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16 THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAT 9. 1920 POLL OF PUBILSHERS SHOWS WOOD FIRST McAdoo Favorite Among Democratic Papers. LOWDEN SECOND CHOICE General Sentiment of Communities Well as Personal Pref erences Canvassed. as (Continued From First Face.) Is merely a matter of opinion ob . tained by observation rather than a party poll or extensive inquiry, givas Wood a much stronger lead over his - republican opponents than that shown by the individual preferences of the editors. Wood Sentiment SlronK. Of these same editors, 30 estimate that "Wood sentiment is strongest. Hoover sentiment is reported to pre dominate by 13 editors in their com munities, while Johnson and Lowden follow with a vote of eight and five, respectively. For second place in strength among the voters, according to this poll, 15. editors pick Lowden, 14 select Wood and 13 name Hoover. Johnson takes fourth place with eight. Third in strength before the people, ' according to the editors" observations. Is Hoover, wno leads with a vote of . 13. Twelve consider Lowden the strongest third choice, while 11 favor Johnson and only seven select Wood. The poll was participated in by 60 republican editors, five democrats and four independents, a total of 63 out I of a total of approximately 200 news paper publication in the state. It was strictly a non-partisan poll, the ., editor of every newspaper publica tion in the state being requested to - participate, with the exception of the , Portland dailies and trade publica tions. EdJtora rreaent "Views. "If we were voting for president May 21, General Wood surely would be the choice of the people here," " writes A. Helms Jr. of the Mitchell . Sentinel. "Leonard Wood is an able execu- " tive," observes Robert W. Sawyer of the Bend Bulletin. "While a military mart, he is not a militarist, but a thorough Roosevelt American with a ' clear vision of what our country needs to protect itself from aggression. Ap parently he is most feared by demo- crtaic leaders, else he would have been sent to France. Hoover is also of the non-political type preferred by the people, but he can stand a little ' aging in the Wood administration. He's good now ahead of a politician." Charles A. Hackney of the Jordan Valley Express is satisfied with the 100 per cent Americanism of both Wood and Lowden. He says: "While Leonard Wood is a military man, . there is not the slightest danger of militarism being the dominant note in his administration should he be come president of the United States, although he would undoubtedly keep ' our army and navy in a high state of efficiency, as should be. His execu tive ability has been demonstrated ...beyond all question and, of those on the ballot, he is pre-eminently the man for the place, with Frank O. Lowden a close second. There is no third choice in the list." Heat Johnson, Says One. Although personally favoring the candidacy of Senator Harding, C. E. ' Tngalls of the Corvallis Gazette- . Times, who is strongly anti-Johnson, '-writes that he will vote for Wood "on the theory that Wood will come nearer beating Johnson than Lowden or Hoover." Continuing, he says: "The writer has had men from two different candidate camps come to him in the past week with the sugges tion that partisans of all the other candidates get together and agree to throw their combined strength to one man rather than divide the anti Johnson forces. I believe that a vote for Hoover is worse than wasted, on the theory that he has no chance in the world in the convention, whereas a vote for him in the primary is merely taking that many votes away from some candidate who stands a show in the convention and who, but for wasted Hoover votes, would un questionably beat Johnson in the Ore gon primary. In other words, a vote ' for Hoover is half a vote for John ton." CoDHervatiTC Man Wanted, The need of the country today, as . viewed by Fred C. Baker of the Til lamook Headlight, is the nomination and election of a conservative execu- tive of the type of Wood or Lowden. Mr. Baker says: "From all indications, the repub--' Hcan party is somewhat divided be tween conservatism and radicalism. The proper thing for the convention to do is to nominate either General " Wood or Governor Lowden. both of whom represent the conservative ele- "ment of the party. It would be a mis- fortune to- the republican party to nominate a radical like Senator John .'son. One reason why I favor Wood is because he is a military man. Those .who object to him on that account are marking up the wrong tree, for with the unrest in the country it may re quire the experience of a military man to put down disorder. Had there been a military man at the head of the government when the United States went to war. instead of a col lege professor, who placed a lot of