The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-08

me the information. but the fact that
q son Of Thomas II. Ryan had been sent
- Q delegate was In the air generally
/ had lost interest In the results o.
any oompromisa I believed tSas the
delegates from the Tenth District rep
resented the whole people Of that dis
trtct. and that II tho people wanted a.
decide, and otherwise il they wanted .
v ilson delegation However. soon
met q friend. and said to him: III looks
to me like q direct and premed'taeed
gate even the son Of the man whose
money and political influence Mr.. Will
son has spurned-" ! was referring to
the wilson Watterson-Ha rvfe centric
versy. Mr.. A. w. Robertson. an attor-
ney. and delegate from Buena Vista.
also asked: What Ryan ts It," and was
promptly informed that 1t was q son
OF Thomas F. Ryan. Of Nelson. ana mot
was pointed out to Mr. Robertson ~
the man who had been sent DR.. John
III Latane. Of Washington and Lee
University. q delegate. also asked what
THAT 1t was a son Of Thomas q. Ryan
DR.. Hunter Pendleton. Of the Virginia
Military Institute. also asked the same
question. and was likewise informed
1.-THE above gentlemen are as honorable
land truthful as can be found. Coming
back from the convention on the train
the appointment OF son OF Tnomas y.
Ryan was freely discussed on the train
tby every one interested So far A.
1.-The writer knows. II was generally be-
llieved at Norfolk that II was II son
and not the father. however erroneous
this may be.
II is a curious fact that Immediately
latter the convention the secretary OF
1.-THE Tenth District committee took the
trouble and expense TO SEND out type
letters to all the newspapers IN the
the papers, which stated that Byrd. OF
Bath. was the delegate instead OF
BARLEY. Of Botetourt. and In this letter
the pains to give the full list q
Some Of these letters may have been
published. but / saw none. but they
were freely referred to after the Bal
timore convention But II ese r., ,his
trouble to tell who were the DELEGATES.
Including Mr.. Thomas F. Ryan! II
has been suggested that as the con-
yention was over the, the -, daei he OF MAD.
known as soon as possible. No sucn
tletter was sent out in the other DIS.
trfcts that we know OF. Is u NOT
less special mention. was made Of send
ling as a delegate from Virginia
tm1Iti-millionaire of New York, and a
TRUST magnate. who had been. during
laerce political controversy between MI.
H Wilson. the presidential candidate,
II against whose interests Ryan had been
sent. and Henry Watterson-a contro.
versy which at ,i nrst h II wss isai fna
ivolved hts refusal to accept Ryan,s
money or political influence. ask II
liz is reasonably conceivable that sucn
lsilence on the part CT the press u cTe,.
such silence was Intentional? Would
mot "Narse" Henry Watterson have
seized this morsal with which 20 come
/; publican press have seized upon II as
slogan to help defeat wilson: wnoss
inomination, above all others. they did
mot desire?
In almost every editorial and print.
ed article attempting to show that the
board and known by all the cry nas
been for peace, peace In the party. But
lthey want the last word and expect
the party at the price Of having trust
!maRnates represent virginia would pc
dearly bought, and the people Will
inever make the purchase.
The mistake may have been inno-
Gently made. but II 10 singular. YET
the bald fact remains that Thomas
+. Ryan was sent a. delegate from WE
ginia to . Democratic Nationai Con-
vent'on. I now challenge any pubic
man or ofnc ,holder In virginia. over
his own signature. to defend the &C
ton In sending him and to state
whether or not Ryan could. would
or ought 70 represent v,rs, ma, D "neniy
and knowingly or otherwise i make
the above challenge. I also challenge
any man to say whether Ryan could pc
sent az 2 deiessss ate. s .n% ,n any ns
vote OF the people
4 n is q most singular fact that the
ibulk Of those DELEGATES opposing VIII
Init 81 the Wilson delegates believed
Ia, was his son. How did this diversity
iof views come sboutr The theory OF
1.-The Ryan supporters, and their practi-
leai charge is. that those who say they
ltnouect IL the con Of Ryan are
iiyfnS or densely ignorant Honorable
men will hardly care to assent
SO far have some OF Hyans support.
statements OF fact are being made. n
an EDITORIAL In the Ssaunton Daily
News Of Septembers IL. 1919, V ac-
tuaIiy sisted that the ssnains o. ryan
at Norfolk. and that q special com.
Im,ttse passed upon the matter and
lansily concluded that Ryan should he
ala e Mr. eG Ryah ana ssy nov
ip~ss. that he was duly chosen by the
NELSON County people. and fhst unssusl
inotorjety attached 20 ths procee01ng
ISecs use 10 was made the subject q de-
iiiberssion ~ o special ccmmsttee
!crcated % adjust the warning COZ.
leeusiOus Of the Wilson 1eaders ano
ish0se opOosed 90 Instructions. 70 Woe
In nelson County affair entirely, snd
!veyy proAably few oufsiderO took the
ismaJlest inseHest IN 70. since 10 We no
lbusincss 81 theirs. But nobody In Net
son County wse In the DARK % fsy es
iconeerned nr. Ryan. NOR after the BRO