New Britain herald., 1920-06-11
Wood Nominated By Gov. Allen of Kansas, Seconded By Frank Knox and Mrs. Douglas Robinson.

mated by Governor Allen of Kansas and seconded by Frank Knox of New Hampshire and Mrs. Douglas Robin son of New York the candidacy of Gen. Leonard Wood was placed today before the republican convention.
 The demonstration which followed Gen. Woods nomination lasted 40 minutes. When it quieted down Frank Knox of New Hampshire, the Wood floor manager. and Mrs. Doug las Robinson of New York made speeches seconding Gen. Woods nom- ination. ...
 "A plaint blunt man, with a blunt belief in facts" Governor Allen said known American"
 -so many constructive things to do in this generation and no one denies that whatever he has undertaken he has done superlatively we'll.
 An unexpected period of confusion has come upon us in the aftermath of the great war. Old ways are lost and leadership, heaitant and inde- cisive drifts upon an uncharted sea.
 Under the weak hands of a timor- ous government the social disorders and class minded isms caught from the world struggle have grown to alarming proportions
 "The unchecked encroachment of sinister greed, the appalling waste of public money, the immoral pander- ing to class interest and class preju- dice 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 nf fhrnrICl sIag n I litical expedien5y.
 Tn sce:t..ls for the initiative and the prophetic wisdom to guide us in an Jour that must be wholly con- st<Gctive, we are fortunate in can Htdate whose record reveals the quail Nties needed for the task.
 Tt is not necessary to ask for as- surances from Gen. Wood. There is the witness of his service.
 X Business Man.
 = You ask for a business man. We present to you a record of four years as governor of Cuba, record which gained him international fame as the most successful civil administrator the country has known. Leonard Woods service in Cuba constitutes a page of history which records the cleanest and most unselfish thing one nation ever did for needy people. Chosen to work out the benevolent policy of Mckinley toward the people of the island for whom we had sac- 'rificed our sons. he was given a free hand.
 He reorganized the island and framed a model of government which stands today as proof of his sanity and constructive genius. His wisdom encompassed all the activities of the people. He touched with his vital interest it's dead agriculture, devel- oped it's railways, taught the Cubans how to make just laws relating to everything from municipal admins tration to general taxation. He build ed American intelligence into a school system, reorganized the strug- gling forces of civil life into orderly government, made roads, introduced and hygiene, stamped out yellow fever and pernicious malaria, and fashioned it all with humanness and d stability that has withstood the strain of the changing years.
 Possessing the highest degree of business capacity, it was something more than the work of a business man. It was the work of a states man who had not narrowed his vision to the purely business life. It was tile accom- pl1SfTleHl Ol great f1d- tional organizer.
 As a Statesman.
 "A president must he a business man and more. He must be a states man. He must have a broad view of the internal situation. He must know politics for politics is what gives us our government, be it good or bad. is no better than it's poli- tics and to improve the one you must improve the other.
 The vague longing for a business man for president win not be satis- fled by one who knows only business The president must understand world affairs and the crossing and re-cross- ing currents of social and economic It was the possession of this broad capacity that brought to Leonard Wood at. the conclusion of is work in Cuba. the conlmendation of leaders o ftEe period.
 "A president must be able to inter- pret the shadow of coming events. We do no~fed to speculate concerning l,eonaE AWood's foresiGl,: