The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-18
'PENR0SE Held.
CLUB OVER
WOOD
Demanded Right to Name
Three Cabinet Officers,
Witness Declares.
Continued from First page.)

Nontinueu LEOm 1rSl EdBe.l
ference which resulted in the seIec.
ton Of Mr.. Harding"
did you hear of any arrange
meTt by General Wood to promise
the Interior Secretaryship to q com
placent mana man representing
Oh interests?" demanded Walsh. 4
None whatever" replied Proctor,
Sinclair At Convention.
ibid you see Harry F. Sinclair
at the convention?'' Proctor was
asked.
eyes, but / did not talk to him
on politics"
Proctor then explained that he ap.
preached Sinclair in New York in
April or May before the convention
ito enlist his support to the Wood
campaign"
What was his attitude?"
'Nominally friendly, but we did
not get any help from him."
II you saw him in New. York
why didn't YOU have a conference
with him in Chicago?" .
Because I had tried to enlist his
support and had failed and I didn't
think it would be worth while tc
4 K \
What did you know Of the in
duences that nominated Harding?'
Nothing"
Didn't you communicate by wire
with Senator Penrose, 1.-THE late
Boise Penrose. Republican Of
Hennsylvania)?"
mo, / did not"
Maintained Wire Secrecy. &
Proctor then was excused and L
W. Dixon, of Chicago, was called
Dixon said he manned the private
telegram wire from the Chicago
convention to Senator Penrose in
Philadelphia.
What was the object Of leased
Mire?" asked Walsh.
Secrecy"
"Was secrecy maintained?"
with the aid OF code, yes"
John T. King was in charge Of
the Chicago end Of the wire, anC
Layton Taylor, Penrose's secretary
In charge in Philadelphia.
Senator PenrOse's Purpose.
"EIe was interested in having Ger
tain candidates put up for President
and Vice President"
WHO did Senator Penrose favor?'
II don't know yet. I was KEEP
IN the dark
what was Penrose working for?'
THE elimination of certain can
didates."
"Who?"
''Well, General Wood, Governor
1owden and Senator Hiram John
son.
ut seems strange that a man sicl
abed in Philadelphia could have ex
erted such influence In Chicago, :
interjected Walsh.
Had Phone Wire Also.
Dixon later explained that Kinc
was. formerly Republican nationa
committeeman from Connecticut.
Penrose also had a private tele
phone wire from Chicago to Phila
delphia, Dixon said.
did you hear the night befor,
the convention closed that Mr.
Harding was to be nominated?"
Yes, everybody knew it. A con
ference was held between and
In the morning"
When Dixon was excused, JOhI
3. Alcorn, telegraph operator O.
Terre Haute, Ind. took the stand.
AIcorn worked at Senator Pen
roses headquarters, being sent Their,
by the city editor OF a Chicago
newspaper. - al
Capper I'm and Out"
About O'Clock on the day be
fore Harding was nominated, tn,
city editor told me to go up to tn,
Penrose headquarters, for he sal,
conference was going to be HEX
end that Perrose was going t. nam
Harding as the nominee Alcorl
said.
Alcorn declared that about a. m.
when the conference broke up, h,
learned from Chicago reportel
that Harding was to be nominatet
on the third ballot the next day."
Senator Capper Rep.) of Kansa,
frequently went in and out OF tn,
conference, Alccrn said.
A. Hartman, tax expert of In
dianapolis, Ind, followed .Alcorn.