The Washington herald., 1913-07-20
FRANK B. LORD
NOT AQUITTER
Excise Commissioner Nominee
Says He viii Not With
draw from Fight.
STORY WAS INSPIRED
Newspaper Man Issues Vigorous De-
NAL of Report in Cir
culation.

Declaring the story published in ar
afternoon newspaper yesterday TO I'M
effect that he would withdraw his name
from consideration as appointee to mem
hership on the Excise Board was a phast
OF the persecution planned by un
scrupulous opponents, Frank b. Lore
last night issued scathing statement an
nouncing that he has no intention ol
dropping out of the race.
The story which raised Mr.. Lords ire
said that friends of the appointee had an
nounced he would withdraw his name sc
as to prevent a possible rupture between
President Wilson and the Senate Dis.
trict Committee The article explained
that the President was placed in the en-
barrassing position of either Withdrawing
Mr.. Lord s name or facing the opposition
of certain members of the Senate District
Committee.
Opponents Harass Him.
Mr.. Lord declares that his opponent'
have harassed him in every conceivable
manner. trailing him with detectives
prying into his personal affairs, and CIV
ing voice to unfounded Islander and scan
Dial. Mr.. Lord states the opposition to
him is based on the unsupported allega-
lions OF spiteful woman seeking re-
venge.
The story printed in an afternoon
newspaper that l would ask to have my
nomination withdrawn is absolutely and
uneauivocally false" reads the statement
by Mr. Lord. Il have made no sucn
statement and given no such intimation-
Neither has any intimation been made to
me by any one other than Andrew Will
son, of the Anti-Saloon League, that 1
should withdraw.
The story was inspired by my opp
nents. and the wish is father to the
thought. Its publication is only one OF
the many efforts which have been made
to prosecute me since my nomination
went to the Senate The little cotefic of
men who have been opposing me have
resorted to the most despicabie ano ON
temptible methods of persecution. They
rave had detectives trailing me, they
have written letters 10 different parts Of
the country where i have been in The
hope of finding something against me,
but without success; they have secured
Washington TO find a man who, knowing
me, would testify against me. but without
success; they have sent men armed with
my picture through the disreputabls sec
ton of Washington in an attempt to find
some inmate who could identify me. but
without success: they have inplor.d
newspaper men, policemen, and others 20
come forward and say that they knew
something agains. me. but without Sue
cess; they have circulated the report mat
] was once indicted. and that. too in
city where l had never been in my life;
they have called up newspaper Offices
and. refusing to give their names. or le
Lamar have given the names of Other
persons and told stories which had abso-
luteIy no foundation in fact, and now
they inspire narrative to the effect that
/ intend to withdraw.
No Opponent Appears.
The story stated that 1 was out of
town and could not be seen. have not
been out of Washington in three months
and was at my Office in the Munsey
Building all day. No one called there or
called me on the phone regarding this
story. The condition of my withdrawal
is that my opponents shall bring for
ward one man who knows me and who
is willing to testify against me. They
have been unable to finC that one man.
Il do not wish to be understood as
attacking any woman, but the basis of
the charge against me is found in the
unsupported statements of spiteful
woman seeking revenge for my refusal
to do what no man could do and retain
his self-respect. Andrew Wilson had
reason to know that these statements
were untrue when he filed them, for he
told me at my only interview with him
that even if / did dsprove them, bad
impression would be created, and to save
ire that embarrassment, as he expressed
it, in his great magnanimity, advised ME |
to withdraw.
The withdrawal story is only one |
more step in line with the malicious per-
secution by the Anti-Saloon League. |
only one member of which knows me-" |
Andrew Wilson Makes Denial.
Andrew Wilson. president of the Anti !
Saloon League, last night denied that the /
organization was responsible in any
n'anner for the publication of the story ,
yesterday afternoon. He said he knew (
nothing of the origin of the article.
Mr.. Wilson also denied that the Anti !
Saloon League had employed detectives |
to trail Mr.. Lord. and that it had sent |
the appointees photograph through the |
red light district for identification by
inmates there