Arizona republican., 1920-06-15
STOCK GAMBLERS DEFEATED WOOD ASSERTS BUTLER
PIungexs Seized on Leading Candidate and Made De feat Necessary, He Claims Turn of Events Unfort- unate for Wood = Re gretted by Backers

NEW YORK. June l4--Charges that "a motley group of stock gamblers. oil and mining promoters, munitions mak4 CTS and other like persons seized on so good e man as General Wood and with reckless audacfty stazted out to buy for him the presidential nomination. were made in 3 statement given out tonight by Nicholas Murray Butler, an unsuccessful Republican candidate.
 It was the cause of genuine sor~ row to me as to many others of Gen erai Woods personal friends" he said, "to see him put in this unhappy posi- ton. There was nothing to do tO save the Republican party but to de- feat the band of men behind him with their bank accounts. This meant we had to defeat General Wood.
 The forces defeated in their inso- lent attempt to buy the nomination represent the worst in all American business and American political life. It is really too bad they hit upon General Wood as their choice. They should have found some one to sup port for whom the country has less respect and less regard.
 Praises Work of N. Y. Delegation
 The chief task Of the convention was to prevent the sale Of presidential nominations at auction to the highest DlQQeEs f1au LAlS not been QOne the party faced not only certain defeat but crushing dishonor. The 6S New York delegates. who voted for me on the first ballot. were the chief factor in stopping the Hindenburg drive to over whelm the convention by the power of unlimited money and by strong arm methods in preferential primaries.
 The story of New York's 6S votes for Butler shows. the statement said. how General Wood was defeated. It points out that the first ballot gave General Wood a substantial lead and that "the first task, therefore. was 40 bring the vote of his nearest rival. Governor Lowden, up to Woods vote.
 Owing to local and state complica- tions, the statement explains. there were few sources from which new Lowden strength could be drawn so early. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and ohio. could not help, 1t added, because the release of delegates in those states. probably would give Wood more votes than LoWden.
 Party Honor-Success First tIt was clearly necessary, therefore" :" 1 the statement continued. for New York to become the Belgium Of the ] war and | eheerfully gave my approval l for the plan 10 turn New forks vote : to Lowden in increasing volume on : the second, third, fourth. fifth, sixth and seventh ballots. l sent word tu the New York delegation that with me. party success and party honor came first. l also said no personal interest should be considered until party success and party honor had been protected.
 s1t was this New York vote for Lowden. taken from the 6s votes cs3sr for me. that gave Lowden his lead in the fifth ballot and that enabled him substantially to equal the Wood vote on the ballot following When after the seventh ballot, it was clear Lowden could not be nominated, we helped the drift toward Harding and on the ninth ballot became the decisive psychological factor by giving Harding 66 votes
 The few New York votes that con 1 tinued to support me were cast in pur- stance of earnest requests from dele gates in Connecticut New Jersey Michigan, Minnesota. Illinois. Iowa. Missouri North Dakota California, Washington. Texas and Kentucky, SO that if the effort to nominate Senator Harding should fat my name might still remain upon the list of candidates.
 The New Workers who care for the Republican party and for the success of it's principles and who are jealous of the honor should rejoice and take satisfaction that their representatives in the Republican national conventions although by no means unified An senti- ment or in organization. were yet abla 10 exert so commanding an influences in a great emergency.
 Harding and Coolidge are first of all patriotic Americans and next Re- publicans. We are 10 have the satis~ faction of supporting and electing a real Republican ticket We may now look forward with complete confidence to the restoration of the national gov ernment to its old foundations. which are love and reFerance for the cOnstia tuition "