The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-28
SAYS WOOD MAN
OF THE HOUR
Believes He Represents
the Highest Ideals of
Americanism.
CO-THINkER OF TEDDY
"Tin Soldiers" Turned Out to
BE Bulwark Of Nation in
Time of Emergency.

Mary Roberts Hinchnrt. the writer.
who is actively at work to bring
about tho nomination ~ General
Leonard wood fQr president at the
Chicago convention, said yesterday
that no two men were ever moro
thoroughly in accord on matters Of
the nation than Theodore Roosevelt
and Leonard wood,
Theodore Roosevelt is today the
symbol for all that is American. for
all that is sturdily national" Mrs
Nhinehart said. "ilc saw America
not ~ n controlling power imposing
Its will on the other Nations ot the
earth. but as n sovereign people. a
great family living at peace with It's
ucighbors. he saw II big and tolcr-
ant and strong. but he slw ~ also
as quick 20 resent indignity or in
jury He saw the United Statoa OF
America so powerful that n would
never he offered indlgnity or injury
And no two men were ever moro
completely In accord on matters of
the nation than Theodore Roosevelt
and Leonard Wood TO both of them
America was and is u sanctuary In
which the fugitives OF al the world
fihN liuh i'Abkft hbN lil l'NNlh ibi
that sanctuary there In to be n pay
ment made. and that payment ~
that they become "A part of this great
nation When they fail to do that.
when they come to destroy and not
so upbuild. when they dcfile The
sanctuary, they must be driven out
and destroyed.
Record of Achievement.
Worse than tho enemy outside Is
tho enemy within our house walls,
and | can imagine no flncr comhina-
tion % power to destroy him than
Theodore Roosovcl's big stick In
the strong hand OF his friend, sianch
ally and co-thlnker. General Leon
ard Wood
so great IL the emergency. 80 alb
solute IN the necessity that the presi-
dent be the man for this particular
hour. that the winning party WIN
unqucstionably be the party which
produces a candidate Of decision, uc-
tion and strength, with a record be
hind him OF real achievement Tho
country cannot afford to experiment.
THE political dark horse Is al
ways an experiment.
General Leonard wood has be-
hind him "A record of achievement, |
as soldier and administrators, un-
equalled by that Of any other candi-
date today. His popularity is not
the result OF n political accident. OF
"A great speech or an emergency in
telligenuy dealt with We have made
presidents out OF such material more
than once. He might safely stand
on his record OF service rendered To
the country during forty years OF
activity But he has something more
than that.
..f
"We must not choose our presi
dents by their pasts, but Tor their
future. To do this successfully we
must have Tor that high office men
who will look not backward. but for
ward--men. In other words, who
have vision rather than men who are
sktllful followers OF precedent We
are dealing IN world problems, new
not only TO ourselves. but to all ma
tions. with no longer any traditions
10 go by, and the man without
world vision, tho selfish statesman,
the arrogant autocrat. the man who
regards the presidency M an oppor
tunity and not as a dedication Of
himself 10 the country. may bring
us to the verge OF catastrophe,
General Wood is not self
seeker His candidacy has been the
result OF n popular demand. and that
demand Is the direct result OF his
record. Perhaps. however, even
that, onviable as II In, would not
have brought such result had n
not been that, OF all the men IN high
places In this country only two had
the strength Of their convictions,
that we would inevitably become in
VOWED In the world war--Thcodoro
Roosevelt and Leonard Wood,
There was some amusement in
the country over these two alarmists.
some jeering at Leonard Woods tin
soldiers. Hut the time was to come
when Leonard Woods Tin soldiers
led their men against an enemy that
all OF Europe had failed to conquer
and, although to the eternal shame
of this country Leonard Wood was
not there TO sec them fight. and
often 10 die, his vision, his plan for
officers training camps, was the one
thing which made possible the great
army we sent to France and made
historic NoNpmbpr II Ig1S"