Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27

months ago, the "WOOd for President"
movement has spread throughout the
country and there is a nationwide de-
mand for him as the next occupant of
the White House to pilot the country
through the trying days of readjust-
ment which lie ahead.
General Woods campaign managers
are daily in receipt of the most graft
flying reports from the thirty-five or
more states in which there are flourish
ing and constantly increasing Leonard
Wood Leagues. The movement is
spreading SO rapidly that General
Woods managers are working night
and day to keep up with it. Not only
are the states in which there are Wood
organizations bubbling with enthusi-
asm over his prospective nomination,
but from the native states Of favorite
sons, who are opposing General Wood,
there continue to come the strongest
and most sincere assurances that he Is
the popular choice of a majority Of the
voters. All the indications are that the
people throughout tire nation intend
communicating him as their leader in
the White House because of his re-
markable record as an executive, his
marvellous powers as an administrator,
abundantly shown in Cuba, the Philip
pines and during the world war, and
because of his frank and fearless stand
on the paramount issues Of the day.
Wood Against Field.
1T is case ofWood against the field"
said Congressman Norman j. Gould,
eastern manager of General Woods
campaign. General Wood has a COM
manding lead because Of the great
amount Of personal, volunteer work
done by his friends and admirers be-
fore the campaign committee came into
existence. The support General Wood
is receiving from voters all over the
country clearly indicates that they
will instruct their delegates to vote
for him in the convention and that the
number Of delegates so instructed will
be sufficient to give General Wood the
nomination. There will be 9S4 votes
in the convent Hon. General Wood will
have 300 pledged delegates when the
convention opens, and will need only
1873 more to get the nomination."
Following General Woods victory in
New Hampshire, the first state in the
Union to hold a primary for the selec-
ion Of delegates, Congressman w. w.
Lufkin, who is directing Woods cam
paign in Massachusetts, said careful
canvass of New England showed prac-
'ically every state in that section would
support the general by sending dele
,ates to the convention pledged to his
Governor Nliliken of
Maine personally assured General
Wood in Boston, recently, that that
state was solidly for him.
Mr.. Hitchcock's affiliating himself |
actively with the Wood campaign has
brought strong support from the South |
for the general. Mr.. Hitchcock has a
host Of friends and admirers in the |
South and they have been writing him
many letters of congratulation On join
ing Wood and assuring him that the
general will have many, If not all, of |
the Southern delegations in the con-
~ention with him.
Announcement is made by the Wood |
managers that they will put up an ac-
tive fight for delegates in Ohio against |
Senator Harding and in Illinois against |
Governor Lowden. William Cooper
Proctor, national campaign manager
for General Wood, has issued an un-
qualified denial that either General
Wood or anyone connected with his
will attempt to unseat Will
Hays as chairman of the Republican
National Committee after the national
This statement is official
md is made in reply to baseless stories
circulated by General Woods oppo-
lents for the obvious purpose Of STIR
ing up trouble between the chairman
# the Republican National Committee
lrd General Wood.
Evenly Matched.
You'd better be careful how you
talk to that fellow"
"Why?" asked the rough looking in
lividual.
Hes hardboiled.'
Don't worry. I'm a '10-minute' egg
myself"
Fitting Decoration.
ano tho London firemen ever got the |