Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-20
Money, Money, Who's Got
the Money in 1920 Race? ?
Maybe Financial Interests Back LOWden fOI
President, Maybe WOOd-AnyhOI0 Acri-
n,OniOus Debate Has Sprung Up
by CLINTON w. GILBERT
N Correspondent Of the Evening Public Iedscr

Washington, Dec. 20.--Thc Wood
and Lowden promoters have begun. or
some one has begun for them, n slightly
acrimonious debate as to which of the
two is the candidate Of the money in
terests. 1t started with an attack upon
| the Illinois governor. charging that his
candidacy was closely associated with
certain big financial personages.
| Governor I.owten is the son in law
| of George NJ. Pullman, of Pullman
palace car fame As such his name Is
anathcma to certain more radical Re
| publcans. William Allen White having
already gone so far aS to serve notice
| in his paper, the Emporia Gazette, that
! in case of lowden's nomination ne
would bolt the ticket.
| The Lowden people. hearing Of n
| base attempt to submarine an excel
! lent and worthy candidacy. have at once
nscribed it to the Wood promoters. In
reply they. or some one in their in e
| terests, called attention to the wealthy
gentlemen who would like to see Cen
eral Wood nominated. And the story
was circulated that when the Wood
! campaign was under consideration n
meeting was held in the home of the
| late Henry G. Frick, of Pittsburgh.
Dan X. Hanna, nf Cleveland. son
Of the late Senator Marcus Hanna, was
present.
Dan Hanna Backs Wood
| As result Of this meeting ample
means were available, it was said, for
the Wood promoters. Since then Mr..
Hanna has declared for General Wood
| in his newspaper, the Cleveland News.
in spite Of the fact that Ohio has a
| favorite son in the person of Senator
| Harding, and Mr.. Hanna is credited
with the intention of fighting to take
some of Ohio away from Harding and
to give it to Wood, precipitating some
thing like the situation that existed in
1912, when Roosevelt entered the home
state of President Taft and fought him
there for the delegates. Mr. Hanna par
ticipated financially and otherwise In
that fray
In the interest of Governor Jowden
it is suggested that the Wood promot
ers, wishing to distract attention from
! the support of their candidate by Mr..
Hanna. William Cooper Proctor, the
late II. c. Frick, and perhaps George
w. Perkins, are pointing the finger a
| Governor Lowden's s friends
But these reports are hard to trace
| and it may be that some one interested
| IN Governor lIOWueu, atter TCanlnR VIII
| liam Allen Whites editorial and know
| ing that Mr.. White and his friends like
| General Wood pretty we'll, has stirred
| the waters in order that people will re
mark upon how agreeable to certain
persons of great wealth the leading
candidate for the Republican nolnina
! ton, General Wood, is.
Well. Financed Candidates
Or it may be that the friends oI
some third candidate, Senator Harding
| for example. have started the whole
| thing in order that the public should
! know what is the undoubtcd fact. thn
| in all these preliminary mancuvcrs the
money is down upon two mon. WOOD
and Lowden. From n source in New
York, surely we'll informed upon finance
and politics, it is learned that these
two, as things stand today. would be
| the well financed candidates. They
would cavry the money.
The Wood movement has the financia
backing that was always available fol
Theodore Roosevelt plus some backint
that the general himself has obtained
by reason Of the popularity that his
! Plattsburg training camp movement anC
his quarrels with the Wilson admins