Evening star., 1920-03-29
MR. M'AD00 AGAIN
REFUSES TOENTER
STATE PRIMARIES
Gen. Wood Charges Effort to
Influence Michigan Vote.
Other Political News.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
NEW YORK. March 29.-Wiliiam e.
McAdoo again has expressed himself
as opposed personally to being q can
dldate In q presidential primary and as
advocating that delegates to the next
democratic convention should go un-
instructed. He has made public a
telegram to George A. Lovejoy of
Portland. Ore. which in part said:
Il have your telegram advising me
that the McAdoo Club of Oregon has
secured one thousand signatures to
tors In the Oregon presidential pri-
| mary election to be held May 81 and
| expressing the hope that 1 will grant
permission to file the petition.
II deeply appreciate this generous
offer Of support from my friends in
oregon, but 1 earnestly beg them not
| to enter me as a candidate in this pri-
| mary. I publicly stated in February
last that I believe the next demo-
cratic national convention should De
composed Of uninstructed delegates.
who should be free to exercise their
| unfettered Judgment as to platform
| and candidate.
II also stated that I am not seeking
| and will not seek the nomination. al
| though / should regard 1t as the duty
of any man to accept a nomination If
| rendered to him unsolicited by the
| free action Of a convention composed
of free men and women. Holding
these deep convictions I cannot con-
mary in any state where the object is
to instruct delegates for a particular
! candidate.
"The grave issues confronting the
country make this a peculiarly inappro-
pirate time for self-seehing and self-ex-
1nif 70 Inv 10 oetx
for the subordination of individual am
bitions to high principle and the COM
mon good, q peculiarly exacting time for
clean politics and for purity Of the bal
lot In primary and general elections,
and time for strong apprehension of the
improper use Of money to influence the
nomination and election of candidates
to Office"
Gen. Wood Denies Borah Charges.
CHICAGO. March 2s.-Gen. Leonard
Wood. candidate for the republican pres
idential nomination. in statement de-
clares that charges made by Senator
Borah concerning the campaign methods
of the Wood national committee are un-
warranted and that he isSonvinced they
were for the purpose Of influencing ad-
versely the primary vote in Michigan.
The statement follows:
II am convinced that Senator Borah's
attack at this time Is for the purpose
Of influencing adversely the primary
vote in Michigan next Monday, April 5.
A similar attack was reported in the
press a few days before the South
Dakota primary and was used through
out that state, I believe. for a similar
purpose
Those who are in charge Of my CAM
paign stand ready to answer all proper
inquiries concerning expenditures Sem
ator Borahas attack Is entirely unwar-
ranted"
Dry Issue In Maine.
BANGOR. Me. March 29.-National
prohibition is likely to be discussed
at some length at the democratic
state convention in this city tomor-
row. Delegates have announced their
intention of trying to obtain inclusion
in the platform of a plank expressing
opposition to prohibition and demand
ing repeal of the federal amendment.
It isl expected that the convention
will follow the precedent in this state
Of sending its delegates uninstructed.