The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-04

printed N the AoU1oVluo SVux1SSsSOuSs
nal In aAAation Ar. Chalonse read HE
letter 70 Colonel Henry Wattsrson and
offered hiD comments On the AFFAIR.
The hall was again well filed, and
afr. Chaloner promised to keep up his
meetings all the winter. He said the
series would resemble the Arabian
Nights or Monte Cristo for interest.
Four statements made In the sdl-
torial In question were challenged. One
OF these was to the effect that the
speaker had changed his name from
Chanlsr 20 Chaloner TO spite members
OF his family" In reply he said the
name was originally Chaloner in wales.
and Il became corrupted into Chanler
in the course Of centuries. so that he
merely restored the original Again.
ne said spite was not the reason, al
though he wished to keep up the
breach between himself on the one
hand and his two brothers and cousin
on the other. In this connection he
was especially severe in using the name
Of one brother. former LNutenant-Gov-
ernor Lewis 6tuyvesant chanler.
Il Net Eecentrie.
Again, the Courier u Journal had said !:
I'm Virginia he figures as an eccentric
person" Mr.. Chaloner denounced this
as lie. saying he might be somewhat
original. But he denied he was "dippy
or nutty." and referred to any one
who pictures him in such light. IN
view Of the Judgment OF the Albemarle
court, which declared him sane. as "a
liar. cad and BLACKBOARD"
Further. the editorial, said Mr. Chal-
onsr, has - mania for self-exploita-
ton" Replying. he called attention
to his eleven years Of silence under
"blackguardly. rumanly. illiterate edi-
torial abuse"
Tho fourth point OF reply to the edi-
torial was the meat Of the editorial
attacking the habit Of the Northern
press In bestowing high social position
on nearly any one whose name gets
into headlines in the South. "A mot
ley aristocracy." It said. figures in
print without playing a part in the
social life Of the South"
sousAe9n Ancestors.
Mr.. Chaloner said he was more South
ern than Northern. that his maternal
ancestors lived In Charleston. s. G.,
and that his paternal grandfather was
an Episcopal minister there. And. =
he added. mo society will exclude a
member Of the Episcopal Church"
First telling how he had learned in
vestive at the feet Of 'Marse Henry
Mr.. Chaloner read his letter in reply.
He had something to say about other
newspaper men. including one in espe-
cial, who received some solemn advice.
Newspaper editors. he said, will not
publish replies which get next to their
hides. They sit as gods in their sane
tums and fire cayenne pepper in our
eyes and have no regrets. They have
a code Of honor. So have thieves.
Lawyers will sometimes rob lawyers
but thieves won't rob thieves. Editors
will not print news Of libel suits
aKainst members of the profession,
unless a prominent person is involved
30 az to make 1t important news. And
they will not print anything about each
Others personal habits"
In the part Of his address which re-
ferred to his experiences In Bloom
inRdale, Mr. Chaloner said that the
ghost of Stanford White. who was slain
by Harry Thaw. win come up through
the trapdoor and appear on the stage
at Thompson's Hall many times our
ing the series Of meetings He toid
Of a conversation between STANFORD
White and himself in the asylum
At the next meeting, he promised. ne
win tell Of a fight with keeper