the ground |
that the Dispatch IL actuatsd in its attacks |
b. business rivalry! Bah! This is about |
the weakest, thinnest. feeblest "eet-on'
shat we ever knew the Times to indulge
Ain Cthis II a pretty strong statement, but |
we stick TO 10, and more than ever end- !
ties # TO the proud distinction that It has |
won as the Patron-Saint of the Order OF |
Political Wrlgglers.
II we had ever suspected that the Times |
WAS going 20 solicit the sympathfes OF |
che public upon any such ground as that
which It has advanced, we would have
been full-handed with the evidence OF
dlslnterested witnesses to prove that our
view OF the Times's political disloyalty Is
the public view. However. We happen to
have saved up few extracts from edi-
torials OF Democratic papers, and we give
them as showing that the Dispatchs opin-
ION Of the Times's political transgressions
Is shared by mighty good judges:
Eor one. we shall be only too glad If
ressrs. Bryan, Stewart. Bland d. co.
carry out their purpose and organize a
third party devoted TO the idea or Tree
coinage OF silver at the rate or 10 10 j.
They win draw many or their recruits
from the ranks OF the Democratic party.
and they will probably end the Demo-
cratic party's chances to elect the next
northumberland Times
From which II would appear that the
Times will be "only too glad" TO have
the Democratic party completely dismem-
bered and all of its chances 20 elect the |
next President destroyed. II also is
plainly manifest from the above and
other similar expressions that the Times
will NOT have far 70 drift before IL lands
"a the bosom OF the Republican party
The Lynchburg Advance.
The Richmond Times. which. we pre-
sumo II an influential newspaper In its
part OF the country. strikes note that
Is both new and surprising. The occa-
sion Of IL seems TO have been a remark
made by General Hooker. OF Mississippi.
20 the effect that the issue Of bonds now
pending Is q defiance OF Congress and in
tended TO be such. The Times quotes
what General Hooker said and proceeds
20 comment on 81. We append the fol-
lowing:
The actual state OF the cass Is this:
a few years ago General Hooker and |
many other southern congressman were |
most calamity riSking their lives in a |
most determined effort 10 destroy the |
United States Government They were |
defeated In the attempt. and the failure |
OF their efforts resulted In the overflow |
South and Ia general bankruptcy and In |
solvency there.
Our eonquerors have with what we |
frankly admit we think very great gem |
crosby. allowed US 10 resume our old |
places In the union. Now In our opinion. |
becoming modesty would require US. |
under the circumstances. TO be content. |
In national measures. with something Of /
lack seat. Our representatives., how /
ever. have taken quite the opposite view. |
Prom the time they were admitted TO the /
halls OF Congress. on probation at best,
they have insisted on pressing for ma /
tional legislation what means the most /
serious injury. " not Destruction, to the
most important interests OF their old /
eonQuerors We DO not ailude here TO the |
EFFORTS 70 abolish the tariff, because that |
IA AZ ininsical 20 the interests OF the great |
body Of the northern people as II Is TO |
those OF he southern people. We refer /
TO such measures as free silver and an !
income-t2x. intended 20 affect those only /
who have accumulated property.
But when = reputable news
paper OF Virginia gets on It's belly to
say that the representatives OF the south
ern people ought to take back seat ON
ali questions affecting the Interests OF
the people. we confess 70 feeling OF sur
prize and modification. II Is the samo
a. saying 10 the people Of the South that.
IN Difference 70 the generosity OF their
conQuerofs. they ought to permit the !