political pets and incompetents at the head of commissions to squander the people s money like a lot of drunken sailors, the country would not have been plunged into many billions of dollars of extra bonded indebtedness, . which is now a burden on the tax payers of the country." Hlllnboro Man for Wood. Among the strongest editorial in dorsements of Wood is that of S. C. Killen of the Hillsboro Independent, who says: "I favor Leonard Wood because he has proved himself to possess admin istrative talent of a high order and ability to carry to a successful con elusion duties thrust upon him. Of all the aspirants for the presidency, he is a known quality, while others have yet to prove themselves. His 'Americanism is of the type required to combat present tendencies and his military record during labor disturb ances proves that he may be trusted to deal justly with both sides. From the nature of his profession he is free frcun entangling political alliances and is in a position to summon the best of American brains and character to act as his advisers. The objection that he is a soldier is as baseless as it would have been when applied to Hayes, Garfield, McKinley or Roose velt, who were all soldiers of high - rank and who all entered the army, as did General Wood, from civil life.' Great Combine Suggested. R. B. Swenson of the Monmouth Herald "pleads guilty" to having twice voted for Johnson, but is strong supporter of Wood in the pres ent contest. He suggests that with Hoover for secretary of state and . Lowden for secretary of the treasury "we would have a combination calcu lated to carry out the ends of effi ciency and progress. " Continuing. Mr. Swenson says: "While I plead guilty to having voted for Johnson twice: once for vice-president and once for governor of California, for various reasons I do not favor him on this occasion. I would favor Hoover. Lowden or Wood, but name Wood first because he Is best situated of the three to win. and I wish one of the three to beat John son. I believe that Wood would be leas of a 'Moses' than any of the others, seeking to lead us as a nation here, there and elsewhere in social' and economic pastures: that he would stick more to the duties of executive in enforcing the laws; that his mili tary training would serve the nation in good part in handling of domestic turbulence and that his regime would be marked with a firm hand at home and abroad, with increased respect to our national prowess." In favoring Wood. Lowden and Hoo ver, in the order named. Colonel E. Hofer of the Manufacturer says he stands for "men who have done things." He continues: "Our country should emerge from the era of sentimentalism. 4f that be possible, and manfully face the prob lems of a great nation in relation to itself and to the other countries of the world. A great nation like ours should not 'stand constantly in fear of the nightmares conjured up .by politi cians, that we must go to war with Mexico or Japan because of constant charges of lack of respect from the greasers or danger of an industrial invasion and conquest by the Nippon ese. We need a president who is a man of action, who would personally command the respect of all nations. Our greatest presidents have not brass-banded their college education or biliboarded their religious preten sions. Let us get back to plain common-sense democratic Americanism. I could vote for any one of the three named on a basically sound republic an platform such as Lincoln ran upon." California's Mnddle Noted.' Other strong indorsements of Wood follow: In Washington county, without a straw vote, tne prevailing campaign talk would favor Wood. Johnson has quite a following, but noticeable is the remark: "They would not let it go there," and California's own mud dle over Johnson and Hoover will aid in burying both men. Lowden is sec ond choice in this county, is the gen eral belief. In case a "dark horse" is sprung at the convention, it will fall to Harding. Wood, Lowden or Hard ing could win at the election. All others are doubtful. Paul Robinson, Banks Herald. Wood Strong In Donglan. Wood is the leading candidate be fore the people of this community, and it is the consensus of opinion that he will poll a strong vote, more than any other candidate. Johnson is a close second to Wood, his support coming from the laboring class and farmers. He has many followers here, who are giving him their undivided support; and. while it is conceded that he is a popular candidate. General Wood will lead him in the final re sults, according to present indications. Lowden will be third in the race if indications count for anything. He has assembled numerous warm support ers, but his popularity is nothing com pared to that of Wood and Johnson. Hoover will get some support from this community, but there seems to be no desire by his supporters to claim anything but a very limited percent age of the vote cast. Mr. Hoover ap pears to have a very strong demo cratic following. B. W. Bates, Rose burg Kews-Review. 