Evening star., 1920-03-23
WANTS WOOD CAMPAIGN |
FUND ACCOUNTED FOR
Senator Borah Believes Explana-
tion Is Due "the Party and
the Country"

Acting on published reports that large
sums had been contributed to Maj. Gen.
Leonard Woods campaign fund. Sena-
tor Rorah. republican. Idaho. has called
on the general and his campaign mana
gers for the names of subscribers.
amounts. and "the manner in which it
Is being used.
Gen. Woods managers no: only owe
1t to their candidate. but still more to
the party and the country. to clear these
charges in an unmstakable way" Sena-
tor Borah declared In Il statement.
Expenditure becomes Apparent.
That a vast sum of money Is being
spent Is perfectly apparent. l have seen
letters from South Dakota. Virginia and
Illinois. showing that the people gen
orally are becoming very restless in the
face OF the apparent use OF money for
corrupt purposes.
Prom what | have known Of Cen
Wood | would not suspect him for n
moment Of doing the things himself
which are being charged against him in
this campaign. But 1t is not sufficient
that he does not himself actually par
ticipate He cannot be the recipient OF
favors Of such campaign without him
SELF being responsible.
II hope Gen. Wood. or his managers.
will not permit this matter to go until
it will become II subject which others
Will have TO take hold Of
COmmen on Newspaper Statement.
Commenting on the statement that
appeared in n New York morning demo-
cratic newspaper declaring that Gen.
Woods candidacy for the republican
dollar campaign fund. Representative
Norman J. Gould of New York. eastern
manager of the campaign, said. In part:
We have not collected one million
dollars. but would like very much to
have that sum to spend befittingly in
bringing Gen. Wood before the Ameri-
can people. There Is no reason why
patriotic American citizens. realizing
the present serious needs of their coun-
try. should not spend their money in
the exemplary task of presenting to
American citizens as a whole the pre-
eminent qualifications of Gen Wood for
the most important position in the
country at a time of crisis such as
perhaps has never before faced this ma
ton.
The gentlemen who have contrib
uted to the Wood campaign fund are
distinguished and representative citi-
zens. At the head of the list stands
Col. Proctor. 1 do not care to affirm
or deny that any other gentlemen
mentioned are contributors. say
only that they are all personal friends
of the general. who have known him
men who have watched his career and
know that it is to the best interests
of the country to have him lead the
nation through the trying period of
reconstruction that will come in the
next four years.
Names Wood Supporters.
when We come to mentioning the
names of Gen. Woods supporters we
find William G.. Lee. president of the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
we find the negro community almost
to whole. as we'll as the present and
the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt. We
fnd men and women in all walks of
life. school teachers. and college
professors in great numbers and job
less and penniless ex-service men, as
well as men like Charles NJ. Schwab
and Frederick r. Coudert, a democrat
who is disgusted with President Will
sons dangerous and un-American
regime"