The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-04
ROASTED HEARST
Hayss cayaas Skiraed the Turneaat Be.
hse a Large Audience
CREATED ASENSATION
Extraordinary Occurrence at News
paper Banquet IN New York on
Thursday Sishs.-Hearst Absen,
and His Business Manager kegus-
ed Permission to Speak.

ed Permission to Speak.
The annual join. banquet Of th,
Associated Press and the America,
Newspapers Publishers Association
At New York vas thrown into rio,ou'
and prolonged disorder Thursda,
night, when Thomas T. Williams
business manager for ". r. Hearst
was refused permission to speak a:
he rose to reply to biting criticisms
Mayor Gaynor had just made on Mr
Hesrst's part in journalism.
For twenty-five minutes the uproa,
continued. while men stood in thei,
chairs and women craned from the
balconies of the banquet hail. Mr..
Hearst Is not present. / an his
friend and have right to be heard
shouted Mr.. Williams. climbing onto
the speakers table and shaking his
siss II the face Of she mayor.
Put him out. shut up. free
speech - came from all parts OF the
hall.
TIE POSTMASTER, C. n. Wright. OF
tho Cleveland Leader. hammered in
vain for order. while Mr. Williams
stood impassise. but obstinate. and
waited to be heard.
This Is disgrace to the press OF
the United Seates. It must end
Shouted Adolph s. Ochs. prop:ieso.
Of the New York Times. rs ne stood
.on his chair behind the POSTMASTER
and begged for word.
..Ar. Williams. promise you. has
lees than forty words to speak. let
me say them for him
NO. no." yelled the diners
.Nr. Williams says" began Mr..
Ochs -
..No. no." broke in the thoroughly
angered diners. with added insist
ence.
Mr.. Oehs sat down. while the or
ehestra thundered Dixie" but Mr.
Williams still kept his feet and
sem mblance Of CAIN was not restored
until the Rev. Newell Dwight Hills.
OF Brooklyn. With witty and feiic:-
sious speech brought laughter that
drove ont anger.
The directors. executive members
OF the Associated Press and the
American Newspapers Publishers
Association had met at taeir, annual
Joint banquet at the Waldorf AS
eoria-
Several hundred sat down to the
banquet tables- Mayor Gaynor. the
guest Of honor and FIRST speaker. took
fos his subject The Press in Its Re-
iatsons TO Public ofacials.' He spoke
as Is bis wont. and as he had been
invited 10 do. without mincing words.
Those having power. he said.
should use It Justly. kindly aad moi
erately. That makes their acts al
the rore elective. I measure my
words n saying your power for good
e. immense. Your power for evil Is
not so great IS some may thiak-
'The public Official who tries his
best to do right and who knows how
60 do right. cannot be hurt BY you.
Some may abuse him, even lie and
sorxe shout him. but they are power
less 20 hurt him. You can neither
rake nor unmake an honest and
competent ofictal.
The press as whole Is just 10
pubic cacia,s- When the election
IL over. wholesome wish IS to see
shat the cae who Is elected gives good
r.yernment and to help him do SO.
Bu. II a publisher OF editor be him
self a perennial ONCE seeker he may
desire to sssassinate every one in his
way and then. alas. what q disgrace
he brings on Journalism.
These references. anmistakaoiE
drawn from the mayors own pclisicai
experience in campaign OF uneSam-
p,ea bitterness. just passed. he drove
home With names and SPECIFIC IN
stances. In an attack OF almost un-
erampled bitterness on ". Randolph
He.-s.. who ran against him for the
mayosalty. and who has since his ao'
m,nistration sharply. he applied cpl
.hees se,dom heard in public speak
Ing.
Then followed the scene hereto
fore described. When order was re.
s.ored. Woodrow Wilson. president OF
Princeton University. emphasized tae
osc,,ne OF the editorial in power. ana
the growing importance OF prompt
aecnrate and unbiased news gather
ins