New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Hearst Supporter,
Silent at Meeting
of War Veteran,
Practically Abandon u.
of Having Convention !.
dorse Publisher
Name Not Mentions,
Delegates Eager for Button
Denouncing Editors
Papers
Name Not Mentioned

MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, Jujv 10
scores of the delegates to the H..
Spanish War Veterans convent;on I.'e' ~
entered the hall to-day carrvin, s'' -
blue and white buttons that b.a, ~ .a'
slogan Il Do Not Read Hears. Paw. '4s e
The convention made no fur.b..
tempt to adopt resolutions i,dn..'
Mr. Hearst. 'HuOfsas
When Alderman ". G. Dawson
nounced that he had obtained vn s a.
Of 300 of these buttons he uss' suppl'
swered by a rush of applicat;o~nss a. u
them. Within a short time l.. ~, -,
given out $50. The men ware Ie ts-ias laa
den TO wear the badges into the e.s
Ventlon' since the veterans bsr.
pledged themselves TO refrain from l1,s ..
lltical discussion during the mss,;,s sss ~
but most of them carried the bp,sas.
IN their pockets, and during the s,r..s cnm..s
OF the session took great uleasu,s :
displaying them to their neighhors Il
The business of the conyentior >.
day was confined to the nassoaa W ',
resolutions, the reading of reports .ra "
the nomination of officers for the eon s,r'
ing year. '''D'
Hearst's Name Not Mentioned
Hearst's name was not mens;orod u
during the session, but one deieo..s
afterward took it upon himself IN IA
fend the newspaper proprietor. He an.
nounced that no one had shouted
Down with Hearst!" during yestar.
days meeting. Other delegates VEN.
tured the opinion that he must have
been deaf.
at is good thing" said W. A.
Reader, of Camp 80, BROOKLYN. when
the assertion of the Hearst defender
was repeated to him, that this fellow
wasn't talking to me. He couldn't have
helped hearing what we yelled when
the Rev. Mr.. Bartholow told Of the at
tacks made upon Mckinley by the dis.
loyal press. I'm going out right away
and get an anti Hearst button for MY
self"
John Brancard, delegate from
Mount Vernon, also asserted that h,
had heard the shouts of Down witt
Hearst!"
Isaac Joel. one of the stronges
Hearst supporters in the convention
was absent during most of the conyen
tion yesterday.
Mr.. Dawson, who Is one of Noun
Nernon's aldermen, explained that Nj
Joel was not particularly popular wit
the Mount Vernon delegates. He ssi
that the Alder.nem, a. 4,.t .ve,s !.
quest, had promised to contribute $50
to help pay the expense of the conveH
ton.
Joel Criticised Aldermen
"When we passed the anti-Hears
resolutions here" Mr.. Dawson el
planned, "Mr. Joel sent a signed lett,
to the local papers, in which he crit
cised our action, asserting that "
were playing peanut politics and wer
Prussian politicians Then he wrot
to US asking for the $500 We refuse
to give it to him. The money wa
raised by John Brancard, who was ap
pointed to this position ct our reques
by the Spanish War Veterans"
w. A. Foster, Thomas F. Cannon ant
Ardolph L. Kline, the present depart
ment commander, were nominated fol
this post. Both of the former with
drew at once in favor of Mr.. Kline
who will be reelected automatically TO-
morrow
The nominees for senior vice-com.
mander are Edward J. Burke and
Charles P. Shinn; for junior vice-com.
mander, Albert Hand and William Ian,
nigan. The convention also adopted
resolutions urging that "our martyred
President William Mckinley be IN
cluded among the nations greatest war
Presidents"