Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-04-03
Daily
Editorial
Digest
(Title Appld for L. S. Pat Off
Edited by the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest.
POLITICAL INDICATIONS
FROM SOUTH DAKOTA

The results OF the primary con
test in South Dakota are of nation
wide interest says the indianapolis
Star Qnd. Rep9, because they are
the first formal measure of sentiment
in any state. The Star declares
that 'the friends of General Wood
are much gratitied by the showing he
made" the final taublation giving. in
round numbers. Wood 10000 votes,
Lowden $4,000, and Johnson $4,000,
with PoindeNter completely cut off
the running.
As the Republican race al least
up to the time OF Hooyer's entrance.
has been Wood against the field"
the principal interest in the South
Dakota result center around the Ques-
ton whether it indicates strength or
weakness in the Wood camp. Gen
eral Wood gets the ten South Dako-
Ia delegates. md many are satisfied
TO let this fact speak for itself. Thus
the Manchester Union Und Rep.)
calls it a sweeping victory" for
Wood, which has far greater signi-
1icance than the mere addition of ten
more delegates 10 his rapidly grow
ing convention following" and the
Columbus Dispatch (lnd.) declares
that his strength at the polls nat
urally gives great announcement to
his followers"
There are two things that should
not be overlooked, the Dispatch re-
marks. First, it is an agricultural
state. Then, the women voted. The
result therefore shows that General
Wood is strong with the farmers. a
thing that his opponents have denied,
and also that he IS a favorite with
the women, another point his oppon-
ents have not been willing to con.
cede. -. The first real victory at the
polls must be written down 10 the
credit of General Wood"
The vote received by General
Wood. who stands for universal mill
tary training" adds the Sioux City
Journal (RepO, Shows that the peo-
pie prefer the security of the police.
mems club 10 that of the typewriter
Y and polished sentences grouped into
rosea.e promises of impossible hope"
and the ANACONDA Standard GDem.)
concludes that its still Wood aga
inst the field"
"A knockout for Lowden," says the
Kansas City Star Gnd), while the
Lynehburg News fDem.) holds that
II was Johnson who fell by the way
side. So thinks the PHILADELPHIA
Inquirer (Rea1, which declares that
Wood and Lowden together, stand.
ing for ratification, left very little of
Johnson and Poindexter. apostles of
Treaty rejection. 30 that now tho
race in delegate getting is between
Wood and Lowden," view support
ed also by the Portland Oregonian
(lnd. Rep.l
The Daily O5lahemu Demo sums
up the result thus
The Lowden eandidacy is sin.
ping.
Leonard Wood is getting instruct.
ed delegates In direct primaries and
Is the man that the c. o. ?. steer
ing committee must beat.
Hiram Johnson's radicalisu has
tremendous popular appeal in The
middle west that will put him in the
Chicago convention with hand thar
president-makers cannot overlook"
The Sioux City Tribune GndJ. en-
phasizins this last point, thinks r
reasonable TO suppose that chad
Johnson been supported by an organ
lZatlon as strong as that working in
pehalf Of Wood or LowdeH. lie might
nave won The South Dakota endorse.
ment The Syracuse Herald dnd.
says this:
Hiram Johnson is going 10 ,r,.-.