The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-21

Yfonths ago, the wood for President"
movement has spread throughout tho
country and there Is nationwide de-
mand for him as the next occupant Of
the White House to pilot the country
through the trying days of readjust-
ment which lie ahead.
General Woods campaign managers
are daily in receipt of the most graft
flying reports from the thirty-five or
more states in which there are flourish
ing and constantly increasing Leonard
Wood Leagues. The movement Is
spreading so rapidly That General
Woods managers are working night
and day to keep up with it. Not only
are the states in which there are Wood
organizations bubbling with enthusi
asm over his prospective nomination,
but from the native states of favorite
sons, who are opposing General Wood,
there continue to come the strongest
and most sincere assurances that he Is
the popular choice of a majority of the
voters. All the indications are that the
people throughout the nation intend
the White House because of his re.
markable record as an executive, his
marvellous powers as an administrator,
abundantly shown In Cuba, the Philip
pines and during the world war, and
because Of his frank and fearless stand
en- the paramount issues Of the day.
Wood Against Field.
eft is case ofWood against the field"
said Congressman Norman J. Gould,
eastern manager of General Woods
campaign. General Wood has conV
handing lead because of the :.
amount OF personal, vol
done by his friends and admirers be-
fore the campaign committee came into
existence. The%upport General Wood
Is receiving from voters all over the
country clearly indicates that they
will instruct their delegates to vote
for him in the convention and that the
number Of delegates so instructed will
be sufficient to give General Wood the
nomination. There will be 984 votes
in the convention. General Wood will
have 300 pledged delegates when the
convention opens, and will need only
1873 more to get the nomination"
Following General Woods victory In
New Hampshire, the first state in the
Union to hold primary for the selec-
tlon of delegates, Congressman w. w.
Lufkin. who is directing Woods cam
paign in Massachusetts, said a careful
canvass of New England showed prac
tically every state In that section woulG
support the general by sending dele
gates to the convention pledged to his
nomination. Governor Miliken of
Maine personally assured General
Wood In Boston. recently, that that
state was solidly for him.
Mr.. Htchcock's affilfhting himself
actively with the Wood campaign has
brought strong support from the South
for the general Mr.. Hitchcock has q
host of friends and admirers in the
South and they have been writing him
many letters of congratulation on join.
ing Wood and assuring him that the
general will have many, if not all, of
the Southern delegations in the con-
vention with him.
Announcement Is made by the Wood
managers that they will put up an ac-
tive fight for delegates in Ohio against
Senator Harding and in Illinois against
Governor Lowden. William Cooper
Proctor, national campaign manager
for General Wood, has issued an UNI
qualified denial that either General
Wood or anyone connected with his
candidacy will attempt to unseat Will
Hays as chairman of the Republican
National Committee after the national
convention. This statement is official
and is made in reply to baseless stories
circulated by General Woods oppo-
nents for the obvious purpose OF stir
ring up trouble between the chairman
of the Republican National Committee
and General Wood.