New-York tribune., 1919-10-30
Smith Calls
On Public to
Gag Hearst
Confined from page I

mlne. 1 want TO say to the chairman
that if he kept tickets for friends of
Hearst he could keep them in his ear.
"ln his morning edition Of The
American he has picture of me with
a laboring man cartooned on one side
and a m )ther and her children on the
other. The heading Of it is, "Answer
these people, Governor Smith" ] want
TO say to this audieNce that / was
anxious to bring him 49, this platform
os that he could answer to these people.
They need no answer from me, and be-
fore am finished will make it my
business to see that they need no an
swer from me--they need it from him:
they need it from the man that is ex-
plotting them; they need it from the
man that is sowing in their minds and
in their hearts the seeds of disorder
and discomfort to suit his own dirty,
selfish purposes.
"Now this afternoon | said to my
self: When | get on the stage tonight
| will try and imagine that ! am a
lawyer, and | will try and imagine that
have a case to make out before a
jury, and will have in mind that
every jury in a case of circum stantial
e' idence is keen to know the motive.
That establishes over so per cent of
the case if you can show the m otive.
attack upon me, | propose to take this
audience by the hand and walk them
through my administration since Janu
airy / up to tonight, ard | will put in
Jour minds as quickly as it can be done
the motive for this attack upon me.
Defends kellogg
con the first of January, when I
went INTO office appointed as my lega.
adviser Judge Joseph A. Kellogg. ol
lens Falls. In all Of the State of New
York cleaner and ADLER man could
not be found for that position. and
when | went to him and, asked him to
accept it he was reluctant about it.
asked him to do it for me, TO help me,
and he finally consented. AT the time
Of his appointment not word was said
~ either The American or The
eournai.'
"On the ninth OF January there was
an acute situation in the city here be-
cause OF strike between the farmers
III the one hand and the distributors
CT milk on the other. | was appealed
20. Under the law of the state ! had
no power TO command any man to DO
anything that thought he ought to do,
but | undertook to settle the strike. In
mat was successful, for the milk be
.an to flow into New York, and the COM
.nlttee so arranged it that there was to
be no increase in the price to the con-
sumner. That is what happened on tho
ninth OF January, and that is the COM
mittec that is so grossly and so grave
ly misreDresented in the Hearst news
papers al being a committee made up
Of the representatives of the trust.
Turned Down Hearst
"And that fact has been distorted
and turned around until it is mass
OF lies. not understandable to anybody.
only the man that concocts them, for
he has the hidden motive and the hid
den purpose in the back of his head.
EVERYTHING went along all right until
the 25th Of March, when we had the
parade of the 9th Division. Before
that parade, Mr.. Hearst. through an
other party, made request Of me that
think, as Governor of this state in
honor ! could 90 it. Through another
partv Mr. Hearst asked me for an ap-
pointment for friend Of his. made
UP my mind that the appointee should
be a woman to state commission, and
selected woman from the Western
part of the state. And that disap-
pointed him.
Ten days after that the first edi-
torial appears in The New York Amer
lean 1t does not chastise me. 1t is
& kindly editorial. 1t is one of those
editorials of warning. 1t says, 'The
viii he fail?' 1t quotes statement
that made upon the adjournment Of
the Legislature, criticizing them for
failing TO pass the welfare bill that
rec commended in my first annual mes
sage. And then it follows on by say.
ng, Those are nice words, Governor
bat the people don't go by words; they
70 by deeds. Why did you appoiM1
juGge Kellogg a Public Service Com
missionerr' He was al right on Jan
uary !, but after Mr.. Hearst suffered
is disappointment because he felt tha
he could net call upon me to do tha
which did not think was right, h
sound fault with Kellogg and used tha
familiar expression Of his, "A tool o
the corporations or something to tina
effect.
"At the bottom of it his editoria
writer wrote this: The people hate
trimmer and traitor, d hacker and
fller q temporizer and a compromisel
No Democrat has ever yet succeeded
in that way
"Had Hearst in Mind"
Now, hold that the man that wrot
that had Hearst himself in his min
because he fills that bill to a It
cannot be made to apply to ME hecaus
have succeeded.
The warning wes issued on Apr
%. and it tked to me as if the warn
ing were paving the way for somethin
else that was going to happen, becaus
around that time it was whspere
that a judge Of the Supreme Cour
sitting in the Appellate Division
was about to resign, and the littl
warning was intended to let the Coy
ernor know that he must not slip IL
on that one. SO, accordingly, on Apr
80 and before the resignation was ser
TO the Governor I received this letter
Ny Dear Governor: understan
that Supreme Court Justice Clarenc
}. Shearn has resigned his Office, t
take effect May /. AS one Of tn
friends and admirers of Reg Ste
James \. Donegan, may ] not take tn
liberty OF suggesting to you his nam
for consideration when this matter
before you for decision? James !
Donegan is the chairman of the Inde
pendence League party and the part
associate of Justice Shcarn, whom h
succeeded as chairman OF the leagu
He has been a resident OF New Yor
for many years and believe you hav
known him personally for lon
period His qualifications arc adm
rabc. A we'll known lawyer, Of splcr
did character. sound judgment, pc
so fy DoDuiar aDouf~ . \ rlass,a h