New-York tribune., 1920-02-02
Wood Far i'm
Lead in Kansas:
Allen for Him
General Has Backing of
State Organization. Gov
ernor and Old Follow
ing of Colonel Roosevelt
Trained There for War
I.owden and Johnson Given
Only Slight Chance ofCap.
turing States 20 Votes

fOMuCh 0iAN JVNAlSVt SlNCu
Only Slight Chance ofCap-
turing States 20 Votes
This is the teuk Of series OF ar
,,lts by Carter Flcld on the political
s,tlook ii The vdrioas states.
By Carter Field
r0PEKA. Kan, Feb. l.-kausas is
whs. might be called the original
Wood state. The general is as sure Of
getting the twenty votes OF her delega-
uon at the Republican National Con
vsntion as anything in politics reason
,hly can be. It was right in Kansas. at
Camp Funston. that Wood train4l the
boys Of Kansas. Nebraska and~ Mis-
souri He took ;hem down to New
York, under his command. on the way
70 Franc. Kansas folks have no. cot
over their feeling Of resentment against
President wilson for practicallr taking
the general on me transport instead Of
letting hm lead Their sons IN France.
Also, the people out here had a
N.VSN7 NfAt N0ltSN X nous once
,ars, many of whom we're sent to
LAavenworth prison. They have not
co. over their indignation. cspecjallv
the mothers and fathers Of the bows
who suffered in France tor their coun
Try, at the kindly, lenient treatment
Afforded the oblectors. One of the 1T
lie things which rankles worst and
causes the most feeling against tho
Var Department. Is that these obiec-
.o-s, when they were turned loose
we're give. new suits OF clothes.
Inherits Roosevelt Following
Kansas was tremendously stronr
Roosevelt state. and Wood seems to
aave fallen heir 20 the sentiment for
he Colonel. and il edition MANY of
,ha Old anti Roosevelt men are sup
porting him warm y. Scr instance.
Nayid MulVane. of Topeka, WHO IN 1912
was strong Taft man and who has
never been entirely forgiven for his
activities against the Colonel a. that
tIme, is IN harness working for Wood.
While there Is cons iderable mild sen
iimcnt for Governor i.owden Of Illinois
aat htte vociferous agitation for
senator Hiram Johnson. of California.
The state looks rather well "scwed vn'
or v ood- In addition, Govern r Henry
J. Allen Of Kansas, Is supporting Wood
vigorously, as Is practically the entire
state organization.
Governor allen has been seriously
considered for President himself. but
ne hes come out fiat for Wood. and the
probability is that William Alien White.
VINO frSt began a vigorous Alien boom.
VII! SWING eventually into hue.
80 tHat there Is really not much of a
Aen' IN Kansas. as the situation looks
now. O; course 1t Is within the range
0. possibility that Johnson NAV de-
Velop tAe same Kind Of strength among
tne farmers OF Kansas that he is dem
onatratlng in the neNt state to the
north, Nebraska, where it would sur
prlse no one Very much if he should win
the cation. The Wood movement
III Aansas, howevet, is being backed
50 SO idlN by the organiza ION. from The
Goyesnor down, ana is suffering 50
A'.e trom competition that the Kan
ssS delegation l. regarded dy most ob-
seEvcrs as beng in Woo hat
There IS no such disturbing element.
,cr instance, as The reushiae boom in
Nehras..a. nor that Inc Governor. az
N Ne9ras ka, Is Tor Lowdea nor tnat
pltteiness bas arisen over the naming
o. dcteEhtea 10 the convention.
fHuds! Eute IN hanSaS
The Wood boomers here have the ad-
vantage over their colleagues in Iowa
and Missouri ln that they have pri-
maTy, a~d so are able 10 teke full ad
vantage q the sentiment for thc
genera
The only cloud on the Wood horizon
JUS at pte sent, and this may easily be
dissipated before the vote is taken. IS
nitter controversy over tLe indus
Una. court lust set Up at the instance
o. NoVeinor Allen, and against winch
,ae coai miners and Other organized
isDor Clements are very resentful.
Actually there is more interest in this
industrial court, as this is written,
'aaa ere is IN the Presidential
nfmary It Is pointed out BY the
" Goa peOpic. however. that no one of
the Republican Pre- sldent;ai cand dates
can aifoid TO take advantage Of the
feeling against Governor Allen on this
industrial court. It would be almost
.ke opposing "lawaud order" candi-
date.
The really interesting thing about
Kansas, therefore, is not which candi-
date she prefers. but how she is
gong IN the November election. Re
publicans will never forget the terrible
iolt she gave them in 1916, piling up
a tremendous majority for Wilson at
me same time she was clectiug Arthur
apper Governor by . record majority.