Evening star., 1920-03-27
WOODS MANAGERS
RESENT CHARGES
Deny Corrupt Use of Money.
Current Events in the Po-
IitiCaI World.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
| CHICAGO. March ANY money
used in furtherance of Mai. Gen
| Leonard Woods presidential campaign
has been expended openly for perfect
ly legitimate publicity in the pres
entation of his merits and mot one
| cent for any indirect and currupt pur-
| poses," said statement by w. c.
| Proctor. national campaign manager,
! in reply to charges made in the SEN
| ate yesterday by Senator Borah.
The people approved campaign
methods of the open and strai ghtfor
ward sort that we have adopted" said
! the statement. I'VE resent any state
ment or imputation of liberal or cor
rupt expenditure and shall hold the
guilty person responsible therefor.
This attack at this time looks like
d1e last stand of the old guard"
Reply to Attacks in senate.
.NTW YORK, March 27-Represent-
atN~n Norman j. Gould and former
Rep =, sentative Thomas W. Miller.
east.n campaign managers for Gen
Leon:.t Wood. in Il formal statement
issued. replying to attacks made on
Gen. Nr,'od in the Senate yesterday.
declared they were perfectly willing
to go to the bat on Senator Borah's
statementy" They classed as "ridicu
lous" the charge that Gen. Woods
managers aAa trying to dominate the
were trying to bring Gen. Woods
character. pe.N 'onality and achieve
ments before A1e public"
The statement. suggested that per
haps this attack has been aroused by
another victory "a Gen: Wood in the
South Dakota prhN aries
The assertion rea,t in the Senate that
E. l.. Doheny. heaA of the Mexican
Petroleum Company, had contributed
to the Wood campaign fund. the state
ment said. was dispoN'ed of by Mr.,
a statement % to the er presN,. e The mana
gers. the statement adtA "a; did not
know Mr.. Doheny and UNA il his name
was brought up in the Sen ate no one
atthe headquarters had he rd OF him.
Thomas E. Watson n Cara idate.
ATLANTA, March 27-The name of
Thomas Z. Watson. former hopulist
for the presidency. W i'll ap-
pear on the ballot in the G. orgia
presidential preferential prf, nary
Arpil 20. it was announced hera by
R. NJ. Blackburne. a supporter Of the
Thomson. Ga. author and publish or.
Against the league Of nations an
for states rights" will be Mr.. Wat.
sons slogan, the announcement said.
New Mexico lnstructs for Wood. ,
SANTA FE. N NJ. March 27-New
Mexico's six delegates at large to the |
national republican convention were |
instructed for Maj. Gen. Leonard |
Wood for the presidential nomination |
session here last night. The action
came after motion to indorse Gen. |
Wood without instructions was voted
down: 160 to so. The vote to in
struct for Gen. Wood was unanimous.
Lowden for Publicity.
CHICAGO. March 27-An offer to
join with all other candidates for the |
to Senator Borah or a
appointed by Borah all
records of campaign expenditures has
been made by Gov: Frank Q. Low
den in telegram to the Idaho SEN
ator m reply to the latters charges
in the Senate in connection with the
expenses of presidential candidates.
Mr.. Hitchcock Defends His Secretary
AUGUSTA. Ga. March Ex-senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska declared here
last night that he had every confidence |
in his secretary. Earl Gaddis. who was |
criticised in the Senate Thursday by /
Senator Norris of Nebraska on the |
ground that he misrepresented the lat !
ter's attitude on the Irish reservation to |
the peace treaty IN dispatch TO Sen
ator Hitchcock's paper. the omaha
World Herald.
"AIr Gaddis is very careful and
painstaking man." the senator said. II
know he would not send anything to the
paper for pubtica ton that he knew to be
untrue"
Bryan Appeals to Woman Voters.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 27.-Women
democracy in it's fight against compU1- |
sorry military training William Jen-
nings Bryan declared here last night in
a speech addressed especially to woman
voters. Mr.. Bryan said the democratic !
party was in a position to make a strong |
appeal for the support Of the women Of
the nation because it was more free to
take the side Of the organized masses
against organized greed than the re- |
publican party.
wards of New Jersey was at one time |
an aspirant for the democratic nomina- |
ton for President and his name was
entered on the Nebraska primary ballot. |
but that it was Withdrawn because the
New Jersey executive did not want to
endanger Senator Hitchcock's chances
by dividing the wet vote of the state"
Cox to Fight for Delegates.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. March All
E. H. Moore. manager of Gov. Cox'S
campaign for the democratic presi
Dental nomination, announces that
for delegates because other demo- |
cratic candidates are not playing !
1quare" in regard to uninstrncted |
delegates. He said the governor has
decided to try to get his share of |
the delegates
Senator Harding in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March Ell
Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio. |
himself as a rather un-
willing" but confident" candidate for !
the republican nomination for Presi- !
dent Of the United States at lunch |
con given in his honor here yesterday
It was the senator's first campaign |
address in Indiana. He declared THAT |
in times of peril the country alwaAs
had turned to the republican party
and that it would do SO again thisl
year. /
Senator Harding counseled his sup
porters and republicans generally not |
to knock" competitors In the presi- |
Dental race for he said, he regarded |
all Of his opponents as worthy men.
Criticistng President Wilson's atti-
tude toward the proposed reservations |
to the league of nations, the speaker !
referred to the Presidents statement |
about breaking the heart of the world. !
He said he would rather break the /
heart of the world than destroy the /
soul of American nationality"
Senator Johnson Opens
Campaign in New York !
BUFFALO,. N Y. March 27-Sena-
tor Hiram w. Johnson of California,
candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for President, opened his New
York state campaign with speeches |
here last night, in which he declared |
that the league of nations must be |
the dominant issue in the coming |
contest.