The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-08

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chamber proceedings and to shutting our
the reporters Of any newspaper. Ha
thought reporters should be admitted aS
newsgatherers. and nothing of the pro,
ceediucs should be kept secret. He hopeu
the committee would not act so nlgsalu-
" as 20 adopt the section then pehu"is
Il would ike to know. Mr.. Chairman
saId Nr Faean. when he had been recos-
nizod by Mr. Dawson. whether we nave
any newspapers in this city that are not
Democratc2' ,,.,
Il think We have AZ this time, replou
Chairman Dawson. "The Richmond ms
IS not a Democratic paper, because ~
docs not support the Democratic 'ah1i-
dates for President and Niee-l re9'ue"''
A SERIOUS MATTER
~ r-s1,r tben continued by saying.
bo did NOT think tho committee shol."
bo so hard I'm dealing with The ITEMS re
u.ouid rather suggest that comihi.lee
r. ,,rointed 10 wait on MI
Times" in order 10 come
some understanding. He there, le
I'm favor of postponing the coH9'rc' lt,
~ that section OF the report. lhe SIT
,,s,,on v.,s a very serious one at pre-
sent and IL was not a wise thlhg 70
mako enemies He had found tnat the
,-rv hest people In this city. who hereto
fore had been Democrats. were now re
nuhlicans and would vote Ter Mchihl's
Nr winston endorsed the remarks OF
Niessrs. Pace and Pagan ana SAID ne
felt confident that the committee 'oul1
trust all the newspapers In this city anu
that their reporters had never uone INC
committee any injustice. T.,
Mr.. Allen. OF Marshall ward sp,ke III
favor Of adopting the section as II had
been reported by the committee lie
thought that n the reporters OF Inc
Tiroes We're admitted those of the Planet
shsrid De given the same privilege. lie
deemed il "a very risky thing TO nave
ronorter Of The Times present WINE ,no
committee was celebrating ana laying
out if, nlans for the coming campaign
Am enemy In camp wax always Hloi0
dangerous than one outside
lrr Coslter then moved 10 adopt the
section under discussion, but 20 leave out
thnt norton which construed the hlesihil5
OF the expression Democratic papers
Nr Saunders here moved C lay MT
coalror's amendment ON the table ana y
recorded vote was called lor' VIM"
hal the following result. ,,.,.,u
Avcs-Messrs: Allen. Dawson hulcH'i'
Saunders. Tyler, g. NJ. Wallace Jele'so"
Wallace. !. c,.
Noes -Nessrs. Coalter. Fagan. Glenn
paee Redwood. Weisiger. Winston, 3.
Mr. Duke stated when his name was
called. that he did not Ike 10 vote oe-
cause he did not Ike Mr.. Coaiter amend
meat and that be was not ln iaNor OF
tho original motion, whlch "oulu hiFe
20 be voted for without any rur'her
amendment n Nr. Saunders motion was
carried
,fr. Coaltor raised the point OF order
that under the rules Of the House Of Dele
Gates. which governed the committee,
r.enlter who dd not vote had 10 be
counted In the negative.
nrr. Duke finally voted in The negative.
and Mr. Saunders motion 70 lay the
amendment on the table was lost ly
vote Of Z 10 s.
Mr.. JEFFERSON WALLACE.
Mr.. jefferson Wallace then addressed
the committee. and stated that it was
matter of great surprise 10 hIm 20 tni
as many as eight members Of the COM
m.;fcc 20 vote a. they had just don.
The Richmond Times was the greatest
enemy that TIE Democratic party had
la Virginia The object Of the committee
lh Inserting that section I'm the bylaws
I was to save tho chairman the unpleasant
| tuiv of ruling what Democratic paper
was. For thirty years none but repre-
seutativcs of Democratic papers had been
present at the meetings Of the Democratic
/ CITY Committee
After speaking in very high and fatter-
/ ing remarks OF the representative OF The
| Times. who was in attendance on the ses-
sion Of the committee no that time. and
/ expressly stating that he meant no per.
sCral ailusi0n 90 him. Mr. Wallace closed
| his remarks by saying: II woIld put
nay right hand on a block and have II
| cut on before I would admit a representa-
I ltiNe Of The Times 20 the meetings Of
| the committr..'
THE OTHER SIDE.
Mr.. Pace next spoke up and said that
! 60 exclude The Times from the meetings
| Of the comm ttee would not amount 10 a
row Of pins. for that paper would as
/ certain anyhow. In some way. what trans.
/ pired in those meetings. As he under
stcod lt, there existed a certain degree u
courtesy between the gentlemen con-
nectea with the various papers In this
city which induced them 10 exhcanee
| news, and be therefore felt convinced
that The Times would get the news
any way lie could not see why secrecy
as % tho meetings OF the committee
shouid De observed. In this canpalgn
IL Has necessary 10 gain friends. and 10
use slang expression, 'AIolassas al
"ays caught more flies than vinegar
The Richmond Times was ou. ~ the
most influential papers 10 this city ana
Nr "'u "'l l"i"h IL DehOOyed M Wal
lace 20 make such remarks as he had
Jlst uttered, inasmuch az his relations
Win the proprietor OF Tho Times v-are
rather strained. II this section vas
adopted as submitted The Times wo,,ld
very Ahry announce the next dev thar
liiS "clon Aaa been brought By personal
h'lFr7 Al any rate. any other mem.
Der OF lAe committee should have rafher
"4a1e l"v1e remarks than Mr.. Wallace
Turning % Mr.. Saunders. who then oc-
cupied the chair, Mr.. Pace continued
supposing The Times should SUPPORT tb.
Democratic nominees Tor Congress. ould
you then admit lhe paper 10 the meet
iIgs of the committee under your i'm
tvrYretAtion3'
40. sir unless Tie paper supports the
entire ucSet,' replied MIR. Saunders.
SOME NEW SPAPEk ETHICS.
Al tins JunctIre. Mr. Dawson asked
unanimous consent for Dir. West a r.
poster Tor the Dispatch, who desired 10
make a personal explanation 10 tie com
mittee ~ speak. Inis Wa grantsd. and
Mr. West then volunteered the statement
that he had been unntentionally misrep-
resented by Alr. Pace, when that gentle
man alluded 10 the courtesy existing
among newspapers in exchanging news.
lie said that it the represents tiyes OF The
Times shdold be excluded from thu
meetings Of the city Democratic Commit
tee he would certainly not supply them
with any Information as 10 the business
transacted at those sessions, and he did
not think that the Dispatch would.
quite a number OF the members OF the
committee present said afterwards that