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

|misaDpTshsnR1oA. Ter The Hon. 0Afry
Tucker representa- enc side N the
tourt, Represented the other. and the
conclusions rsaohed. one OF witch was
70 seat Thomas J. Ryan. OF Nelson
County. were duly laid before the Nor
.ei. soav:ntisa and dn'y confirmed ~
OF oousss, the writer Of the EDITORIAL
could not knowsngly make these state:
ments. but he has either been m1sled
or was dreaming. never heard OF any
ever In existence with the knowledge
Of any one l know Of. II any such
such COMMITTEES passed upon Ryan's
eligibility we want to know u. ana
f a.1-y fc Tu eseef va: q the
" ilson faction Of the Tenth. and NJ.
Preston was chairman OF the anti
Wilson faction They met separately.
Each faction was ordered by the whole
delegation to choose their own dele.
gates-they never met together In
choosing delegates. ! ask any man :,
say II there r sss MY Wy,on men as
whether Ryan was to go as oeieHate:
or whether any unusual notoriety
grew out Of It? Every defender OF
Ryan. even the writer IN tn. the S prsr
was named, reported and confirmed
without q dissenting voice. VINO ID
right--the one who says II stirred up
unusual notoriety. or those VINO say
But what about the statements In the
editorial that Il was entirely Nelson
County affair? When did one county
In a congressional delegation nave inc
objections TO Nelson naming q dele
gate; possibly the anti-Wiison forces.
among whom the Nelson delegation
was. gave this authority TO nelson on
special COMMITTEES" concluded that
Ryan should have a "seat? Possibly
the committee was 3ntlciDatlns the
Baltimore convention and seating
Ryan beforehand.
DR.. Thomas Nelson Page comes from
the seclusion OF the authors shades.
and with the toss OF q pen from high
vantage ground dismisses the whole
matter as stupid story" In the
saws that # the Wilson delegates
thought II was Ryans son: IT would
not be saying much for the intelligence
of some OF the Wilson delegated. This
condemns all those who believed It was
they are not now telling the truth.
Personally, ! am willing TO occupy
the Ounce STOOL" and to admit that
! did believe what was told oy mem
am sure DR.. Page did not know the
facts, and that he would not be willing
to assign the honorable gentlemen
above named to either the category Q.
quite sure II he had been there ana
seen what we saw. and heard what
we heard. he would have been WITH us
Certainly. some few might have oeen
|tnnocently misled. but could 50 many,
unless the report that II was the son
and not the father. had spread IKE
fire?
Another curious thins-snd how
very curious-that all those VINO at
tempt TO defend the serdins ,h 81 f sSen
are not defending Ryan, ana even Or:
Page wants Il Impressed on Us that
he and Ryan wouldn't know each otner
II they met! What's the matter Win n,
him on the delegation know him. and
IL he - Q proper representative OF
virginia Democracy. why don't some
body come out and say 30?
mittee was read to the whole conven-
tion and Ryan's name vas read. PSs-
sibly it was was sitting on tne
platform nearby when the report was
thst cut or senator swanson's speech
and could not hear q word that
was said Everybody knows wnat 2
reputation that convention had Tor
quiet and 'orderliness-
AGAINST any one, but simply desire to
give the facts which justified me and
my friends In believing that Ryan, the
son. and not Ryan, the father, was Sc
lected as a delegate.
After all. We know Ryan was sent
and the issue now II whether In send
ing him and now defending him the
militant and progressive Democracy OF
Vir9inia ID being represented-thatD De-
mocracy the cry Of which Is back
20 the people, freedom and liberty
both within and without the party. ana
shsf representatives in every sphere
Sacu,6 hoid ONCE by the Will OF the
people freely expressed, and not by z
scmnsct orkaniSaticn fostered ana
financed BY millionaire trust nag
ss..~ HUGH A WHITE