The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-12
How Wilson Folks
Played the Game
For General Wood
By DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright, 1919, by The
Intelhgencer.)


WASHINGTON. n. c.. Dec. 1l.-Lco-
nard Wood. general in the army. man
oc tho IRON hauA, h,'r Of the two fisted
sentiment bSQr"ath"d TO his poIltca1
i"<cs rientS by L late toionci it13Se
vi: ought - nc very happy, man.
Than ~. W" a. H.. ~ famjiiarly known
ln those who with affrCt'uuate hreFlly
uS"d - call Roosevelt IT. X ,--'h"Et -
nobody who commands as mLrh E'nun,i|
strength IN tho assembly ~ Repuo''-
ans h"rc for the national c"In'IllsIs'
ma,,ng Tark Of Harfng. l.owdHn.
.'.niidgc. Watson. sutherland and "theG
-1ngcS ell the way frrm th' "hnM!ns
wh:<rcr 20 III" hand pune uai'd aFSu,
mont, Rat Leonard Woods friends ana
.u3onrr,rS ar. ~ rrnSt numerous. They
has aho-, them AZ ar Of d"iCrIriha-
.,or and rr,ix,d" which translated mt"
'orn., of poli',ca, moment easily places
f'. eminent Tai"r general far ahcao
= 'ho other would-Nc candidates.
;;ut Leonard! Wood ought 10 be happy
fo- man reasons Uc dreamed years
ago ~ hning president az the Sn.t""
states. He had campaign hCadquaC-
.rrS of his own IN 1915 and Th"nd@re
Roosevelt went 9" far as I" suggest nus
name rubliciy u the Republican W
t:nnal Convention a. cruprci'lS' cor
Sidatc But Il Is 10 II" Democratic al
ministra:ion tha; General "'"1 "WSS = .
Ioht os political gratitude. Maybe II
'hry had permitted him TO <" TO Franc ,
,S .,i.,bt hayr <uf-"rcd the fate Of
cen, raj I.,r~h,uc--I,st N tire" th"uS:
and 49, DISTANCE and Two years OK
r,.scrri IrCIion from ;he political hosts
frs,raS. Genera, Wood wasn't permitted
to Stey IN France but was sent 10
charleston. :. C.. where his oppHr'U'H-
ties 20 get in touch with young M"'I
from ali parts OF ~" country VINO
we're ss,.t - the big training camps in
ms military jurisdiction were n lost
,Ipnu The nlpgnetic major & neral. irior
% that time ne made good US" or ms
time n Governors Island. New iNrN; -
iaIx az banuurjs. lunchc"nS and puoiie
Gatherings Thin IN" Democratic ad-
rninistration as If with gifted political
n-cvision sent General Wood I" camp
i!,rStnn Kansas. where nc CAME IN
contact With the western boys. most or
vur,n could not help but take to the
di-tinguish"t general who trained them.
Later Major General Wood was
transferred :" Camp Grant. Chicaeo'
her. Nc got a chance to o"co,ne acI
nuairtcd with tho folks in the C"ntraI
West He ulaGr I.ihcrtT Loan speeches
and 20, around gtncrally from city "a
ri.y The Democratic administration
didn't h"Sjta:" when an "'n' TE1n,E
nrcso - Omaha ard then at Gary. lnn'
~ send General Weed 10 the scene anI
.hn general ~,9dc good US" "t his opp"T'
r,,niric. II" j. a born r"il;.'ian. type
rather different from General i'HrHhihR
yho wr- 20 Eu~y trying I" g"t harmony
tn tn I'rFiEN SFN'I'Nl> fil'4 wv 'S',
7llisd chi"se and =" huSy getting th'
N1,>r....ru >:-,ii:irn.r- f":C" th"r" thai
n, d:dr'' ;,.ink 80 tho Misunderstanding np
r.nrtuf tits il" n'd with Two ntl!i"r
!roors And mos c thrni aS a "'nSe
l,u.t,s... don. know much about Genera
Prre%in.. personally tn" other t"'
,ull.nn rrr.pS VII" St%y'd "Nc- hor'
nncw All a%ru: General Wood. From
= -nii.f,.,l l,lnt Of view Il Is a little un
rn,;unar., f,,- General p"rShinc that NJ
had a. sp"ud 80 rruch "f his time WIN
.,in,, ~. ,rtr N France Will" his r!ra!
,:"nn-ur W.."d. had things all his o"t
vav back homo. A.
I'm, ,;rrrr:,l Woods star lS IN th'
rs...rdarcy I. j. %" Ha,d that Genera
Wood cou'dul HAY" been here ms
~, ct. prtirularly on Wednesday,. Whct
IN, Ecanhlirau national cnmraitter met
~ NIGHT hay" fnrn'T"d a dramatic "p
sod. "a IA. gaih"rirr r. aft"r all IN
fIsS thar UnS made ar,:J. William Hat
rhnu,u~on. mayor ,f Chicago. his re-
fu@al a. receive Marsha J0ffrr att"r IN
I'niicG states had entered IN" war an,
tis admitted efforts - curry favor VII
-. GERMAN voters. :h;,t sam" ind cua
utS crr,nIiirG :" max" speech and q
81 =, IN. meeting aS tn" Republican NJ
iirnal commits conan from Illinois, |
- . fact that the tr'."rUulcnt Of IN
,-n:t.d states nurT 'Sriy routed tn" ltln
.rory -: tn kinE and Queen or Ec!
viriul So aS mt :" include thiChg" De
rau>c Of III" known attitude % MAYO
Thompson. II is 4 k""wr fact ira
President Wilson "ut 'hlrh%" OK m
cilics on his rOc"nt iranScor'incnt
trip and i s said 10 h" 4 fact Una
Theodore Roosevelt refused TO go Z