, 1881-11-20
Which Was ALI About the "Staats-
Zeitung's" Bills for City
Printing.
Paper Weights UplifIcd aud Genched
Fists 1hreateningly
Shaken.


between the polv:yiot Mayor and tile EitttItz
Zc:tuna, Dir. lle!sirg wanted pay for cit.
printing done from the time the Mayor OF
dtrcd it taken from tile Stttnt2-Zeitung ant
transferred it to the Freie Prcssc up to tn
time Ut the delivering of the opinion by th'
Law Department declaring printing city nu
tees III German illegal. Mr.. Harrison re
fused to consider or par the bill. Alr. Hesins
claimed that it was legal, and that his rape
was entitled to payment for work done unde!
a contract which had never been cl,al
1enged until the Mayor abruptly
terminated it. The Mayor claimed
otherwise. The result was hot words
decidedly hot, winding up by the Mayor OF
deri11g Mr.. Uesing out Of his Office.
TIE MAYORS STORY.
Subsequently, TKIr1:SE reporter saw
trouble had been between him and Mr. lies
1nc. He replied:
II had rather not talk about it,
.'*H you don't do that, l will have to get
such information as l can, which may mis-
represent you.''
Swell, Mr.. ueslnr came with the Treas
urcr of the Stua&s-Zeitung, l think. and de-
n,a1ded pay for city printing which it claimed
to have done, up to last Monday, on the
ground that it had been authorized to do
this printing By the power Of the Council,
>y},;ch had the, tarm;n,,od f. I re,,lad IF,
him that we couldn't pay him for anything
alter VIC had taken the printing away 1ro1n
him, and asked him to take his accounts to
Mr.. Gurney, the Controller, to audit them,
and to see what amount, it any, he was erti-
some som Of = tie s biIIs lis wer. 4@r printia% M @ de @
35,,t 3Ga t4e 10 1os'ssloler nm o. upe 2rks, anu
4,at was was .ne pt:,per patty 10 eSamne thell;
oon',.. !, 'n"t ILL., oo1Ae' ~" '1oo1'eu o'l
-" IL aao ~o., .+.4o.,,,. .,.;+
o,i,1; tVHnT ~, e t ba1ae 10 tolo INN tna,
,",'t r.. n;ts.d u +9'a, , t1G ti
Tnt nau uet'oso !, mlat Was .nsgal ~ ae taen
os. neI e - i. ~ ais !s'I9 hs' lais Eai @ "
pay o'1ls ~ h1sst'i! .''al' y hao pee!i III tne
11Ss;i nessaee ne & w1u!a :, nnu NY Views on 1ne
Qut5!"n-uat :r;'.I.r IL, IT, WAS ii!eEal.
;,,o.:l1 nem says hs. LOU nate oeen PAYNE @
t':sal -! aecoo';ts' Iep!!ed uIat hau then
ne spoke W % IL, an excited and voclteI"us
1lc puo!!c NV" llla@ HaI1tI Hail's"n uaS
been paslng tor things thai were Illegal p,
- ea'o, aes' out lliat Aao stated
interyiew x 1 that esdTe did naf ao knnw IN njx y
vas i1leeai until ne claimed payment
1?r pI1ntln% WHICH Ine oepartnlents did not
, Et,9 tU HILL ,.a, dttu tt tnet tne torporatioit
;amstl ',au the! lntn Gne 1atlel anu nag
~ :! uen, III inost lhsuiting h!ani1er, SAID
Ana !c1 you 1tt US Know ulat youd continue |
in1s illegal mat1er IN Dec lnber II the Stdufs-
zcMMa.g would oe friendly TO You
extracts OF which l had read in the |
Ac'rs' cxc'1ed ne, ana 1 must ackno"l-
edge that as Garter HARRISON, lost
ny ,,,,,,a Emper' hi, , whhtcl!; as as Major It
controlled. had told his reporter the day |
before "a an interview thai had not said |
any snch thug that the Council had passed |
an an ofoef difec:m5 !ne I" pay them since l |
ad Stopped their d"lnE ne printing, and to
By my veto had prevented thai fl ON beco,,,-
in2 law; but that the ordinance directing /
ne through tf;t Controller 10 advertise for
'.tInlah paper n Dtcellioer IS already law,
and that as the law should obey it He |
Then reiterated the statement that if the
matter was ILLEGAL IN the pa$t the
0ther would be equally lllcEal-that Is, the
December advertisement, and he again said
something abnnt my havlngsaid that I would t
ne
1saM to him, rather sternly, that I had |
not SAID any such thing: lie .spoke very
loudly and said, You did say it, SRI you
:. Mr. Thompson. my secretary, who was
n here. said that Mr. HesinE then gave Inc
te lie. l Sprtng from my seat, with
Daper-weigl,t in my hand, with the first in
ention Of striking him to the ground. lie
hen used very violent language, aud must
confess that yiulel,t language was used on
)oth sides. started t4,ward him. and put
ny hand on his coat with the intettion Of
anery VI don't know but ! might say IT,
ensely excited. But, by an effort of the
xill. l restrained myself. called to Mr.. Nc
;arn. and told him to put this man out Of
he Office
.sAs McGurn came in, Mr.. Hesing said.
I'LL ~ out myself but said something
.bout my lying. Some hot word went
'ack from me, what l don't now
'emcmber. As he went out Of the
loor lie yelled back. was "a
- liar or a -- 1iar,' l don't know
which, then remarked to sune of the EN-
'io, Is who had CONE in that was sorry for
layins becou,e excited, but so1,,t. Of tbciu re-
marked that Mr. u+sing was much more ex-
tied and boisteluus than vas
III don't suppose the public care ANYTHING
or this personal controversy. but If they Do
wisl; to make this general explanation:
'hree DAYS ago lIr. Sir,nens. lie Siut1fs
,