伍德被上层阶级拒绝,获得了有组织的工人的支持。艾拉·戴维斯(Ira B. Davis)谴责了华尔街民主党叛徒,并指出,当州政府救助银行时,没有人反对:显然,在伍德市长或工人中,善良的是犯罪。
(Spurned by the upper class, Wood garnered support from the organized workers. Ira B. Davis denounced the Wall Street Democratic renegades, noting that none had objected when the state government bailed out the banks: apparently what was virtuous in them was a crime in Mayor Wood or the workingmen.)