Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-20

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against their president He called upon
them 10 rebuke the s,lnderer
Mr. Bates wanted merely 10 reafrm the
confidence OF the convention in the hon.
esty and integrity OF the president. This
substitute was lost
QUITE RADICAL.
Colonel Aldrich offered the following as
an amendment to Mr.. Patterson's resolu-
tions. 10 be substituted for the third reso-
luton:
THAT the said newspaper. the state.
has abused the privileges allowed 10 tne
press by this convention, and that Tor inc
balance OF the session its representatives
be denied admission 10 the floor OF the
convention, and that the sergeant-at-
arms be charged with the enforcement OF
this resolution
Colonel AIdrlch said that they all knew
that the elevating influence exerted on
society by the press was gone lhey All
knew that in the morning, when they
saw something in paper of sensational
and defamatory nature, they never even
bothered themselves 20 find out IL IL was
true or not Any honest man, particularly
their president, could afford not 10 no
tice the editorial at all. His impulse
would have been not TO notice 1t at all.
The paper had abused the privilege given
II, and the only legitimate thing for them
TO do was to cut off that privilege.
The representatives, of the press were
granted the privilege to sit there and
report the proceedings OF the convention
for the benefit of the public. and for
their own financial advancement so long
as they behaved themselves. When the
privileges were abused the only thing
the convention could do was to put them
out.
A strong speech was made by eX-Gover-
nor Sheppard against the Patterson reso-
luton in which he stated that Colonel
Aldrich's resolution should not be adopted
because the reporter Of the paper on the
floor hal demeaned himself as gentle
man. and furnished full and fair reports.
He had no objection TO reafiirmng his
confidence In the president, and thought
ii well to do that.
Many speeches were made by both
sides. some taking the position that the
second vote bore out what the first vote
was II was requiring them to swear 10
what they knew was not true. although
the president had been honestly mistaken
i'm announcing IT. Many were opposed TO
the convention taking any notice of it. n
Mr.. Aldrch's resolution was tabled. y
TILLMAN WARM
Senator Tillman then made one of his
hottest speeches. drawing the faction.il
lines, and saying that It was not per-
sonal matter. where you could go and
frail with n stick. Pointing to Editor
Gonzales, But such things are beneath
the dignity Of that gentleman over there.
who has dished out more h fire and
d-n in this State than has come from
any mouth save mine"
Mr.. Gonzales smiled and bowed 10 him
Ironically.
Factional feeling was there; II was
| cropping out on all sides. He jumped
on the Conservative members. Governor
Sheppard later resented the motives inn
puted to himself and other Conservatives.
A viva voce vote was finally taken. and
Tillman demanded rol-oalr The Pat
terson resolution was adopted by a vote
Of l23 10 -. some ten or twenty members
having their reasons for their votes
spread on the Journal
Later, Tilman apologized 10 the Con-
servative members for the language he
had used I'm regard 10 their motives. say
ing that their arguments had appeared
speciOus 10 him
During the day petition was received
from the State Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. asking the convention 10
raise the age OF consent from 10 10 Is
years,