1 .on den He-Id Dependable. Indications here are that Leotard "wuu wuuia De a tnorougn-going ousiness man and a good manager and a dependable person in the presi dential chair, broad in his views and with a wonderful experience in world airairs, all of which can be said of irank O. Lowden, but the American Legion soldiers seem to think that the little military training he has had would nit give us adequate protection as commander in chief of the American army. They feel that military expe rience is essential as well as legisla tive experience as a requisite for the presidential candidate, and this qual ity is not possessed by any of the other candidates. A. S. Coutant, Ore gon Observer, Grants Pass. i Paradoxical as it may seem, here is a case where the community senti ment runs contrary to editorial senti ment, and from indications Wood will have a strong following here, with Hoover a close second. Hoover being especially strong with the women vot ers. Johnson supporters are few in the republican ranks, especially so among Taft's old guard. Poindexter's name is seldom heard. Either Taft or Hughes would be acceptable to the republican voters, and also to many democrats. O. D. Hamstreet, Sheri dan Sun. Complaint Proves Boost.' The sentiment for Wood predom"- nates strongly in this community. The complaint that he is a "military man" has proved to be a boost in view of tne ract that voters realize that the 4.800.000 of America's heroic sons who entered the great war are precisely the same kind of military men as Leonard Wood and Wood's two sons. ex-service men are rallying to the support of Comrade Wood and resent any reflection as to his wonderful military genius. That his record as a; ousiness man a peerless organizer of government and his wonderful rec ord as a statesman in the reconstruc tion of Cuba and Moroland make him the ideal man of the hour for presi dent during these times of national and international unrest and has drawn to him the loyal and active support of all classes of our conserva tive citizenship. Is unquestioned and unae-Databie. . The Turner district and town are for Wood. Pearl P. Hassler. Turner Tribune. Though Johnson is showing more strength than I expected. I do not be lieve he will be strong enough to land the nomination, though he might have great power in the selection of n ! republican candidate. The Johnson 1 men are the loudest and I do not ex pect Johnson will show the strength in me Oregon primaries that his sup porters predict. i believe that the majority of the thoughtful, -ouiet voters favor Wood. S. C. Morton, St. Helens Mist. D"tr la for Change. The only, active sentiment here in regard to presidential candidates is for a change. Wood. Lowden or Hard ing appear to be acceptable to all and Hoover has some supporters, though any other of the three named would be favored above him. George H. Flagg, Condon Globe-Times. Several of the editors recognize in Lowden the type of business man they desire for president. "We need a business administration, and in my estimation Lowden is the 'one best bet,'" tersely remarks F. N. Hayden of the Lincoln County Leader. Editor O'Brien of the Marshdeld Record is not entirely satisfied with the qualifications of any of the leading- republican candidates, although he says Lowden most nearly measures up to the job. Discussing the differ ent candidates, he says: "Herbert Hoover appears to be the least desirable candidate for the presi dency of any candidate in the field. His work in Europe has been of a Salvation Army nature and he has at no time shown any of the character istics of strong statesmanship. Gen eral Leonard Wood draws considerable of his support from people who resent the fact that General Pershing and President Wilson would not permi him to go to France. The man in the street Is disinclined to place an army man at the head of the government and General Wood, if nominated. flip AT NO OTHER STORE ARE Pianos or Player Pianos Shown in Such Splendid Variety In your search for your player piano, make sure that your investigations are thorough. 