New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Incensed Over Scheme to
Fix Things for White
washing Resolution
Can't Be Bought for
The Price of a Band
Insult Seen in Effort to Get
Approval for Hearst's
Americanism

The rank and file Of Urited Span
ish War Veterans were thoroughly
incensed yesterday over the attempc Of
the state convention at Mount Vernon
next week would pass a resolution
wkitewashing William Randolph Hearst
and his newspapers.
The attendance of the police band Of
New York City at the convention was
one Of the principal levers which the
Hearst workers intended to use in
showing the whitewashiag resolution
through the convention. For more
than a week they let it be known
among convention delegates that
Hearst had spoken good word for the
veterans at City Hall, ana as result
the convention would have the free use
of New York's police band-mostly at
New York's expense
Hearst workers have been emphasize
ing the fact that, if it mad not been
for William Randolph Eearst's in
fiuence with the city officials, the police
band never would have been ordered to
furnish music for the veterans gath
ering at Mount Vernon. And the
Hearst men have been citing Hearst's s
thoughtfulness in regard to the band
as one of the reasons Why the con-
vention should pass unanimously a
resolution placing the United Spanish
War Veterans stamp of approval on
the Hearst variety of Americanism.
Called an Insult
War veterans said yesterday it was
an insult for Hearst workers TO argue
that their organization should pass a
he procured a band for their conven-
tom One veteran said the indorse-
ment of the men who answered the
country's call in 1898 could not be
bought for the price Of band.
This veteran asserted that a verse
of a poem printed in the "San Fran
cisco Examiner" and reprinted by
other Hearst papers in 1900, would
prove stumbling block for any pro-
Hearst resolution presented at the
Mount Vernon convention The verse
ir question follows:
The bullet that pierced Goebels breast
Cannot be found in all the West
Good reason--it is speeding here.
To stretch Mckinley his bier.
The veteran purposed yesterday to
have this verse printed on a small card
and placed in the hands Of every con-
vention delegate.
"a verse like that cuts Spanish War
! veterans to the quick, for William Nc
kinley was commander in chief of our
army" said Bernhardt Wall Mr..
Wall, an artist, at 1e47 Broadway, is
q past departmental commander of the
United Spanish War Veterans. As de-
partment commander in 1911 and 1912
he was head of the veterans in New
York State.
Want Clean Record
MANY Spanish War veterans have
/ rcentered Uncle Sans service in the
{ present war;" continued Mr.. Wall.
"Cthers have been unable to, but when
this war is won, we want after the
name Of every living Spanish War vet
eran mark of service of some kind
whether it be service at the front or
service rendered in Red Gross and Lib
erty Lpan campaigns at home.
And the Spanish War veterans do
not wan. marked up on their account
any resolution indorsing newspapers
which insult our Allcs''
Spanish War veterans revealed yes
terday The identity of the member of
their organization who is leading the
pro-Hearst element. He is a man who
once failed Of election to a hiph pub]ic
Office, although accorded the hearty
support of Hearst's New York daily
papers. However, when John f. Hylan
went to City Hall this man was put
in city job which pays him S1O0 a
week. Veterans expressed the convic-
ton that this mans friendship for
Hearst caused the $4,000 municipal
plum to fall his way.