The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-19

Major General Leonard Wood. can
didate for the Republican nomination
for president of the United states
closed an exceedingly busy ia! III
Wheeling with an address 10 a mass
meeting in the Court theatre and VISIT
to the ring arena in the Market Auditor
ium where he saw Bob Martin. boxing
champion OF the American Epedltlohaly
Forces. fight his bout with "bearcal
Mcmahon.
General Wood arrived in Wheeling a;
1O:35 o'clock Yesterday morning, ara
was given y royal welcome by citizens
OF Wheeling at the Baltimore ONO
station. 4 brief rest and luncheon at
the Mcclure found General Wood ready
for five minute speech before tne
Rotary club and twenty-mlnute au-
dress to tn, employees or the whitaker
GleSSner company. -.
The general was then taken TO Eass
Stcnbenyille. Follansbec. Wcirton ana
W'ellsburg. where he addressed enthus-
iastic gatherings. Returning to the clty
at $50 he dined and rested until 'i'i'
for the Court theatre meeting.
Early this morning General Woon
will be driven to Moundsville, where
he will speak at the court mouse ,al Q
o'clock. before leaving for Fai:moht ana
Morgantown. ,.o, his
General Wood declared that ms
Wheeling reception was one OF the mos
cordial he has received at any point IN
his campaign tour. and certainly, n;
said the most carefully arranged an"
carried out. Every memoer OF hI9
party highly complimented Attorhe! IL -;
Harold Brennan. who arrahSeu - i
conducted General Woods wheeling
reception.
The Court Mass Meeting.
Major General Leonard Wood, L. ;.
candidate for the Republican presl-
dental nomination, was greeted oy an
enthusiastic audience Of residents OF
Wheeling and it's vicinity In the Court
theatre last night and delivered an ad,
dress which was warmly recei'eu ""'
duly appreciated. .,,, with rom.
n,jtteemen wearing badges. the iTois
row being reserved for genera "U
and his party and Chairman w. ". NC
~ thc Republican national convention
from the First Congressional district OF
While awaiting the arrival Of the as
tinguishcd speaker, NUMBER Oh set
lions were rendered by the GrcnesIiSS
Many members Of the talr sex toS at.eIuS
tho meeting, a fact that was coHnienteui
mnon and appreciated BY General Woou
in his address.
Tho raseting opened exactly on inc
,,inuto at o'clock in iact. lhe CT
mIttec of arrangements has peIh niSn.;
COMMUNICATED by members OF ne Po[t',
=, ~, stated there was not hitch durinS
Tho entire program for the day ana tna'
eyerything moved as smootni! as IL ree
ulated by clock-work.
Ringing Address
.Eo,P GhaPiaifn al the GuY YY47thFied Ii Ar.iiery dur
mo the late war, a veteran OF the Span
isS American war. and who served uG.
jng the late trouble in Mexico; was II"
troduced by Chairman McSluske5i 5ia-ss
Chaplain Squircs made briet aoGTess Ii
On tha subject 1--WE don't want soIoler
Fnr I'resident," and his address was AS
emphatic as it was brief. .
The speaker went on TO tell OF VILE Mna. ::
,,o rnaw. of those royal good fellows,
the soldiers with "hom ne sPoN
d" "A soldier gives his life to his % GSun-
fry the moment he enlists. said map
lain Squires. HE goes whereSe5 ne be
oba of them. l was a corporal AT one
lime, In the Spanish American %aI:
And T carried away 4 souvenir-a pu!leI
hole. A soldier gives all nc can give,
1t became my sad honor %ht1s ne i our bows
IN IN their final home in one day
Then why this new note in Amerlcat!
we don't want soldier for a .tn, res,
dent No one Toiced ousn snat 70 sail for
France, to do or die. Sixty thousahd
Of them sleep in graves in France: l
am sure We are proud OF them. ana l
am sure no one in this audience ~ @ uH
Kind enough to voice that sentiment we
don't want a soldier for President!
But Few Civilians
George Washington was 4 soldier LOT
years and fought for the liberty ys,Sdn, OF TINS
country before he became presidtSIniS. tIni,od
"Torb Taylor was a soldier and licked
the Mexicans. And I wish We had an
other zach Taylor. to lick them again:
instead of parleying with them over
paying ransoms for kidnapped Amer'-
cans. ,,,an, In the
rirtIn in Indianapolis are chiseled two
names: William Henry Harrison ana
Benjamin Harrison Il both pres'deh's'
Andy Jackson was president and
soldier. The only thing | have agaihhst hSt
him is that he was a DemoCrat, ~
that didn't keep him from licking the
Dritish at New Orleans.
"On the monument OF the Ia'e ffe