Arizona republican., 1920-06-06
General Woods Campaign Expenses

The investigation by the senate of the manner in which managers the presidential candidates have been scattering money around like drunken sailors, thus contributing the of the high of liYing-an abnormal circulation,-has devel- lately suggested it would, that the cost of campaigning is also high in keeping with everything Else.
 It has disclosed in a rather remarkable way. something more than that and that may be of value political managers future; that beyond the expenditure legitimate sum, all is needless and than needless waste.
 From all the evidence at hand there has been spent by the political managers of General Wood times as much has been distributed in behalf of any other candidate. Though he has a lead of tho instructed delegates do believe that there delegate list who would not be there if only one-tenth of the money had been spent by his managers Thus that nine-tonths of the expenditure has been wasted
 No one who General Wood or who remem- bors how the country a to him 9 eandi-
 date can believe that a purpose buy nomination necessity for buying it. At the beginning the campaign it think, pretty
 generally assumed that he would receive the nomina
 tion; that it would n a large to him
 of it's own accord. We suppose that in the same
 enthusiastic way that popular sentiment turned to-
 him. campaign contributions also did. until t there much money available than was $ necessary than good for his cause. s There though why more money
 could be properly and profitably campaign E of General Wood than in that of any other candi-
 date. Because the spontaniety sentiment in his i favor his campaign much widely extended; it was actively almost every ' many where he developed surprising strength.
 Yet, it must be conceded that his managers spent, permitted to be spent entirely much money. ' We do not suppose any spent ' ruption but it only recxlessly scattered q because there much of it available. the opponents Woodland f in this they have joined generally by demo-
 cratic politicians and newspapers have stated that T tho popularity of General Wood but s purchased No who was the public 4 six ago expressions classes lll Of people believe certainly can l5j believe the nationwide poll ing conducted by the Literary Digest which Y beginning General mail rains it. the first choice in than million Y and a half representing every state in the Union. More significant than this is the fact that of the four leading candidates in the l Literary Digest's Johnson. Hoover 1 Hughes Wood is the second choice after The
 other candidates Harding, Coolidge, Poindextcr, etc.
 do not appear in the tabuation the second choice Il votes may suppose that General Wood also II tho second choice of their supporters tlI Another thing to considered is that Woods s grand total first second choice, leading
 his nearest competitor by 46,ooO only 2s,OoO | democratic votes against 66ooo for Johnson and Il. 119.oOo shown more clearly the il greater popularity among the republicans, ti and for a campaign among the republicans it that republican pre-conventon campaign money is li spent
 ist needless say that campaign money
 iwas taking the Literary Dgests poll intended to cover 100000 democratic and republican