Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-06-11

CHICAGO. June 11.-Nominated by
Governor Allen of Kansas and second
ed by Frank Knox, of New Hampshire
and Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New
York, the candidacy of Major General
Leonard Wood was placed today be-
fore the Republican national con-
vention.
At 1906 o'clock the secretary be-
gan calling the roll of states for
nominators. Alabama passed and
Arizona yielded to Kansas for the
nomination of General Wood by Gov
ernor Allen.
"A plain, blunt man. with a blunt be-
lief in fact" Governor Allen said of
General Wood. "he Is today the best
known American.
mo man In America has been given
so many constructive things to do in
this generation, and no one denies
that whatever he has undertaken, he
has done superlatively well.'
An unexpected period of confusion
has come upon us in the aftermath of
the great war. Old ways are lost and
leadership. hesitant and indecisive.
drifts upon an uncharted sea.
Under the weak hands of a timor-
Gus government the social disorders
and class minded isms caught from
the world struggle have grown to
alarming proportions. aN
1.-The unchecked encroachment OF
sinister greed. the appalling waste of
to class interest and class
prejudice have brought us to a
point where the nation demands and
the world expects from this great
council q leader chosen out of the
great need and not through the cum
ming of political expediency.
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 quail
tiles needed for the task.
1T is not necessary to ask for as
surances from General Wood. There
is the witpess of his service.
You ask for q 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 administrator
the country has known. Leonard
Woods services in Cuba constitutes
page of history which records the
cleanest and most unselfish thing one
nation ever did for a needy people.
Chosen to work out the benevolent
policy of Mckinley toward the peo-
pie of the island for whom we had
sacrificed our sons, he was given
free hand.
He re-organized the island and
framed model Of government which
stands today as proof of his sanity
and constructive genius. His wisdom
encompassed all the activities of the
people He touched with his vital in
terest it's dead agriculture. developed
| its railways. taught the Cubans how
| to make just laws relating to every
thing from municipal administration
| to general taxation. He builded Amer
lean intelligence into a school sys-
tenn, re-organized the struggling
forces of civil life into orderly govern
ment. made roads, introduced sanit-
alton and hygiene. stamped out yellow
fever and pernicious malaria and
| fashioned II all with humanness and
stability that has withstood the
strain OF the changing years
| Possessing the highest degree OF
business capacity 1t was something
more than the work of a business
man. 1t was the work of a states
man who had not narrowed his Wis
| ion TO the purely business life. 1t was
| the accomplishment of a great ma
tional orgapizer.
"A president must be a business
man and more. He must be states
man. He must have a broad view OF
the internal situation. He must know
politics, for politics Is what gives us
our government. be 1t good or bad.
Government Is no better than Its poll
tics and to improve the one you must
improve the other.
THE vague longing for business
man for President will not be satisfied
by one who knows only business. The
president must understand world az
| fairs and the crossing and re-crossing
currents of social and economic as
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