The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-15
STILL VERIFYING TRUTH OF LEGisiA
TIVE REPORT.

TAe E.ea,no journal is SO utterly reckless and
shameless that II does not hesitate to contradict
facts with which ii is perfectly familiar. hoping
that perhaps the public has not seen the facts or
has forgotten them.
On Friday, March 10th, The Journal printed
Ia its early edition, at the lower end OF us eo'
itorisl columns. an editorial entitled DIR. Can
ror.s Change" In its news columns 1t publish
Id the names of the new Headquarters Commit
tee of the Anti-Saloon League. with X 3 bar
hour as the chairman. In the market edition
shc editorial page was made over, and the ed
ftorial entitled "Dr Csnnon's Change" was ad-
vanced TO the top of the column without any
change. notwithstanding the fat contradiction
contained in its news columns, and on Saturday
its editorial OF Friday.
On Saturday The Richmond FtrgiHom showed
the reckiessnes and shamelessness of The Jour
aafs editorial.
On Monday The JoarRGl printed another cd.
&ftoriai entitled Or Cannons Demotion.' which
is as vicious, malicious. and shameless as the
one of Friday II Ia just the kind of editorials
which the wet newspapers have been publish
ing for the past few years. and attention is call
ed to it because 1t furnishes additional proof of
the accuracy of the characterizations of these
wet papers in the Legislative report adopted
ut Newport News.
On Friday The Journals editorial on DIR.
Cannon's Change was based on it's reiterated
statement that "Dr. Cannon's Change was a
change more In name than in fact and that In
stead OF being Superintendent. DR.. Cannon was
nov chairman of the Headquarters Committee,
to which the duties formerly devolving on the
Superintendent had been transferred The Jour
mol went further and declared that the change
would presumably relieve DR.. Cannon of indi-
yiduai responsibility for his carnations and
take him from under fire" But it concluded
with "Dr Cannons name Is still at the head Of
the Headquarters Committee"
Here The Journal made vicious attack upon
statenaemt OF fact. There was no basis for the
editorial, unless Dr. Cannon. who has been Su
perintendent, was made chairman of the Com
mitfee 70 which has been committed the duties
Of Superintendent But in the editorial of Mon
day The Journal does not out in manly
fashion and declare that the editorial a false
charge. because 1t based upon false informa
) tion. On the contrary, its conduct is more
shameless than before What does it say? II
calls this misstatement upon which its editoria
was based little immaterial error" and "ar
I inadvertent error" II furthermore declares
that 'the authorized report did not reach thi:
paper 1.-THE Journal till too late to make mani
Headquarters Committee, or to correct the editor
] tai in that issue"
What are the factss
The editorial in question was printed In til,
early edition of The Journal on the lower par
of the page. In the market edition the editoria
was printed at the top OF the column So it i.
proven positively that the editorial page wa.
made over, and recast between the two editions
The names of the Headquarters Committee witt
Mr. Barbour as chairman, were printed in tht
early edition In which the editorial appeared
There was ample time, not perhaps to correct
the editorial in that ISSUE for IL the misstate
ment of fact upon which the editorial was based
ing upon which to base an editorial entitled
DR. Cannon's Change But while the editorial
could not have been corrected ii could have
been KILLED" and short apology written Cor
the attack made without foundation But this
vas not only not done, hut the editorial was ad
vanced from the lower place TO the head OF the
column The Journal was so delighted with
4 this production based entirely upon misstate.
Inent. that there was ample time to shift its 90.
eition to the head OF the column and recast tn.
piate, but there was not time TO correc, the
mistakc. This 10 30 shameless as TO be ex.
tremely pitiable.
Moreover. IL IL shall be admitted that the ed.
itOrial department of The Journal does not keep
Il eunaciently well posted on news items In It's own
4 toshmns to make correction In the later edition,
what about Saturdays Joursalf Why did not
The Journal OF Saturday contain q retraction
4 and apology for the mistake and the attack
\ baSed On the mistake! In the absence OF such
apoiogy. tho public must believe that The Jour
II ~ mot only made shameless and malicious at
II tack On DR.. Cannon. but that It proposed to nj
4 ~ tat attack to stand without any admission
n wrong. although II now admits that II knew
ss1G ~ sETor after the editorial Sas vritten9 Ia
n - vicieus. malicious. and shameless conduct