New-York tribune., 1918-09-19
City's Counsel So Argues
in Williamson's Case
Before Cropsey
Injunction Against
Harlnan Continues
;ark Commissioner Has No
Power of Revocation,
L. E. Quigg Holds


language papers even though they be
full of anti-American propaganda if,
in the opinion of city official, there
is public demand for them, was the
we'll, Assistant Corporation Counsel.
used before Justice Cropsey, in the
Supreme Court in Brooklyn, yesterday
in the Williamson case.
Carsweli was seeking to have set
aside the injunction granted John Will
hanson restraining Park Commission
er John N. Harman and Police Com
missioner Enright from closing his
Borough Hall stand because he refused
to sell Hearst papers.
Justice Cropsey, whose question
brought from the representative of
the city the declaration that news
dealers must sell disloyal papers
whether they wish to or not. continued
the case at the conclusion of Mr.. Cars
wells argument. Meantime, the in
junction under which Williamson has
tember Z remains in full force.
Injunction Still in Effect
power Of city officials to force the
sale of German papers, if they so elect
came toward the end of a long argu-
ment, in the course of which he was
frequently questioned by Justice Crop
sey In his argument he declared that
Williamson's patriotism was "mere
pretence" and referred to Williamson
as Suffering a severe attack of pa
triotism."
Lemuel Ely Quigg, who was assisted
in the preparation of the case by
Thomas H. keogh and G. H. D. Foster,
represented Williamson.
This trouble" said Mr.. Quigg in his
argument, "began about August TO-.
Williamson was selling all the news
papers, the so-called Hearst papers as
we'll as all the others that are of daily
origin and common usage, and on Au-
gust 10 or thereabouts, somewhat be-
fore that, he had been putting the
Hearst papers away from any preferred
position on his stand. He had been
raving serious trouble about them.
The prominence that the Hearst agents
demanded of him, in the placing of
these papers on the stands, had pre-
voked a great deal of trouble, not only
with his permanent customers, but
with casual customers
Customers Against Hearst Papers
They had protested against that
position. They protested against his
selling them at all. They had said
mat they were disloyal. and that he
mad no right to sell them, had no busi-
ness to sell them. Customers had
taken them, bought the whole bunch
Vi them and torn them up and thrown
'nem away, ittering the park, and it
mad happened from day to day; so that
he put these Hearst papers back. He
continued to sell them; he did not want
W. ne is himself native-born Ameri-
Van' His grandfather was killed at
gettysburg, and lis brother is abroad
"a TINS war, and he had seen things in
."e hearst papers that had made him
ieel that he did not want to sell them,
0ut still he kept on.
Notwithstanding the diminishing
ue'"and for them he had kept on SELL
,ns ad mem; but on August 10, as is
l,v'eo nsnau IN my friends answering
b bb"pers' the Hearst agent told him
ned would not sell him any more Hearst
bbaperS, any more Evening Journals;
so nV would not do it because William
nos;t;d loud not give him this preferred
cvs.'!on' rvs. ION and from August 10 to Au-
- tus. ~, sir, the Hearst agents refused
uei'ver nm any Evening Journals.
m Refers to Mayors Action
-. MS was matter, as YOUR honor
ers 9Ie' &c mat was common to newsdeal-
New 'VVroughout the city, here and in
nv ork; ; and on August 21 the Nav
c. VI the city wrote a letter to h;s
commissioner of the Bureau of ~
f.nses pa,s and to his Commissioners ~
s,;4'A, Oh whom there are several con.
s.i'unting Board of Park Comn,;ss;om C. iom-
lotr. Mr.. Quigg here read Mavor uv,on,s
censa. ss'er ordering the revocation Of H.
semses sei, ;, where the holders refusod - -
s-- nearst papers. This, he sa;d
Continued ~, Loot x