New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-23
Million Dollar
IFund Denied by
Wood Managers
vould Be Glad to Have 1t,
= Saws Norman ]. Gould, to
Bring Generals Qualifi-
cations Before the People
r1aim Two States Solid
n;nnesota and New Jersey
Will Have No Other Can
didate. Their Prediction

conservative Norman J. Gould,
.....r, manager of General Woods
..roairn, denying last night the state
wi sppearing yesterday in Demo
.-.,ie newspaper that Woods campaign
y. the Republican nomination was
s..reed by a million dollar fund, said
i. Wood people would like to have
.,.t SUM to work with.
r.. Wood men furnished what they
,..med sufficient evidence TO show
..,, their candidate will have solid
allegations from Minnesota and New
Jersey, in both of which states various
.,rrants for the nomination have been
seeking support.
I've have not collected 100000,
Int would like 70 have that sum to
.,snd fittingly in bringing General
Tood before the people, said Mr..
could. There is no reason why pa
,yo,,c American citizens should not
mend their money in presenting to the
.s.s-s the prominent qualifications of
(srPrdA NCtu AVl AiiS lIOSA III hVl tdh
msi,icn in the country at most criti-
ri time in the history of the Republic
Opposition to General Analyzed
General Wood is Americas foremost
.t;,en. There is demand for him
throughout the United States. He is
he one man on whom the Republicans
nn unite and win the campaign in No
wmber. He is being opposed by reac
.ionaries. who feel that he will not be
,ubservient to their dictation when he
rs,s 10 the White House. and he is be-
:ns opposed by radical elements. who
nave been dismaved and are afraid Of
n, open denunciation of their attacks
mon this country's stability.
% the Wood campaign fund are dis
,luguished and representative citizens.
4, the head of the list stands Colonel
Proctor. | will not confirm or deny
that any OF the other men mentioned
IN the press reports are contributors.
When we come to the names Of
General Woods supporters we find
William G.. Lee, president Of the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmcn; we
ind the negro citizenship almost as a
whole as we'll as the present Colonel
theodore Roosevelt. We find men and
women in all walks of life, school
uschers and college professors in great
| ,umbers, and jobless and penniless ex-
..r;ice men. as we'll as men like
Charles ~ Schwab, Frederic R. Cou-
:sr a Democrat, disguised with Pres
zen. Wilson's dangerous and un-Amer-
ssn regime
All Minnesota Delegates Claimed
Colonel William Cooper Proctor
sarman of the Wood National Cam
pign Committee. stated yesterday in
lheago that the Wood men had cap
rrd all Of the national convention
i.sgstes from Minnesota
In view OF the fact that it was
hawn that the entire delegation, in
t.dng the delegation-at-large from
Minnesota, were straight Wood men
and loyal supporters of his candidacy,
no effort was made to push for in
structon" said Colonel Proctor. "The
four delegates t-large are all strong
Wood supporters. Alvah Eastman is
head Of the Wood publicity in Mime
sofa. Mrs Marley L. Fosseen is chair
man Of the women's division of the
Wood Campaign Committee. r. Z.
Bach another of the Big Four, also is
| strong Wood man. Miles Bunnell, Of
Duluth, is the original Wood supporter
4 Minnesota. Minnesota stands solid
.'r Wood We have back of this re-
9lts Of primaries last week in which
Mood won out by big majorities in
i "sry district. Wood will get the en-
tie twenty-four votes of the Mime
! n:s delegation"
/ The Wood men scored another hit
siierday in New Jersey as the re-
III Of conference OF leaders in
svars. representing the Essex
'lnty Republican Committee and the
-sonard Wood Club, of Essex. Frank
Da'enport, represented the county
aamlttee at the conference and
aptaln Robert j. Foster, the Wood
e1anizer, represented the Wood in
sssss.
4 Open Pledges Predicted
asa result of the meeting it was
nd last night that positive assur-
I sss were received by the Wood
.'nasers that the Republican organi-
a ~! delegates in the 9Th, 9th and
y. congressional districts will
5.ess themselves openly to General
/ :. w ~ith!n the next few days. In
ON district Henry NJ. Doremus is
organization candidate for dele
p. and Albert Howe for alternate
NE me 9TH District ex-Representativ
wayne Parker and Colonel Austen
sss'e are the candidates for dele
ess, while the alternates are Arthur
naaaeroit and Philip Krmke. In the
FEa the delegate candidates are
.sslo Dutheld, vice president of the
.auentlal Life, and P. H. Glorieux,
: u si,ernate candidates being Henry
holloway and Louis L;ppmann.