The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-02-13
WHY SOUTH
DAKOTA FAvORS
LEONARD WOOD
PROMINENT CITIZEN GIVES RkA-
SONS FOR WOOD SUPPORT.
like Lincoln He Came From the
Common People and Knows
their Hearts and Sympa-
thizes with their Aims"

Judge Carl Sherwood, of Clark. writ.
ing to the Wood for President" Cam
paign Committee, gives his reasons
for his presidential choice.
Says Judge Clark: Replying to your
favor, | will say that l am for Major
General Leonard Wood, because mor
than any other man in the United
States, he typifies today:
l. The enforcement OF law.
2. ~Self-cOntrol.
3. Economy, and
4. Real red -blooded Americanism.
While he is a military man, as all
our presidents in the last thirty years
have been. with the exception or
Cleveland, Taft, and Wilson, he Is as
far removed from militarism as any
man can be.
Like Lincoln, he came from the
common people. and knows their
hearts, and sympathizes with their
aims.
Like Roosevelt. heshas marched and
fought with the Rough Riders, and
indian fighters of the west. He has
endured their hardships. outrOde. out
fought. and outshot the best men. and
knows the heart Of the great West.
and is in sympathy with it.
BY sheer ability Re rose from the
physician Of the pocr IN Boston to be
the appointed physician Of three
presidents, Cleveland, Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
He is a graduate Of Harvard, a
great physician from his own merit,
and indOmitable work. He became
the great general from necessity in
! the Indian wars, and in the Spanish
American war.
After the war with Spain was over,
he was appointed Governor General OK
San Diego. beca:se of his great OK
! ecutive bility, Ind his ability to man.
age men.
He gave ;,stice where justice hal
been anhuown; respect for law where
contempt and hatred Of arbitrary
powers had existed for centuries:
health in the place Of disease and
honest and economical administration
OF public affairs; schools in the land
Of ignorance, and order and the spirit
Of work for chaos and idleness.
What he did at San Diego he later
did for the entire Island Of Cuba. He
knows official Washington. and has
not been spoiled by it.
When petty jealousy refused his
plea to 90 TO France, without a muir
mur he have his great organizing
ability to win the war.
His forward look and prophetic
vision fo"ntold tie Spanish-American
war and the Great War, and he begged
for preparation and was refused.
When the var was owe and Anarchy
famed up in Omaha. at the steel mills
at Gary, in the coal mines OF West
Virginia. he was selected by a hostile
administration as the man best fitted,
in the United States. to bring order
out of chaos.
In each instance he restored order
without fear or failure; Ire put idle
men at work; brought peace and pros
perity out OF anarchy. and did 1t all
with such patient tact, with such clear
sighted justice and wisdom. that Il
was said Of him that he could have
been elected mayor Of any city where
he had gone to quell riots.
His motto has ever been: do il.
don't talk about It." He has always
said Come and help work.; not Go
and work" He has shared the labor.
tho dangers and hardships OF every
position with those. he was called to
command.
He has travelled around the world
on high official. and diplomatic mis-
sions. He knows tho needs at home.
and the dangers and temptations
abroad.
He stands now. and has always
stood. loyal to the home; loyal to the
school; loyal to America and its flag.
and in this supreme hour. no has the
courage. the broad vision. and the
indominabs energy that will put the
nation at work. and force economy
and respect 1T home and abroad. and
keep this nation. ~ It has become. the
lrst nation. not only In wealth. In
power. peaoe and Justice 1T home.
but In just treatment. fair dealing and
IN Hncompromtsing demand tor the
respect Of orr rights wherever the
Flag floats.
Without criticism Of any other oaa.
didate. but believing sincerely that
Leonard Wood typifies Ill these
things as NO other maa Of the nation
does today. 10 10 ny choice for presl+
dent.
(Slgned) 0incereiy yours.
G. @. SHERWOOD.