New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Wood Men Out
To Win jersey
Delegation
Supporters Agree to Place
Candidates in Field i'm
Every Congressional Dis
trict Not Already Pledged
His Success Is Predicted
General Decides to Make
Fight to Win Doubtful
Sections of Massachusetts

Supporters Of General Leonard Wood
agreed at conference in Newark yes
terday to place Wood candidates for
delegates to the Chicago convention in
the field in every New Jersey Congress
sional district where present candi-
dates are not pledged to Wood or have
not declared for him. The conference
was presided over by former Governor
E. c. Stokes.
Among those at the conference were
Representative Norman J. Gould, East
ern manager Of the Leonard Wood cam
paign; John W. Grggs, former United
States Attorney General and former
Governor; Captain Robert Foster,
Wood organizer; Frank Davenport, of
Newark; Donal Mclean, former secre-
ttary to the late United States Senator
kean; Robert McN. McElroy, of
Princeton; State Treasurer Hammond,
Judge Lyon, Surrogate Charles Cod
ding, of Elizabeth, and others.
Edward Duffield, vice-president Of the
Prudential Life Insurance Company,
was appointed vice-chairman Of the
Leonard Wood State Committee and a
resolution was adopted authorizing q
statewide organization Of the Wood
forces and the naming Of candidates
for delegate in each Congressional dis
trict pledged to'vote for General Wood
in the Chicago convention.
Approve of Four Candidates
AS the matter stands at this time
there are four candidates approved
by the state organization for delegate
at-large. They are United States Sena-
tors Frelinghuyseh and Edge, er-Gov-
Thomas Raymond, of Newark Two of
these, Messrs. Stokes and Raymond,
have specifically declared for Wood
as their Presidential preference. The
two Senators have not as yet so de-
clared. Petitions are in circulation
for the nomination Of Messrs. Griggs
and Former Governor Runyon, avowed
Wood men, as delegates-at at-large.
This means that Senators Freling-
huysen and Edge will have opposition
throughout the state unless they de-
law, the candidate for delegate is re-
quired to state in advance of the pri-
maries who he is for, and after the
primaries he is bound to adhere to his
expressed preference. It is understood
that Senators Frelinghuysen and Edge
will declare for Wood, in the interest
of harmony.
Massachusetts for Wood
A telegram was received at the New
York Wood headquarters last night
saying that General Wood had as
sented to the use of his name on the
primary ticket in the 9Th Congressional
District Of Massachusetts, and that the
petitions stating that Wood is their
preference for President were filed
with the Secretary of State of Massa-
chusetts yesterday by Kimball G..
Goldby, of Methuen, and Wilford D.
Gray, of Woburn. candidates for al
ternate district delegates. The sig
nificance of this is that General Wood
has decided to make fight for dele
gates in all the Massachusetts dis
tricts where there is any doubt about
the delegates being for him.
This telegram was received at East
ern headquarters yesterday from Chi
cago headquarters:
"William G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, to-
day signed an application card for
membership in the Leonard Wood
League in Ohio. He said he considered
General Wood better friend of labor
than Harding is. 4 will personally vote
for Leonard Wood at the Republican
primaries on April 27,' said President