Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-02-16
LEONARD WODD' :
SUPPORTERS ARE
BUSILY At WORK
National Campaign Com
mittee Has Opened Head
quarters; Friends Every
where Rally to Standard.
BY Edward Il. Clark.

Chicago, Feb 15.-In the Chi
cago headquarters of every candi-
date for the republican nomination
for the presidency activities have
increased so rapidly with the last
ten days that the intensive opera
tions in the various offices make
the caller think of June convention
days rather than on February pre-
liminary days. the pTOYerbial
political pot has started its boiling
early.
The Leonard Wood national
campaign committee now is in the
fun swing of organized effort.
William c. Proctor the chief Of
things, makes his headquarters I'M
Chicago, but pays occasional Off
Ci1l visits to the east and the mid
vest Repre- sentative in Congress
Norman j. Gould, of New York,
thoroughly has organized the east
ern campaign, and Fred Stanley,
republican national committeeman
from Kansas, has organized the
western campaign, each being the
manager of things in his respective
geographical department.
There has been an occasional
questioning word concerning the
extent and scope of the work of
Leonard Woods friends in behalf
of his nomination, The extent of
the work is the entire country and
its scope includes everything which
is legitimate in the way of making
sure that the man who his friends
believe is the peoples choice really
shall be made the peoples choice
when the delegates assemble IN
convention next June in this big
town.
Business and administrative
methods are being used in behalf
of Leonard Wood. While Wood has
been an army officer most of his
life, his activities along civil lines
have been as great if not greater
than those along army lines. His
experience of four years in Cuba
when he was assigned to the task
of making a republic out of
country which had been despotical-
" ruled for four hundred years,
has stood him in good stead ever
since His civil activities in the
Philippines and in remaking the
general staff in Washington, and in
providing men and methods for the
carrying on of a righteous war,
needed the methodical head and
the steadying hand of an admins
traitor. Leonard Woods friends are
conducting his political campaign
on administrative and business
lines of a kind which must be ap-
proved by the man in behalf of
whom they are working.
Mr.. Proctor, Leonard Woods
campaign Chieftain, has the proper
ly combative instinct. Within the
week definite arrangements have
been made by Mr.. Proctor to push
the fight i'm behalf Of Wood and the
people for delegates in most of the
states of the union. Il is possible
that there may be one or two states
in which the "faVOrite son" idea
still may be allowed to prevail, but
let no person of them all think for
an instant that even in the most
pronounced of faVorite sons states
is there to be allowed to prevail
any doubt as to the real sentiments
of the people concerning the proper
man for the republican nomination.
Ohio's delegates possibly may be
at heart for Harding, but with the
preferences of the people made
known, it can be taken for granted
that the real choice of the Ohioans
will be given expression at the re-
publican national convention
There is no doubt in the minds of
Leonard Wood friends as to whom
the people of Ohio prefer
A complete organization is being
perfected in every county in the
Buckeye state State headquarters
have been opened already at CO.
lumhus, Ohio delegates to the ma
tional convention are elected at the
primaries. The delegates are re-
quired by the law to express their
first and second choice for presi-
dent. Ohio is much more than fair
battling ground.
The Lowden campaign managers