Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-31
.,mr1pD,Y ..JULY 81, 1897
r,,r pu,1,ApELPmIA INCIDENT.

There are two versions OF the Phila-
dolrbio incident. Both come from Iepu-
table sources: both are dependent upon
s,,to,nents Of the proceedings Of the
q A. r. posts Of that city made by
rnombers who were present. 80 Tar as
we have observed no newspaper man
has set up the claim that he was IN 'He
meeting. ana could give verbatim ac-
count of the speeches
since it is the truth and nothing Dut
che unvornished truth that we are seek
ing. nothing could please us more thah
n see q verbatim report Of those speeches.
For one thing. we should Ike TO Kho"
oyoctlv what reference was made TO the
,.tsit To Richmond by the survivors OF
no philadelphia Brigade when the Pick
OF monument was unveiled, and Wheh
members of that brigade married the plea
sure Of the occasion by raising oplee-
tion 70 the appearance in the procession
NJ the camp flag Of r. i. Lee Camp
PINT really, the difference in the two
accounts is not very great to think
In, man. That "a motion was maze 10
invite the survivors Of Picketts DIVISION
to the proposed picnic Is not disputed
All agree. too. that nineteen posts voted
"ave' and thirteen mo- and that there-
mon the advocates Of the movement
abandoned the project. Evidently the
temner OF some OF the speakers was
sucb as TO forbid further movement on
The part Of our friends though they had
carried their motion by vote OF u TO l"'
Considering the past relations of the sur
v,vors Of the Philadelphia Brigade ana
NJ those OF Picketts Division we can
readily understand what the trouble was
But on one hand it is said the reason
given for the negative votes was that
the expense necessary would be greater
than the posts cared to incur at TINS
particular time. Per contra, our specldl
correspondent quoted Mr. Thompson, the
owner OF the park where the picnic is to
take place, as saying positively that he had
proposed 10 pay the entire expense! II
ne has misstated the facts to our cor
rcspondent, the G.. a. X. posts nave
Ground for a quarrel with him and for
disciplining him, too, If he be member
NJ their organization; but certainly they
have no just cause of complaint against
any one who received as true what ne
time and again asserted to be true
Then. too, the account of the meeting
given yesterday in the Philadelphia
press. the leading Republican paper OF
pcnnsylvania. is substantially the same
clares that it is informed by Commander
7 W. Frazier. of Post 10. that there was
M QUESTION OF EXPENSE IN
VOLNED, since Mr.. Thompson had Of
fered TO meet 1t ali! There it is again
So far as our Philadelphia correspond
ont is concerned we have the utmost
faith in his reliableness. lie is Viz
pinian. and we believe him TO be {
truthful accurate, and painstaking man
The first we ever heard Of the inciden
was through special telegram from
him. that came Unexpectedly TO us tn
night of the same day on which meet
ing was held here 70 invite the Nationa
Encampment OF the G. A. r. 10 meet il
Richmond in 1899. That the two publ
cations did not harmonic was no faul
OF ours.
II goes without saying. with all VIII
know the ways OF the Dispatch, that on
Philadelphia correspondent was not in
spired by us as TO anything that he shoul
or should not report. And any assertion
TO the contrary is the creation Of
malicious spirit. which delights in false
hood and reyels in SANDER.