Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1920 — MADE EFFECTIVE PLEA FOR WOOD [ARTICLE]

MADE EFFECTIVE PLEA FOR WOOD

COL. HEALEY CHARACTERIZED GENERAL WOOD AS THE IDEAL AMERICAN. Col. George H. Healey of Frankfort made a most excellent address to a capacity audience in the court room in this city Saturday evening. Saturday was Americanization day and the Wood followers all over the state held meetings to preach the gospel of true Americanism and to honor the great national character who is being offered to the Republican party as their candidate for the highest office within the gift of the people of this great nation. Col. Healey compared the conditions in this county with those in Europe and in doing so made every one present proud that he was an American and that he had the privileges and opportunities existing hereHe urged that all take an interest in the government and in politics. That the parties select the very best candidates and that. the platforms contain those principles only that harmonize with our great constitution and the future welfare of our people. He gave a short sketch of the life of General Wood, showing him to be the one man ideally fitted by native ability and training to serve as the administrator of this country. He called attention to the fact that Wood had done well the many difficult tasks that had been assigned to him. That he was heartily endorsed by Ex-Presidents Grover Cleveland, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Col. Healey, who is possibly one of the best posted men from a military standpoint, said that Leonard Wood is the safest American with whom to intrust the management and control of the army and navy of the United States. He told of Wood’s world wide experience, his intimate knowledge of the labor problems in this country, of his courage, honesty and address was free from abuse, interesting, instructive and convincing and did honor to the occasion, the speaker and the great character for whom it was delivered —‘Leonard Wood.