The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-31
Judges Name Appears as
Honorary Vice. Chairman
Of Notorious Society.
= HIS LINK WITH HEARST
Publishers Support Prom.
ised in Letter, Asserts
Mayor.
"ROLL OF INFAMY" SHOWN
Executive Closes Attack With
Series Of Accusations
Against Jurist.
HIS LINK WITH HEARST
"ROLL OF INFAMY" SHOWN

1"'tNhSi luc SENSATION OF
the campaign last night. In making hts
promised revelation of the tie that binds
Hearst and Hylan he proved to the satis.
faction OF 1000 voters who stood and
cheered him In Erasmus Hail High
School. Brooklyn. tina, their community
Of interest has centred in pro.0erfnan
propaganda.
The high lights Of the Mayors sx.
posure are these:
John r. Hylan was an honorary vice.
chairman Of the Friends Of Peace SO.
ciety. which. formed In 1915 through the
efforts OF Jeremiah O'Leary, Daniel r.
Cohalan. Henry Weismann. the Stoats.
ZsnunS Riders and others was aeain
and again denounced by Government
agents as a band OF pro-German worix-
ers-some conspirators. some dupes-
supported In their feverish efforts to keen
America from war with Germany and
keep American munitions and supplies
from the Allies by money from Germany.
The Friends OF Peace had a. 0hsir
principal newspaper advocate in the
United states William Randolph Hearst.
The support of Hearst for the society
was promised at meeting in Maenner-
ehor Hall. New York. on August 2s, 1915.
Theodore Sutro, editor Of Hearst's
DeWsches Journal, announced at that
meeting receipt OF a letter from Hearst
promising all the help he could give. At
the suggestion OF Bernard Rdder Of the
Siddfs-Zeituno the grateful Friends Of
Peace gave Hearst vote Of thanks.
Hylan's Name on LettePAeaA.
In the same month Of 1916 the nams
Judge John T. Hylan' appeared on
the letterhead OF the Friends Of Peacs
as one Of the honorary vice-presidents.
Judge John F. Hylan OF Brooklyn has
never disciaimed this conspicuous honor.
And in October. 1915. Hearst took up Hy-
Ian as his political protege. Hylan was q
Democratic candidate for County Judge
in Brooklyn. Hearst e-nt word to the
Irooklvn Reruh,'can orean's, ton that
II Il would help reeleet Edward T.
oLoush'in a. Res'ste OF Kings County
he and Ms newsrRners would support
the entire Republican ticket with this
except'on-John F. Fv'an must be eject.
ed County Judge-Hy'an. who had been
made an honorary v'ce-presdent Of the
committee IN charge NJ the convention
OF the ma'odorous F-'ends Of Peace
which was held In Chicago in the ffst
week OF Sentember. 1915.
That was the sequence a. the Mayor
pictured It, The pro-German Friends
Of Peace made Hylan one o. their ON.
GERS: Hearst put himself behind the
Friends of Peace: Hearst adopted Hylan
politically because Hylan was one Of
the Friends Of Feace: Hearst persuaded
Murphy to pick Hylan a. the Tammany
candidate for Mayor for reasons which |
seemed obvious to the Mayor.
Gives Reason for Link.
In Erasmus Hall Hish School the
Mavor stood before a tense. expectant
audience. which knew that this was the |
moment when he had promised to an.
swer the two questions which Messrs.
Hylan and Hearst had declined to an
swer: Why Hearst wants Hylan? Why
the Stddfs-zeIfunO wants Hylan? He
MANAGED his climax we'll.
After brief introduction, explaining
hat his worn voice prevented him from
recitins the issues Of the night as ne
would like TO recite them he read a care.
fuily prepared statement For page
siter page Hyfan was not mentioned.
Then the Mayor seised a pointer ana
unrollsd cylinder Of paper which
auction OF the letterhead Of the Friends
Of Peace
over the name Of one Of the vice.
chairmen Of the convention q strip Of
PACK crepe was pinned. Tho Mayor at
me r'sht moment tore away the crspei
ana pointed to the name John T. Hy.
an ,an. on what no called "the roll Of
For second the crowd just SAT and
Iooked at the name. Then a Wildly
,shoutins man got UP and yelled, This
Icks Hylan." Others took up the crv
me whoie audience arose and cheered
lor two minutes before the Mayor could
se on to his second climax, which was:
John F. Hylan won the support and
np nmlendship OF every disloyai citisen by
becoming vice-chairman OF the Friends
OF Peace John r. Hylan secured the
political support Of William RandoInh
Hearst IN October. 1915, because in Au-
hust' 1915 he delivered himself over TO
tne agents OF the nation with which his
country Ia now at war. He has at his
oack every agency. Of organised German
,,,enI.'oll' ,,' because he has proved his will
nngness TO follow where Hearst and
c'!,eary led
Makes the Accusation.
u accuse John r. Hylan Of aiding
ana aoettlns the pro-German propasands
OF this country.
~ accuse John F. Hyian of being the
s'sueia.e a. ,S,s OF the paid agents Of Germany
IN this country.
=, y accuse John F. Hylan Of securing
ne political and personal support Of
william Randolph Hearst by joinins
with Hearst in tho cult Of disloyaity.
accuse John r. HylAn Of being
publicly allied with the mon whose dis.
oyaity 70 America has been of,3cially
denounced by the United States 0overn. 4,
ihent-'o 'ohalan. Dewey and O'Leary.
accuse John r. Hyian Of aiding In
me eHort to ALLEVIATE this country from ,
lose nations which are now our allies.
accuse John r. Hylan Of member ,
'n'p IN society which In convention
'p'ia uded the sinking. without warm :,
's or peaceful American ship.
~ an American citizen and not az
-'ndidate ! now solemnly call upon