Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1919 — SOUTH DAKOTA MAKES WOOD PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITE. [ARTICLE]

SOUTH DAKOTA MAKES WOOD PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITE.

At the close of a day of conferences and political activities in , connection with the presidential preferential convention to be held at Pierre, So. Dak-, today (Tuesday), Senator Miles Poindexter, of Washington, a republican candidate, rented a theatre and addressed a mass meeting in furtherance of ins candidacy. Earlier in the day he had charged that, four men controlled South Dakota republican politics and were “running things to suit themselves.” This brought a declaration from Governor Norbeck that he favored the candidacy of General Leonard Wood. “I am for General Wood for two reasons,” the governor said. “First, I believe in the man; second, I know that the republican voters of South Dakota want him.” The conventions to indorse party nominees for president are being held this (Tuesday) afternoon.