The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-08
LIARS! GINKS!
WELLS SUNDAY
AT REPORTERS
Declares He Isn't Dissatis-
fled With PatersOn's
Showing.
DEFIES I. w. w. HEADS
TO INVADE THE CITY

PATERSON, N. J., April billy sun.
day. with plate of stewed peaches
In front Of him In tho dining room Of
his house OF many windows and sarbed
In his Powered silk dressing gown fast.
ened with diamond pin. figuratively
went M after the altitude record at
noon to-day His comments upon New
York newspapers and especially upon
New York reporters who quoted him
verbatim this morning caused Billy to
bang the table and spill language that
out-Dowied the late Elijah Dowie the
second himself.
New York newspaper men who say
that I said Patersons crowds are cool
compared to the Philadelphia crowds
are iisrs:-' yelled Billy. while Ma looked
her approval-although Ma had said
earlier that she and Pa and everybody
else in their party was lust as
pleased as could be" about the way the
metropolitan dailies treat Billy and his
work.
THE people who write this stun In
the New York papers," hoilered Billy.
with another bang that made the china
and glassware rattle. ARE lot OF
dirty little lying reporters. that's what
they are. Let 'em stay away IL they
don't like things. Let 'em let me alone,
the dirty little liars.
II never asked newspaper support
IN my life" cried the evangelist, who
IN his present campaign for the first
time is reading exact accounts of things
as they are.
"Certainly--we're delighted with our
reception here" cried Ma thus differing
widely with another woman member OF
Billy's party tname supplied on appli-
cation but withheld temporarily so she
will not get in bad around the house OF
many windows). who said when re-
porter asked last night whats the
matter with your crowds here an
swered gloomlly That's what we'd like
to know" Whereupon when Billy lin.
ished his sermon this afternoon a group
OF the dirty little lying reporters
from New York-Billy had added
other adjectives deleted here--ap-
preached Billy as he came from the
platform.
Mr.. Sunday" began the spokesman
Of the group. you're quoted AS say
ing that we're a lot OF dirty little
liars and takers in quoting you az say
ing that you think Paterson audiences
are cool to you compared to Philadel.
phia and other"
II never said that about Paterson
crowds in my life" yelled Billy
whereupon the men to whom Billy had
said II incidentally they had remained
IN the background temporarily pressed
up closer.
Beg pardon. you said it to me. Mr.
Sunday"
Billy glsred at the group for a mo-
ment uncertainty while one OF the men
10 whom he had made the statement
repeated the assertion hi, more vehe-
mently.
"Oh. we'll" roared Billy. what II
did? why don't you let me alone? II
you don't like my style OF talking why
don't you beat it? You come here for
the purpose of breaking up my meeting
Beat It II you don't like it-sll OF
you"
beg pardon again. Mr.. Sunday. bu,
no New York paper Is opposed 10 you
or Is trying 10 break up your meeting.
We're here merely to report what hap
pens and what you say. AS Christians
you want us to tell only the truth. don't
your"
well, you won't get another peep on,
OF me, you fellows" cried Billy, q
phrase he has INTERCEPTED several times
during the day or every time he begins
TO peep. And coming right up 10 the
face OF the reporters nearest him Billy
hauled back his good right arm fear.
somely, slapped himself on his left palm
and beat II.
II am sick tired of these ginks," Billy
began In his afternoon talk In the Taber-
nacle, who are putting things In ths
papers that are not true. II these ginks
can't put the truth In the paper lei
'em keep the accounts OF our work
here out Of the papers. II they don,
like things here they can beat it
lAmens from Billy's crowd on the stage.
Rody appeared early at this after
moons proceedings as usual. unlimberet
his slip horn and started In to boos
"When Your Heart Is Right" from hi
hymn book again. Instead OF having tn,
crowd-which at this time half filled thu