The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-15
MOTLEY GROUP
| Of M0N|ED MEN,
BACKED W0|M
DR.. BUTLER MAKES
SENSATIONAL CHARGE
Insolent Attempt to Buy The
Nomination." Assertion ],
of ex-Candidate

NEW YORK. June 14.-ChaPtWs tn4E
"a motley group OF stock gambi6g
oil and mining promoters. muAlttoes
makers and other like persons Del1
upon so good a man as General Mee
and with reckless audacity stAIteAs44.
buy for him the Presidential nols
out here tonight by Nicholas NeFEE
Butler. an unsuccessful candtdate i
the Republican nomination. ~ ~
1T was the cause of genuine oogtN
to me az to many others OF GeMO1.
Woods personal friends" he sad ~
There was nothing to do IN of0eS..1As
save the Republican party but 90 -
feat the band Of men that were ee1tn4
him with their bank accounts and t1Ale
that we had to defeat General 49,.
himself. I5sf
wood Their VIotim.
The forces that were defealo1 ~:
their insolent attempt to buy the neees.
nation" he added. represent all tBee
is worst o,,,tn.s in Amsrissn is susfns.i r..I,, ~
bad that they hit upon General WeeH
ns their choice. They should hAfts
found some one to support Tor 49,
the country has less respect ana -
regard. -. ,o,,.,,t.Ei e
the statement said. was to preveN
the gale Of Presidential nominations
auction 20 the highest bidder. Had 0le
not been done. the party faced not C.
certain defeat but crushing disno1H
The IS New York delegates who veSeoi
for me on the first ballot were tne9
chief factor In stopping the HnAeNt;
burg drive to overwhelm the conN II
lion by the power Of unlimited meN42
and by strong arm methods In pfs1eng
III =
s"1!S The story @ Of New York's ss vsts1:
for Butler shows. tho statement. se4S
how General Wood was dsfe1tca ~,
points out that the first ballot 1N4
that "the first task. therefore, WasS5ei
bring the vote Of his nearest rtS4k.
Governor Lowden, at least up 70 WoQ1N
vote"
Owing to local and state eomlEe
tions. the statement sSplainSS M ~
strength for Lowden could be drawn =.
carly in the ba1lottinE. Pennlytve4io
Massachusetts. Michigan ana IS ~
could not help. IT added oecSu.ss
probably would give Wood more vote
'"@T TT was Clearly necessary. thsrsfet. 8:
the statement continues
York to become the Belgium OF t4o
Sl1Hk
;ncr.a.inr volume on the se0onh
fourth, NTH. sixth and seNsqtA T.
sent word to the New York en4
by, James sheffield that Ntt6
success 4 saa A., a-TsS SS nsi.oasY nShs
min. should be considered until p1ft1l
success and party honor had been pre-
tected. a7E Z
"It wa. this New York vote for L0u:.
y0teA IN
heen cast for me that gave LoWden nie
lead on the nth ballot and that Snanie4'
him substantially TO equal the MO0as
vote on the ballot Immediately !oliows
ing. When ate after the has seVenaa snn,d b not s.
nominated, we helped the DRIFT toM1I9
Harding and on the ninth ballot necamS
the decisive psychological nctor ~
giving Harding IS votes; .,.,,,.A
to support me to tho end were cast
pursuance of earnest requests ron
delegates In Connecticut, New JGrSsyss
Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois ioE
Missouri; - North Ta1., DsHS'aj sHS jKsnfueiy. i d
order that II the EFFORT TO nominsts
sena tor Harding should fail, my namei
might still remain upon tho list OK CAM
didates before the convention.
Tho Now Yorkers who care Tor tnS
Republican party and for the success
of its principles, and who are 1eeIoyes
Of the honor, should rejoice ana taks
satisfaction that their representative.
in the Republican National conyentisn.
although by no means unified IN 81.
riment or in organization. were yss AoIs
TO exert 80 commanding an .innuenee
in a great emergency.
Harding and Coolidge" the staEH.
m.nt closes, "are first Of all patricpe
Americans and next Republicans 20 Int
core. We are TO have the sarSIActlen
NJ sunporting and electinE a real Rspupc
lican ticket We may now LOOK 1oIcz
ward with confidence TO the restorap011
OF the national government to ns o!s
enc. for the constitution Of the Un1ts1
States"