The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-22
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notwithstanding the fact that they
expected It, and have openly and as
frequently prepared the public for II
With formal statements and personal
Interviews, that the candidacy of Cen
eral Leonard Wood would get away
with flying start, the news from Min.
nesota, Tenneggee and several Other
widely separated states, has reacted
upon the feelings Of the opposition
managers. II has proved depressing
for the moment, but they are surely TO
pull themselves out OF the dump and
30 70 hustling for delegates for their
pwn fayorites.
With Minnesota's "a delegates, add
ed 70 the "a pledged votes the Wood
people had from four states and the
philippines, II can be seen that, as
conceded by everybody, even his OPP
tponents. the General has drawn first
blood to the extend % 4S votes. Up TO
the easy Wood victory in Minnesota,
the actually pledged delegates are 6
from Arizona, s from New Hampshire,
6 from Tennessee, 2 from Oklahoma,
and 2 from the Philippines.
Tennessee has IA more delegates to
select and the Wood people claim them
as q practical, certainty. They also
yclaim TO have close In sight Kansas's
20. Deleware'si 6, Connecticut's IL, New
Mexico's 6 and CoIorado's 10. making
y total OF 90 votes probably for Wood
In addition to those already referred
TO. These 80 with the 4S already re.
ferred to make total Of 1874 certain
or SIN sight,
Coming to second choice, General
Wood is shown, according to his man
ayers, by actual instructions to dele.
gates or recent polls, to be second
choice in the following states: Alaba.
ma a.; Arkansas 10: California 26:
Georgia IL; Idaho s; Indiana 30; Iowa
rs; making total OF 1874 second
choice votes.
II these figures put. forth by the
Wood people are correct, or appro3i-
mately so, Wood has an aggregate Of
272 delegates 10 whom to look for sup
port at Chicago.
These figures were issued here soon
after the arrival OF Frank H. Hitch
cock at the Washington headquarters.
II isregarded as entirely reasonable to
suspect that he had something to do
with the issuance OF the table.
Il will be noticed that KANSAS 20
delegates are claimed for Wood, which
appears TO. be an unusual claim be.
cause OF the continued prominent and
frequent mention Of Governor Allen,
of that state, in connection with the
nomination. William Allen White, OF
Emporia, is aggressively booming AL
! len. On the other hand, Governor Al.
len Is as aggressively boosting General
Wood, In an interview given out here
last week. and in previous interviews
he gave" Kansas to Wood, himself
incluced. His statements as to Kans.
as, and the claims OF the Wood mana.
gers Of the Sunfower States delega,
ton, agree fully.
The Wood people point to the first
primaries in widely separated states
as proving one Of the earliest and most
frequently hprped on contentious,
which was that theirs was a nation.
al candfdater;; that they we're for the
nomination of man who could be
seen across. the continent" Which
was tentamount to saying that all the
others were aspirants only in the 10
cali or the .tfayorite SON. sense. II
is now clear TO the politicians that the
plan of the Wood 'campaigners for dele
gates was, from the first, to wagt their
! fight not only for frst.choice delegates
but for second.choice delegates at the