Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1920 — DELEGATES AT LARGE SHOULD SUPPORT WOOD [ARTICLE]

DELEGATES AT LARGE SHOULD SUPPORT WOOD

Fort Wayne news says editorially “Senator Johnson concedes his defeat in Indiana and in admirable spirit declares that Indiana delegation should support General Wood in the national convention as the race in Indiana lay between Wood and Johnson. The other aspirants not being within the distance flag it would be interesting to know upon just what grounds opposition to an instructed delegation is based if Senator Johnson so graciously yields how can the others decently hold out.” And Anderson Herald says editorially, “the returns show that General Wood had a plurality in the state it would therefore seem that the fair thing to do would be to instruct the delegaes at large to the Chicago convention to vote for general Wood. Having disposed of the state as ’ a unit it might be fair to class each congressional district as a unit and select delegates to the national convention from the various districts with reference to the vote of the districts as shown by the primary returns.” Other papers including Indianapolis News, Marion Chronicle, Liberty Herald, Union City Times, Goshen News-Times express same editorial opinions. The editor Of The Republican is in favor of the thirteen districts selecting delegates to the National Republican convention and that such delegates reflect in their votes the sentiment of the Republican voters as expressed in the primary election held on May 4. Likewise we believe that the four delegates-at-large who are to be electea in the Republican state convention to be held Wednesday and Thursday in Indianapolis should be instructed to cast their votes for General Leonard Wood for the nomination for president for the reason that Wood received a plurality of the Republican voters of the state at the state wide primary.