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) WILMESf GTOK, K. C.,N FIIIDAY MOKNTtfG, APRIL 29, 1910.
WHOLE NTJMBER 13,281.
VETERANS' PARADE
WILL RUN AGAIN.
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HEARING THE END
REUNIOIIFEATIIRE
IN PRESS BANQUET
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KERN TO OPPOSE
SEN. BEVERIDGE
GEORGIA TROOPS
GREAT SENSATION
Named by Indiana Democrats
For United States -Senate.
TAGBABT FORCES LOSE OUT
Action Followed by Endorsement of
Governor Marshall's Proposition.
Riotous Discord Ends in
Harmony.
Indianapolis, April 28. Opening in
riotous discord and closing in enthu
siastic harmony, the Indiana Demo
cratic convention today adopted Gov
ernor Marshal's proposition that it
should indorse to next year's Legisla
ture a candidate for the United States
and named John W. Kern, who was the
party's candidate for Vice President in
1'liiS.
Today's action means that Kern
should be elected to succeed Senator
A. .1. Beveridge, provided the Demo
crats have a majority in the next State
Legislature and that majority adheres
to the endorsement made today.
The opposition to the plan of indors
ing a candidate wanted a State pri
mary to select a Senatorial nominee.
The opposition made a grim fight
under the leadership of Thomas Tag
gait former chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, and himself
a candidate for the nomination, for
Senator, but. defeated, it joined hearti
ly with the element headed "by Gover
nor Marshall -and John E. Lamb, of
Torre Haute, vice chairman of the Na
tional committee, also aspirant for the
senatorship, in a shouted acclamation
of Kern as the party's candidate.
During the vote on whether the .con
vention should endorse a senatorial
candidate, the delegation from Macon
county and Indianapolis, Taggart's
home cast 180 votes against and three
votes for the plan. There was a dis
pute, and the negative voters rose to
be counted. An enthusiastic supporter
of Lamb pressed his way through the
crowd to shake hands with the Indian
avolis ""mnurgenubut was met with a
blow in the face befose he reached
them. A general flgflt between the two
delegations impended, but' the police
forced their way between them and or
der was restored.
A full state ticket, except Governor
and Lieutenant Governor was nominat
ed without much excitement.
PAPER SUPPLY DECREASING.
United States Will Probably Have to
Import From Canada.
Washington, April 28. If the supply
of paper produced in the United States
continues to decrease during the re
mainder of the present year as it has
during the past, six months, this coun
try will be obliged in the near future
to import from Canada and other
countries a constantly increasing
amount of wood pulp and paper and
to pay the greater price which is im
posed by the tariff. This is shown by
statistics prepared by Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations,
at the request of the American News
paper Publishers' Association from
monthly seports made to him during
tno past 18 months by the American
i'aper and Pulp Association.
beginning with last September the
amount of paper on hand at the mills
at the end of each month has grown
less each month, decreasing by a few
mousand tons every 30 days from
'1.115 tons on hand at the end of Au
gust, 1909, to 19,907 tons at the end of
.March, 1910.
"WETS" WIN IN DANVILLE, VA.'
Majority of Ten Votes After Vigorous
ly Fought Contest.
Danville, Va., April 28. Danville
voted wet today by a majority of ten
votes in a total of 1,154 cast after a vig
orously fought contest. Seven years
Danville voted against the onen sa
loon and since that time three addi
tional elections, have been held, the
fcs.iit alternating each time.
While within 100 votes of the total
leistered were polled the election
pushed on without uisorder or any
Mud. The city council will, it is ex-
l' ted fix the license tax and regula
'ions within the next 30 days.
FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED.
Corpse, Pierced by. Three Bullets,
Found in Stream.
T'irayune. Miss.. April 28 The body
of Wiley Thlghen, a farmer, was found
in the Pearl river near here yester
'lay. Three bullet wounds through the
body and other evidences lead to the
belief that the man was murdered.
A pair of spectacles on the bank of
the river resulted In the discovery.
Bloodhounds were brought here, but
owing to the dry weather, the dogs
Wf-re unable to follow any scent.
