Arizona republican., 1920-10-31
BLAME |S FIXED
 FUR VICIOUS LIES
 ABOUT HARDING
Dastardly Eleventh Hour Propaganda To Influence
 Voters Is Declared To Be r-. the Work Of a Mad Man

Responsibility is fixed for certain | desptcable statements and rumors pur- i lporttng to emanate from the Demo- cratic national organization appealing to prejudice and for the purpose of in- | nuencing the voters of the country against Senator Harding. A mad man and not the Democratic | organization is responsible for the origin of this dastardly eleventh hour propaganda which Is now being circu- lated throughout the United States in- cluding Arizona. This was made known 1 yesterday in a telegram from Will H 1 Hays, National Republican chairman to Andrew Baumert, tr.. secretary of the Republican state committee. Hays says that deliberate and preposterous Hes have been circulated by the op- position all over the country the last few days in a most despicable manner, and adds:
 "The man responsible for this is said to be mentally unbalanced. Tn the last two days he has made three or four absolutely different statements as to what he has done and not done in the matter. These men who have been putting it over the country how ever are not mentally unsoud and shall be held accountable. The voters of America will not stand for this kind of despicable conduct Already the re-
 
 be overwhelming by election day"
 In further explanation of how these rumors were started by crazy man Hays says fin his telegram to Bau- Amert:
 'T call your attention to. news dis patches from Wooster. Ohio, this morning advising that tho board of trustees of Wooster college had last night expelled Prof. William Esta- brook. chancellor, because of letters and tclegrams which are alleged to have been sent by him. The resolution, passed unanimously by the board of trustees which is composed of both Democrats and Republicans. after de- manding the resignation of Chancel- Tor, further declared as follows: ''It having come to the knowledge of the board that circular letters are being scattered broadcast throughout the country with reference to Senator Hardings Republican nominee for the presidency. which letters are attributed to Professor Chancellor. part of which he admits to have been written by him, and, whereas, such circular let ters issued on the eve of the election are for the manifest purpose of ap- pealing to prejudice and to influence the electorate of the country at the coming election. therefore be 1t re- solved that we. the board of truseees of the College of Wooster, repudiate and denounce such political methods as utterly unworthy of our college and country. end be it further resolved thai the College of Wooster indignantly disclaims all connection with. knowl- edge of and authority for making ant issuing any such circular letters"
 According to the New York Times Dr. Chancellor was dismissed as super intendent of the public schools ol Washington, D. C., in 1908 by unani- nous vote of the board of education Attacks on him began as soon as he became superintendent and a year after he took charge of the schools l. charges were made against him. Thes' included inefficiency and incompe tency. lack of judgment, tact ant mental boise, needlessly discardini 5.4O0 textbooks, wi1fully exceedini authority fnsubordination, libelling tn District of Columbia educational sys tenn, destroying discipline, ridiculini the commissioners and antagonizin the school board He was able to ap pear only few minutes at the trial i Washington and collapsed on the wit ness stand while he was denying tn charges After he had been taken fror the room the board voted upon hi dismissal and chose his successor.
 134 North Macdonald St.. Mesa, Ari To the Editor:
 have known Warren G. Hardinl his father and grandfather from m boyhood days. l lived on an adjoinin farm to his father and a mile and half from his grandfather in Mario county, Ohio. and was personally an intimately acquainted with the entii family and know them to be all pui white through and through. l am man 73 years of age.
 DAVID REED.
 Oct. 90. 1920.