New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-20
Bill Approved by Governor
Will Supplant Hylan's
Committee Of Welcome
Publishers Agents Beaten
congressman and Elective
State Officers Named in
the Measure by Adler
Nesc York Tribune
Staff Correspondence


ALBANY, Feb 19.-William Ran
dolph Hearst will have to take back
place with Mayor Hylan in welcoming
returning soldiers. This was deter
tween Governor Smith and the legis-
lative leaders.
Tomorrow or Friday Simon L. Ad-
Ter, majority leader of the Assembly,
will introduce resolution creating
the state committee to welcome return
ing soldiers, to supplant the Hearst
Hylan committee
The resolution reads:
"Rcsolved, if the Senate concur, That
q committee be hereby created, to con-
sist of the Governor, Lieutenant Gov
ernor, the President pro tenn. of the
Senate. the Speaker Of the Assembly,
the elective state officers, the members
of the State Senate and Assembly, the
Regents of the University of the State
of New York, members of the Court
of Appeals, the Senators and Repre-
sentativcs from this state in the Con-
gress of the United States, to consti-
tute an official reception committee to
attend in a body and review the 9th
Division Of the American Expedition
airy Force upon its return from France
as an expression of grateful recogni-
ton of the patriotism and devotion of
the soldiers, sailors and marines from
this state who served in the army and
navy of the United States during the
world war;
After the conference Governor
Smith. who will head the committee,
said to The Tribune correspondents:
Il am heartily in favor of state
committee to welcome our boys. The
we'll try to give them the best sort
of a welcome home possible"
Thaddeus G. Sweet, Speaker Of the
Assembly, who led the fight against the
Hearst Hylan influences which have
been trying to prevent the Legislature
taking such action. said tonight:
"The resolution will in all probable
ity be adopted in both branches of the
Legislature tomorrow. | do not know
After talking over the plan with the
Governor and others representing the
various gentlemen who will constitute
the committee, it was decided that the
best plan was to let each member of
the committee pay his own expenses
If we were to appropriate a fund it
could be said that we were on a junket-
ing excursion. That cannot be said
now. We all felt that serving on this
committee was an honor worth paying
for"
The creation Of the state committee.
which has been demanded by returned
soldiers, their families and patriotic
and civic associations, and by members
of Congress from this state, has
caused CONSERVATION in the ranks Of
the Hearst-Hylan forces.
When the proposition was first
preached by Assemblyman Joseph
Steinberg, of New York, one Hearst
agent is said to have gone around
making threats.
This Hearst agent, after telling
Steinberg "to let up on the resolution"
saying, "If you don't Hearst will get
you," called on Speaker Sweet and
urged him to kill the measure. Then
he called on Governor Smith. After
seeing the Governor the Hearst agent
went around the corridors Of the Cap
itol Boosting that neither the Legis-
lature nor the Governor would stand
for any committee of welcome for re-
turning troops.
One Democratic legislative leader
tonight said:
~ suppose we can all look for at
tacks from Hearst from now on" Then
the Democratic leader drew a clipping
from his pocket.
"This," he explained, "is what Sam