ONE CHARTER ISSUED.
The Newbern Ship , Brokerage Com
pany Chartered.
Raleigh, N. C, April 28. The New
lern Ship Brokerage Company, of
Newbern, was chartered today to car
ry on the business of ship brokerage.
handling and forwarding freight, ship
chandlery business, etc. The author
ized capital stock is $1,000 and com
mences business, with $100 paid in.
h. J. McKeel, E. W. Simpkins, T. P,
Hammer arid B. S. Meeks, incorpora
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Washington, April 28. Mrs. Alice
Ixmgworth having completed the de
tails of her trip to Europe to meet her
father. Col. Roosevelt, is now waiting
a cablegram as to whether she will
oin the Roosevelt party in Berlin or
Naples. Mrs. Longworth has been
called to Boston to settle some of the
details about the estate of her grand
father, who died a few days ago leav
ing her an income of $10,000 a year
as long as she lives. She will sail
from New York within the next- few
days.
PROGRESS ON -RAILROAD BILL
Senate .Will Vote on Traffic , Agree-
ment Feature, of Measure Today
Animated Debate Yesterday
. 'Court Feature.
Washington, April 28. When the
Senate adjourned tonight there was, a
general understanding that a vote
would be reached tomorrow on the
raffle agreement of the railroad bill.
So far as was known Mr. Cummins
was the only Senator, who would de
sire' to speak further on the subject.
The first Vote will be on the Cum
mins' substitute, requiring approval of
the rates embraced in agreement in
advance of their taking effect. "With
this provision defeated, as it probably
will be, the ballot then will recur oil
the Elkins -Crawford amendment
which has been accepted as the com
mittee provisions. The supporters of
the administration are claiming a ma
jority of seven or eight votes in favor
of this section.
The debate today continued to be
of an animated character. It was par
ticipated in by Messrs. Cummins, Root.
Aldrjch, Borah, Bailey, Heyburn and
others. Senator Clay delivered a set
speech in opposition to the bill and
Senator Bristow closed his address In
condemnation of the present rate mak
Ing system. ,
At the conclusion of Mr. Bristow s
speech. Senator Clay spoke in espe
cial opposition to the court feature
of the' railroad bill and'the provisions
authorizing traffic agreements between
railroads and permitting combination.
TO SUCCEED AYCOCK.
Governor Besieged wi n Endorsements
for the Place Some Aspirants.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh, N. C. April 28. The con
test for the appointment of a succes
sor of trfe late B. F. Aycock, Corpora
tion Commissioner, seems to be al
ready in full swing. " The mail of
Gov. Kitchin today Is understood j to
have contained very many, endorse
ments of one and another , candidates
for appointments and along with these
came letters suggesting men for the
place' who . are understood to not be
applying. . Wlhen seen this afternoon,
the Governor said there are half dozen
or more- formal applications for ap
pointment along with numerous sug
gestions. He declined to give them
or any part of them on the ground
that for him to do so might be dis
tasteful to the gentlemen who3e names
are mentioned.
S. O. Middleton. of Hallsville, and
E. B. Lewis, of Kinston, are the only
two that he would admit had actually
filed amplications. Others who are
being considered Include, it Is under
stood, A. W. Graham, Oxford, speaker
of the last House of Representatives
The street talk also has it that the
name of E; J. Justice,' of Greensboro.
is being urged. There were quite a
number of callers today, both out of
town and local people, many of them
being .understood to "be .pressing one
and another friends' cause as an as
pirant for appointment.
H. C. Brown, chief clerk of the Com
mission, was . out of , the city today
attending the funeral of Mr. Aycock,
so no expression has come from him.
However his friends are known to be
urging his appointment as the logical
solution of the situation. V -
Government Practically Clo
sed With Mass of Testi-
mony Yesterday.
DEFENDANT BEGINS TODAY
May or M?y Not Introduce Testimony
Bank Officials and Employes ch
the Stand Yesterday Much
Technical Evidence Given.
' (Special : Star Telegram.)
