Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1919 — HEARST IS ON; HUGHES IS OFF [ARTICLE]

HEARST IS ON; HUGHES IS OFF

LETTER OF EXPLANATION SENT, BUT HYLAN’S REPLY IS SARCASTIC. New York, Dec. 31.—Charles E. Hughes has made public correspondence exchanged with Mayor Hylan, in which was made known his refusal to serve on the mayor’s committee to welcome homecoming troops because William Randolph Hearst was a member.. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, former miriister to the Netherlands, has also refused to serve on the committee, giving the same reason. In a letter declining tip serve, Mr. Hughes shid he regarded “this relation of Mr. Hearst to the city’s welcome as most unsuitable,” “and men can not fail to resent it.” Mayor Hylan rep Hied that Mr. Hughes’ pleasure at the return of the troops “must have been very deep seated when you allow your personal feelings with respect to an individual to influence you, rather than your duty to the soldier boys,” and added that he supposed “if you and Mr. Hearst had been of draft age and, had been called by the you would have refused to serve.” , Mr. Hughes answered that ‘he could show his appreciation of the soldiers’ work without p^icil»Ung J in “the use of the city’s welcome as a vehicle for a public testimonial to Mr. Hearst.” Many prominent New York men have taken a position similar to that of Mr. Hughes and declined to serve on a committee with Hearst.