The sun., 1919-01-18
HEARST SHOUTERS
AT GARDEN OUSTED
All That Cheer for Publisher
Hustled Out, but They
Silently Return.
CROWD Is DISAPPOINTING
Many Believed There Was to
Be Admission Price-FOrce
of Cops on Hand.

Of Cops on Hand.
For once one must snatch at page
Of the off1cial stenographer's sternly &c
eurate minutes to show a cross section
Of Madison Square Garden meeting.
II was the meeting called by the In
dependent Citizens Committee Of Well
come to give the Homecoming soldiers
marines and sailors a proper salutation
and to protest against the inclusion OF
william r. Hearst In the Mayors COM
mittee. This is sheet b. Of the official
record:
(Following DR.. Mannlng's address,:
DR.. Hibben-I.adies and Gentlemen ::
II there Is any one present in this room
who does not approve of the sentiments
expressed upon this platform let him
leave this building at once. applause
(Number of soldiers and civilians
leave room. amid cries OF "Hurrah for
HeaHt!")
DR.. Hlbben-rlay one verse Of
America" Ito the band).
,Band plays first verse OF America
tCres OF ''Hurrah for Hearst"o
-r. Hlbben--Please be seated. Please
% seated. have great pleasure Nn-
terruption; cries of "Hurrah y Voice:
Proceed with tho speaking ~.
DR.. Hibben-I have great pleasure In
Introducing DR.. Boynton Of Brooklyn.
(Applause) VIII the audience please
be seated? Every one down: every one
down. Please be seated. Every one
seated. (Cries OF "Hurrah!') Rev. DR..
Boynton of Brooklyn. (Applause) (Cries
Of Three cheers for Hearst! ~ CAP
plause and hisses.)
Rev. DR.. Nehemiah Boynton-Mr.
Chairman interruptions: cries and APP
plause. Some person makes speech
from the extreme side platform to the
right OF the formal speakers PLATFORM
(Cries OF "IIurrah." and applause)
Beck Scores Disturbers.
"Hired men" James NJ. Beck called
the persons whose screams for Hoist
whenever the editor was mentioned or
alluded to, though a few of them were
women.
A few too were sailors In uniform.
notably four from the receiving ship
New York, who Just before they were
elected into Fourth avenue by the police
shouted out their real desire. which was
What We want is six months pay
something the Hearst papers have lately
been clamorng for and an appeal for
which was printed on cards distributed
outside the Garden as II II were the
text OF a resolution upon which the
meeting was TO act.
President John Grier Hibben OF
Princeton University. who was chairman.
announced at the outset that any dis
tWber would be put out. and that very
thing was done About ten persons were
hustled outside by uniformed policemen
and members OF the United States Pro-
vost Guard. to be received sympatheti-
ally by Hearst agents In the ofiing, and
ret FREQ without arrest. Some Of them
trolled back. but behaved with ex-
RENE caution thereafter.
The Garden was Just about half filled.
which means that It held close to 5000
people. Obviously 9ei9 per cent. OF then,
we're In full sympathy with the pur-
poses of the anti-Hearst welcoming COM
nittee. but the other one-halt per cent.
we're there to do their duty which they
lid.
Evening Ends Quietly.
At the end @: the meeting Chairman
Hibben said:
"I am sure that every right minded
ratfiouc citizen in the audience would
Ike TO express his opinion OF protest
against the organized attempt to break
'p this meeting and in the second place
70 declare that in our opinion the in
dependent committee of the citizens OF
New York should not have in It's mem
oership any one who has camoufiaged
his ro-German pacifism. All who agree
with these sentiments will rise
large ma jority OF tho crowd stood
up and DR. Hibben added
I'VE want at least to see who are our
friends and who are our enemies. Let
IL play The Star Spangled Banner >
The audience again arose and the eve
ming ended quietly.
The crowd would have been bigger II
he public had not got the idea that
seats were held at a price. which some
" them were. and II the police had no,
or a time stopped in the streets leading
% the Garden without tickets Mos
" the tickets went to societies which
ere backing the anti-Hearst committed
movement
Police Out in Force.
Mayor IIyian and Police Commissioner
Enricht took no chances. In and around
.he building. and including IS mounted
men ready to Eallop forth from the ne
1agerie quarters in the basement. wer,
men ready To gaiiop forth from the men
agerie quarters IN the basement. wher,
Guards, which 10 the navys equvalen
o the Provost Guard.
Forty or fifty OF the Motor Corps O.
he Women's League for National Ser
vice. who looked equal to anything bu
,ontented themselves with ushering
were on hand. Three s:enographer
from the Mayors office sweated dowr
their collars taking notes and Hears
stenographers were uncountable.
The leather lunged Hearst shouters le
Dr. Hibben get through his introductor,
remarks because they contained no d.!
rect reference 20 their idol. He ex
planned that I've propose to form al
independent committee OF citizens FREE
from any Teutonic faint men who hav
never given directly or Indirectly com
fort or aid TO the enemy. men who's
patriotism has not been due to the pres
sure OF public opinion from without bu
TO the kindling fire of loyal devotion
within. men who believed from tho be
ginning that II was the imperative dut.
OF our country TO go to the help OF tn
Allies in their desperate struggle to saw
the world"
lie said the welcome to the men "wh
have gone. down to the very gates o
he'll" for us must he IN the hands o
citizens whose names and recor
throughout the war have been withou
reproach or suspicion"
BiR Cheer for Roosevelt.
He raised tremendous cheer whe,
he said that on the day before Co
Roosevelts death the Colonel had sent
telegram accepting the honorary chair
r7inship of the committee and promls
ing to be 'at call for active service
the spring