Newbern, N. C, April 28 The time
of the Federal court today in the trial
of the Carraway case was largely tak
en up with . identifying certain cheoi-s
found in the National Bank after Car
raway's default. These checks came
through the mail from other banks
and were paid by the National Bank
but never charged against the parties
giving the checks.
Wjhen court opened the first witness
called was G. H. Roberts, cashier o"f
the bank. Mr. Roberts said Carra
way was usually the first man at th3
bank in the morning. He has much
power in the bank and had the abso
lute confidence of the officials. Mr.
Roberts added very little to what hau
already been told.
Mr. E. M. Green then testified in
regard to the sale of some National
Bank stock to Mr. Carraway. Carra
way told Green that he would credit
his personal account with the $950. Mr.
James A. Bryan, president of the bank
testified that he was iu New York
when the trouble was discovered;
that the directors placed about $97,
000 in the bank to make good the
shortage and that Carraway turned
over about $20,000 in property, etc.
Much of the t'me was taken up with
the account of Capt. J. J. Lassiter.
Capt. Lassiter stated that he kept two
accounts, one active, the other sav
ings. He gave Carraway check but
no deposit slip for $1,000 to be credit
ed to his savings account This was
not done until after the shortage was
discovered and credit was given him
on" July 29th, for the. amount ,
Mr, Walter Duffey, individual book
keeper at the bank.' was then put on
the stand and was off and on the rest
of the day. Duffey could find no entry
of such an amount to the credit of
Capt. Lassiter on the books of the
bank. He stated that he placed a
small "o" opposite each of the items
said to be false; that the remarks
were made at the direction of . Carra
way; that the entry was made by
him and hot Carraway; that Carra
way put the deposit slips in a basket
and he got them and entered them
on the books.
Mr. Reed, of Austin Nichols & Co.,
and half dozen cashiers of other large
corporations were called on to identify
certain checks which had been receiv
ed by their respective firms from Jas.
F. Taylor. These checks were not
marked paid or cancelled but were
turned over by Carraway after the
discovery of the trouble. They had
never been charged against Taylor's
iccount on the books of the bank but
were paid by the bank.
The government practically closed
its side of the case this afternoon
and the lawyers for the defense stat
ed that they would decide by morning
whether they would introduce any
witnesses. The whole case at present
is very much mixed and the evidence
is so twisted that only a practical
banker could make much, out of it.
CROP DAMAGE EXAGGERATED.
ArrpTe Time to Re-Plant Cotton and
Corn Finley's Statement.
Washington. April 28. Damages to.
corps in the Southern States, east of
the Mississippi river, are not as great.
as some of the first reports seemed
to indicate, according to President
Finley, of the Southern Railway. He
said today that reports show cotton
and corn have suffered in the north
ern two-thirds of the States of Mis
8issinpl, - Alabama and Georgia, but
that further -South these crops were
not injured and that further North
they were not far enough advanced
to be seriously hurt
"There is still ample time to re
plant both cotton and corn," he said.
"and if this is done extensively the
final yield may not be greatly reduc
ed. Reports indicate a general sus
pension Of cotton seed crushing by oil
mills, with' a view to conserving ,the
seed for planting. The peach crop
does not 6eem to have been material
ly damaged. Melons and canteloupes
in Southern Georgia may have to be
re-plahted to some extent. Strawber
ries Buffered little. No damage was
done to fruits, vegetables or other
crops In Virginia."
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HAMPTON NORMAL.
Anniversary
Exercises Featured by
Addresses.
Newport News, Va., April 28. Ad
dresses bv Elmer E. Brown- TJ. . 3:
Commissioner of Education; Rev. Dr.
Ar J. Ross, of Philadelphia, and J. B
Hedges, of New York, were the fea
tures of the 42nd anniversary exercis
es of tb Hampton Normal and Indus
trial Institute tonight. President Rob
ert C. Ogdon, formally presented the
119 students "who -will .graduate in
June to the board of trustees. The
Ogdon party- will- leave tomorrow for
New York,
During Trial of Confessed
Negro Criminal' at
Thomasville.
