New Britain herald., 1920-10-28
Declares That Weeks Ago He Tried To Have Har- vey's Weekly Suppress Its Publication
DEMOCRATIC LEADER
 SCORNS EXPLANATION
Chairman White Insists it
 Means Nothing As, He As / serts, the Republican Party Owns This Magazine.

Marion. O.. oct. 2s.-Senator Hard ing. republican presidential candidate. today issued tho following statement, regarding the Reid cartoon which is bctng widely discussion;
 My attention was called to tho Reid cartoon, published in Harvey's Week. ly, portraying tho democratic nominee in the diff'cuIt task of hanging a DOT trait of Uncle Sam with the heart of tho covenant. Of course. a candidate has no part in tho exercise of the free dom of tho press. but I not only do not approve of this cartoon but weeks ago came in posscsaion of an advance copy in my capacity n a publisher and immediately asked our newspaper at Marion to wire and request it's sup prcssion- B.. Wanted It Destroyed.
 Believing a I do in the fuilness of lreligiou freedom in America, I am aiwys sensitive about giving offensc to any religious reverence, and tho recommendation to destroy the car foon in question was made when it wns clearly an expressed conviction which conveyed my views without a thought of making n political appeal
 T do not believe that either Car foonivt Reid or Harvey's Weekly. tn- tended any offense. but since it is matter Of public discussion do want my own attitude of disapproval made emphatic"
 White Makes Reply.
 New York, Oct. 2s.--Goorge White, chairman of the democratic national committee today made public a let ter from Allan A. Ryan in connec- ton with the statement issued last i, night by will Hays, chairman of the republican national committee in which MT. Hays disclaimed responsi- bility for dissemination of a cartoon by Albert T. Reid inscribed Prof. wiisonis League of Nations-the Immaculate Conception"
 MT. Ryan's lettcr follows:
 T observe hat Will H. Hays. chair man of the republican national com mittco has attempted a lame apology for the cartoon which invoked blas- phemy and sacrilege in the interest of the republican ticket.
 Ills apology does not. however Focite the true chronology or all tho facts.
 owned By C. O. r.
 As I wrote you on October 23rd this desecration of the Christian re- . lision formed a prominent feature of Harvey's Weekly last week. This journal Ia a purchased organ of the republican national committee. As q wrote you on octoi s' 25th last. tho certoonist who drew it, was and still ts the official eartoonist of the re- publican national committee. I havc since learned that the committee not only sent his cartoon in it's free press service but that 1t was printed In tho October 9th issue of the national re- publican. also q subsidized organ of tho republican national comnnt toeo. The post office departments reports rhow that this organ is owned by MT. Hays. MT. Weeks, MT. Hilles, MT. Adams. Mir. Mckinley and others, now actively engaged in managing Inc republican campaign.
 This shameful cartoon ran a very gauntlet Of official republican ap- proval, ending nt last with the en- romium of him who Senator Hard Ing declares to bo one of America's great minds; who claims that Sena- tor Harding was nominated in his
 
 ming; who Is a frequent and welcome guest in Senator Harding's house and who will continue to be his confidant and advisor If he Is elected president
 "I refer to George Harvey as re- gently as Tuesday evening the con Hdentil dinner companion of MT. Hays himself. on which occasion they presumably discussed how to escape Inc consequences of approving sacri- Iege as political argument.
 After three weeks of widespread use of this cartoon in official organs and republican newspapers they now peek to repudlate it because they have round that the public conscience is aroused against t. That Is the whole story.
 'I can best express my opinion of Inc good faith of MT. Hays and the neconcy of republican subsidized jour 4. nalinm by alIhacrihaaxu 2s