New-York tribune., 1918-06-07
Veterans Also Call on
Council to Condemn
His Papers
Resolution Will Be
Sent to President
Mount Vernon Decision
Will Not Affect Proposed
Action, Says Attorney

ELM1RA, N. Y, June CA resoln
ton calling on the President of tn,
United States to take steps to "remov,
the menace" of William Randolph
Hearst's publications was adoptcd to
night at meeting of the General A. s
Diven Post. No. 623, G.. A. R.. in tn,
Elmira armory
lhis resolution, as we'll as a secont
one petitioning the Common Counci
or this city to act favorably on tn,
antl-Hearst resolution recently offere,
that body, was passed unanimously b,
the Civil War veterans.
A copy of the resolution urging ma
tional action against Hearst, signed b,
James N. McAllister an,
AdJutant A. F. Packard, is to be sen
to President Wilson. The one petition
ing local action will be forwarded +,
the Common Council, Commander Nc
Allister announced. A discussion o
the Hearst question preceded the pas
sage of the resolution.
Appeal to the President
The Presidential resolution reads:
Whereas. proof has been laid before tho
General A. S. Diven Post No 6"3 q
A. r.. which in the opinion of this hodv
shows that The New York American and
Evening Journal published by William
Randolph Hearst. by their attitude toward
hpon and l.
iuil prosecution of the war and have been
helping the cause of the enemy : and.
whereas. IN the opinion of this body
rermah papers published in the German
iaheu uaRe also are detrimental to the cause
or freedom for which America is fighting
it is therefore 30 '''''e
Resolved. That it is the sense and opin.
ion of this body that these papers are
hlRhly unpatriotic and give help and com
tort TO the enemy OF our country and be II
further W ~
Resolved. That we respectfully petition
the President of the United States. through
tne ample powers reposed in him. to take
what he may consider proper steps to re
move the menace of these papers from our
midst during the period of the war"
Urges Action in ,Elmira
The other resolution is as follows:
Whereas there is a resolution now
pending before the Common Council of tho
city of Elmira. known as the Marlowe reso-
lutlon, condemning the attitude of the
Hearst papers toward this war and the
publication of newspapers in the German
language: and,
Whereas. in our opinion these papers
ere menace to the morale of our people
hennd the lines and help to the enemy
1t is therefore
Resolved. That this body. the General
A. S. Diven Post: No 623. G. A. r..
urgently petition the Common Council ri
the city of Elmira to pass this resolution
now before it as a help toward the full
Seeks to Confuse Citizens
Hearst agents have been making cap.
ital out of the action of the New York
Supreme Court in sustaining Hearst's
application for continuance of the
injunction restraining the officials OF
Mount Vernon from inforcing the or.
dinance barring "The New York Amer.
ican' and Evening Journal" from sale
and circulation in that city.
"A campaign of misinformation has
been undertaken by Hearst" Richarc
Marlowe, an attorney and father oil
the original anti-Hearst resolution
SAID to-day. This has as its object
the confusing of the minds of Elmirs
citizens on the exact nature of tn,
anti-Hearst measures offered to Com
mon Council here.
There is an attempt under wa,
here to make the people of this cit,
think that because Mount Vcrnon's or
dlnance has been frowned on by tn,
courts all attempts to act agains
Hearst such as those contemplated b,
the council here are illegal. A cam
paign of misinformation to spread thi
distorted view and frighten the citizen
has been started.
Decision Does Not Affect Elmira
There has been such total mis-
conception of the whole Hearst resolu
tion that | feel it my duty to set tn
matter before the citizens Of this cit,
in the proper light.
"The Supreme Court decision in tn,
Mount Vernon case in no way affect
the situation here. My resolution di,
not attempt to prohibit the sale of 9TH
American and Evening Journal here
The Mount Vernon ordinance makes i
a crime to sell Hearst papers. My res
olution simply stated. among othe
things, that these papers are highl,
unpatriotic and help and comfort t.
the enemy of our country
ut will be seen from this that tn
resolution does not prohibit any on
from buying these papers if he want
10. ms IS not passing an ordinance
as in Mount Vernon. The Elmira plal
is this: T'"'
"The Common Council, as the renre
sentative of the people of Elmira ex
presses it's opinion on these papers
places its stamp of disapproval on tn
Hearst papers, which will serve as
guide to the people in the vital matte
OF knowing who in this hour of Amer
ica's supreme test are for her o
against her
IL would serve to separate the shee
from the goats and hang a bell on m
goats, and whenever an Elmiran hem
the bell ciang he would immediatel
know a goat was shambling by. 1t ex
presses an opinion, and expressing a.
opinion the most constitutions
thing In America.
Leaves Matter TO People
Therefore. these resolutions simnI
leave the whole matter to the patr;
otism and good sense of the people
rs exactly what our state Lerislatur
has done in the matter of poiso,
Those who wish to buy it NAV do 9,
but the druggist is compelled to STAN
the bottle containing il Poison
II hope this will make the sconc a
my resolution clear to the people her
and elsewhere. feet one can relv -
the sense and patriotism of the ueonl
of any American community to sno
the wolf masking in lambs clothes"
The Elmira Herald" an afternoo
newspaper which uses the lnternationa
News, Hearst service, yesterday dis
cussed the Mount Vernon decision i
its application to Elmira under the fol
lowing fh rec olunr hnaxll;xa. ~