New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
Many Bodies May
Combine Protests
Against Hearst
Republican Club Committee
Expects Cooperation of
Other Organizations to
Follow the Conferences


Following up the determination on
the part of members of the Republican
Club expressed at the meeting of the
club on Monday night, when President
Robert w. Bonynge was authorized to
appoint committee to confer with
other organizations for the purpose of
pMr;G'5,e?sstlng against the continuance of
William n. Hearst as a member of the
committee to welcome the returning
soldiers, Mr. Bonyngc's committee held
conference at the club last night,and
got things under way.
The following subcommittee to push
forward the object of the resolution
adopted on Monday night was named by
Mr. Bonynge; Taylor More, John A.
Dutton, Oscar w. Ehrhorn, William Nj.
X. Olcott, and Mr.. Bonynge. Present at
the conference also were Francis S.
Bangs, Alderman Arnon l.. Squiers. and
Charles Stuart Davidson, of the Amer
lean Defense Society. a.
The subcommittee will confer with
other organizations and individuals at
once with the idea of getting a mass
meeting organized" said Oscar w. Ehr-
horn, speaking for the committee.
There is strong probability that
the scope of the protest uttered bv the
Republican Club will be greatly broad
ened.
1t is likely that all of the great
ultimately cooperate and that the
movement will have the support Of
the membership of civic bodies like
the Chamber of Commerce, Produce
Exchange. Merchants Association. and
of the clergymen of various denomina-
tlons, many of whom have already gone
on record against the presence of Mr.
hearst upon the welcoming committee
ihe fold marked Hearst COM
mittees" IN the indexed letter files in
mayor Hylan's Office grew slightly
more corpulent yesterday with the ad-
dltlon of several heated refusals to
serve on the Mayors committee. and a
copy OF resolution adopted by the
executive committee of the American
Rights League.
Tins resolution called on Mr.. HvIan
TO ask for the resignation of Hearst
from this committee and was signed
by George Haven Putnam. president
OF the league. The resolution follows:
We hold that Mr.. Hearst is not
representative citizen; and we hold
further that he has during the past
years gwen evidence of being an un-
oeslrable citizen. A man who did
what he could to keep this country
from entering the war and who has
used his influence as a journalist in
defence of pro- German propaganda
and in defence of the indefensible
methods with which Germany has
conducted war in America, as we'll
as IN Europe, and who opposed Wig
orously the sending of American
troops to fulfil the part due from
the Republic in the worlds contest,
IS not entitled to the privilege of
taking part in extending a welcome
to those soldiers on their return
from the successful accomplishment
of their task.
Resolved, That the Mayor be re-
quested to recons der his action and
to obtain the resignation of Mr..
Hearst from this committee"
These are members of the executive
committee of the league: George Haven
Putnam, Everett V. Abbot, Lawrence F.
Abbott, W. X. Bryce, H. de Raasloff'
Richard H. Gatling, Franklin H. Gid
dings, Lawrence Godkin, Richard nj.
Hurd, William D. Murphy, John Har-
sen Rhoades, Louis Livingston Seaman
and James B. Townsend The learue
was organized "for upholding the duty
of the republic in international rela-
tions"
One of those whose refusal to serve
on the Mayors Committee of Welcome
reached Mayor Hylan yesterday was
Albert Gallatin, who was chairman Of
the subcommittee on arts and decora-
tlons OF the recently dissolved MAYORS
Committee on National Defence.