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Show WILSON MAN A GER MAKES STATEMENT" nkw YORK, .ian. 87. Suggestions by Co) Henry Watterson that h solicited contributions to the" Woodrow Wilson campaign fund from Thomas V. Ilan were mat with declarations by William i". McCombs, Governor Wilsons campaign manager, thai Mr. Ryan's money would not be s pted. "Such contributions w-eie not within the ".plrit of the Wood- row Wilson campaign Mr. McCoi ibs declared de-clared in a Statement made public here tonight. His statement follow.-. I have read ths correspondence interchanged in-terchanged between Colonel Watter-son Watter-son ami Senator Tillman, which appeared ap-peared In tills moi nine' paper. I had thought that Colonel waiter-son's waiter-son's statement of several days age Itself entirely dlaposed of the alleged Incident. I f! stated in nn interview a day or so afterwards, i have made no statement with reference to it since thut time. l-'rcjin the beginning o iIih campaign for Governor Wilson, whhh I ha i managed I have re. coleed all of the contributions made 10 it. I assiime responsibility for Lhcui, sad I know tliclr sources. They have uniformly beep made y proplo who had no Interesl iMfpi the consummation con-summation of the Ideas wlinh he represents. rep-resents. Not one of them expects sny i other return. Any communication which has be;, had between ITiySClf and t 'olone) Wat- teraon rf-eartllng cam paign funds has taken plai c In personal Interviews between lit i ii and myself. There have been two Interviews only t Intensely Intense-ly dislike ir, make S public, statement state-ment of a private conversation and regret very much lhat Colonel Watterson Wat-terson has forced mo to do so. In Orlelirr of last ) ea I I had a Reneral conversation on presidential politics with Colonel Wat MS ITBOI at the Waldorf, Wal-dorf, where lie Was stopping. f visited vis-ited hlin nt his sugcestlop. In the course of that conversation he cave 11 as his opinion that a large amount of money would he needed and volunteered the SUggSatlon thai " would go and see hla friend. Thomas W Ryan and that be vas sure he oOUld Indue,, him IO make a very large contribution to the campaign. cam-paign. I saul to him that wr would not take Mr. Ryan's money and such ,-ontrlbutlotie were not In the spirit of the Woodrow wilsoa campaign. His reply ares: "I hav. been in politic fifty e,,: and I know that nionev and not patriotism pa-triotism counts in a presidential campaign." i repeated to Colonel Watterson thai we cmil.i pot take the money. Kurlv In December I met him again and he I sue Wed the diSCQMMB of a Ryan contribution I made Ihs same onSWW lo him that I hail made he-fore. he-fore. I heard nothing further from CoL . i -I Watterson on the subject and tlioughl no io'. re of the omivsi eatlOna. I have not seen him sines :i-t fine. If I miaeake int. there I an ImpO-ation, ImpO-ation, perhaps, n Colonel Watier-son's Watier-son's letter to Senator Tllmsu- -uob-Bjbl) not Intended -to the effect t'nat he secured funds for this campaign from Mi. Ryan. No such contribution I had been made and t' If. of fours". Oatonel Watterson wei knows j The WeM-tiraSd aaault upon tlov -emor WHson are rendering a reMl assrles). I u'i'i specify one rspc' Sh.'e the livginnlng of theer attacks I have reeeixd In tnv mail mat" wnisll eontrlbitt Ions from all over the i onntrv from people who have not been naked 10 contribute and whom neither I nor Governor Wilson know elr letters all eSS)Vey etpreor. of resentment a 'he unfair and concerted con-certed attacks that are belnn made I en littn. |