FOUR PERSONS WEBE INJURES
Negro Guilty of Assault Upon Promi
nent Woman Two Thousand
Men and Boys Gathered
to Lynch Him. .
Thomasville, Ga., April 28. Under
a heavy military guard, Harvey Har
ris, the negro who was today convict
ed of criminal assault upon a promi
nent white woman of this county, and
sentenced to die on the gallows May
20th, was taken to Macon on a special
train this afternoon.
The successful transfer of the ne
gro to another jail for safe keeping
ended a riotous day and a determined
body of 2,000 men and boys who had
gathered early bent upon lynching
Harris and who had one rather serious
encounter with the troons went sul
lenly to thir homes tonight
Following the clash eany this morn
ing between the mob and the Thomas
ville Military Company .the governor
ordered, the companies it Albany and
Valdosta to proceed here on special
trains. With the arrival of these
companies the mob spirit gradually
died down. -
The trial of the negro was brief.
The court room was cleared of spec
tators and the military stood guard
at the entrance. Attorneys were ap
pointed by the court to defend Har
ris, the jury was quickly drawn and
Mrs. Dutton. the first witness, told, the
details of the assault, breaking down
at the conclusion of her testimony.
She was followed by Sheriff Houston,
of Leon county. Fla., who . testified
that following Harris' capture in Tal
lahassee the negro made a voluntary
confession of. the-crime.' Harris did
not take the, Btanvr4i4 . to jojfler
any witnesses. There were no "argui
ment8 and the jury following a brief
charge returned a verdict of guilty
within two minutes after retiring.
Judge Mitchell then sentenced the
negro to hang on May 20th, Emancipation-day
in Georgia.
In the clash between the soldier?
and the mob four men in all were in
jured by- the militiamen when they
attempted to seize the prisoner. Cur
tis Fallinds.- and Alexander Parry-
more received serious wounds the- lat
ter being pierced through the stomach
by a bayonet. There was no shooting.
MANY PARDONS GRANTED.
Thirteen Given Executive Clemency
in a Bunch in Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., April 28. Perhaps
the largest single delivery of prison
ers in Kentufky and one than which
surely has been none more success
ful, was that accomplished by Govern
or Willson yesterday. He pardoned 13
persons, six of them convicts, three of
whom were under life sentence, but
whose 12 years of confinement the ex
ecutive pronounced sufficient punish
ment In seven cases the State s
share of fines for various offenses was
remitted and those upon whom they
had been imposed released from jail
REPUBLICAN DISSENSIONS.
Regulars and Insurgents of Washing
ton Have Clashed.
Seattle, April .37. Slrike between
the regular and insurgent wings of the
Republican party in this State reach
ed an acute stage at a meeting of the
central committee to. select a date for
the Republican State convention to
nominate five candidates for Supreme
judge.
The contest comes from the candi
dacy of Congressman Miles Polndex-
ter, of Spokane, an insurgent leader
for the United States Senatorship to
succeed Senator S. H. Piles, Senator
W. L. Jones leads the fight aeainst
Poindexter,
OUTLINES.
Mayor Gaynor denounced W. R.
Hearst at the banquet of the Associat
ed rress and publishers' in New York
last night. Hearst's business manager
climbed on the table and shook his fist
in the mayor's face The Senate to
day will vote on the tariff agreement
feature of the railroad bill Military
companies from three Georgia towns
yesterday were on guard during the
trial of a negro at Thomasviue for an
assault on a prominent' woman. The
troops had a serious encounter with a
mob Yesterday was a wild day on
the New York stock.market and stocks
reached new low levels for the year
Cablegrams " of congratulations
from all parts of the world were receiv
ed at the joint banquet last night in
New" York of the Associated Prefcs and
the American Newspaper Publishers'
Association New York , markets:
Money on call strong and higher 3 1-2
to 7 per cent., ruling rate 4 per cent,
closing bid 6, no offer; cotton closed
quiet 20 points lower, middling uplands
14.85, middling gulf 15.10;. flour dul
and barely steady; vh eat spot weak
No. 2 red 1.12 nominal and No. 1 north
ern .1.10 1-2 f. 6. b. opening navigation;
corn steady, steamer 63 1-2 asked and
No. 4, 60 nominal both elevator export
basis; oats quiet mixed nominal; rosin
steady turpentine firm.
