The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-24
LIE PASSED AS
DEM FIGHT IN
STATE WARNS
Chairman WOcledge's Accuse
tons Answered BY X. 3.
Murphy
PERRY TO THE FORE
Efforts For and Against Him
For National Committee.
man Disclosed

The Democratic organization fight
in North DaGo ta waved warm today
after State Chairman &. ). Wooledgc
of Ninot, issued a statement a&Sai!-
ing Henry Holt OF Grand Forks, sec
rotary, for calling state committee
meeting in Valley City January 20
and asserting Hollis open letter 90
him was written by r. i. Murphy,
chairman Of the state board Of ad-
ninistralion, Mr.. Murphy replied.
Mr.. Woolcdec's Statement concern
ing Mr.. Holt follows;
II have read your long letter to
me, which you published, but did not
send to me- says Mr.. WooIed&e.. J
regret thrt YOU saw fit TO publish
letter YOU did not write. Your sttcT
was written by X. l.. Murphy Of Bis
marck, and in 1t Murphy says let W.
be frank. He asks who have con-
fcrrcd with. | have conferred with
him at Fargo on Dec. II IN room NO.
2lS of the Gardner hotel. Murphy
talked to me for TIVE hours, trying
to &c: me to join in a scheme to elect
defeat II. II. Perry. He said he could
get the state committee to bring hlm
out as candidate, and that W"
should have the committee meet at
Valley City. refused to join IN any
such scheme.
Murphy charges me with being
Lacquer. That needs no denial from
me. The |. Y. A. campaign commit
tees Of Minot will tell you, if you ask
them, that no one has fought tn"
league harder than I have during the
past years, and that in the last cam
paign | personally raised all the
funds that were spent by the O'Con-
nor-Ncstos campaign committee Of
Ward county.
Il understand today that Murphy
is getting cold feet and is now trying
to get someone else to run against
p"rr'' and to be indorsed at Valley
City"
Murphy's Reply
Mr.. Murphy's reply to Wooledge S
charges follows:
II have read Mr.. Wooedge's charges
in yesterdays Forum. | regret that
Mr.. Wooledge has decided to ado
the crime of lying to his already long
list of political misdemeanors. He
charges me with having written the
letter addressed to him by Secretary
Henry Holt. This charge is absolute
" false | did not write the letter
referred to, although | can heartily
subscribe t. the sentiments contained
fin rth oh n 70
nc with trying to get him to sup
port myself for the office of Nationa
Committeeman. In this statemen
Wooledge deliberately, knowingly an'
maliciously lies, and he knows thi
statement of mine can be proven b,
the witnesses who were at the Farg
conference. IT it were true as h
asserts that | am ambitious to be
come National Committeeman,
should not want 10 have my can
ddacy handicapped at the start b
his support. | went to Fargo at MI
Wooledgc's suggestion that he and
coNfer with Mr.. Perry and agre
upon Mr.. Perry for National Com
mitteeman. Mr.. Perry, although i
Fargo, did not attend the conference
No suggestion, either directly or in
directly was ever made by me to Nj
Wooledgc asking him to support m
for National Committeeman, cithe
at the Fargo conference or elsewhere
had received many suggestions froI
Mr.. Wooledgc showing how ] Nigh
benefit in "A patronage way by SUI
porting Mr.. Perry. have repeated!
told MIR. Wooledge and his friend
that could not and would not SUI
port Mr.. Perry on account of his a
titude towards the Democrats in til
past campaigns, which attitude il
cludcd his opposition to the cand
dacy Of Ex-Governor Burke in 1871
and J. +. r. Q'Connor in 1922 for tt
office Of United States Senator, as We
us his opposition to other Democrat
candidates in Dickcy County for Il
past two campaigns.
WcolcGge's statement that | a
getting cold feet on the propositit
of opposing Mr.. Perry is grossly ,
aggerated. On the contrary, the pu
LEGATION of " ooledge's statements h
increased my confidence that Dem
Gratis of the state will resent the a
tempt CT Mr.. Perry to use the Off
CT State Chairman to further
political ambitions. If ! should
eide to become candidate for t
office of National Committeeman
would be largely influenced in tn
direction by the fact that l won
be opposed by Woolcdge. This O
position | feel sure can be count
upon as a distinct politica! asset
any Democratic contest in tt
state"
GUST HOLT
Grand Forks, Jan. 24.-Thirte
members Of the county Democlat
central committee represented
the meeting called by j. Nels
Kelly at Grand Forks yesterday W
ed to GUST Henry Holt as cour
chairman. S. F. Mercer was nam