The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-30
THE GAYNOR-
HEARST TILT.
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Latter Issues Statement In
Reply to Mayor
REITERATES THE CHARGES
That Caused Mayor to Denounce Him
and His Mayor Gaynor
Makes Another State
ment.
REITERATES THE CHARGES

New York, April 30. Mayor Gagnor
and William Randolph Hearst both is.
sued statements last night ON the issue
Of veracity raised Thursday night at the
Joint banquet Of the Associated Press
and the Newspaper Publishers associa.
ton, when the mayor said that Mr.,
Hearst was forger and a falsiiier. Sup.
Elementary statements were issued BY
Comptroller prendergaat and former
Comptroller Metz. Mr.. Hearst's state
ment follows
II am not entirely familiar with an
the accusations against Mayor Gaynor
or his attempt to divert attention from
them by an attack on The American.
have just returned from Mexico.
1T IS obvious TO anyone, however, that
the mayors defense Is false upon Its
face.
@His attack upon The American is
entirely disingenpous and wholly un-
truthful
His only claim is that The American
failed 70 print clearly the date on pho.
tographie fac-simile Of one Of the doeu-
ments in The case abainst him, although
The American carried the same date Of
the same document clearly printed in
type in the text Of the article.
What a petty Quibble fer an impor
tant man. or rather what a bubble for
Ia petty man who holds an important
position
FINALLY. anybody who can read and
think can SEE clearly that the date II
question Is not the important datei any
how, hut that The ministration upon
which the payment to Cobalan ol S4s 900
was finally signed and actually author.
ized The January 4th signature was
affixed bY the assistant chamberlain in
the office Of Chamherlaia Hyde, Mr.. Gay.
nor's law partner.
This latter gentleman, who Is pop
ularly known as Gaynor's thick HYDE
Is not only t'agnor's law partner, but the
person who feurea eonspieuously in Gay.
nor's golf BAH decision in favor Of race
track gambling
And the really important thing IS Tot
Mr. Gaynor mayor 81 View York. guard
ian Of the peoples property, to answer
clearly and quickly.
Say your law partner paid Che war
rant, Il you please, alg. Naynors but AZ
least explain why 4 warrant which the
former administration held UP as ex0rbi-
tant was paid hy Y0Hr administration
without question and without inFestiga'
tion
DID net Comptroller prenaereast,
after you hHd been seated as mayor. eail
your attention % the warrant for Coha
laH's S4so00. which was ID ynur Office
Did not Comptroller Pfendergast ex-
plain to you that Il you would send the
warrant back To him lie would make 4
complete report On il and 70 to The bot.
tom 81 IRE matter
Did you not thank Comptroller Prem
dcreast aud say that # was true that
these lawyers 10 such cases were getting
too much from che eitgs
Did you not then fail to send The war
rant back 10 The comptroller and fail to
ask for the report buf did you not on
the contrary allow this padded fee to Sc
through % January 1 1907
stop talking about The date that did
not print ana say few words about
the date that aid PRINT
ITO your blathsrskite abuse. ! am IN
different. for IN all such matters I con
slider che source and the natural irtita
ton that 4 public official feels ia being
exposed
For the mayor Robert Adamson. bis
private secretary gave ont the follow
ing statement. made before the mayor
had seen Mr. Hearst's statements
The mayor has moi refused to sign
the warrants AZ an, They are made 0ut
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