The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-12
DECLARES WOOD
y LEADER OF HOUR
Governor Allen Paws
High Tribute to Army
Candidate.
TELLS ACHIEVEMENTS
Recites Career in Cuba and in
Strike Zones-Statesman
and Business Leader.

CHICAGO, Juno 10. --- Described
as the "outstanding candidate in the
minds OF the whole people" Mai
Gen. Leonard Wood was formally
nominated today by Gov. Henry j.
Allen Of Kansas, for the republican
KresidoOfal nomination.
"A plain, blunt man, with blunt
belief IN facts" Governor Allen said
Of GVnoral Wood. he is today the
besr known American.
NO man In America has been
given so many constructive things
10 do In this generation, and no one
denies that whatever he has under
taken, he has done superlatively
we'll"
An unexpected period Of CON
fusion has come upon us In tho
aftermath Of the great war. old
ways are lost and leadership hesitant
and indecisive drifts upon an un-
charted sea,
"UndGr the weak hands Of tim
erous government, the social disor-
ders and class. .mindcdisms, caught
from tho world struggle, have grown
to alarming proportions.
Leader Demanded.
The unchecked cncroachment Of
sinister greed, the appalling waste of
IuNllC money llf llllllOEdl phnucf-
ing 10 class interest and class preju-
dice. have brought US to point
where the nation demands and the
world expects from this great coun-
ol leader chosen out Of the great
need and not through the cunning
of political cXpediency
I'm seeking for the initiative and
the prophetic wisdom to guide us in
an hour that must be wholly con-
structive, we are fortunate in a can
didate whose record reveals the
qualities needed for the task.
1t is not necessary to ask for as
suranccs from General Wood, There
is the witness OF his service.
You ask for a business man, We
present to you record OF four years
as governor of Cuba, a record which
gained him international fame as
the most successful civil administra-
tor the country has known. Leonard
Woods services in Cuba constitutes
a page in history which records the
cleanest and most unselfish thing
one nation ever did for a needy peo-
pie, Chosen to work out the benev-
olent policy OF Mckinley toward
the people Of the island for whom
he had sacrificed our sons, he was
given a free hand.
framed model government which
stands today as proof Of his sanity
and constructive genius. His wis
dom encompassed all the activities
Of the people. lie touched with his
vital interest into dead agriculture.
dcvel /lcd its railways. taught the
Cubans how to make just laws relat-
ing 10 everything from municipal
administration TO general taxation.
Builds school system.
He builded American intelligence
Into a school system, rcorganized the
struggling forces Of civil life into or
derry government. made roads, in
troduced sanitation and hygiene,
stamped out yellow fever and per-
nicious malaria and fashioned 1t all
with humaneness and a stability
that has withstood the strain Of the
Changing years
Possessing the highest degree Of
lAnoss capacity, 1t was something
move than the work Of business
man. II was the work of a states
man who had not narrowed his
vision to The purely business life. 1t
was the accomplishment OF a great
national organizer.
"A president must be a business
man and more. He must be a
view Of the internal situation, lie
must know politics, for politics is
what gives us our government be II
good or bad. Government is no bet
Yer than It's politics and to improve
the one You must improve the other
The vague longing for n business
man Tor president will not be salts
fed by one who knows only busi-
ness. The president must under
stand world affairs and the crossing
and recrossng currents Of social and
economic aspirations. II was the
possession Of this broad capacity
mat brought tosLeonard Wood al
The conclusion Of his work in Cuba
me commendaion OF the leaders oil
the period.
Has Foresight.
"A president must be able 10 inter
cept the shadow OF coming events
we do not need to speculate con
cerning Leonard Woods foresight
When the great war broke on the
consequences OF the American peo'
pie with a terrific shock, It found
that Leonard Wood had been pre-
pairing, We heard from him no plat
lludcs about a million mon springint
10 arms over night, on his own in
iuative he established the Plattsburl
training camps, created the first line
OF tho national defense and gave tC
the thousands OF magnificent yount
American men who volunteered
new definition of loyalty, a new op
puIlunIty for service, a new Visior
OF their national obligation.
We saw him accepting whatever
TASK was given into his hands WIN
the cheerful obedience OF those whC
suomorgc self into service. In oul
state, where he trained many OF oui
splendid young men, inspiring then
with his spirit, fashioning them int
We Ninth division, the people wit
Hhsed his work with such PRIDE
t%t when the governor Of our state
my honored predecessor, made I'm
ny proclamation citizen Of Kansas
every citizen applauded.
We watched him go away TO tn
point Of embarkation al then a
we last moment we read with con
tyrnation that his great desire u
take his division TO the field was no
% be granted.
Was No Whimpcrcr.
, rms man was no whimperer
rot an hour was lost in sulkinG
} Nol word was wasted in criticism
Not an instant spent In mourning
oyer his personal disappointmenl
We see him coming back to trail
another division, If we can h