The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-10
lake l.. Hamon Announces Candidacy
For "GOP" National Committeeman
And Supports Wood For President

the same time upon whom it will place
the responsibility of party leadership
for the next four years.
For General Wood for President
ITO those who may care TO know my
presidential preference, | will say that
| am for the nomination of Gen. Leon
ard Wood He Is "A man who embodes
the finest attributes of American man
hood and whose public service has pro
ven fully his broad statesmanship and
administrative ability. As governor
general of Cuba he brought clear out OF
the chaos created by prolonged revolt
ton against Spanish despotsm and so
ably started those people in their ne"
responsibilities of self government as to
insure the success of the new republic.
His administration gave them sanitation
and health in place of filth and dis
ease In the Philippines, also, he gave
proof of the highest order of executive
ability. organizing the constabulary and
establishing peace and order. so sue
cessfu was his leadership in the islands
that the Flipinos have developed to II
point where they are now entrusted
with large measure of self govern
ment. When the United States troops
were ordered to Siberia, the native con
stabulary took over and satisfactorily
performed the work of garrisoning the
islands No one in America contributed
more to the cause of preparedness for
our part In the great war from which
we are just emerging than he. He in
-, "a
piled well.trained officers in numbers
sufficient for the needs of our emergen-
cy army. While he is one of the great
est generals that our country has pro
duced he is against large standing
army and enforced military training
for long periods, preferring an ade'
quate instructional force and training
for short periods of a sufficient mum
Der of men to provide an emergency
force He is without tant of the snob-
berry and other characteristics of the
hard-boled' officer that prejudice peo-
pie against the professional soldier. The
bigness of the man is shown in the lact
that when, in spite of his eminent
fitness for leadership, he was denlec'
on partisan grounds, any opportunity
to serve overseas, he accepted uncom'
plainingly his assignment and so dis
charged his duties as to win the con1l-
dence and admiration of soldier ana
civilian alike.
with "A man of General Woods 100
per cent Americanism and knowledge
of affairs at the head of our govern
ment. when our internal and external
policy of defense for the future is be
ing framed. we would be more secure
against future wars than we can ever
be through the agreements OF poIlti-
clans. Our soldiers abhor war. They
are ready when an emergency arises 10
offer their services and even their lives
in defense of a great cause, but they pre-
fer that the calm judgment of our own
people shall determine when such emer-
gency does exist. Few men in our
country know the people of America
better than he. Through serving in
the army for more than score or
wears having come into the army from
civiI life as a surgeon. he has been
brought in touch with every part OF the
nation and its insular possessions. lie
has visited practically every state III
his campaigns for preparedness ana III
the training of thousands of young or
ficers and two divisions of fighting men
for this war. he came to know intimate
ly the finest traits of American man
hood as few people know them. He is
known to share the progressive views
of the late Roosevelt as well as the un'
compromising Americanism OF the Ia
mented ex.president. | believe that II
nominated he will lead a united party
to victory and will give to the country
an administration that Will meet sue
cessfully the many difficult problems
that now confront us.