The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-29
Bitterly Criticized Hearst Up
roar Started When Williams
Tried to Defend Him
Rev. Hills Brought Order by Some Funny Re-
marks--George AIDES Characteristic Talk
Put Everybody in Good Humor---Greet-
nqs From Roosevelt and Others
Abroad

Joint dinner of the Associated Pres:
and American Newspaper publishers
Association was thrown into rlotous
and prolonged disorder tonight when
Thomas r. Williams, business mana
ger for William X. Hearst, Wat re-
fused permission to speak as he rose
to reply to the biting criticism
Mayor Gaynor had made of Hearst's
part in journalism.
For twenty-five minutes the uproar
continued, while men stood on chairs.
MIR Hearst is not here. am his
friend and have right to be heard, :
shouted Williams, climbing onto the
speakers table, shaking his fist in
the face of the mayor.
Put him Quit" Shut up," Free
speech" came from all parts of the
hall.
Williams Was lmpassiye.
Toastmaster NJ c. Wright, of the
Cleveland Leader, hammered in vain
for order, while Williams stood inn
passive, and waited to be heard.
This Is a disgrace to the press Of
the United States It must end" shout
ed Aldolph s. Ochs, proprietor of tie
New York Times, as be stood on a
chair behind the toastmaster and beg
ged for word.
mfr. Williams, promise you, has
less than forty words to speak, let
me say them for him"
mo- MOI" yelled the diners Ochs
tried to speak but the angered diners
would not permit
Rev. Hills Restores Order.
Ochs sat down while the orchestra
thundered Dixie but Williams still
kept his feet and a semblanco Of calm
was not restored until Rev. Newell
Dwight Hills, Of Brooklyn, with a
witty and felicitious speech, brought
laughter that drove out the anger.
Seven hundred sat down at the an.
nual joint dinner held at the Wal
dorf A toria and after coffee, the
hosts began to hear things about
themselves from the guests. Gayno"
was the guest of honor and took for
his subject The Press in its Rela-
tion to Public Officials
He spoke, as invited to do, without
mlncing words. He said, speaking OF
the power of the press, II measure
my words in saying your power for
good is immense. Your power for
evil is not as great as some think.
A public official who tries his best to
do right and knows how to do righ
can not be hurt by you. Some may
abuse him, even lie and forge about
him, but they are powerles' to hurt
him. The press as whole is just
to public officials. When an election
is over, its wholesome wish is to
see that the one elected gives good
government and to help him do so.
But If publisher or editor be him
self perennial office4eeker he may
desire to assassinate every one in
his way. and then, alas, what disgrace
lie DEilleS WI Joui hdiiohi'
Said Most Bitter Things.
These references, Enthusiastically
drawn from the mayors own political
experience in the campaign Of bitter
ne just passed, he drove home with
names and specific instances In an
attack of almost unexampled bitter
ness on william Randolph Hearst,
who ran against him for the mayoral-
ty and has since criticised his adj
ministration sharply, he applied epi.
thets seldom heard in public speak
ing
Gaynor charged Hearst In one il
stance with printing fac-simile of a
draft on the city treasury for $4S000,
attributed to the expenditures to Gay
nor's administration. He declared
that the date was omitted, which
would have shown the expenditure
made in previous administration.
Gaynor showed the draft az printed
TO the banquetters, and said that the
date was plainly visible In the origi.
nal. Gaynor said I'm plain words,
two state prison felonies, namely,
forgery and Justification OF a public
document, were committed in the
eagerness Of this publisher and edit
or to wrong the mayor of The city OF
New York.
Should BE In Prison.
"M + high time that these forgerers
and libellers were In states prison,
and the time Is not far distant when
some OF them will be there And just
think Of the man who is capable OF