The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-14
lannon's Asserts That a
Rio Surprise Was on
Candidates.
bOD IS NOT LEADING
,;r Chiefs" Oppose the Idea
If Jpstructing the Dele
gates.

=, IN au, week IN the pri'oi CIV
Nm, boz mat rs 1t may, the ASSET
+, made N the FIRST sentence
lndS 80,
the last gAgglcr among inc
',,rs from The hiutcrland had
.IsJ , tram or the inbound iran
~, oId homo state tonight. inc
AhBcaug have exchanged counsel,
,,undlNuu has been put down
hoIr .uptlgn. In four weeks
vi s.r what the democrats have
oNer. for the democratic hhlloha'
n,,,t,r wl,l a~sCmhl" here Jjnu-
TO select their convention '''I
go through the same sort ol
,rt'akiug that the party or the
.,h,nt has mst gone through. But,
Inc meantime, The republicans are
the limclight
Hence the review OF things po-
,raI thIs week win deal with the
inrs OF the @. .. j., WIN per
ms thought or two that mas
heen commented on elsewhere"
the first placc. the real news or
convention could not be written
shlnr'on Rather II was necessary
wait until the party leaders ue,
.ted 10 survey the aggregate ul
M, that occurred to TAKE mo
,os,d,.ration certain things thht
,r,aIn men said very earnestly !"
,amine their motlyes-in snort 10
sven Al the risk OF being blunt
IN, /, instead Of gradually work
! a-ound TO find a more suitable
,cs 10 say it. one big fact STANDS
n, Ak the result of the torcga'her-
OF the big chiefs. and that fact
Wood Not Leading Candidate:
Gan Leonard wood is not the
,d.ng candidate in The republican
sce,
The second fact Is:
The best thought in the mpubl-
m marty fayors uninstructcd del
a,.s from the various states to the
kh.fago convention
The third fact is that the rcpuh-
an party is acrimonious, Is out
p victory and wants that victory
an issue OF straight Americdnlsm.
Lest the first statement OF fact
misunderstood, II must be said
ka, here is no lack OF admiration
bg General wood In the republican
hank and file or among the lead
"a Furthermore theme are thou
ands OF republicans who think he
uld poll more votes than any 9TH
candidate the grand old party
10 "a an nnAalhIH
lN General Wood will bc nominal
and will lead the republican par
TO victory In 1920.
But the impression that General
Mood WAS far In the lead OF the
her candidates, which impression
ecame general about n week ago
4ongh, and lasted for four days has
cen dtSspa,ed Republican lead
trs came to Washington lnquiring
b how the wood candidacy had
o' away.
Each committeeman was sure there
~m no overwhelming Wood sent
gent In his state. hut in some 9th.
r state ne had heard that Wood
cantered away from the field.
y stock taking began Monday ana
tssday and the discovery waSe
nlte that instead of General Wood
being the leading candidate both
Gov. Frank o. Lowden OF Illinois
and Senator Warren @. Harding OF
Ohio have more real strength right
row than the Roosevelt political leg
I,es.
How the Impression Got Out.
Then how did the impression get
'lt that General Wood was lead
r. republicans were asking And
he answer seemed to be that bv
some means General Woods mos,
enthusiastic supporters In every
SAFE were claiming that he had pho
nomsnal strength In some other sec
uon OF the country. Then the lead
ss In the particular state would
Ny II these other sections are go
r'ong Tor General Wood. why
sho1tn't this state be ," And tha'
seems 10 account for the r"rOrt that
"nod was running a..ay
foF some weeks vet General Wood
lIaf got more publicity than any ~
E' o'her candidates lie got a lot
a favorable publicity right NJ the
me when = was valuable and N"
L}tetsion made will carry him
Eh' up 10 convention time as -
'iong candidate.
bn' today It seems certain That
'hen the convention meets he viii
On no better than even terms
I'm Governor LOwden and Senator
nfd'y Meanwhile Senator Wat.
ot Indiana Senator Johnson ~
kIornla and Senator Rorah of
4aho viii hc picking up some
v.rhg'h Governor toolidg" ~
.islehps'''s senator sutherland
=, nef virginia, Governor Sp~oul
f"nnsyl yl,aril and Senator Poin.
,lNr n Washington. may 70 into
convention with their own dele
-.ons Instructed for them. or un-
I've sons
y" Cninstructc,l Candidates.
...Aere viii he more unins'ruc'ed
,,sd'es ar Chicago than at any
80, republican convention Tho
-. ave VII be nominated at Chi
g.. IN" party will have had AN
...'n'} 10 thoroughly survey
H.. lh. .aH and the man who looks
hat time VIII be nominated
., ,'or Harding has not vet Civ
- 'h' specifications Of the plat
-, w which no will stand Gov
80 Lo"d'n however. gave out his
IA m through his friends here
d.. vas one calculated 10 eHtice
.,,T'.@ 10 him m the nominating
Fts'lon and votes 70 him later
s,- an nh''i'n be Eratified. The
important Planks in it-all IA
for Superfiuous Hair
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