The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-13
voter in the country"

voter in the country."
While the investigation was going on Mark Sui
Ivan, a well known publicist wired from Washington
to the New York Evening Post among other facts
anent the investigation:
Purely ON the basis of Washington gossip one
might say that Wood has soap money and chewing
gum money; Lowden has paror car money; John
son has sewing machine money; Poindexter has
cotton money; Hoover has gram money and mining
money
Doubles the soap money" mentioned by Mr.
Sullivan meant the contribution of Mr. Frank Proc
tor, the mie ::aire soap anc csAde MANI facturer
of CINCINNATI, who testified before Senator Ken
yon's committee that he had put individually, of his
own money into the Wood primary campaign fund
half million dollars; and that much more had come
from other sources, making nion dollars contri-
buted by disnterested friends" to the Wood primary
campaign fund Probably other sources account
for the Chewing gum money" cited by Mr. Sullivan.
Those two items covered probably the arge advance
on General Woods behalf by dsinterested friend
of undoubted honor sincerity and patriotism" cited
by the Review Of Reviews.
Had General Wood been nominated doubtless Mr..
Proctor would have contributed very kindly another
half million dollars maybe million maybe two mil
lion dollars toward securing his election. Surely
Mr.. Proctor would not have poured out money with
out stint to secure nomination. Of his friend, then
drawn his purse strings without manifestfng in his
election lively interest that would demand far
greater contributions than cid the primary.
Had he been nominated and elected does anyone,
can anyone with the most ordinary knowledge Of
human nature believe that General Wood would not
have gone nto the presidency with strings upon him
to be pulled by Mr. Proctor and his associates at their
sweet will? Does anyone believe that financial OBJ
legations that run nto millions Of dollats do not have
to be repaid somehow?
"Ihe Oasis" does not believe 1t. The expert
L>~o ~, c11oh
belief. Only two years ago one of the most eminent
citizens of the place told Mr.. Walker then in the
employ of 'The Oasis" that when the business house
with which he is connected buys advertising OF
newspaper it, expected protection" from that same
newspaper. That meant probably, immunity from
criticism from illegal dealings With tie city govern
ment and silence with regard to transactions where
the city was gven the courtesy of wholesale prices
about Is per cent higher than the retail prices quoted
by other dealers in the same lire Now, the gentle
man mentioned is Mr. Proctors equal in honor, sin
ceritv and patriotism" He comes to the front al
ways on patriotic occasions He was active In the
Liberty Loan Drives, and other activities. He IS
prominent in church affairs, and in various CIVIC
fraternal and social organizations in N0gales He
is good all around fellow and in the highest sense
of the word "a real sport" Without doubt he is the
equal of Mr. Proctor in all the virtues that go to
make good citizenship. Yet in little business
transactions involving the course OF year few
hundred dollars, he expects to control the policy OF
newspaper, and purchase its silence when ne IN
tracts laws and his firm profits by such infracton
And Nogales has dozen leading business men" like
him.
With such lights as these, 1.-THE Oasis cannot
believe that Mr.. Proctor was SO "disinterested"
friend to General Wood when he put up and raised
million dollars that was expended in General Woods
behalf in the primary election. It is safe to assume
that Mr. Proctor expected return of that money
6oh oIo6 in
mating and electng his candidate.
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