Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-27

through testimonials and Endorsements.
No apology for this legitimate expense
can be expected nor will any be given
/ If publicity of this character is not legiti>
mate, then no other publicity is Justi-
fed; and the primary laws viii have 10
be repealed and resort be had to the old
antiquated. man-handling convention sys-
tenn"
WRITERS BOAST OF
| EASY MONEY.
Employees Of the Indianapolis Star are
known to have boasted Of the amount of
money they expected to make obtaining
! these interviews.
Robert G. Tucker. political writer ef
the Star, who recently made a trip
| through the west at the behest Of VIII
H. Hays of the republican committee
writing special laudations Of Hays work
as chairman for a string Of republican
newspapers, denied that he had received
any money from the Wood organization
for interviews indorsing Wood.
Harold Feightner, another political
writer Of the Star, said he knew the
Wood organization was obtaining inter
views by paying $3.50 apiece for them,
and refused to say whether he had
| profted by the open offers or not. He
admitted that he was now in the en-
ploy OF the Johnson organization as q
/ publicity writer.
Herbert EiIer, another member Of the
Star staff, did not deny that he had OBJ
tained interviews for the Wood organ
ization
Curtis Hodges, assistant managing ed
itor Of the News, declared that he had
never heard Of the offer OF $3.50 apiece
for Wood Endorsements, and said that to
his knowledge none of the members Of
the News stan had been paid by the
Wood organization for publicity work
WOOD PROPAGANDA
GALORE IN NEWS.
Mr.. Hodges has supervision over the
news matter that appears in the News
columns and by actual count that news
paper has printed recently eighteen local,
fourteen state ard twenty six telegraph
stories, all designed to create the i'm
preston that .sthe people want Wood
How many OF these stories were pre-
pared At the expense Of the Wood or
ganiZation IS Of course a matter OF con
lecture It is fact. however, that other
newspapers Ia Indiana have been offered
the same stories through the Wood pub
LEFTY bureau
The guiding influence Of the Wood cam
paign in Indiana Is the Indianapolis
News. It's correspondents in every little
town In the state have learned that all
they need to do to earn a few dollars"
is dope mp story about Wood and send
IL TO the paper. They get paid gpace
rates for this and the more often they
send in stories the more lucrative the
work
While they are at work gathering the
"details" the News star is at work drum
ming up the high lights" Not even the
women are being overlooked.
THE WORK OF
MRS. HODGES.
Mrs. Curtis Hodges was a school
} .eacner at hartinSville before her hus-
band became connected with the News
She has been somewhat active in cfy1c
Organizations in Indianapolis, among
them the board which was created for the
purpose Of "censuring'' motion pictures.
She has also played a leading part in
some News-fed organizations that served
as mediums for the creation of News
propaganda
So when It was desired By the News
TO form q bureau for the purpose of
. giving color to the story that women
were active In behalf Of Wood she was
on the waiting list, fairly well qualified
to be the leader of the organisation.
AS 1t was with Mrs. Hodges, so It
has been with other organizations There
have been few, indeed, that have not
been approached with the request that
hicles for the circulation of the report
that "the people want Wood" a number
of organizations have been pressed into
use In nearly every instance ii can
De shown that they are such organiza-
tons as have been created by the News
or its followers for the purpose Of lend.
ing color to spontaneous" outbreaks
that are engineered from that Office
The use of money in arranging those
AQnnnfqnaonuN L.
necessary. The trouble with its use in
this campaign is that 1t has been over
done. The distribution has been so gen
efal that it has disgusted the repuh-
licans who VIII not trade their infn-
ence for a few dollars, and it has be-
come evident that Wood can not pos
sibly capture a majority of the repub-
lcan votes in the primary, even though
his hackers otfer better rate than $3.50
apiece for them.
TRYING TO PUT
OVER A "NEwBERRY."
The tremendous use of money in be-
half Of the Wood boom was IN line with
early election predictions that the re-
publican party would attempt ITO put
over" a "Newberry" this year Sufri-
cient has been disclosed to show that
men who have money to spend are will
ing to spend 1t in republican politics.
| Everything indicates that they have
united behind Gen. Wood for the con.
vention fight and there is nothing to
| indicate that they would not continue
the same money using tactics If Wood
captured the nomination.
Although there have been strenuous
denials OF the money influence issued By
the leaders of the Wood campaign in
Indiana no one has succeeded in break
ing down the evidence Of the barrel
which stands out on every side When
expensive offices were opened In all parts
Of the city and men began to give up
lucrative positions "in order to devote
their entire time boosting Wood It was
pretty generally understood that they
were not moved so much by patriotism
as by greenbacks.
| When the campaign progressed and
certain well known workers who have
never been seen working without getting
paid for it began to get active following
the visit Of a Wood field agent, there
were few who doubted the influence OF
the coin of the realm.
When newspaper editors generally be-
gan to be flooded with telegraphic Wood
stories and special delivery letters an