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Johnson twice betrayed the republican party he was largely in evidence at Chicago when President Taft was nominated and later on beaten and to his work in California Justice Hughes can at tribute his defeat. No straight-out republican should support Johnson. Governor Lowden seemingly, up to now, is more ably qualified for nomi nation than any of the active aspir ants, but he is weak. No strong man has so far appeared when it comes to vote-getting and genuine statesman ship." Other Favor I.ovt-den. Other expressions favoring Lowden follow : In a period such as the present, when the United States is painfully struggling through the many phases of transition from war to peace, when inflated currency and credits are threatening a financial panic, when many official departments are being run on the cost plus inefficiency basis and the efforts of many of our peo ple are centered on discovering a sub stitute for work, it is high time that we appoint a leader with sufficient business capacity and moral courage to direct the many reforms that are necessary to" stabilize all departments of public service. When we refer to the history of Frank O. Lowden as governor pf Illinois we are surprised that the people of the middle class of America have not Jointly used their efforts to secure his nomination. The next four years will be milestones in American history and they will be set on one of two roads, the road to fur ther progress or the road to deca dence. The greatest enemy of our democracy today Is internationalism, and that is why every voter, should demand a man whose ' Americanism and affiliations are free of every alien taint. Hugh G. Ball, Hood River News. After eight years of experimenting with various forms of personal gov ernment, we need a business adminis tration such as might be given by Governor. Lowden or General Wood. A chiropractic treatment for the na tional government such a that given the state government of Illinois might take out some of the kinks that have resulted in inefficiency and almost criminal extravagance! Most cur prising feature of this most spirited campaign for the republican nomina tion is the strength developed by Sen ator Johnson. Evidently the people are more disgusted with the Wilson peace pact than even the republicans have ever had the temerity to claim. Elbert Bede, Cottage Grove Sen tinel. Lowden Typical Self-Mode Man. Frank O. Lowden is a self-made man. He worked his way up from a barefoot boy on the farm, made his own way through college, was admit ted to the bar, became a successful lawyer, is well connected by mar riage, was finally made governor of Illinois, is an admitted success in that place, and comes from a state that has furnished many men Who have made good in public places. Lowden ap pears to embody the self-made, con servative, successful business man, the successful .-executive and the man altogether fitted by education, train ing and record to take the reins of national government. Hiram Johnson, radical in many ways, has some of the Roosevelt characteristics, has the courage of his convictions, is an American first, last and all the time and appeals to many because of these things. Among western men Johnson is easily first. If he should be nomi nated and elected he would no doubt inject enough force, stamina and backbone into the administration to take and easily hold the leadership of the nation. Johnson is intensely practical and fine-spun theories would have no place in his administration. George A. Scibird. Eastern Ore gon Republican. Union. The Herald is unalterably opposed to Wood, both before and after the convention, because we do not want to see a relntroduction of Pinchot policies, with that worthy as the directing force as head of the agricul tural department. That is what we will get if by any miscarriage of jus tice General Wood should be inflicted upon flip American people. Better most any other candidate. We believe that the nominee will be Harding of Ohio, and we could with an easy con science support either Senator Hard ing or Governor Lowden. E. J. Mur ray, Klamath Falls Herald. Johnson's Supporters Jubilant. The interest in the campaign for presidential preference is not keen and many believe that none of the candidates now putting forth earnest efforts to win the nomination will be the choice of the republican national convention. The Wood forces are the most active in this county and a club has been organized in McMinnville. Adherents of other candidates are tak ing no particular interest in the form ing of clubs. In McMinnville there is a rather strong Lowden sentiment and it is possible that they would rally to Wood as a second choice. Hoover has a few supporters, but the Johnson sentiment, due to the Californian's showing in other states, has caused his adherents to be jubilant. Among republicans there is no special ' fer vor for any candidate, and the senti ment is for a strong standard-bearer that will lead the party, to victory. The interest in the campaign is slight and it is practically impossible to as certain the political pulse in city and county. Yamhill county's democracy is for McAdoo for president and Chamberlain for senator. Edgar Me tesse, News-Reporter, McMinnville. Hoover supporters among the news paper publishers in this state were not diFmayed apparently by the re cent California election. 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