The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-29
:T=HEPROPRlETARY CONNECTIONS
OF THE DISPATCH.

1vc nrint in another calumn the ieadlns
editorial published in the Richmond DIS
patch on Sunday. in which, after a
lengthy and vituperative preface. it ac-
y knowledscs all that The Times said or
meant about .its proprietary connection
with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad In
tcrests.
This terrible fury Of the once amiabie
Dispatch was elected by The Times re-
ply to a proposition OF the Dispatch that
the 1selvidcrc Street Railroad track
should be removed, and the trains now
|. stopping ut Eiba required to use the
/ Seaboard Air Line Railway tracks down
J; J,acon Quarter Branch to Main Street
! The Times said. in opposing this incon-
! venfen. and unnecessary change: Inc
,Dispatch in spite Of its alleged proprle-
Eatary connection with Seaboard All Line
Railroad interests is no doubt perfectiS
sincere An its proposition, etc. inc DIS
i ,,,+,1, 4ben demanded: "Who alleges IL!
,1,o YOU? II you do, come out and say So
md have the untruth proved upon you.
THE Times replied. stating some mas
suitable facts. and the natural and uni
versa, conclusion that Messrs. John L.
WILLIAMS & Sons were closely 1dentl1leo
with the ownership and management %
4he Dispatch and the seaboard AT Lliie
Railroad, and invited the Dispatch 10
..r,e.r its skirts of what st seemed 10
.stink an unworthy suggestion.
II will he seen in the Dispatch's article
which VIC publish, that it has materiaiiy
shifted the issue. 1t now says: Inc
Inv before yesterday the Dispatch chai-
,enros Taa Times to say who alleged
,Ib,t the S.aooar1 Air Line Railway h ao
a proprietary ;rterest in this newspaper
The NEST casual reader VIII see 'ae
,,,,natle difference between a proprie-
s,,ary connection with Seaboard AR Line
railway interests and that the sea-
hoard Air Line Railway had propTie-
1ary interest in the Dispatch.
The Dispatch had seen our article anu
rcnrinted it accurately. yet when 1t is
brought to the bar OF the puoiic anu
asked to fulfil its promise ana prove
4h, untruth'' Of the public alegatloll' as
stated by The Times. It changes inc
ground. and goes off on a charge OIL us
own. but completely confirms all mat
.rhc Times had stated to be alleged. II
fttc Dispa.ch) Acknowledges that DUST
ness men of this city, among whom are
1-r John l.. Williams and his sons, VINO
ore supposed to own stock in the sea-
board Air Line. also own STOCK IN INC
Dispatch Company" etc.
-.ct s., the face of these facts, winch
The Dispatch well knew to be true. 1t Pre-
ceeded to make our perfectly just state
,nent the occasion for violent ana anu
sive attack upon The Times, in winch
rio Times is said TO make a false ale
ration, In regard to the Dispatch, and
to use tie public as a shield pei'no
which SANDER may hide" etc, etc. ao
nausea,n. We confess we do not see now
ST is SANDER to say there is an alleged
pruprietary connection between the DIS
match and Scaboard Air Line Railway
interests" we would like our amiapie
and logical contemporary to explain
wherein the SANDER lies. Is the Dispatch
ar the seaboard of such character that
IT is a Islander to say of anybody that ne
has a proprietary interest IN both!
AS to the News" there is plain
,,nblushins statement by its publisher,
the Dispatch, that it was bought openly
and without any reserve or concealment
two years ago by business people VINO
had important interests here, and VINO
wanted access to the public" etc. we
wish this apparently ingenious state
mcnt had been more complete. and that
both the purposes of this purchase of the
~, l1oH
detailed Were they not substantially,
sc not exactly. the same persons who Tut
I'm the money for the purchase OF the
Dispatch and who now own and control
both the Dispatch and the News?
One of the sad features of this melan-
cl,oIS business is the extraordinary
change OF character OF the Dispatch. Its
yiruicncc and furious rage make it plain
that the sober and friendly old Disiatch
Is a thing OF the past. We have had IN
wears bygone many bouts with that once
venerable and loyal paper and some with
1,uch warmth. but we have never seen
st give way to such i,nroderate temper
caG abuse as cur, perfectly just and true
remark has brought forth. The lEnhility
In discuss a question of public interest
fsnch as ...e removal o: a railroad with
al raos, convenient: station and the sub
sti,a.:on o. another remote and incon-
yerieat, ~iihout becoming 1renzied with
rage and making abuse supply the want
OF argument, is not indicative OF nigh
o,Ge- OF intellect or character.
Ia tue consideration cf the sdbject
z,,i,icr go nearly affects the comfort OF
thorsn1,ds oe our citizens we shat: neither
a:nstaie the manners CT T:!lnaa. the
methods Q; Money ,ior the temper OF
iae Dispatch. We will use neither pitch
fork, pcaka;fc. nor hi!ilnsssatc, bat Will
cont:aus to ecfc:id attacks upon the law
fui and proper convenience os the voics-
LET'S pubic IN manner oescaains ,as im-
portAnce OF tao srtjec: sai tho dignity
OF this paper.
3 We shat! Aavsr< hs-csfte- TO the PRIV
psstaoe OF thu Oispa:ch TO rnalse Tia
,,,n,;o wee .l,c CesAoarG station and