The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-06
mo MERCY SHOWN
The PIER s
Captain MCCARTHY Severely AZ
raigns Them and Their Writers
"UNcIyILIzED JOURNALISM
That's The Direction ID Which Richmond
Papers Are Drifting. Says the Live Wire.
Unfairuess Charged-O.her Gau-
didates aud Politics,

| Captain Mccarthy delivered tho se-
verest attack possible upon the news
paper men and newspapers OF Richmond
! last night in his speech at Nelson's
i Hall, Fulton.
/ His arraignment was wholesale, and
/ for the most part indiscrinlinate not
only including the reporters and edito-
] rial writers, but the manner of Journals
ism as seen in Richmond at present,
When starting out In this assault, the
i speaker referred to two. papers, but be-
fsra going very far into the subject he
1 hud included all thu newspapers, and
! newspaper men generally in his charges
! of Misrepresentation, unfairness ana
] other things equally disagreeabie, If not
| SO reprehensihle.
| He criticised tho Journalism of Rich
/ mond as :. class, declaring that 1t was
| drifting to the manner OF the New York
! Journal. They are demoratiZed and un-
/ civilized" lle declared. The speaker SAID
he remembered the tima when If a news
| paper printed the name of a mans wife
| without her husbands consent, that du-
| tiful husband went to the Office and blew
| the ton OF the editors head off. Now
/! they prinN what kind of dress q woman
| wears and where she takes tea
| HE. SUGGESTED THRASHING.
| Mr. Mccarthy said it was not only
practicable to thrash the ordianry news
paper men, but the editors as Well, sug-
costing the taking Of them by the nape
of the neck by way of getting them III
a. suitable position for punishment da
declared in the Offset of the assault that
where newspaper men were gentlemen
they could get any news he had and ne
would treat them like brothers.
He said it was almost imoosstble LOT
members of the Council to be correctly
represented to the people of the city. He
did not know, he said, but one newspaper
! man in the city now.
UNFAIRNDsS CHARGED.
THE speaker said in this connection:
! ..The naners greatly exaggerate the hurt
full things I say and do not PRINT ttae
sensible
The speaker, after discussing street
railways and other subjects, closed by
Inviting all to attend his meeting at the
Academy Of Music next Monday night
OTHER CANDIDATES. SPEAK.
The meeting was presided over by Presf-
dent Chas. Eacho. The hall was well
filed. The following candidates for the
| Erard Of Aldermen and Common council
| sroke in their interest: Messrs. VIM II.
| Curtis, n. Thomas Mosby, Lewis Washer,
John F.. Grimes, I. ]. McCauiey and Chas.
e. Lewis.
Captain Mccarthy delivered one of the
Nest temperate and practical speeches
OF his campaign until he launched forth
lis slaughter Of the newspapers
He declared that people had said to
! him that he could have been elected if
he had been polite.
t'i had "a ther+ be defeated overwhel,n-
| ingly." he commented. than be elected
| by one hears breadth of hunbuSgerS.
The Clay Ward members of the City
| Committee will not have things their own
| way at the meeting tomorrow night. A
new factor, calculated to precipitate de-
bate. will be sprung and it will he sprung
| hard.
a member Of the committee from Mon
| roe Ward said last night that he was
satisfied in his own mind that neither
| the present Clay Ward or Lee Ward had
any members in the committee.
"Wllen old Clay Ward was split up,
| he said. "that was an end Of the ward
and an end of the committeeman from
that ward. Suppose the Legislature had
! decided to call the two wards Smith and
Brown Wards, what would have been the
I status of the committeeman? The phys
/ zeal ward is there but is it the same as
it was when the committee was chosen?
| In my opinion, no. And on that line |
| shall offer a. resolution declaring both
/ Clay and Lee Wards vacant. SO far as
! committeeman are concerned.
! II am also in favor of leaving the fill
| ing of the vacancies to the people of the
| two wards at the primary election, and
| shall advocate such action on the part
| OF the committee
| II the committee recognizes the MEM
ters from Clay and Lee Wards it IS quite
liey that those two delegations will name
! the gentlemen to fill the Vacancies.
For Clay Ward the names of Messrs.
| w. C. Hill, John Mitchell and A. w.
| Browning will be named and for Lee
Ward it is believed that two of the fol-
| lowing names will be mentioned: Messrs
]. W. Pcrcival, G. H. Winston and Claude
! Bat!lins.
/ The friends OF Mr.. John r. King. who
/ has served in Council, are after him
| tt, come out from Lee Ward, and it is
| probable that he will.
Councilman William r. Gibson said
I yesterday that the statement that he was
opposed to the Mechanics Institute is
! an error. Il have always voted for the
appropria ton he said. t'a1ld always will.
| have a boy that is now growing UP,
| whom hope to send to that excellent in
stitution."
Fulton voters are anxious to have rep
] rcsentatives in Council who will do
something toward making street I'M
/ provemcnts in that section of the city.
! They want the grade raised, so that
freshets may do them no harm.
/ The same question confronts the cam
/ didates for Council from ClayEW The
| voters in the south side want good streets
and pavenents, and il the candidates do
| not promise to help them and keep their
/ promises. something is going to drop.
| The Southside Democratic Club of Non
! roe Ward will hold a meeting at their
I hall, No. SS5 South Second Street, to-
/ night. large attendance is assured, and
/ alI card dates are invited to make their
claims for suffrage. Captain Mccarthy
has accepted an invitation to make the
opening address.
The Tammany Democratic Club OF
Jackson Ward will hold its regular week
|. w meeting at Bahens Hail. correr Sec
ond and DtyA Streets. tonight at s
clock Mayor TAYLOR and other candl-
| ties will speak.
DEATHS UF A DAY,