New-York tribune., 1920-05-06
Wood Stamps
Clash Stories
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..AsPropaganda
sn.n;es There Is Friction
Between Colonel Proctor
!. and Frank Hitchcock
Over Campaign Methods
Pleased With Indiana
supporters Expect 20 or
80 N. Y. Votes on First
/, Ballot at the Convention

Major General Leonard Wood. the
.,..a,rc candidate for the Republican
.,,;nation for President, yesterday al
~, Harvard Club said that the stories
- friction between Colonel William c
pro,ter. chairman of the Leonard
Wand National Campaign Committee
I'D Frank II. Hitchcock, general man
ar,r Of the Wood campaign. were
,s,ceIv enemy propaganda.
- .Tbev are both working" he said OF
c.,anei Proctor and Mr.. Hitchcock.
ov.s,r General Wood did not see Mr.. Hitch
~ Yesterday. 1t is understood the
'.raral will be in town to-day and
~ tomorrow and that before he
9s- 1s.arts for Chicago the latter part OF
.ss week there will be 3 conference
~. s....,ded bv himself, Mr.. Hitchcock
@oionel Proctor, Thomas W. Miller
1r,rs.u snnrssenting Representative Norman
fconld and Senator George II. Moses,
sis Eastern and Southern managers
inosing to s smoothing out of any
vrinkles affecting the policy of the
Wood campaign.
ftedScu w itik
All Of the Wood men were happy
r.sterdav over the Wood victory in
ir5;sna. General Wood said he was
ssnecially pleased with his showing
:" aWitb four OF US in the field, and
,.r.icularly such estimable gentle
nan as Senator's Johnson and Harding,
80 well as Governor Lowden, it was
mt to be expected that any of US
would receive majority of the votes
rast. | am especially pleased that
me voters OF the great State Of In
diana showed q marked preference for
nv candidacy" said he.
Among the early callers on General
Wood after he went to the Harvard
Club, where he spent the greater part
~ the afternoon. were Colonel W. c.
Proctor, who came East with him !:
colonel Thomas ". Miller. OF the East
arm Wood headquarters; Henry L.
Stjmson. former Secretary of War;
ogden Reid. and others.
General Wood said he was enjoying
GOOD health, although he had Travelled
55S miles q day and made three
speeches a day on an average during
he last three or four weeks. He has
gained eight pounds in weight. After
Ills return to Chicago he will visit
West Virginia TO make three, o: four,
speeches before the primary there on
May rs.
The situation with reference to the
management OF his campaign IS ,ne
same as it has been since March 9
when Mr.. Hitchcock was asked to be-
ceme general manager. 1t is under
stood that beyond an Interchange of
views between the managers. things
will go on substantially as they have
been.
New York Outlook
The Wood men expect that from
twenty TO thirty New York delegates
will vote for General Wood on the first
ballot and that after the first. or sec
end ballot nearly all Of the Lightweight
will be for Wood. In Pennsylvania
advices yesterday indicated that about
twenty-five, or thirty, Of the seventy
six delegates there would swing to
Wood on the first ballot. The Vermont
primary is on May IS. The entire
delegation Of eight is regarded as be-
Ing sure for Wood.
Colonel Miller at the Eastern Wood
headquarters yesterday received the
following from Utah:
"Five Of Utahs delegates are un-
qualifedly for Wood, and two others,
unpledged, are friendly to Wood"