New-York tribune., 1920-03-02
Wood Leaders
Shift Strategy;
On Aggressive
will Carry Battle for Dele
oates Into States Where
Opponents Insist Their
Strength Seems Greatest
lively Fight in Illinois
General to Campaign in
South Dakota Again Be-
fore Primary March %

Campaign managers for General
,.orard Wood. east, west and south,
-. abandoned everything remotely
rssembling the feather duster and
's.aow hoxing system of beating their
.;,sls and from this time forward 1t
~ IA the hammer-and- -tongs style,
.;.h no favors asked of or granted to
~ I,wden, the Johnson or the Hard
ny Tha wood men have begun q slash
IA, campaign both in Ohio and llii-
.n?s the home states of Senator dard-
mo and Governor Lowden. The prln.,
~;nals understand what 1t means, ana
sgsry move will be watched with added
interest by the Republican politicians
rom ore end of the United States TO
the other. 49, Au,,
MIN last night, and tonight he will
sneaS in Detroit Tomorrow he will
~ at Battle Creek and Lansing, Mich;
thursday at Buffalo and Saturday at
Manchester. n H., on the eve of the
s.ate choice of delegates-at-large to
the Chicago convention.
Wood to Tour South Dakota
Arrangements have been completed
for the joint debate between General
wood and Senator PoindeNter IN South
nskota on March 90 as required by
The primary law of that state. They
w;ll meet at Pierre, the capital. The
urinary is to be held on March %, and
General Wood will make second tour
~ the state just prior to that day.
New Hampshire is pledged to General
Wood. and the South Dakota state pro-
rosal convention went on record for
Wood as its first choice. These dwo
oil states, leading off the list, will give
.hrst blood" for General Wood, and his
supporters predict that there will be :
lively procession of followers, with
Wood leading all the way to the Chi
cago convention.
It was announced yesterday that the
.wo delegates from the Philip res
lad been instructed for General Wood.
md that the two from Hawaii also
would be for him.
Clifford Pinchot starts tour of
South Dakota to-day.
John G.. Greenway, former Rough
Rider, who served under General
Wood in Cuba, has sent formal word
Of the action of the Arizona Repub-
hcan convention in pledging that
states SIX delegateS 10 W oOd.
Will Enter Illinois Primary
Petitions entering General Wood in
The Presidential preferential primary
in Illinois will be fled in Spring gHeld
ILL.,, to-day. H. H. Merrick has been
chosen treasurer of the Illinois cam
paign committee.
The decision of the Wood managers
to make fight along the entire line
in Illinois is due, according to the
friends of the general, to his impress
sive popularity in Chicago, although no
special campaign has been conducted
there The Wood men had intended to
eaye Illinois 20 Lowden, but the prog
ress of the battle has impelled them
to force the fighting. The attaches at
the Chicago headquarters are consid-
erng program for contesting the
primary elections in all Of the states
in which primaries are held. Poll
'icians of the reactionary type have
asserted that old-time methods would
prevail at the Chicago convention, and
ntimated that the Wood admirers
would have to be content with the re-
suit of barter. The new policy has
double purpose; first, to show Woods
popularity, and, second, to meet any
aenance from the rev polltlclans VINO
seek to control delegations.
Good Omen in Headquarters
The Wood men at the Imperial Hotel
Yesterday made the discovery that
every Presidential candidate whose
headquarters have been ct the Imperial
has been elected Mckinley, Roose-
welt, Taft and Wilson.
Henry Lane Wilson, former Ambas-
aador to Mexico. caller at the Wood
headquarters, said that it was time to
put an end to jazz politics." as he
styled the prevailing kind, by electing
General Wood
4 find a strong underlying senti-
ment throughout the country in sup
port Of General Woods candidacy fol
me Republican nomination, and this
seems to draw its inspiration from the
character of the man." Mr.. Wilson said.
/ have travelled extensively, particu-