Fifteen Thousand Old Sol
diers Marched Beneath
Battle Flags.
Hi -EVENTFUL DAY AT MOBILE
Biggest Crowd Alabama City Has Ever
Entertained Sponsors, Maids of
Honor and Sons of Veter
ans in Line.
Mobile, Ala., April 28. With halting
steps and trembling limbs, gray beard
ed and feeble with years in which the
fire of youth has been dimmed by
none too gentle passing years, but
with hearts full of pride and Joy, 15,
000 veteran soldiers of the Confedefa
cy marched today beneath the battle
scarred flags which they followed in
pairs. . .
Soft strains of Dixie played by two
score bands, encouraged by the cheers
of the biggest crowd. Mobile has ever
entertained, the annual parade of the
Veterans passed into history.
The weather was perfect. The line
of march was elaborately decorated
with bunting and streamers. Huge
banners carried welcome to Veterans
and from every building the stars And
bars and the stars and stripes swung
together, flapping lazily in the breeze.
Major General George Harrison.
commander of the Alabama division,
was the grand marshal of the parade.
one of the pretty features of the
parade was the march of the sponsors
and maids 'of honor of the Sons of
Veterans. Mobile has a total of 36
public carriages, not enough to carry
all the maids and sponsors. So the
sponsors and maids of the veterans
were given the carriages and the pret
ty young women who came with the
sons, matched at the head of the var
ious camps to. which they were J at
tached. . . - ,
. n timber bttneensbiaiers
In line among" them Jeff erBohNShl elds.
who claims to have been Stonewall
Jackson's cook.1 Jeff was covered
with re-union badges and carried a live
chicken under his arm. In the Virgin
ia division was a group of old soldiers
carrying wasp nests on the ends of
canes.
Gen. Clement A. Evans, who was
to have commanded the parade,, was
too weaib and ill even to review it,
and the new commander-inhief, Gen.
George W. Gordon, surrounded by his
staff, replaced him.
In a huge reviewing stand the gen
eral officers and guests of honor
watched the parade pass in review.
The official porgramme of the re
union closed tonight with a repetition
of the mardl gras parade by the Order
of Myths and the "Circulating ball."
The latter was arranged by the co
operation of all the clubs of Mobile,
There were orchestras at eich club
and the sponsors, and maids and nat
rons with their escorts drove from
club to club, being entertained in turn
at each.
Special trains on all roads left the
city tonight as rapidly as was consist
ent with sarety.
POSTAL IS GENEROUS.
Substantial Raise in Wages for All
Employes Effective June 1st.
(Special Star Telegram.)
NTPW York. Anril 28. The Postal
Telegraph-Cable Company announces
that on June 1st, it will make substan
tial increases in the wages of its tele
eranh operators in all its Important
offices of its system. These offices
are to be classified according to tneir
comparative importance. The increas
es will be selective, and will run fpom
five and in some cases as high as 25
per cent. Careful examination and'
full inquiry will be maae as to me
merits nf each1 individual operator.
ability to be the first requisite years
experience and 'other special fitness
will count in eaqh man's favor and all
will be graded accordingly. Efficient
and deserving operators will receive
pay commensurate with tne vaiue oi
the work that they are able to per
fnrm. and less experienced and new
operators will have greater opportun
ity to demonstrate tneir ntness ior aa-
ancement in pay or promotion , in
thir ways. It is the company's incli
nation by continued fair dealing with.
employes to retain ana attract to its
service the most skilful and reliable
nnorafnrs thus maintaining and im
proving what is already recognized as
the fastest teiegrapn service in mo
world." .
