Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-11
WOOD ACCLAIMED
AS nation BUILDER
Governor Allen Declares General
Is Best Known
American
ABILITY PROVED IN CUBA


eral Wood for President. described him
a. the outstanding candidate in the
minds Of the whole people.
~ plain. blunt man. with & blunt
belief in facts" Governor Allcr said Of
General Wood 'he is today the best
known American
''No man in America has hccn given
20 many constructive things 20 do in
this generation, and no one denies that.
whatever he has undertaken. he has
done superlatively well
IAN unexpected period Of confusion
has come upon us in the aftermath of
the great war. Old ways are lost and
leadership. hesitant and indccisivC
drifts upon an uncharted sea
'Tnder the weak hands of timorous
government the social disorders and
class minded 'isms' caught from the
world struggle have grown to alarming
proportions.
"The unchecked cncroachmpnt of sin
lister greed. the appalling waste Of pub
lie money. the immoral wandering TO
class interest and class prejudice. have
brought us to a point where the ma @
tiou demands and the world expects
from this great council n leader chosen
out of the great need and not through
the cunning Of political expcdiency.
''In seeking for the initiative and
the prophetic wisdom to guide us in an
hour that must hc wholly constructive
We are fortunate in n candidate whose
record reveals the qualities needed for
the task.
Lit is not necessary To ask for as
rurances from General Wood. There is
the witness Of his service.
-Four Years Governor Of Cuba
"You ask for business man. We
present to you record Of four years
as governor of Cuha--a record which
gained him international fame rs the
y most successful civil administrator the
country has known. Leonard Wood :
services in Cuba constitute page Of
history which records tn" clCanCSt and
most unsPlhsh thing one nation ever did
for a needy people Chosen tn work
out the benevolent policy of Mckinley
toward the people Of tho island for
whom we had sacrificed our sons, he
was given n free hand.
He rporganiZed the island and form
ed a model government which stands
today as proof of his sanity and con
\ structive genius. His wisdom onrNm-
passed all the activities Of the pNopIc.
He touched with his vital interest It's
dead agriculture. developed its rail.
ways, and taught the CubanS how tC
make just laws relating to everything
from municipal administration n gen.
eral taxation. He builded American
Intelligence into school system. rCor
ganized the struggling forces of "ivi
Hfe into orderly government. made
roads introduced sanitation and hy
riene. stamped out yellow fever an,
pernicious malaria aud fashioned it n
with humauncSs and stability thn
has withstoOd the strain nf the chang
ing years.
'Posscssing the highest degree q
business capacity. IL was somrth hinI
more than the work of business man
IL was the work of n statesman whc
had not narrowed his vision 10 th'
purely business life. II was the ac
complishment of a great national organ
izer.
Knows Business and Politics
"A President must be "A business mar
and more He must ho a statesman
He must have broad view Of the in
ternal situation. He must know pol
itics, for politics is what gives us ou
- government he it good or bad, Gov
ernmpnt is no better than its politics
and to improve the one you must i'm
prove the other.
''ThP vague longing for n hu .nes
man fOr President will not b" >atiStir,
by one who knows only business. Th
fairs and the crossing and rPcrOssin
currents Of So"ial and economic aspira
tions. II was the possession of thi
broad capacity thar brought 10 l.cNnar
Wood at the conclusion Of his work /
Cuba tn" commondation OF the leader
of the period
"A President must he able to inter
pref the shadow of coming events. w
do not need 10 speculate Concernin
Leonard Woods foresight.
'When the great war broke upon III
consciousness Of the American pe"pj
with terrific shock. it found tha
Leonard Wood had been preparing. W
heard from him no platitudes about
million men Springiug TO arms ov'
night. On his own initiative he nStah
lished the PlattSburg training camp
created he first line Of tn" national de
Tense and gave to the thousands
magnificent Young American mon VIII
volunteered a new definition Of Loyalty
new opportunity for service 4 ~"
vision Of their national obligation.
Submerged Self in service
I'VE saw him accepting Whntcv,
task was givnn into his hands with th
cheerful obcdicncc Of those who Suh
\ merge self in service. In our stat,
where he trained many Of our SpiendI
young men, inspiring them with h
epirit faShiOning them into n" Eighty
ninth Division. the people witnessed h
work with such pride that when III
governor of our stare, my hOnOrC
predccrsSOr made hun by proc lHmntio
n citizen Of Kansas. every other ritizp
applauded
I'VE watched him 60 away to II
point Of cmharkarion and then at II
last moment "" read with cunStprnatiC
that his great desire I" take his divisC