Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-11
GOVERNOR ALLEN
NOMINATES WOOD

NOMINATES WOOD
Chicago. June 11.-Described las
the outstanding candidate in the
minds of the whole people. Major
General Leonard Wood was formally
nominated today by Governor Henry
j. Allen of Kansas for the Republic
can presidential nomination.
"A plain. blunt man, with a blunt
belief in facts" Governor Allen said
best known American
mo man in America has been given
so many constructive things to do in
this generation, n no one denies
that whatever he has undertaken he
has done s~uperatively WELL"
An unexpected period of confu-
sion has come upon us in the after
nath of the great war. Old ways are
lost n leadership. hesitant and in
decisive. drifts upon an . uncharted
sea.
Under the weak hands of a timor-
Gus government the social disorders
and class mindedisms, caught from
the world struggle have grown to
alarming proportions.
This unchecked encroachment of
sinister greed. the appalling waste OF
! SAoIiS IioACJ. ~ 4lltIlOId Ill pdHUoTlnS
to class interest and class prejudice
have brought us to a point where the
nation demands and the world expects
from this great council a leader
chosen out Of the great need and not
through the cunning political cxpedi-
enct. fi-..
I'm seeking for the initiative and
the prophetic wisdom to guide us in
an hour that must be wholly construc-
tive, we are fortunate in a candidate
whose record reveals the qualities
needed for ,the task s.
1T is not necessary to ask for as
surances from General Wood. There
is the witness Of his service.
A Business Man.
You ask for a business man. We
+, ~presentato yOu a c Of four wears
AS governor of Cuba, a record which
gained him International fame as the
most successful civil administrator
the country has known. Leonard
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 people
Of the island for whom we had sacri-
feed our sons, he was given a free
hand.
l. ne the lSland ana
framed a model of government which
stands today as proof of his sanity
n constructive genius. His wisdom,
e~ncompassed 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
! A pnericor ntol1fvorc2 into cohnc1 cx,-
tenn. Re-organized h struggling
forces of civil life into orderly gov
eminent. made roads, introduced
sanitation and hygiene, and stamped
out yellow fever n pernicious
rnaleria n fashioned it all with
humanness- and stability that has
withstood the strain of changing
years.
Work of a Statesman.
Possessing the highest degree OF
business capacity. It was something
more than the work of a business
man. 1t was the work Of a statesman
who had not narrowed his, vision to
the purely business life. 1t was the
accomplishment of q great national
organizer.
"a president must be a business
man and more. He must be a States
man. He. must have q 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 M better than it's poll
tics and to improve one you must i'm
prove the other.
The, vague longing for a 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-cross.ng
currents Of social and economic ass
p%irations. 1t was the possession OF
this broad capacity that brought Cen
eral Leonard Wood at the conclusion
Of his work in Cuba the commenda-
ton Of the leaders Of the period.
"A president must be able to inter-
We do not need to speculate concern.
ing Leonard Woods foresight.
when the great war broke upon
the consciousness Of the American
people with afterrinc shock. 1t found
that Leonard Wood had been prepar'
ing. We heard from. him no, plati-
tudes. about a million men springins
itiative he established the Plattsbure
training camps. created the first lins
OF the national defense and gave to
the Thousands Of magnificent young
American men who volunteered q
new definition Of loyalty. q new op-
p%ortunity for service, a new vision o.
Their nationals obligation.
I'VE saw him accepting whatever
task was given into his hands with
cheerful obedience Of those who sub
merge self In service. In u state
where he trained many of U splen
md young men,. inspiring them Will
his spirit. fashion4ng them into tn
Ssth division. the. people witnessed
his work with such pride .that wheI
ed predeceasors made him by procla
mation q citizen OF Kansas. every 9th,
81 citizen applauded.
watched him 20 aw6y TO III
Epotnts Q e~rnbarkaffons and then ~ III
E1eet moment ~ read with sconsterna
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