The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
JOURNALS CHARGE NOT TRUE.

TOI RNAfS kUAfStsts MI
The Richmond Ecen,ng Journal the loud
uouihod oracle Of the liquor traffic In its hght
for .he retention Of the saloon, charges in an
editorial. headed ~ Prohibitionists Protest
printed yesterday that The Vrginian has de-
nounced honored citizens of this State who have
dared advocate local selfgovernment." Further,
the Journal says: III is rare that day passes
that some yirglnian OF recognized standing ana
cEarac,er Is not featured by The Ffro'n'on as
the target for v!tupcraiye attacks on its edito-
in, mage ar IN its columns devoted to news
prior to the inauguration Of this campaign
These charges are unfounded and untrue. We
invite the Journal TO name the "honored citizen
whom TIE Eirgtnian has denounced aud to give
The date e such denuncation aad the language
used BIZ US We think we know what we nave
written and the meaning Of all that we have
raid. The Journal must produce the proof or
etand convicted in the public mind Of misrepre-
sentine The rirginon 1t has so freely done
others who have dared make a fight on the
liauor interests of which it is such large
beneficiary.
The effort of the journal is to involve others
IN the sort GE campaign III NiAtSu II i."S tS|A
engaged, in the interest Of retaining the liquor
tra.fc in Virginia This effort Ia futile. The
journal has published its editorial page and
in its news columns under large headlines. In its
caricature cartoons and in other ways, attacks
on temperance workers of Virginia, and false
hoods attributed to disinterested citizens Of
other States On Friday 1t charged the superin-
7 of VIRGINIA
with having turned a political trick" with
having acted as Intermediary" in approaching
senators to secure their votes ter the enabling
oct In its Issue OF September 2, the Journal
published under the name OF the Local Self
Government league that of the temperance
leaders had found such statement too irk-
somely fair" 1t has twice printed insulting car
ICONS for which no justification can be found.
Not+content with this sort of thing the Journal
ON August H. under the headline, Bishop Ki1go
Contradicted" published statements which 1t
said had been made by the citizens and mayor
OF Durham. These statements" were quoted"
BY the Journal IN the effort to prove that Bishop
Kilgo, who is Of the chief heads Of the
Southern Methodist Church. and one of the finest,
truest. and ablest men in the South. was mot
aconyerssnt with the facts" In regard to prohi-
hilton, in the city of Durham.
The statements thus given by the Journal
Fl quotations from citizens Of Durham were
positively denied by those citizens The Journal
has NOT yet apologized to either Bishop Kilgo
or the citizens Of Durham for these published
1aleehoods. More than that, 1t went so far
IS TO continue its ISLANDERS OF Durham until two
hundred citizens Of that city gathered and in
public statement declared its statements to be
false.
The Journal also makes an effort to sheer of
on the Christian ministry of Virginia RESPONSE
biIity for its sins by stating that this food of
abuse and v.llifcation only too often proceeds
from the members of the Christian ministry"
These are the men whom the Journal has at
tackled as a body as having degraded their high
calling because they are attempting to drive
from virginia an institution base that even
ats arch advocates dare not openly defend it.