The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-24
A Just Res,uke.

The Danville Register administers
just rebuke to the Norfolk Viz
ginian- Pilot for its unjust and appa-
rently spiteful criticism of Captain
Carlton Mccarthy. The Register
says:
The esteemed Norfolk virginian-
Pilot 1t seems to -us,-is beth unjust
and unduly severe in It's criticism of
Captain Carlton Mccarthy. former
mayor of Richmond. for no other rea-
son than that the newspapers have
suggested that he would probably be
selected as State accountant. Our Nor
folk contemporary INDUCES In the
following rather disparaging reference
to the man:
Richmond dispatches state 1t as
/ settled fact that Captain Carlton
Mccarthy is to be chosen to fiji the
new Office OF State accountant. Gre
ated by the Legislature just expired.
Ever since the suqragans of Richmond
a few years ago refused to re-elect
the gentleman mayor OF the capital
city, Captain Mccarthy and his friends
have seemed to labor under the i'm
preston that the democracy of the
State Is in duty bound to provide him
with a fat Job. If he has any spe-
cial claim upon the democratic party.
we are unable to perceive In what that
claim consists; neither have we been
able to discern in him any transcend
ent fitness for this particular position.
Still, II the appointment In question
Is going to put an end to a candidacy
which otherwise bids fair to be per-
petual. let him have it. This con-
| tinued and continuous bobbing up for
public Office on the part of one and
the same man is decidedly wearing
on the public nerves"
AS a friend of justice, even If we
were not a friend of Captain McCar-
thy, we cannot refrain from pointing
out few Misrepresentation in this
derogatory comment upon a man who
has shown his patriotism in the stress
OF battle and In his civil life and who
has exemplif1ed type OF rugged
honesty and demonstrated rare abil-
tiles as an accountant, financier and
statistician. We fancy that the only
claim Captain Mccarthy relies upon
is his own character and ability and
his demonstrated usefulness in the
very capacity in which 1t Is proposed
10 reinstall him. He was for years
city accountant Of Richmond. and his
rare ability and splendid service in
that capacity made him a formidable
aspirant for the mayoralty. AS ac-
countant he almost revolutionized the
accounting system and the financial
plan Of the city OF Richmond and
Aplaced it upon q better financial basis
than 1t had occupied for years. He Is,
besides his ability, a man of I'M
usual intellectual. force and moral
courage, That he IL perhaps tempera-
mentally unlike politician or office
seeker we do not deny. He is ag-
gresstve to the point Of positive i'm
policy and absolute disregard of his
own interests when he believes he is
right. We think he lackr diplomacy
som etimes. but his diplomacy Is sole
iy that OF courage, candor and hon
esty.
We think our contemporary II mis-
taken In tts assumption that he IL q
chronic candidate for once. Since
his retirement from the mayoralty we
are not aware that he has been "bob-
bling up for public ONCE" any further
thnr the demand for hts services due
to his proved fitness1 for the position
of accountant may be 90 regarded.
Captain Mccarthy does not enjoy tho
frienduhtp OF the offico-hOldinG ele.
ment In Richmond nor Of IT. newspa-