Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-30
HOT SHOTS HURLED AT
ClTYS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
independence Party Leader Comes
Back in Vigorous Fashion at At
tack Upon Him at Press Banquet
and Asks Many Questions of the
Admlnistratisn-Ans is Made.
(By Associated Press.)


nor and william Randolph Hearst
both issued statements tonight on the
yeracity raised last night at the joint
banquet of the Associated Press and
the Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton. when the mayor said that Mr..
Hearst was a forger and falsifier.
Supplementary statements were is
sued by Comptroller Predergast, for
mer Comptroller Metz, and the dis
trict attorneys office, following ru-
mors that there was possibility OF
future legal proceedings as a result
of the mayors address last night.
Mr.. Hearst's statement follows:
Hearst's Statement.
Il am not entirely familiar with all
the accusations against Mayor Gay
nor. CT his attempt to divert attention
from the issue by an attack on the
American. | have just returned from
Mexico.
1T is obvious to any one. however,
that the mayors defense IS false upon
its face.
His attack upon the American is
entirely disingenuous and wholly I'M
truthful
His only claim, when it is analy-
lied, is that the American failed to
print clearly the date on a photo
graphic fac smile of one of the docn-
ments in the case against him, al
though the American carried the
same date of the same document
clearly printed in type in the text OF
the article.
What a petty bubble for an I'M
portant man, or rather what a quibbfe
for a petty man who holds an i'm
portant position.
The Important Date.
Finally, anybody who can read and
think, ear see clearly that the date
in question is not the important date
anyhow, but that the important date
is the date of January 4. date in
Mayor Gaynor's administration upon
which the payment to Cohalan OF
$4,000 was finally signed and actually
authorized. The January 4th sigma
ture was affixed by, the assistant
Chamberlain in the Office of Chamber
lain Hyde. Mr.. Gsynor's law partner.
This latter gentleman, who Is pop
ularly known as Gaynor's Thick
HYDE is not only Gaynor's lawyer,
but the person who figures conspicu-
ously in Gaynor's golf ball decision
in favor of race track gambling.
Say your law partner paid the
warrant. If you please. Mr. Gaynor-
Say your law partners assistant paid
it. IL you please; but at least explain
why a warrant. which the former adj
ministration held Up as exorbitant,
was paid BY your administration with
cut question and without investiga-
ton
Asks Mayor to Answer.
Answer. Mayor Gaynor. as a mat
ter OF duty. as a matter OF decency.
and as a matter Of public policy.
Was not Cohalan the intermediary
between you and Charley Murphy.
and was not he largely instrumental
in getting you the Tammany Hall
nomination.
Was net CohslaE concerned in the
attempt to steal for you the nomina-
ton of the Independence League
which piece Of political porch climb
ing Justice Gerard. an honest tndge.
enectuslly stopped.
Did not Comptroller Predergast.
after you had been seated as mayor.
call your aftent'-n 10 the warrant
for cohalan's $4,000. which was in
your ofRce7
Did rot Comptroller Predergast
explain 10 you what u was and tell
you that u yon would send the war
rant back 20 him he would make
complete report on 4 and 20 10 the
bottom Of the mattcr7
Did you net thank Comptroller
Prcderrast and say that u was true
that these lawyers. in such cases.
we're getting too much from the city.
Did you not then fail 20 send the
warrant back to the comptroller and
fan % ask for the report. but did
you not. On the contrary. allow this