Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-12
JOHNSON,S SPONSOR FLAWS
SALE OF PRESIDENCY OF u s..
Wheeler Protesting Against Offering Highest Office on
the Auction Block, Declares That a "Yelow
Dog" Cannot Win.

General Leonard Wood was formally
nominated today by Governor Henry
can presidential nomination.
~ plain. blunt man. with II blunt
oS ,:o, In fac IT, Goysrnor Allen said
best known American.
No man in America has been given
so so many constructive things TO 10
IN this generation, and no one de-
mes that whatever he has undertaken.
he has done supcrlativcly well.
Under the weak hands Of a timor-
and class minded isms caught from
the world struggle. have grown TO
alarming proportions.
Man to Cheek Greed.
The unchecked cncroachnent Of
sinister greed. the appalling vast.
OF public money. tho immoral pan
dcrinE TO class interest and class
prejudice. have brought uR to a polnt
where the nation demands and the
world expects from this great coun-
ell a leader chosen out of the great
need and not through the cunning
OF political rxpcJicncy.
You ask for Il business man. We
present TO you a record OF four wears
as Governor of Cuba. Il record which
Ea, l him international fame. as the
the country has known.
Possessing the highest degree OF
business capacity. II "as something
NOR, NOR nan tn. work OF business
man. who had not narrowed hiS YER
zion 70 the purely business life. II
wnS me accomplishment Of a great
NATIONAL organizer.
When the great war broke upon
IN" consciousness of tho American
people with 81 terrific shock. II found
.hat Leonard Wood had been pre-
p.rlnE. We heard from him no
rlhtitudcs about "a million men
springing to arms overnight on his
ON initiatlv" ne established tho
hiattsburE training camps. created
the first line Of the national defense
ana gave TO the thousands Of rnagnIn-
cent young American men who volun-
tecrcd now definition Of loyalty. :,
new opportunity for service. a now
VISION OF their national obligation
We saw him accepting whatever
tack was given into his hands with
the cheerful obedience OF those who
.nhinerrc self in service. In our
State. where he trained many Of our
splendid young men. Inspiring them
with his spirit. fashioning them into
the Eighty ninth Division, the pco-
III" Witnessed his work with such
pride that when tho Governor of CIR
state. my honorcd predecessor. made
MN by proclamation a citizen Of
Kansas, every other citizen applaudcd
The Grcn, Disappointment.
We watched him go away TO tho
point OF cnbaTkaiion and then at thu.
.ast moment ~" read with constcrna-
=
diHislon to tn. field was not to ba
GRANTED. This man was no whIm-
pcfcr. Not AN hour was lost in sulk-
ing Not word was wasted in
mourning over his personal disap-
pointmcnt. We soc him coming h1cL,
70 train another division. II wc cant
n" SAID. well make IL even better
10 serve in France
me American soldier is a citizen
soldier. Leonard wood holds fas, TO
inc traditions OF the great citizen
soldiers Of the republic \ plain
bihnt man. with blunt belief in fnc,s,
n" Is today the best known American.
~ the frank expression OF his he
a,"is there Is no hidden motive. 30
canhiaa'c for high office has ever
gone TO the people of this nation with
soul and mind so frankly revealed as
Leonard wood.
No "ndeavor ot his life presents in
tner Co!ors his calm and steady
] strength than ~, work at GARY I,
was the old quarrel that took him
,h"re--the struggle between those
VINO hire and those who toll, the onIy
FORM 81 civil strife which the govern
mont still allows to Itenacc a holm
less public. He carried TO that dis.
tr!ct the guarantee Of fair piay lilo
( had been advised not TO 90 to ,;ary
lie was told tho situation was mn
OF dynamite. lie could have sent a
- :, 'dt nc went III person
and dominated tho situation hy tho
force OF absolute Justice No. a shot
was fired or a bayonct used. Ills
calm decision N the hour no, ONLY
bronEht security to Gary, but asstIr-
nncc and profound relief to tho wait.
ing country The success of his sane
and Just endcavor brought back TO
meg their faith in government.
Again e; Omaha. in the racial
riots. in West Virginia. in the labor
troubles. he visuaIizcd not military
power, nut the peculiar determination
which should be always. the Ameri-
can pledge TO protect the rights Of
al! by arm and righteous govern
mcHt.
with full! appreciation Of the
challenge OF tho hour, I present the
name of the man who hts the hour
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