Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-15
CHARGES ATTEMPT
MADE To PURCHASE
W0DD NOMINATION
BUTLER SORRY THAT "CROOkED'
FORCES PICKED SO GOOD 4
MAN AS GENERAL.
SAYS PARTY HONOR SAVED
Unsuccessful Candidate says Chief
Task of Convention Was "a Pre-.
vent sale of Choice 10 High.
csi bidder.
By Associated l'rcss.

ny Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June li--CharEcs that
"a motley group uf stock gamblers, oil
and mining promoters. munitiun MAX
crs aud like persons scizrd upon - good
man ~ General Wood. with gccklcss
audaciiy and started out to buy Tor
him the presidential nomination" were
made In a statement given out tonight
by Nicholas Murray Butler. unsuccess
ful candidate for the republican nom.
nation
1T was the cause of genuine sorrow
10 me as tu many oi General Wood =
personal friends" he said "to see him
put Ia this unhappy position. Their
was nothing to do to save the repub'
tan party hut tu defeat the band 81
men behind him with their bank ac.
counts and their great financial in
iluencc. This meant that We had To-
defeat General Wood himself"
Forces Represented.
THE forces that were defeated In
their ingolcnt attempt to buy the nom
nation" he added. represent all that
u WORT In American business and
American political life. II II really tuu
had that they hit upon General Wood
rs their choice. They should haV"
found some one 10 support Tor whom
the country has less respect and less
regard"
The chief task Of the convention. '
the statement said was To- prevent th"
sale OF presidential nominations at auc-
tion 20 the highest bidder Had this
no, been done the party faced no, only
certain defeat hut crushing dishonor
''The ~ New York delegates who
voted for inc on the first ballot were
the chief factor In stopping the Hin.
dcnhurg drive to everwhclm the cnn-
vention by the y iwcr ~ unlimited
money. and by strong arm methods In
preferential primaries
New yorlt's Delegates.
The story of New York's ~ votes
for Butler shows. the statement said.
how General WOOD was defeated. II
points ont that the iirui ballot gave
General Wupd u substantial lead and
that the first tark. therefore. was ~
bring the vote of his nearest rival. Gen
cral Iowden. al least up To- wood's
vote"
Owing o. local and state cumplica.
tlons. the statement explains there
were few sources from which new
strength fur l.owdcn could b. drawn
so early In the balloiing Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts. Michigan and Ohio
could not help. Il added because the
rcleas" of delegates IN thus" states prob.
ably would give Wuud more votes than
Lowdcn.
Belgium of the War.
1T was clearly necessary. Therefore. a"
the statement continues. for New York
H. b"rnmr the Belgium of the war aud
cheerful, gave nay approval Tor the
plan o. turn New York's vote to Low.
den TN increasing volume ON the see.
md. third. fourth fifth. sixth and sev.
cnth ballots ! sen; word Ia the New
York delegations that with me party
success and party honor came first
also said that no personal interest uf
mine should bc considered until PARTY
success and party honor had been pro.
tccted
at was this New York vote for Low.
den taken from the siNty.cight votes
that had been east fur mc that gave
l.owdcn his lead in the fifth ballot and
that enabled him substantially tu cuual
the Wond vote on the ballot immediate.
" following when after IN" seventh
ballot u was clear that Lowdcn could