The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-04-30
HEARST MAKES HOT REPLY
TO GAYNOR'S STATEMENT.
In Signed Statement, Publisher Declares New
York Mayors Attack is Untruthful-- inquiries
Sarcasically if Opponent Thinks "Ameri-
cans" Editors Are Either Dishonest
or Childish.

New York, April 3O-William Ran
dolph Hearst issued a statement last
night on the issue Of veracity raised
Thursday night at the joint banquet
of the Associated Press and the News.
paper Publishers Association, when
the mayor said that Mr.. Hearst was
a forger and a falsifier.
Mr.. Hearst's statement follows in
part:
Mayor Gaynor's attack upon the
American is entirely disingenuous and
wholly untruthful.
"His only claim, when it is analyz-
ed, is that the American failed to
print clearly the date on photo
graphic facsimile of one Of the docu-
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 ar
ticle.
"What a petty quibble for an inn
portant man, or rather what a quib-
Bile for a petty man who holds an inn
portant position
Anybody who knows the high
character of the gentlemen who edit
the American knows that no matter
how much they might despise Mayor
Gaynor they would never seek to take
an unfair advantage of him.
Anybody who knows the ability Of
the gentlemen who edit the American
knows that II they had desired to omit
the date of any document they would
mot have been SO childish as to print
the date conspicuously in the type
while they were leaving it out Of the
picture.
FINALLY, anybody who can read and
think can see clearly that the date in
question is not the important date,
anyhow. but that the important date
lin question is not the important date
lin Gaynor's administration upon
which the payment to Cohalan of $4S,-
900 was finally signed and actually
authorized. The January 4 signature
was affixed by the assistant chamber
lain in the office of Chamberlain Hyde.
Mr.. Gaynors law partner
This latter gentleman. who is pop
ularly known as 'Gaynor's thick-Hyde.
is not only Gaynor's law partner but
the person, who figured conspicuousIy
in Gaynors golf ball decision in favor
of race-track gambling.
"The two constitute the Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde of law and politics
MIR Chamberlain Hyde claims that
his assistant chamberlain is a hold
over from the last administration
But assuredly he is a very perman-
ent hold-over, for he is still assistant
chamberlain although the last adl
ministration has been for months out
|of Office.
"Mr. Hyde might 60 SO far as to
explain why this same assistant cham
berlain was not allowed to sign the
Cohalan warrant under the last adj
ministration, and why he was allowed
to sign the warrant under the present
administration
"Why do not Mr.. Gaynor and his
thick Hyde discuss the date Of January
4 about which there is no question
of bad printing, but which is merely
a question of bad administration?
@Why do Mr.. Gaynor and Mr.. Hyde
SO earnestly seek to avoid the real
question at issue and to devote them
selves to the technicalities of news
paper printing?
Mr. Gaynor says the American does
not print clearly.
q say that Mr. Gaynor does not an
swer clearly.
And the recally important thing is
for Mr.. Gaynor, mayor of New York.
guardian of the pespie's property, to
answer clearly and quickly.
Say your law partner paid the war
rant. if you please, Mr. Gaynor; say
your law partners assistant paid it.
if you please; but at least explain why
a warrant which the former admins
tration held up as exorbitant Wis paid
by your administration without qnes-
ton and without investigation
Answer, Mr.. Gaynor as matter
|of decency and as a matter Of public
policy.
was not cohalan the Intermediary