The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-12
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seems bent on keeping up with The
Times, but we cannot permit one part OF
its Sundays article 10 pass altogether un-
noticed. 1t says. following up something
Of the same sort said few days back.
FOR months and months last year The
Times vainly sought to engage the Dis
patch in a controversy" and after recit-
ing what IL thinks were series Of acts
on The Times part since last year."
intended as provocation 10 a controversy,
it adds, THUS The Times picked this
quarrel with the Dispatch" 1t then has
the arrogant effrontery TO intimate that
The Times pursued this course to get
some business advertising for itself
through the attention it would attract by
having a controversy with the Disptach
on It's hands.
Now we want to disabuse the Dis
patch's mind right of of the idea that
The Times has ever wanted controversy
with It. The Times has been perfect
" Indifferent as to whether 1t had
controversy with the Dispatch in the dis
charge of its duty az d journal. faithful
10 true Democratic p.4c.plea. o~ whether
ID dld moi. II controversy WIN me
DISPATCH ay Iu is way wHI" PERFORM
Ing tnls duty. ii w5 perfectly HiiHs
TO have one, ana il 10 controversy with
the Dispatch came across ITS path ~ was
perfectly content.
What the Dispatch thinks efforts Ito
engage" it in a controversy were nothing
but the plaincst performance Of duty by
a Democratic Journal The Dispatch had
long been the only morning paper pub
Hshed in Richmond th2t claimed to be
Democratic 1t made the most of it's
claim in this behalf, and it led many
Virginians off to the pursuit Of the
abominable ideas that it daily put out
on this community os genuine Demo
cratic doctrines. 1t advocated free silver
and, therefore. fiat money, the suppress
sion Of the right of our State banks to
issue their notes. and It defended the
alliance which, the authorities Of the
Democratic party Of the State had form
ed with the ballot box suffers in those
cities and counties in the state where
cheating in elections was the rule.
Whenever it has had an utterance in
advocacy of any one Of these ideas The
Times has promptly called attention TO
if, and has exposed that utterance as
inconsistent with all sound principles and
with Democracy also. The Times has
taken this course, not to provoke con-
troversy with the Dispatch, but to warn
Democrats that this journal that claimed
TO be an exponent Of democracy was
preaching doctrines at war with every
priuciple of democracy, and that 1T was
preaching the most poisonous tenets, that
would stullify our people and undermine
every manly element that their charac-
ter contained. 1t was in an effort to
shield this community ana this state
against the consequences Of the Dis
patch's atrocious teachings that The
Times has exposed the Dispatch when
ever IL has uttered one Of its horrible
sentiments, and not ito engage it' ~
controversy. The Times was perfectly
indifferent about controversy and had
lust as soon have had the Dispatch 20
pass over its exposures as to sink it,
SELF deeper in the mire in its attempts
10 defend its doctrines.
r1e Dispatch makes a great parade OF
excerpts from newspapers which take
the same view Of The Times course
that the Dispatch doe. Amongst them
il quotes the following from the Lynch
burg Advance. We give the whole OF what
is quoted by the Dispatch:
For one. We shall be only too glad If
Messrs. Bryan. stewart Bland * &C..
carry out their purpose and organize a
third party devoted TO the idea of free
coinage of silver at the rate of l6 TO !.
They will draw many 81 their recruits
from the ranks of the Democratic party,
and they VIII probably end the Demo-
cratic partys chances to elect the next
Richmond Times.
From which it would appear that The
Times will be "only too glad 10 have
the Democratic party completely dismem-
bered and all of It's chances to elect the
next President destroyed. II also Is
plainly manifest from the above ana
other similar expressions that The Times
will not have far 10 drift before IT lands
in the bosom of the Republican party
The Lynchburs Advance
Now, the entire paragraph in The
Times article from which the above SEN
tence was quoted, reads thus;
For one. we shall be only too glad if
AIessrs. Bryan. Stewart, Bland co.
carry out their purpose and organize
third party devoted 10 the idea OF free
coinage of silver at the ratio OF 10 TO ].
They will draw many OF their recruits
from the ranks of the Democratic party
and they will probably end the Demo
cratic party's chance 10 elect the next
President. But the party, TO be freed
from the curse of sucA men exercising an
influential voice In it's control. viii Sc
cure that freedom on very easy terms, in
deed, fl il gets rid of them az the price
of it's chance for the next presidential
term. When the Democratic party re-
turns to its true foundation OF sound
money. with State banks and equal rights
for all, il VIII resume control Of this
country and remain In control of 1t so
long as il is true TO those principles. 1t
viii never control the country again
whilst Il permits itself 10 DE connected
with debaSed money and unequal laws.
The Times was discussing the hkeii-
hood that a free silver party was about
TO be formed. and. of course, the point
made by it was that the Democratic
party could well afford to lose one presi-
Dental election If by doing so it could
Dust its free silver element from any
voice in the control of the party But
as the Advance quotes the article, and
as the Dispatch approyingly reproduces
1t, The Times Is made to appear as glad