Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-07
NEW YORK WORLD TELLS WHY
WOODS CAMPAIGN COLLAPSES

timent in his behalf is the opinion ex-
pressed by many leading party workers
who are saying that his chance of carry
ing Indiana has been diminished greatly.
1.-TWO weeks ago Gen. Wood seemed to
have a stranglehold on Indiana. At least,
his managers and active followers in
every district were making loud claims
to that effect. Papers that were friendly
to Gen. Wood and Others that were trail
ing along with them were filed with
testimonials to the greatness of Gen.
Wood, and with the most fulsome sort Of
publicity calculated to convince the un-
knowing political proletIriat. Then came
the publication of a charge that the
Wood publicity bureau here was paying
Indianapolis newspaper men $3.50 apiece
for testimonials In behalf Of Gen. Wood,
and that a large amount of money was
being expended daily in carrying on a
pro Wood propaganda under the guise
of straight news
Harry Hogan, manager for Gen. Wood
sin Indiana, denied that any one was
paid for his testimonial in behalf of
Gen. Wood, but it was admitted by
Robert Tyler, chief of the Wood pub
licity staff in this state, that reporters
were hired to obtain some of the ties
timonalS" with which the papers have
that only $3.50 was spent in this man
ner, but it is said that correspondents
of papers friendly te Gen. Wood have
been acting under instructions to send
in all of the interviews they can get,
tending to show that the people are just
clamoring for the nomination Of the gen
eral, and that they resent the candidacy
of men like Senator Warren G. Harding
of Ohio and Gov. Frank o. Lowden of
Illinois.
"The Wood managers maintain that
their publicity schemes are Legitimate
and were inaugurated to boost their can
didate that he will distance the field
at the primary. However. 1t is the un-
derstandng that the real purpose In en-
plOying reporters to gather the "testi-
mOnials" was to make II appear that the
movement in behalf of Gen. Wood in In
diana is entirely spontaneous. The dis
closures seem TO have destroyed whatever
spontaneity there was, and II also Is evil
dent that IL Is now more difficult than
Ii was TO obtain the Endorsements which
were coming so easy a short time ago.
'The Wood campaign in Indiana was
organized fully and carefully at least a
month ahead of the entrance OF Gov.
Lowden, senator Harding and Senator
Hiram W. Johnson into this state. For
at least month large stan was EN-
ployed at the Wood headquarters, or
ganizing to obtain publicity and 10 cir
culate petitions TO have the generals
name placed on the primary election
ballot The Wood headquarters STAFF In
Indiana until a few days ago was larger
than generally employed IN mid-campaign
by the republican state organization.
More people were employed in the at
tempt 10 give the appearance Of spon-
taneity to the Wood movement than were
engaged ia behalf OF all other candidates.
While no charge Is made that funds
have been used illeGitimately, the Wood
campaign in this state seems to have
been we'll financed. one OF the schemes
for getting publicity was the establish
lnent Of a daily telegraph service to
about fifty papers which were induced
to take 1t. From three 10 i've hundred
words have been wired daily to these