New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-23
Gen. Wood Will
Decide Between
Rival Managers
Proctor to See Candidate i'm
Chicago Sunday to Have
His Authority and That
of Hitchcock Defined
Campaigns Summed Up
S1atistician Says Vote in Six
Atates Gives Wood 3ll.-
100 and Lowden 207.8O2

Y9eiimitation OF the jurisdiction and
pYrogatives. of Frank H. Hitchcock,
go eral manager Of the Leonard Wood
national campaign. and Colonel Will
iafn c. Proctor, chairman Of the Leon
ard Wood National Campaign Commit
tee, has been left to General Wood.
Colonel Proctor will see the general
about it on Sunday in Chicago.
The strained relations following the
primary contest in Illinois, in which
the Chicago Wood managers, against
the Judgment Of Mr. Hitchcock, entered
the state contest with Lowden, without
winning 2 delegate, has not led to an
open break between Mr.. Hitchcock and
Mr.. Proctor, nor is there likely to be
break, but it is expected that here
after Mr.. Hitchcock's orders, touching
tactics and detectives, will be followed
in every important detail.
Colonel Proctor was busy at the East
ern headquarters at the Imperial Hotel
the greater part of yesterday. but did
: not ind time to 60 to the Hotel Man
haitian to confer with Mr.. Hitchcock
When Colonel Proctor was asked about
the threatened break between himself
and Mr.. Hitchcock he handed the re-
porter the following typewriter state
ment:
II know nothing of the rumors Of
MIR. Hitchcock's attitude, except what l
have seen in the newspapers, and there
fore cannot discuss it,
Satisfied With Nebraska
The Nebraska result was quite as
good as unexpected. The victory for
Senator johnson was natural, as so
many distinct elements were co0perat-
ing in his favor. while the other vote
! was divided in the ratio Of about go
to 40 between General Wood and Cen
eral Pershing. In Nebraska, rs always
, where there has been a test of popular
6 approval Of General Woods candidacy
: he has run either first or second. In
s Nebraska at least 80 per cent of the
vote cast for General Pershipg would
: have been cast for Wood if General
Pershin5 had not been entered in the
primary.
The New Jersey. Massachusetts, and
Ohio primaries are coming next Tuesl
= day, and Indiana on the following
> Tuesday, and the verdicts in those
states will be different"
John w. Towle, one of the Wood
managers in Omaha, Neb., yesterday is
sued statement on the Nebraska re-
suit in which he said:
ut appears from the returns that
Senator Johnson will have a plurality
over General Wood, with Pershing
running considerably behind. 1t also
is evident from the returns that had
Pershing not been injected into the
Nebraska situation. General Wood
would have carried the state, as it is
quite plain to me, knowing the situa
ton there and the class of people that
voted for each candidate, that as be-
tween Johnson and Wood, the majority
of the people Of Nebraska are for
Wood.
"In reference to the delegates-a
three and possibly four Wood dele
gates will be elected. Of the district
delegatrs, Wood will control at least
clevensaout of the twelve, and this
will give him in the convention not
less than fourteen out of the sixteen
delegates as second choice.
'under our Nebraskan law it is nee
essary for the delegates to give rea-
sonabies support to a candidate receiv.
addition to having the Wood vote split
by the Pershing influences, it must be
borne in mind that we made our cam.
paign without the support of any daily
newspaper, with the reading Republic
can newspaper in Omaha devoting it!
efforts and space to General Pershing
Taking everything into consideration
we are not discouraged, because W.
feel that when the proper time come!
we will have fourteen Of the sixteel
delegates from Nebraska"
Ranvoaanfativp Norman T. GOu(d
Eastern manager of the Wood forces
in discussing the outlook, said:
Analysts Of the vote cast in popula
preference primaries in six states
Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan
Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska