New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-30
WILCOX ASSA|LED At
HEARST MASS MEETINGS
Former EmpIoye Of Editor Or
qanizes Subway Protests
in Brooklyn.
CROWDS SLIM AT BOTH
Magistrate Hylan Leads Speak
ers. in Attack on Dual System
Contracts-Delay Urged
on Sulzer.

Two meetings. organized by Edward
r. OLoughlin. Register of Kings Coun-
IL. and until he took Office an employe
Of William Randolph Hearst, were held
in Brooklyn last night To stop the
subway steal" One meeting was at
the Academy of Music. and the chair
man. Magistrate John r. Hylan. apollo
gized for the size Of the gathering by
saying the small crowd was due to the
bad weather. the short time in which
the organizers of the meeting had 10
work and the failure of the press 10
advertise il The other meeting was
held AT the Bedford Y. NJ. c. \. In all
about 800 people attended the two
John Purroy Mitchell. president Of the
Board Of Aldermen, was the hero If
10th meetings. At the Academy Of
vi
minutes. ana greeted with cries OF
"Iiurrah for Mitchell. our next Mayor.
But the crowds at both houses were
disappointed by the failure Of William
Randolph Hearst and Ralph Pulitzer
owners respectively of The New York
American and Journal and "Th"
World" and the leaders in the hgEt
against the dual subway plan. tn put
IN an appearance.
Both had been advertised 10 speak.
and placards thrown all over Brooklyn.
headed with stop tho Subway steal
printed the names Of Mr. Hearst and
Mr. Pulitzer in large type. as the priii-
cipal speakers 81 the meeting. }.
Sergeant Cram. Of the Public Service
Commission. also disappointed the sath-
erings
The meetings went along without the
disorder that chara ctcrized the Cooper
Union meeting Of the night before. ana,
save for the applause accorded Prcsi-
dent Mitchell. were tame and without
incident
Resolutions we're adopted at the
meetings calling upon the Governor
and al others having to do with the
solution Of this ,thc subway problem
L. prevent the completion of the sub
way contracts until all such amend
mcnts to them shall have been publicly
proclaimed and tho people permitted 10
have a hearing thereon. committee
of i've was appointed Al each meeting
lo present e copy 81 tn" resolutions 10
the Governor
Magistrate Hylar opened the AGA
Gemy OF Music about an hour after the
scheduled Time The delay was due to
"a desire on the part Of those In charge
II the meeting To- have we'll filled
hall. which proved vain. He spoke from
behind q desk in IN. centre OF tn" stage"
which bore this legend. surmounted by
the three balls Of n pawnbroker's sign:
we Refuse To- Hook the city of New
York to Morgan Tor Fifty-threc Years"
President Mitchell followed His
speech was largely q repetition OF hi,
Cooper Union address Tuesday night.
Ha took occasion To reply to Chairman
Wilcox who the night before had said
the criticisms Of the contracts were
aor honest and were due To dirty
politics"
PERHAPS Mr. Wilcox meant this.
continued Mr.. Mitchell. and perhaps
ho SAID il without bordering. but it is
hardly the men who are telling the
people that the city is being deprived
OF "A fair return on it's cash who can be
charged with dishonesty
This took the fancy OF his audience,
who cheered him. and again when he
added:
If there were charges OF dishonesty
10 be made they would hardly he made
against the men on this side of the
quest ion.
President Mitchell followed this 10y
saving IL was far from his mind -
charge Mr.. Wilcox and those who be-
licvc with him with dishonesty, as he
thought they were acting according -
their lights and because they believed
what they were doing was proper. He
renewed his charges that the contracts
were eminently unfair to the city.
saving there was no need Of bankers
discount Of S1I.OJO,Ooo and no excuse
for paving 80 per cent, which he said
was four-tenths Of | per cent too
much.
This four-tcnths Of | per cent does
not seem much, but at the end of
nfty-thrcc years IL will mean $4,000, 900
out of the city's treasury he said.
Mr. Mitchell said he was certain that
if the bonds were offered at public sale
they would sell above par and be over
subscribed four times. and that there
was no need OF selling them To j. L.
Morgan & co. at 6ia points below par
O'Loughlin Shocks Hearers.
Mr.. Mitchell and Commissioner Malt
bic later repaired To- the Bedford Y. VI.
C. A.. where Philip J. Reilly. president
Of the Mckinley Park Board Of Trade
presided at the meeting. The speakers
declared the city would he heavy