The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-26
who's Loony Now or Untruthful

The Richmond Times Dispatch sees
Mt to pick out the Virginia Citizen az
a representative Of the numerous pa
pers that have criticized its attitude
in berating the Virginia senators and
It's policy towards postmasters In the
Ninth Virginia district and Danville.
and challenges this paper to give q
single instance, taking care to tell
1.-THE truth, and to be able to prove 1t,
as II piously enjoins.
Here Is our editorial of July 10 In
full, which 1t reproduces. charges as
being untrue, and challenges PROOF for
a single statement In 1t: - :.
THE Richmond Times-Dispatcn
continues to berate the Virginia sena-
tors because they do not stop thinking
for themselves and their people. be-
come puppets and support every
policy and act of the Wilson adminis-
tration. That organ OF antipathy has
misrepresented the senators in the
matter of Ninth district postotflces and
whooped up Congressman Carter
Glass, who all Washington knows
meddled in and muddled postofiice
matters out OF his district"
That Roanoke. Danville, Staunton
and other papers were first In criti-
Ching the It'd. on its nauseating cant
and meddlinG, matters not to us. Nor
that its continued antipathy to Messrs.
Martin and Swanson was also OF pretty
current comment at the recent meeting
Of the Virginia editors In Alexandria.
ITO answer the challenge, and prove
that the Times Dispatch is the prevari-
Gator and not we, a few musty clip
pings have been extracted from our
cabinet. We are not in command OF
the files Of the I'D, nor have we been
in the habit of saving clippings from
1t to any extent. but If 1t Is read as
widely as 1t boasts OF, and IL its recent
files be referred to, there will be seen
numerous instances within the past
three months of the truth OF our state
tments that demonstrate the failure of
it's ignominious efforts to get from I'M
der them. AS we remember, the
strongest ones are not within our
reach. Two or three that have oppor-
tuneiy bobbed up are before Us. how
ever.
In it's "waysde Chats" with editors
1t recently alluded to the leadership
of Martin and Swanson thus:
They fought him at Norfolk and
Throughout this state, as we'll as others,
They fought him at Baltimore. with
methods which cannot be forgot. says
the Clarke Courier Of Wilson. And
some of them are lighting him still,
one method being to fight every friend
OF the president who aspires to office
/ under the pemOCfattC duulniStFHiiuti,
and to do all they can for the bitter
enemies OF the president. Times
! Dispatch of July 4.
! The Richmond paper publishes in
Its columns OF approval this from he
Bristol Herald-Courier:
THE Times-Dispatch seems inclined
TO hold the senators responsible for the
situation (in the NINTH. and advises
them to sink their feelings in the mat
ter for the good OF the party"
On May 29th the It'd. had this IN
it's leading editorial. at the same time
publishing as news item a denial
| from the senators that they were TO
blame for delay In Ninth district post
| office appointments. which was called
| forth by insinuations In the I'D
Here Is Its leader;
! Congressman Glass denies that he
lis responsible for the delay in making
appointments In the Ninth district
The Virginia senator's say they are not
| responsible, Postmaster Burleson de-
clares he Is only waiting for recon-
mendations. Very well: no one Il
/ responsible. Now. let's have the re-
lcommen dations and the appointments
Lets have, too, confirmation. or retec.
ltion with the reason. of those appoint
! ments already made. The Ninth dis
| trict is waiting.
! Taken to task by the Virginia
| press for It's continued and un-
| warranted sIurs on the Virginia sena-