The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-12
High Lights From the Nominating Speeches

CHICAGO. June 1l.-Descrioed a, as
the outstanding candidate; IN 80 sno
p pr,IOi Leonard Wood was formally nom
Allen OF Kansas for the Republican
Presidential nomination. 1.,
belief in facts" Governor Allen said OF
General Wood. ne Is To-Day '"e
known American. > o,yen
No man in America has been gwen N
so many constructive tn,nSSS .n nj that
Whatever he has undertaken ne ""'
done superlatirely we'll .o,fusion
An unexpected period Of contu E of
has come upon US IN ens ayc lost and
leadership. hesitant and tnoe''S''S'
drifts upon an uncharted sea. o-ou.
Under the weak hands OF t''"' md
government the soclal SSo frnm the
class-nindsd isms caught IRON N Y
world struggle have grown 10 a'arm'"s
proportions. ,Ar,o,t ~ sin
lister greed. the appalling wasts OF
cJasa interest and class pre)ouIce n Ss
brought us TO y point where tne esor,
demands and the world expects ~ Ut
mis- great council n leader chosen ous
eF ,bc great need and not through inc
runninE OF political expectancy. A..
I'm seekinS for the initiative ana tue
propetich wisdom TO guide us IN az
Mi
we are fortunate IN candioate S'V Sor
rscord reveals the qualities needed toF
the task o.. ,ssu--
ances from General Wood. There - N''e
witness OF his service. ,,o, tho
when the great war broke upon t5e
CONSCIOUSNESS OF the American Peop.SS
with a terrific shock, il found Leoha.I
Wood had been preparing. we ii,an
from him no platitsdes about milii ION
men springing TO arms over night En
MS own Initiative he established the
Plattsburg training camps createa s Nc
FIRST line OF the national defense ano go =
10 the thousands OF msS nis.raa y new
dcfinition OF loyalty. = new opporIun,sy
for service. q new vision OK Ihe'F u"
tional obligation. ..ho,o,er
We saw him acccptlns t,S tbe
ta.t was given into his hands with inc
chssrf obedience OF those who SUD
merge SELF in service. In our ta SAL
wSero he trained many OF our SptenSia
young men: inspiring mem mem she ss,S
Hyision 10 the field was not to be grant
With such pride that when the Cover
nor OF our slate. my honored pfe9eSaS.
sor. made him by proclamation eitizen
Of Kansas. every other e'''1eH ap''AN
ed D.. tho
We watched him 20 away 70 me
roint Of cmba rkation and then al lne
last moment We read with conS'ernIa a
ton that his great desire 10 tane ms
diyision to the cid was not TO De grant
This man was no whinperer Not
~ hour was lost in sulking. NOT
word was wasted in critlctsm or
instant spent in mourning over nus per.
konaI disappointment. Not an instans
spent in disappointment. We sec nun
coming back to train another DIVISION.
Ir We ean.' ne said. We'll make II eSes,
better than the one with wn.sn TSe
1per,csn soldier is citizen soldier
Leonard wood holds fast 70 the tfaei :
tions OF the great citizen soldiers OF inc
Republic. ro,- NAV
,,o,I5 ,ha character OF the nation Tor
5o Years and perhaps longer. for restiEe
minds are plastic and the leadessn
that comes now will 20 Tar to"&ro ue
termining the character OF our govern
ment henceforth. "a
he here who docs not believe In the ~,
ture leadership OF this country. We
have that leadership when were ToItny
and that leadership will not oepenu
upon aDy internatioSai SOC soe's tSs success
which we make OF the experiment o;
human government here and to that caii
the instinct Of every man must rise.
with full appreciation or the emu,
lsnre OF the hour present the name OF
tne man "ho Avs
"o' Wheeler Noninatss johnson.
CHICAGO. June ll.--Halled as the
man to "scourge the last OF the bosses
from the temple z OF the johnson gu was
formally nominated today for the Re.
publican Presidential cS ea1dl6aey 0'
The great responsibility IS SoG dsSs.
gates. The American voter every.
where Is saying OF California's son Just
as Roosevelt said OF htm-'ot all 'hs
public men in this country today. he Is
the one with whom ! ma myseI IN
most complete sympathy
ITO that end that men and not mas
ters shall administer the great trustee
end that this convention may make nc
mistake. to the end that you who hold
in yonr hands the party's destiny may
go forth from these halls. triumphant
in the assurance, OF certain victory; to
the end that Republican sdministra-
ton may once again broadcast the ma
ton with happiness and prosperity; 10
the end that the constitution OF our
the American people shall endure. tc
the end that the patriotic principles and
the lofty ideals OF Washington. OF Lin
coin and OF Roosevelt shall live on and
on-the sovereign state OF California
places before you in formal nomina ton
Hiram ". johnson:
The man who will enter the White
House on the fourth Of March. 1921
will be that Republican or that DEMO
crat in whom the average American
voter places the most faith.
These voters have learned within
the last few years that the most power
full ruler in the world is the Presiden,
OF the United States. They are smart
ing under a sense OF personal oppres-
sion. No one can make them believe