The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-13
SQUABBLE OVER
GERMAN VOTES
| GETS PEPPERY
National Chairmen Hurl Deli
ance Across 42nd Street.
HapgOOd Charges Are "Mere
Orwell" Declares Wilcox.
IRIDDER EXPOSES DEMOCRATS
Declares Wilson Scouts Sought
German Support.
This Failed and Charges
Against Hughes Follow.
National Chairmen Hurl Def.
ance Across 42nd Street.
HapgOOd Charges Are "Mere
Drivel," Declares Wilcox.
BIDDER EXPOSES DEMOCRATS
Declares Wilson Scouts Sought
German Support.
This Failed and Charges
Against Hughes Follow.

New York, Oct 13-For the first
time during the present campaign,
there was a hop put on the political
balltoday at both Republican and
Democratic headquarters.
"DrivveI," statements absolutely
untrue" and other personalities were
hurled back and forth across Forty
second street, which is all that ma
teriaIly divides the offices of Republi-
can Chairman Wilcox from those OF
Democratic Chairman Mccormick
The first stuff was put on the
ball by Chairman Mccormick when
he was asked about the widely pub
lished statement of Victor Ridder to-
day.
I'VE have no professional propagan-
dists sitting at the desk of the nation
al chairman over here, issuing state
ments against the United States gov
eminent" said Mccormick. AS Tor
the Hughes attitude, expressed in press
dispatches, that he regards himself
| potential president and cannot there-
fore answer charges, l would cas-
ually remark that Mr.. Hughes poten-
TALLY still consists of 100 per cent
candidacy"
Chairman. Replies to Chairman.
Replving to Chairman Mccormick S
statement Chairman Wilcox said;
ASK the Democratic chairman who
ting at his desk. 1 knew nothing or the
! Ridder statement until he asked me TO
see it a few minutes before it was
given out 1t was not changed after
l saw it. I had no conference about
it with him."
Then Norman Hapgood issued an
other statement, in which he fatty de-
clared Hughes was nominated thru
| German influence, and is now re
spending to German pressure. He
! said if Hughes should be elected, 1t
would be thru German support.
Mr.. Riders last effort said Hap
good, twas cooked up, as he admits
with the assistance of Republican
managers Republican managers are
alarmed and they are playing to their
| two strongest groups OF supporters
the organized wealth element and
those foreigners who put loyalty te
one country ahead of loyalty to the
United States. 1t is an anti patriotic
program
Mr. Ridder gave out a statement
which he insisted proved that Pres
ident Wilson had for weeks been ang-
ling for the German-American vote.
Ridder Makes Accusations.
Mr. Ridder made these accusations
l. That in April and again on Sep
tember Is, last, State Senator KEN
V Keller, of Illinois, as an emissary
from Woodrow Wilson and Colonel E
M. House, invited MIN TO WISH the
president at the White House, $50 tina
he can convince you that he is friendly
to GERMANY" Mr. Ridder declined tt
meet the president.
2. At a fruitless all-night confer
ence N this city on September 16 ant
III, United States Senator William ]
Stone of Missouri, as spokesman fol
the president declared to at leas
eight influential German American!
that the anti German poll
cies of the Wilson administration
were only for public consumption
and that Wilson men were ready t.
work privately hand-in-glove with the
German-American leaders," in return
for their support of Wilson for re
election.
3. That ten days later Postmaste
General Burleson called a conference
at Democratic national headquarters
ito accomplish what Senator Ston'
failed to accomplish"
Calls 1t HypocriticaI Campaign.
4. That Wilson, Stone, Burleson ant
| Keller have been conducting the sam
kind of ''hypocritical campaign" il
the west that they tried to prosecute
in New York.
Senator Stone and Postmaster Gen
. eral Burleson have made categorical
denials of Mr.. Riders charges.