The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1920-06-05
WOOD STRENGTH
GAINING Rapidly
cholse Of People Everywhere -
q. 0. P. NominsA
Polls Show.

Chicago. Hl.-Wood sentiment y
weeping America. according to re-
pors from every state IN the Uniop
received at the headQuaaters Of tie
Lsmsrd WOod rational campaign
cmnittee here.
Considered Of PARTICULAR Importance
y the fact that straw taHots and
sswspaper polls taken In e state
Indicate almost unanimously that II
the Republican voters Of the country
have their choice. l.eonqrd Wood will
be the party's candidate. In almoat
every one Of these polls he Is leadibg
b. 3 to I. ans In most cases has 40
many votes a. all other candidates put
together. =
This fact II particularly important
considering the fact that more tho
half the delegates 10 the national con-
vsntien In Chicago Jun 8 w!!' he sent
81 direct cote Of the peoale. expressed
y primary elections. A total Of 40
delegates Out Of NJ to be seated. will
10 elected by prtmu ries. Some Of thsse
Delegates will he uuinstructed. but 10
almost every sale. II the voice of IL 9
people 10 to be needed, the delegates
sill have i~eanings toward Woods caii-
Itdaey.
Many Primaries Soon.
For the heneAt OF poIitica1 students
md voters ip general. herewith In
printed the list Of primary states and
The dates Of their elections. togetheB
sith the nunbsr Of delegates: CALI
iornia. 20 Delegates. May q; Illinois
n AprN 10: Massachusetts. IS. April
n: Montana, 3. April -; Nebraska,
10. April 70: New Hampshire. =, March
y New Jersey. -. April 1; New York.
a. April 9: North Dakota. 10. March
10: Ohio. 4S. April ~: Oregon. ~.
May ~: Pennsylvania 30. May IS;
bsurh iMkota. 10. Mp,'b %; Texas.
=. Aprh %; Wesi virginia. 10. May
- and wiscOns'n N. 20, April 0.
New Hampshire comes arst and Us
SIGH, d~eisxa.eS. 10 q elected March ~,
Iss absolutely certain t. he for Wooti.
New Hampshire piwsA, has had 4
ssrrr f'ot 10 tier hoari for Wood. fuf
i ii~ ~ate who y !. was horn. al.
{fheusb ne lived the . bri n short time,
TNsN Mn SUtb I'akOta. March
Sad south Daky's Farm q. with
~ votes each. These states ore re-
rrded a. highly lnIporiant. from a
s.ipnign standpoint
II II sMectei that -" only ,cnI op.
Pshion that Wood VT lave IL, south
sksta IN from The l"rce< backing
E"v 1n's i~'r'ien ~ ian"is. mnnu
so16rsv and cnpii aiiA who mnrr,et
Pie daughter OF the Pullman Croesus,
Fhnusnnds Vt dollar ~ are be.ng poured
&no the Dakota bn,'lp against Wood,
Sut every day Woods committee IL dis
svering new strenSth FOR him there.
Loads In minnesota.
peculiarly good Indication OF
w""t strength comes fr"m Minnesota.
he ~. PAM Pioneer Press. one Of the
Padlbx o~swspapers Of Tile country,
M1 = careful. systematic poll by let.
Of editors. legislators and LEADING
vs'lucians who are supposed to he 10
ose touch with the pulse OF the peo.
, al all times.
proved thnt Of 373 leaders Ques.
oned. 21 we're for Leonard Wood
.owden was " ~ with only 50; John,
70 third with iR Taft got 25, Hughes
Hoover II, Frnyier Of North Da.
Re x and Harding roindexter. Goe
I~s. Kellogg. Ront twpper and Gov.
vher smith Of New York ! each. II
interesting thai Hoover led the
fmocralic side with 20. Wilson had
bryan 10 and Palmer 10.
hdnu'ar sentiment has any M
~' "ll lie the next president OF