Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13
WOOD ina WALK.
6. 0. P. POLL OF
CONGRESS SHOWS

sentiment of the republican members
of the house and senate could be con-
sidered a criterion, Gen. Leonard
Wood would be the next nominee of
! his party for the presidency.
By a vote of lis in the house and
20 in the senate, as against field of
! fifteen possible competitors, in a Sc
cret poll, General Wood led them all,
/ Gov. Frank o. Lowden, of Illinois,
running second with 44 votes.
The question was put to each sena-
tor and representative: "Who, in your
opinion, will be the nominee of theI
Republican party for the presidency
in 1920?"
The replies indicate the following
result:
House-General Wood, 116; Gov.
Frank O.. Lowden, Al; Senator James
E. Watson, %; Senator W. G. Hard
ing, %; Senator Hiram Johnson, 6;I
William H. Taft, 8; Gen. John j. Per-
shing, 2; Senator P. c. Knox, /; Gov.
William C. Sproud, /; Senator Miles
Poindexter, / non-committal, Is;
absent, 7.
Senate-General Wood, 20; Sena-
tor w. G. Harding, 4; Senator Hi
ram johnson, a; Gov. Frank 0. Low
den, 8; Senator James E. Watson, 3;
Senator Miles Poindexter, 2; Charles
E. Hughes, /; Senator William E. Bo-
rah, /; Senator Frank B. Kellogg, / !;
Senator Selden P. Spencer, l Sena-
tor Walter E. Edge, /; Senator How
ard Sutherland, /; Senator Irvine L..
Lenroot, / Gen. John ]. Pershing, l /;
non-committal, 5.
Totals-W Wood, 1856; Lowden, "a;
Harding, 20; Watson, 90; Johnson,
I, 10; Taft, 2; Poindexter, 8; Pershing,
3; Hughes, /; Knox, /; Sproul, 1;
! Borah, /; Kellogg, /; Spencer, /;
Edge, 1; Sutherland, 1; Lenroot, /;
non-committal, 20; absent, 7.
New England Strong For General.
] General Wood was born in New
Hampshire, and New England men,
\ bers were almost unanimously for
him. He has great preponderance
of favorable opinion in the New York
delegation. Fifteen expressed a
preference for him. In the Pennsyl-
Ivania delegation nineteen members
/ Of the house for Wood, and New
/ Jersey, Maryland and Delaware line
Eup with ten for Wood and one for
I Harding. Ten of the Michigan men,
1 oers are for Wood. Harding has
line votes in Ohio with four for Wood
III and one non-committal
lS In the Indiana delegation, twelve
SM ire for Watson and one is for Low
a den. In Wisconsin, it's mostly Low
N den sentiment Five members of
y, he house expressed preference for
SNslim while three voted for Wood and
sMone was non-committal. Iowa is
overwhelmingly for Lowden, who at
SNended the state university there.
$N Jine are for the Illinois governor,
Npne is for Wood ard one is for john
Atom.
Nh In the border states of Virginia,
SatlentuckG, Tennessee, Missouri and
Nm klahoma seven voted for Wood, two
ISAnr Lowden, one Off Harding and
Ss@ was non-committal West Vir-
aania members of the house stand
rplr for Harding and one for Low
zen.
Second In "Favorite Son" States.
The West is also for Wood. This
is particularly true of the Southwest,
due largely to the fact that in the
Spanish-American war he was colonel
of the Rough Riders, of which Theo-
dore Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel
/ California, OregNn and Washing
ton voted six for Wood, five for
Johnson, one for Poindexter and one
was non-committal. New Mexico
Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Colo
RADIO gave four for Wood, three for
! Lowden and one for Pershing. Kan
sas, Nebraska and North and South
Dakota gave eight votes for Wood,
four for Harding, four for Lowden
and three were non-committal.
In the home states of every other
andidate Wood, so far as the prefer
ence of the members of the house is
concerned, is second choice.
Of the twenty-nine republican sena-
tors east of the Mississippi, twelve
voted for Wood, two for Lowden,
three for Watson, four for Harding,
one for Johnson, one for Sutherland,
one for Lenroot, one for Hughes and
three were non-committal. Of the
twenty republican senators west of
the Mississippi, eight voted for Wood,
one for Lowden, one for Harding,
three for Johnson, one for Borah,
ore for Kellogg, one for Spencer, one
for Pershing and two for Poindexter.
! Ome was non-committal.