The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-27
MONEY SPENT
.LEGIT TIMATELY.
SAYS PROCTOR
National Head of General
Woods Campaign Denies
"Slush Fund" Charges
Made by Borah.
ALSO WRATHY
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO. March 27.-"Any money
used in furtherance of Major-General
Leonard Woods presidential campaign
has been expended openly for perfect
ly legitimate eublicity in the presenta-
tion of his merits and not one cent for
any Indirect or corrupt purpose" said
statement by-W. c. Proctor, national
campaign manager, in reply to charges
made in the senate yesterday by Sen
ator Borah.
THE people approve campaign
methods of the open and straightfor-
ward sort that we have adopted" said
the statement. I'VE resent any state
ment or imputation of illegal or cor
rupt expenditure and shall hold the
guilty person responsible therefore.
This attack at this time looks like
the last stand of the old guard"
CHICAGO, March 27. Governor
Lowden, in telegram to Senator
Borah at Washington, D. c., last night
challenged all candidates for the Re-
publican presidential nomination to a
showdown of all campaign receipts
and expenditures-"toge with the
contributed, and all books, records and
possible publicity"
Major General Wood is campaigning
in Michigan. Colonel William Cooper
Proctor, chairman of his campaign
committee, issued a statement saying:
I'VE resent any statement or imputa-
tion of illegal or corrupt expenditure
and shall hold the guilty person re-
sponsible therefore,"
Telegram to Borah.
Governor Lewden's telegram fol-
lows: "The statement made by you in
the senate today, as reported by the
Associated Press, with reference to the
expenditures of the various candidates
in the presidential campaign to date,
so far as it applies to me Is in no
way warranted by the facts.
Il will gladly join with all other
candidates for the Republican nomina-
tion for president, in submitting to
yourself or a committee to be appoint
ed by you, all expenditures made in
the campaign, together with names of
contributors and amounts contributed,
and all books, records and vouchers,
for the purpose of the widest publicity.
sincerely hope this may be done and
at once.
FRANK A. LowDEN."
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 81
Denial was made by Harry C. Hogan,
of Ft. Wayne, that interviews contain
ing Endorsements of the candidacy of
Major General Leonard Wood for the
Republican presidential nomination
had been bought in Indiana.
He stated, however, that Indianapol-
| is reporters had been employed to in
terview men known to favor the Wood
candidacy. Hogan is the Wood man.
ager in Indiana.
Following reports received that a
senatorial investigation of the activi-
ties of the Wood campaign in Indiana
was impending in Washington, Hogan
issued the following statement:
absolutely not one cent has been
spent in purchasing interviews, indors-
ing the candidacy of Leonard Wood.
Reputable reporters, employed on the
newspapers in Indianapolis, received
assignments to interview men of
prominence in this city who had tele-
phoned that they desired to voice ex-
preston of esteem for Wood At that
time there was no one in the office
who could be used for this character
Of work. and the sum actually spent
was $3.50.
"This was considered, and generally
is conceded, to be legitimate publicity.