Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-12
SENATOR CALDWELL DECLARES CHARGES
 OF M'RAE: "DUDS"
Claims Convention Will Not Take Allegations Against
 Wilson Seriously
SAYS EVERY MAN
 HAS TWO CHILDHOODS
State Central Committee to Meet Monday and is Asked to Probe Activities of Herbert R.
 Wilson

That the charges filed With the democratic state central committee Saturday by T. c. McRat, nominee for governor, against Herbert k. Wilson nominee for state highway commits sioner are "duds" is the opinion of State Senator Creed Caldwell of Pine Bluff, expressed last night.
 q think the gubernatorial nominee ill advised," the senator declared when asked relative to circumstances which he thought led Mir. McRae to make protest against the success ful candidate for the nomination as commissioner.
 Explaining that he thought the nomines's protests against Wilson were "Duds" Senator Caldwell said that he did not believe the state con- vention when it meets Tuesday al. Little Rock, would consider the charges seriously and would not even consider undoing what the electors of the state had done by giving Will son a vote that approximated over one hundred thousand.
 "Mr. McRae III Advised'
 "The convention will merely pro- claim the results of the primary cleo tion and unless it develops corrup- tion attended the ballotng in be- half of Wilson there is little likeli- hood the body will consider going against the dictates of the voters of the state. I would say that MT. Me- Rae has been ill advised," said the senator.
 For this reason there is very little probability the matter will be brought to the convention floor, unless defin- itc charges of corruption and evi- dence to warrant their investigation are presented to the central commit tee when it meets at Little Rock Monday, he said.
 MT. McRae, according to reports. has stated that he will take the con vention floor if it Is necessary "to have the fullest investigation" of q reported conference participated in by Wilson where it was planned to Switch" votes the night after the primary election. MT. McRac re- ceived approximately forty thousand votes out of the one hundred and sixty thousand cast in the recent pri- mary while Wilson received for his respective office third more than the successful nominee for governor according to Senator Caldwell, indi- eating, he said, that Wilson was visi- bly the choice of the electors in the state and that convention called to proclaim the results of the election would hardly go against their dic- tates, especially when the election was so pronounced.
 There are Two Childho0ds
 MT. McRae, according to Senator Caldwell was lined up with the Will son faction in the primary campaign until few weeks before it's close their activity without apparent req sons. The senator would not discuss "Why MT. McRae had switched" but suggested that the gubernatorial can didate was a man we'll advanced in years and that every man has one manhood and two childhoods, some- one might have "gotten to" him with appals to support the Wilson oppo- nents, not through practices of cor ruption, the senator emphasized rather bv nravinp on the aped mani, judgment.
 Wilson in a published statement following publication of the McRae charges, invited the fullest probe" of the allegations and desires that the charges be threshed out before a full membership of the central com. mittee because "they are absolutely false and come to me as surprise" he is quoted as saying.