Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-07
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In pursuing the discussion with the
| Dispatch. which, it. unwarrantably provok--
ed in violation of the amenities and pro-
! prieiies Of Journalism it is always preach
/ ing the Richmond Times says the Dis.
! patch is enbarra ssed and displays iii
temper The Dispatch is not embarrass-
ed in the slightest. 1t is the Times that is
experiencing embarrassment, and II 1t
| can derive any comfort from constituting or
misconstr,ling into i'll temper the Dis
| patch.s plain words exposing It's anlmus
! towards this pa per. it is heartily welcome
We leave It to the discriminating puD.,c to
1 judge between a display OF i'll temper
and the setting forth. Of cold. hard truth
+ The best of evidence that the Times
| is err1ba ira sscd is found In its continu-s
| Gus travel in circle, and its adlnis-.
| sicns resultant from the mental con-
fusion always caused by thai perfor-
| nance when carried to excess. Following
an attempt to injure the Dispatch be-
cause Of our publication of the Wise
letter. the Times used the conceded fact
that some Of the Dispatch stockholders
did not vote for Mr.. William Jennings
Bryan. in order to produce the impress
sion that we were in the same boat as
itself. The Dispatch charged that this
was the paramount design of the Times.
that it's motive twas to weaken. If pos
sible. the confidence of the people of Vir-.
I! ginia, in the Dispatches loyalty to the
Democratic party. and in its issue Of yes
terday our contemporary in so many
words pleads guilty to the soft imreacI,-
ment.
II the beginning Of the present discus
sion the Times read itself out Of the
DEMO cratic party into the ranks Of Inde-
pepdeiltisnl. and in the giddiness produce
ed by proceeding In the same cid cir
Gle it confesses that it also tried to
read us out Of the party. Commenting on
, our declination to commit ourselves to
the unknowable the Times says that if
our 'tavowment does not put the Dis
patch into the ranks Of independent news
papers we do not understand its mean
ing" That any such proposition is MAIN
tainable in common sense or logic is alb
surd. The Dispatch may be in the same
boat with the Times when it is found
that our policy has changed: that it is
not the same old reliable Democratic pa
per as Of yore. But not until then: and
oil the sophistry Of the Times will not
convince the people of Virginia that the
Times and the Dispatch are not sailing
cor,o r.. 10 p,,hJac 1.pow
former is. letting the various political
breezes blow it hither and thither as
they list. while the latter is steering
well defined course, and steadfastIy fol-
lowing the chart of Democracy. In pro-
voliing this discussion the Times sought
to do us evil, out it made an egregious
misc alculation. The net result is that the
people now know better than ever. where
to place the Times. It is a seIf-confess-
ed bolter. They also know better than
ever, if possible. where to place the Dis
patch. So we feel almost like forgving
our contemporary, and wishing it JOY and
happiness in the political pirouetting.
gyrating. cavorting. and gymnastics it
will feel free to indulge in now that it
has put itself outside of the Demo-
cratic pale.
To the end that the public may grasp
clearly the anmus and object OF our
contemporary. and not to be confused by
our neighbor's dreary weary circle which
always leads back to the same useless
and irrelevant point OF the alleged owner
ship of the Dispatch. and the political
opinion of some of the stockholders Of
this paper. we summarize the case be-
tween ourselves and the Times. The
whole effort of the Times is to prove
that because some OF the persons inter-
ested in this newspaper property are. or
have been, as we consider. as unsound
in their politics as the Richmond Times,
the Dispatch is equally unsound That
effort has failed. The allegations on
which it was based have been disproved
The ownership of<the Dispatch has moth
ing to do with its present or future poll
teal status. The Dispatch remains a re-
cognized. accepted and trusted repre-
sentative of the organized Democracy
of Virginia. Tie Times remains
political nonderscript having bolted
in 1896 and Kept silent in 1900. - ne Times
tries hard to show that the Dispatch
must occupy hereafter the same position
with itself, but can not do it. Tat is
all. But it is enought to grievously en-
barrass our contemporary, should it ever
try to vault back into the Democrats
party.