The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-29
SMITH SILENT AS
HEARST KEEPS ON
Governor Reserves Blast for
Meeting Tonight at Car
negie Hall.
MURPHY ATTACK PUSHED
Editor Continues Fight in
News Articles, Editorials
and Cartoons.

Gov. Smith had nothing to say for
publication about William Randolph
Hearst yesterday. He was holding HIM
self in reserve for his blast tonight from
the platform of Carnegie Hall, which has
been hired for the purpose by the COM
mittee Of one hundred, Of which Jefrer-
son De Mont Thompson is chairman.
Mr.. Hearst, however, continued his at
taoks on Charles F. Murphy and the
Governor. Instead of being subdued by
the suit for libel brought against him
and the Erenin0 JourrdI by Mr.. Murphy
the editor opened up his batteries all the
wider. He assailed his opponents in
news articles, editorials and in cartoons.
1t was decided yesterday that half the
tickets to the meeting tonight, which
had been reserved for Mr.. Hearst, should
be distributed by the committee. Hun
dreds of applications poured into the
headquarters at the Waldorf and the
supply was exhausted early in the day.
The other half was given to the Gov
ernor.
Tells Who Hired Hall.
Col. Thompson will preside tonight
ana make a SHOTl opening duuTeSs' I1e
will be followed by the Governor. who
will have the remainder of the evening
to himself, according to the plans last
night 1t was announced by the commit
tee that the Rev. DR.. Howard Duffield.
for many years pastor of the Old First
Presbyterian Church in Fifth avenue
had consented to act as one of the vice
chairmen of the meeting.
"Tammany Hall has had nothing to do
with hiring the hail." said Col. Thomp-
son, replying to the charges OF Mr..
Hearst. II personally hired the hall and
paid for It with my own personal check "
The summons in the Murphy libel suit
against Mr.. Hearst and the Star Com
pany, publisher of the Evening Journal
was fled in the Supreme Court yester-
d"v by a representative of Olcott,
IOuynge, McManus & Ernst counsel for
Mr.. Murphy. Mr.. Olcott would not in
dictate the amount OF damages that would
be asked in the complaint, which has not
been fed Beyond saying that Mr..
M",'hy had made no profits from the
C u ose contracts Mr.. Olcott refused to
discuss the case.
William A. DeF'ord. counsel for Mr..
Hearst, accepted the summons and filed
a notice of appearance.
In the New York American yesterday
the leading editorial was entitled Boss
Murphy as war Frontier with EngliSh
Contracts and a Maker of Judges 1t
was reprinted in the evening paper along
with a cartoon headed Hire Hall"
Luce Eefeat Sought.
That Mr. Hearst is interested only In
the defeat of Justice Robert L. Luce
and would be perfectly satisfied with the
election of Justice Newburger and Irwin
Tntermyer has been rumored for some
time. Color was given TO this report
by this sentence in the editorial:
Mr.. Murphy's offence in trying to ele-
vate Robert L. Luce to the Supreme
Court is all the graver in this case be-
cause the boss has nominated Mr.. Luce
to take the place of Justice Newbur-
ger a jurist of unusual industry, indie
penderce. learning, integrity and long
experience on the bench.
THE most important issue of this
election of November is the defeat OF
Robert l.. Luce and the election both OF
Justice Newburger TO the Supreme Court
and of Richard H. Smith to the City
Court"
AS a matter OF fact Justice Luce is
now sitting on the Supreme Court by APP
pointment and Mr.. Untermyer and not
Justice Luce was named to take the
place of Justice Newburger