C. & O. CAPITAL A MILLION.,"
Increased at Meeting of the Stockhold
ers Bonds Issued. -
Richmond, Va., April 28. The stock
holders of the C. & O. Railway , In
Fpecial session here today authorized
an increase of the capital stock to
$100,000,000. -
This is an increase of $36,739,700
in TJhe capital. The stockholders also
authorized an ise of $37,200,000 20
year 4 1-2 per cent, convertible Tjonds.
The bonds are issued, it was stated.
fnr the acquisition of
a majority of the common capital stock
of the Hocking vaiiey umruu vum
pany and of a substantial interest In
the capital stock of the Kanawha &
Michigan Railway Co., and for ' gen
eral Improvement purposes; 1 ...
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Washington, April 28. Senator Bur
rows, of Michigan, is going to run
again, after all, for the United States
Senate. Denials that he would not be
a candidate for reflection have been
Issued from his headquarters here.
Congressman C. E. Tdwnsend will op
pose the Michigan Senator.
NEW LOW LEVELS FOR STOCK
Broke With Unusual Violence on the
Market Yesterday Demoraliza
tion and Unusual Activity
As to Money.
. New York, April 28. Aggressive
bear attacks, forced liquidation be
cause of impaired margins and the
highest call money rate since the be
ginning of ' , the year brought about
demoralization' and activity In the New
Iftttaftr
6d since te panic of.' "February last
Stocks broke with unusual violence
and prices in all the active specula
tive issues receded from 2 to 4 points.
In almost every instance, with Unite J
States 'Steel as an exception new low
levels for the year , were established.
The final hour of trading, which ag
gregated about 1,300,000 shares,
brought some recovery.
More than the usual variety of caus
es were advanced to explain the weak
ness. The money situation was re
garded as the chief factor, call loans
being advanced from 3 1-2 to 7 per
cent., a high "record for the year. Re
cent heavy exports of gold have so
Impaired the cash reserves of New
York banks as. to make higher rates
for money "almost imperative, and to
add to the awkwardness of the situa
tion tomorrow will, for all practical
purposes, be the end of the -week and
month and ' will mark the beginning
of the May settlements in the cotton
market.
No little anxiety exists. in financial
circles as to the outcome of the cot
ton settlements. The feature of to
day's market was United States Steel
common. At its low price of 79 5 8
it was still 4 1-8 points above its level
of February. Trading in that stock
totalled more than 25 per cent, of
the day's operations. Next in activity
was Reading and Union Pacific, tna
latter stock selling a full point lower
than in February.
Many of the standard railway issues
felt the. brunt of the decline, in fact
more so than most of the stocks in
the industrial group.
BALLINGER TO TESTIFY. '
Will Go on Stand to Give His Version
of Controversy.
Washington. April 28. Secretary of
the Interior Ballinger will go on the
stand tomorrow to tell his version or
the conservation controversy between
former Forester Gifford Pinchot and
himself. His testimony will mark the
beginning of the end of the investiga
tion which the select Congressional
committee has been conducting since
last January into the conflicting af
fairs, of the Interior Department and
the forest service.
Near the end of a dull day's session
Mr. Ballinger put in an appearance
rather unexpectedly! in the hearing
room, ready to take the stand.
V Mr. Vertrees, counsel for Mr. Bal
linger, announced to the committee
that Mr. Ballinger was there ready to
go on but that' he could wait until
tomorrow, if the committee desired to
adjourn. Chairman Nelson thought it
would be better for Mr. Ballinger to
begin his testimony in the morning,
so the committee adjourned.
FARMER SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Search of the Countryside for Three
Unidentified Men.
Camden, Miss... April 28. With feel
ing at high tension, a search is being
made for ; three unidentified men who,
according-to the statement of Emmett
Vorner,'. a farmer, shot him from ambush-on
Monday night.
After lie was shot Vorner crawled to
a thicket where he was found late yes-
Lterday, his groans attracting a passer
by. Before a physician arrived vor
ner died." ; , . '
Hearst Attache Shook His
Fist in Mayor Gay
nor's Face.
WANTED TO DEFEND HIS CHIEF
Gaynor Denounced Hearst Before the
Publishers Seven Hundred at
Festive Boards Cable
grams Were Read. .
