New-York tribune., 1922-06-09
Hearst -Hylan
Ballyhoo Fails
To Stir Mayors
Radical Propagandisis Beat
Rhetorical Tomtoms in
Conference. but Rally No
Recruits 10 Their Cause
Cibes at Miller Resented
Selection of Wilson as New
Council Leader a Rebuke
to Tammany Delegation

p0UCHKEEPSIE. y. T.. June S.
Despite the known determination Of
the strong men IN the State Conference
OF Mayors 10 keep politics out Of the
deliberations. and % build up tae con-
ference as vehicle FOR the conveyance
and interchange OF honest discussion
Of municipal economies. the supporters
Of William r. Hearst. specifically Cor
poration Counsel John p O'Brien and
Commissioner ~ Accounts David
Hirshfeld, OF New York. devoted hours
and .tll more hours a. the recent ses.
sions 70 the spreading Of The radical
Hearst gospel
Mayor Hylan's two speeches-one 20
the eighteen Democratic editors and
the other % the conference as whole
failed 20 make a dent in the confer
ence. Mr. O'Brien. IN a burst o. yer-
bal mower. declared that Mayor Hyian
was "the most conspicuous character in
American public LIE to-day but this
did not make a ripple. No one dis
puted H. and no one admitted - eS-
cep.ine the Corporation Counsel and
MS blushinE chief
Navor Hvlan ~ the Masonic Temple
on Wednesday night had an audience
AZ e n Cf0Fe NA HUWAN ~
more drifted m before ne finished
Governor Miller On the preceding eve
-irc a, the Columbus Institute mad
f.1 house With more than 500 present
ard more would have been inside ..
the long dinner tables used N TIC ear.J
part OF the evening rad not been N
tire way.
Mavor Hylsn deepened 'he growins
I a nQnnIr thai
no does not write his ovn speecnes
The newspaper men we're asked oy tne
up.state MAYORS about this, but were
not able 20 give definite Information
The DELEGATES % the conference us
tened for Themselves. and tney nearo
the Mayor read both his addresses. and
., times he read rather haitingly n,
that-as 4 not quite sure Of his mental
footing He suffered IN comparison
with Governor Miller, who invariaoiy
has a firm grip on his subject eno
holds his auditors in delivering ms
addresses. speaking without notes.
After conjufing the spooks Of
crooked maripulators IN both the Ke'
publican and Democratic parties wn,
arc the agents and lickspitties OF
monopolies." and neatly ard expedite
nously drawing and quartering them
transformirg for a minute or Two thf
auditorium into righteous thamo1e5
the pushwick Elijah declared for can
didates for Governor who will serve
the people and wNo viil battle foi
their rights and then he sprnng ths
types on the waiting lsO-"rien Of th'
type" said The Mayor. of Rocmar
Wanamaker. William Randolph Hearst
Hiram ". Johnson and Nathan Straus
With the exception OF hr. Hears'
none Of these is under consideration by
,he Hearst Hylan-Tammany controller
Of the local Democracy.
Mayor Hylan's sfpersions on IN
Miller state policies were greeted bj
silence.
The new president Of the State Con
ference Of Mayors. Thomas A. Wilson
OF Binghnmton, was chosen on hi
merits. He is Princeton man. foot
ball captain Of decade ago. brother o.
a former Yale football captain. anS
brother also Of an American soldie'
killed in the World War. He is :
more man. and when h.. stood hefor'
his brother Mayors on Wednssda.
morning and analyzed facts and hgurei
concerning administration costs ir
Binghamton and other cities Of ~
same class. ne made a fine impression
TIE Hearst men-the few who go'
busy on the task-made no progress
when they tried % elect Mayor Carlson
o. Jamestown. They had No sPeeia
love for Carlson. who IS well thought
Of. but they wanted 70 make monkey
Of" the Binghamton man, because ne y
a Republican. friend of Governor Miller
and looks 20 many like future Gov
ernor. The delegates paid little at'en
tion % the arguments Of the Hearsl
men. Wilson was unanimoufly elected