New-York tribune., 1920-02-20
Newflanpshire,
Maine, Vermont
f vor w Wood
Frank Knox, New England
Leader, Also Asserts That
Massachusetts Probably
Will Support Candidacy
Ohio Is Being Organized
Colonel William C. Proctor
Announces Campaign in
East Is Making Progress

Frank Knox, editor of "The Manches-
ter IN. H. Union," the original Leon
ard Wood-for President man in New
England, said last night at the Wood
campaign headquarters in the Imperial
Hotel that General Wood will undouh+-
edly have the support of all of the dele
gates from New Hampshire, Maine and
vermont, with a strong probability
That the Massachusetts delegates also
will be for him.
AL OF the New Hampshire delegates
are pledged for Wood" said Mr.. Knox
In Vermont, after the retirement of
Governor Coolidge, of Massachusetts,
native Of Vermont, the influential
factors In politics in that state natu-
rally turned to Generad Wood. Maine
Is solldly organized for him. With
Governor Coolidge not a candidate there
Is reason for the prediction that Massa.
chusetts, at the proper time, will avail
herself Of the great privilege of naming
IN convention, when her name is called
the next Presidcnt-General Wood"
Mr.. Knox begged to be excused from
discussing Connecticut or Rhode
Island.
"Best Qualified Man.
Colonel William c. Proctor, chairman
OF the Leonard Wood campaign com.
mlttee, left town last night for the
Chicago headquarters.
General Wood" said Colonel Proc
ter, rs the only national candidate be
tore the Republican party The cam
palgn committee has now organization
in all but four or five of the Northern
Central and Western states. Between
two of the other Republican candidate:
arrangements appear to exist to keey
out of each others territory, showing
the local character of their candidates.
wherever l have travelled l fine
most Of the Republican leaders thinl
General Wood is the best qualified mar
TO unite the party, and at the sam,
time to draw into it the young mer
who have recently become voters ane
the newly enfranchised women voters.
I'm South Dakota, the first of the
Western states to hold primaries (the
election will be held there March 23)
General Wood is running first, al
VnouSn serious attempts are being
made by two other candidates, johnson
and Lowden, to break down his lead.
Michigan, which is the largest state
that votes early, we regard as perfectly
safe for General Wood.
Splendid Progress in East
"ln Ohio, where the contest for dele
gates takes place April 27, we are per
fecting an organization, which will bt
completed in few days, in every dis
trict and county in the state. j. H
Price, of Cleveland, is in charge o1
the campaign and gives most confident
reports. He resides, curiously, ir
Mark Hanna's old residence and has
his headquarters in the rooms for.
merly occupied by the Mckinley cam,
paign committee in the Neal House
During my brief visit to New York
| learned from Norman J. Gould
Thomas w. Miller and others that the
campaign in the East is progressing
splendidly. and I also got similar re.
ports from Senator Moses, whose head.
quarters are in Washington"
Virgil Fl. Highland, Republican Ma
tional Committeeman from West Vir-
gina, called at the Wood headquarters
yesterday and told Colonel Proctor
that while West Virginia had a favor.
ite son candidate for the Republican
nomination in Senator Howard Suther-
land, the indications are that West
Virginia delegates soon after reaching
the convention will be for General
| Wood