The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-31
WOODS RIVALS QUIT:
HIS BOOM GROWS
Governors Sproul, Coolidge
and Goodrich Have With
drawn from Contest
MANAGER
MAKES BIG CLAIM

Says johnson Will Have More Dele
gates West of the Mississippi Than
any Other Candidate - Wood Drive
in the East.
NEW YORK, Jan. 81 The recent an
nouncement of several candidates for the
Republican Presidential nomination, that
they are no longer III the race, has i'm
measurably enhanced the prospects of
General Leonard Wood for the nomina-
ton, according to the Wood campaign
managers here, who declared that the
Withdrawal, of the candidates. OF Govern
or Sproul of Pennsylvania Governor Cool
idge Of Massachusetts, and Governor
Goodrich Of Indiana, had left these states
free for General Wood to go in and
clean up the delegates"
I'VE are paying special attention Just
now to five eastern states, New Hamp-
shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New
Jersey, and New York" said Representa-
tive Norman j. Gould, Eastern manager
of the Wood campaign. I'VE are going
to put up spirited fight in all these
states. but we VIII not neglect the others,
either
The Wood campaign managers are
working hard to enlist the support of
National Committeeman A. T. Hart OF
Kentucky, Elihu Root, George v. Perk-
| ms, and one or two other prominent Re
publicans to the Wood cause, but thus far
without success. Word was received
from the Chicago headquarters of the
] Wood boom last night that General Wood
| had gone to Louisville, Ky, to be the
guest of Mr.. Hart during a speaking en-
gagement there and it was considered not
at all improbable that Mr. Hart will
shortly declare for the General.
At the Chicago conference it will also
! be decided Just how the Wood IL rec
| viii meet the attacks of the friends and
supporters Of the Governor Lowden cam
| palgn in Ohio. 1t was declared yester-
day that these attacks have stirred up
bitter feeling throughout the Middle
West, and the local Republicans com
mlttees are considering means Of retalia-
! ton if the practice is not abandoned
Strong sentiment in favor Df General
] Woods nomination was expressed at a
meeting Of the New Jersey Republican
state committeeman and county chair
men, held at Trenton Z. c. Stokes. chair.
man of the Republican state committee
sent the following telegram to General
| Wood:
AT a joint conference of the members
Of the Republican state committee and
the county chairmen of New Jersey, held
in Trenton, your name was received with
great applause and was practically the
only name mentioned for the Republican
nomination for president It was the
only name for which any individual de.
clared, and the applause showed a large
majority of the conference were with
! Won
Al the Hiram johnson headquarter.
in the Pennsylvania Hotel the organiza
| ton OF New York johnson for Presi.
dent club was announced
! Regarding the California senator's
chances for the Republican nomination
his campaign manager, Angus McSween
said:
Senator Johnson will come into the
Republican national convention with more
delegates from west of the Mississippi
river than any other candidate. And We
are confident that he will have as many
delegates from east Of the Mississippi
as any other candidate"