Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-02-16

are pretty busy in Chicago Gov
ornor BOwden, who is a lawyer ana
who for a considerable time was
an official of the Pullman Palace
Car company, founded by his faith
er-in-law, is in the hands of his
friends and these hands are daily at
work in the operation of remolding
the lawyer so that he shall appear
one day like farmer and the next
day like business man.
1t is one of the joys Of working
in behalf of Leonard Wood thar
one is never under the necessity of
trying to make it appear that Wood
is anything which he is not His
record has been written into the
public scroll during the period Of
thirty-four years and the record
reads, "Construction.p
Letters which come in daily nv
the fun mail bag to Chicago Wood
headquarters point pertnently in
every line to, one outstanding fact
which it might be well for repub-
leans who want their ticket to
win to take note on" after the
manner of Captain Cutie These
letters say that Leonard Wood is
the only candidate thus far sug-
gested for the republican nomina-
ton for the presidency who with
out any question at all can bring
together solidly and loyallv the
members of the two branches Of
the republican party known com
monty as conservatives and prog
ressiVeS.
The letters say that with Leon
ard Wood as the candidate, the an
tagonisms, examinations and the
denominations of 1912 and some |
succeeding years will become not |
only things of the past, but of the |
dead past and that full opportunity /
will be given ultimately for the !
dead past to bury its dead.
Cheering news comes from the .
east There Is an old saying some
where that an east wind bodies no
good, but the east wind brings
messages to Chicago which give
the lie direct to the old adage.
Maine is all right. There are
loyal workers for the Leonard
Wood cause in Maine and among
thought in that state. Governor
Carl f. MiIliken, Ex-Governor Cobb.
Fred Guernsey, Arthur Sewall,
Arthur G., Staples, and a score of
others. There used to be some
thing to the effect that as tMaine
goes so goes the Union" Certainly
the start of the going of the
Union is an auspicious one when
it has it's origin in Maine. The
other New England states are for
Wood, and as one passes on to New
York, Pennsylvania, and thus west
and south, the reports are cheer
fully kin to one another.
The governors still "are coming
to town" This is not literally or
rather bodily accurate, but the
governors of many states already
have declared for Leonard Wood
claration To the company of
Shoup, Of Colorado; Campbell, of
Arizona: Larra2olo, of New Mexi-
co; Allen, of Kansas; Norbeck of
South Dakota; Burnquist, of Min
nesota, and Bartlett, of New Hamp-
shire, has been added the name of
Mllllken, of Maine.
The eX-goVernOrs are flocking in
the wake of the governors. Herb
ert S. Hadley, former governor of
Missouri, now living in Colorado,
made an open statement the other
day which began-'Leonard Wood
is in my opinion the most outstand-
ing and forceful personality in our
national life today, Governor
Hadley said much more, but the
one sentence stands as enough. Two
eX-governors of New Jersey and
brethren eX's' from other states
are following in the train.
Miss Harriet E. Nittum, who has
had long campaigning experience,
has taken active charge of the
wOman's department of the Leon
ard Wood national campaign COM
mttee. Miss Vittum says that the
state in the union to her appeals in.
behalf of Leonard Wood are Won
derfully spontaneous.
In Chicago, as has been said, the
political pot is boiling
early this year 1t is the intention
of the friends of Leonard Wood
now engaged in the peoples work
to see that the pot continues to
boil until the close of the republi-
can national convention, and then
with the nomination of their chief
assured the fires will he renewed
and the boiling will go on until the
triumph.
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