The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13
All Leave Except Those
Who WORK for DR..
Cannon Paper.
ATTACK MADE ON
TIM T. s. DIoPA ITCH.
Church Business Hats While
Newspapers Are Assailed and
Warmly Defended-Tem-
pest in Teapot Delays
Morning Session of
Conference.

the Evening journal ana the News
Leader retired yesterday from tho
Methodist Conference OF Virginia. in
session at Centenary Church, imme-
dialtly upon tbs adoption OF rcsolu-
lions denying reporters privilege to
The representative of this newspaper.
The reporter for another Richmond
paper. OF which DR.. James Cannon. Jr..
Is principal owner anJ the greeting
editorial head, remained
Tho resolutions kept the conference
IN turmoil for more than two hours,
and were advocated by the followers OF
Or. Cannon. who demanded an apology
They were just as warmly fought.
however, by leading ministers, who on
former occasions have shown by
spoken words that they are not under
Dr. Cannon's domination. While the
words Of ccnsurc were directed toward
me Times. DISPATCH. the Representa-
tives Of the journal and the News
Leader left the hall because all Rich
mond papers-cxccpt DR.. Cannon s.
were denounced.
Cannon in Control.
John p. Branch led the fight against
the resolutions. declaring :har II was
not necessary for the Virginia Confer
ence TO indorse the character OF Dr.
cannon every time newspaper hap
penedf to make an error. Ministers took
tue same view. hut In the end the Can
non element showed tnat IL was II, con-
trol of the conference
Thereafter. the proceedings went
along quietly until adjournment, with
i,r. lannon's reporter alone In the
held Later in the day when the min.
listers read the News Leader and the
journal. and especially the editorial
: 10 the later. which said: "As for the
journal. IL would believe on oath snv
rsforter who has had experience wftii
tsfsT.s James Cannon. Jr.. in preference.
TO DIR. Cannon they realized that
ausstioa OF small Importance. had heen,
InaghinAds % greatly that the cause Of
Z the church might be impaired
discussion of the matter continued In
the conference for nearly two hours
taking up more than half of tho morn
ing session. II was the outgrowth Of
inc action taken on the previous day.
When Or. cannon protested against tho
AIuotations made In this paper of a part
OF the speech of John p. Branch an t,,s
iandolph-Macon question.
Rev. William ". Royal, of Bedford
lily, offered series of written resoIu.
lions signed by himself and others to
the erect that DR.. Cannon had been
HncquiHocally sustained by the BODY
mat The Times Dispatch had made no
apology or retractton of the insinuat ion
against DR.. Cannon in quoting Nj
sranch as.saying, Now tell the trutn
II you can that in Its account of the
", on tue previous day when The
E Il imes-Dispatch quoted several mem
ners who understood Mr.. Branch to
nave said, Now tell the truth. apd
give reason. II you can 1t had made
use OF the word modified. 40 descrtb-
ing the briefer statement. nads by DR.,
Sannon after Mr.. Branch returned To
me conference hall, as compared with
the more ample sta tement he had made
previously. Mr. Royal took the word
modified as implying that DR.. Can
non mad altered or amended a stata-
nient made In the presence OF Mr.
Branch. from that which he had made
when Mr. Branch was absent.
The last clause of the resolution was
to the effect that IL The Times-pis
patch did not cease givingA"incorrec,
and misleading reports, Its staff or re-
porters would be requested TO desjsl
4 from the use of reporters privileges on
the conference floor. The paper wa. j
signed by Mr.. Royal. w. Asbury5 Chris
tan, George p. Adams, w. B. Jett, w.
G. Boggs, ]. Is. Polite and othersI
MI. Royal Went on to say that he
objected to statements made In other
papers: that their tone was unjust ana
unktnd and disrespectful to the body.
lie said he regretted to seem to limit
the freedom OF the press in any way.
but that in reporting proceedings of a 1
dignified body papers should be careful
What they print,
REV. B. +. Lipscomb, D. D., pastor Of
Z Park Place Methodist Church. in this
city, led the opposition, asking frsl
for the reading ofthe article in The
r0o f~b
pinned Mr.. Royal down to the admis-
zion that his only objections were 10
the USE of the words modified state.
nlent." MS
Lipscomb Secs No Reflection.
I read the report In this mornings
paper" said DR.. Lipsconb, "All OF
this is news to mo. saw nothing in
" that reflected on any one. The re,
porter abided fully by THE terms OF the
understanding yesterday, that he would
publish DR.. Cannon's statement8of the
Cannon Branch matted. He did pub
1ish full account Of that debate.
didn' understand the word modified"
to mean any expurgated statement-it
may have me ant a condensed statement
The word ID oes not necessarily imply
any reflection on any one, and.unless
some other reason can be advanced, /
consider the report a full. complete and
satisfactory statement. Unless there is
some better basis, I certainly could not
vote for such a oensure as this. We
should be careful how we array our.
selves against the press. and as minis.
ters. we should not always DO on the
outlook for Sights or insults, but
should always put the best, not tho
worst, construction on any mans, Lam
.guage
= think we should assume that no
o Intense was intended. The reporter
seems to have fultilled the contract |
and carried out the .condi tionRlai down
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