New York, April 28. The annual
joint dinner of the Associated Press
and the American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association was thrown into riot
ous and prolonged disorder tonight
when Thomas T. Williams, business
manager for William R. Hearst, was
refused permission to speak as he
rose to reply to biting criticisms May
or Gaynor had Just made of Mr.
Hearst's part in Journalism.
For 25 minutes the uproar contin
ued, while men stood In . their chairs
and women craned from the balconies
of the banquet hall.
Mr. Hearst Is not here. I am his
friend and have a right to be heard",
shouted Mr. Williams, climbing on to
the speaker's table and shaking his
fist in the face of the Mayor.
"Put him out!" "Shut up!" "Free
speech ! " came . from all parts of the
halL
Toastmaster N. C. Wright, of the
Cleveland Leader, hammered in vain
for order while Mr. Williams stood im
passive but obstinate aad waited to be
heard.
"This is a disgrace to the press of
the United States, it must end", shout
ed Adolph S. Ochs, proprietor of the
New York Times, as he stood on hit
chair behind the toastmaster and
begged for a word.
t'Mr. Williams, I promise you, has
less than 40 words to speak, let me
say them for him." .
"No! No! veiled the. diners.
' began7Mr.
uens. "xmoi iNor ., DroKe- in tne tno-
roughly angered dinere with added in
sistence. .
Mr. Ochs sat down while the or
chestra thundered "Dixie" but Mr.
Williams still kept his feet and a sem
blance of calm was not restored until
the Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis. of
Brooklyn, . with a witty and felicitous
speech, brought laughter that drove
out anger.
The directors, executives, members
of the Associated Press and the
American Newspaper Publishers' As
sociation had met at their annual joint
banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Seven hundred sat down to the ban
quet tables. Mayor Gaynor, the guest
of- honor and first speaker, took for
his. subject "The PresB in Its Rela
tions to . Public Officials". He spoke
as is his wont, and as he had been in
vited to do, without mincing words.
"Those having power." he said,
"should use it justly, kindly and mode- '
rately. That makes their acts all the
more effective. I measure my -words
in saying your power for good is im
mense. Your power for evil is not so
great as some maj think.
"The public official who tries his
best to do right and who knows how '
to do right, cannot be hurt by you. ,
Some may. arouse him, even lie and
forge about him, but they are power
less to hurt him. You can never make
nor unmake an honest and competent
official.
"The press as a whole is just to
public officials. . When the election is
over, its wholesome wish is to see
that the one who is elected gives good
government and to help him do so.
But if a publisher or editor be himself
a perennial office-seeker he may desire
to assassinate everyone in his way,
and then, alas, what a disgrace he
brings to ojurnalism."
. "As late as the 15th of this month
W. R. Hearst printed in his principal
newspaper here the fact simile of a -draft
on the treasury of this city ror
$48,000 with headlines and an article
attributing such draft and the expendi
ture to the present mayor," declared
Mayor Gaynor.
The draft, the mayor said had been
dated in December, but thevdato had
not been shown in the publication, hav
ing been routed off, as, hevsaid, he had
been informed.
Continuing he said: "In plain words,
two State prison felonies, named, for
gery and falsification of '& public docu
ment were committed in the eagerness
of this publisher and editor to wrong
the mayor of the city of New York.
''It is high time these forgers and
libellers were in State's prison, aqd the
time is not far distant when some of
them will be there. And just think of.
a man who is capable of doing things
like this, being possessed of the notion
that he is fit to hold any office from
mayor to the President of the United.
States. Morally speaking, his mind
must be a howling wilderness. Never
will the voters anywhere put such a
man in. office."
These references, unmistakably
drawn from the mayor's own political
experience in a campaign of unexam
pled bitterness Just passed, he drove
home with names and specific instan
ces. In an attack of almost unexam
pled bitterness on William Randolph
Hearst who ran against him for the
mayoralty and has since criticised his
administration sharply, he applied
epithets seldom -heard in public speak-
. (Continued on' Page Eight)
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