Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-30

New York, April 29.--Mayor Gaynor
and VIM. Randolph Hearst both issued
statements tonight on the issue of
veracity raised last night at the joint
banquet of The Associated Press and
the Newspaper Publishers Association,
which the mayor said that Mr.. Hearst
was a forger and falsifier. Supplement
tary statements were issued by Comp
trOller Prendergast, ex-Comptroller
Metz and the district attorney sof-
flee, following rumors that there was
possibility Of future legal proceedings
as a result Of the mayors address last
night Mr. Hearst's statement follows:
Il am not entirely familiar with all
the accusations against Mayor Gaynor,
or his attempt to divert attention from
them by an attack on the American. l
have just returned from Mexico.
1T Is obvious to any one. however,
that the mayors defence is false upon
its face.
His attack upon the American is
entirely dsingenuous and wholly un-
truthful.
His only claim, when it is analysed
is that the American failed to print
clearly the date OF a Photographic fac
smile of one of the documents in the
case against him. although the Ameri-
can carried the same date of the same
document clearly printed in type in the
text Of the article
What Il petty bubble for an ilr-
portant man. or rather what ouib
bic for a petty man who holds an i'm
portant position.
anybody who knows the high char
acter of the gentlemen who edit the
American knows that no matter how
much they might desrise Mayor Gay
nor they would never etoop to take un-
fair advantage of him.
"Anybody who knows the ability of
the gentlemen who edit the American
knows that if they had desired to omi,
the data of any document they would
rot have been So childish as to print
tn" date conspicuously in the type,
while they were leaving it ont 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
is tho date of Jan. 4. n date in Mayor
Gaynor's administration upon which
the payment to Cohalan of $4,000 was
finally signed and actually author
lied. The Jan. 1 signature was affixed
by the assistant chamberlain in tn
office of Chamberlain HYDE. Mr. CAY
n"r's law partner.
This latter gentleman, who is pop
nlarlv known as 'Gaynor's thick Hyde,
is not only Gaynor's law partner but
the person who figured conSpicuousl!
in Gaynor's golf bail decision in favor
oi race track gambling
THE two constitute the Dr. Jeky,
and Mr.. Hyde of law and politics
Mr.. Chamberlain Hyde claims tina,
his assistant chamberlain is a hold-
over from the last administration
But assuredly he is very perma-
nent hold-over for he is still assistant
chamberlain. although the last admin
istration has been four months out of
office
Mr.. Hyde might go so far as to OK
plain why this same assistant chamber
lair was not allowed to sign the Cohalan
warrant under the last administration
and why he was allowed to sign the war
rarJ under the present administration
Why 10 rot Mr. Gaynor and his thick |
Hyde discuss the date of Jan. L. about |
which there is no question of bad print
ing, about which there is merely Il ques
ton Of bad administration?
Why do Mr.. Gaynor and Mr. Hyde |
so earnestly seek to avoid the real cues.
ton at issue and to denote themselve
10 the technicalities of newspaper pint
ing
"Afr, Gaynor says the American does
not print clearly. |
Il say that Mr. Gayuor does not an
swar clearly.