The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-15
MEN TO MANAGE
GREAT CAMPAIGN
NAMED BY WILSON
NJ Combs Is to Be Chairman
and Preside Over All
Committees
HEADQUARTERS ARE
TO BE IN NEW YORK
Chicago Also to Have Head
quarters and Far West
VIII Have Denver
or San FranCiso

SEA GIR !, N j., july l4~~W oou-
row Wilson's selection of officers and
plans of organization for the pemo-
cratic national committee and the caln-
paign which viii be made known in
Chicago tomorrow are . $ follows:
W iiii,sfa + Meeambs, national cha,r--
man, with authority Ia preside ever
committees.
W. Is. McAdoo, of New York. vice.
chairman
Joseph t. Davies, Of Milwaukee,. La
tionaF secretary,
Campaign committee. Senator James
O'Gorman, Of New York: Judge Rob-
EFT :, Hudspeth. of New Jersey. jose
phus Daniels, OF North Cardinal ;. NJ
ator Thomas p Gore. If Oklahoma: A.
Mitchell Palmer, the new national COM
mitteeman from Pennsylvania, Will
liam salisbury. of Della ware; Con-
gresham Albert Burleson. of Texas.
William r, McC omhs, w G. McAdoo
and Joseph f Davis will also serve
as members
Chosen by the Nominee.
This IS the committee as chosen hy
Governor Wilson, but among others
who may be asked 10 serve in the
event of any unforeseen difficulty arc
Congressman Robert Henry. or Judge
Cato Sells, of Texas. and Senator
Obediah Gardner, OF Maine
The selection of q Treasurer viii lie
left to the campaign committee, and
will probaly NOT be made until after
a conference which the members OF
the committee are expected to have
with Governor Wilson at Sea Grit next
Wednesday. Governor Wilson favors
the appointment Of Henry Mo-gen-
than, the rich New Yorker, who was
large contributor 10 the early cam
paign in which William F. NeComps
won his laureis - an organizer.
Lays Down System.
The rules by which the national
chairman and the campaign COMMITTEES
will be governed have all been decided
by Governor Wilson. They reprcsant
a departure from all previous custaris
and can only be Hkened to the sys,.r-n
by which great corporations are con-
trolled.
The campaign committee will act
as a board of directors and all aues
tons of business and policy viii he
decided by ma }ority vote. In this
way the national chairman Is safe
guarded against individual mistakes in
all matters of consequence. He can
not act without the authority Of the
committee as expressed by vote. .Ir.
McCombs will have a vote in the conf
mittee, and he Is so closely identified
with the Wilson interests that this
vote will undoubtedly be looked upon
as the vote of the presidential candi-
date himself
Th~ee Headquarters
Mr.. McComhs win preside over the
national headquarters which will be
~, civ Theirs
be another headquarters in Chicago.
and d third in Denver or San Fran
cisco. 1t has been left for the commits
tee 10 select the men who will pre-
side over the two Western headquar-
ters
The members of the national commit
tee not designated on the campaign
committee win be expected to take
personal charge of the Democratic
campaign in their respective States.
Senator James O'Gorman will serve
IN u ~spevfains! yisorv"a capacity - not
officially desigl ated. TO all directly
connected with the campaign. He Is
known to have been asked to accept
a vice chairmanship along with Mr..
McAdoG.
All His Close Friends.
II is hardly necessary to point ont
that Governor Wilson has selected tbs
hphhNtAtttr 1A'til uiioflE lttV
men who stood by him to the last in
the fight for the nomination. There
is no doubt that the selections made
will stand. as every man mentioned
has been to Sea Grit. and talked the
question of membership over with the
candidate.
The reason why the West was not
given a stronger representation IN the
campaign committee is given that .ie
h.%r
York il would bring the Westernars
long " from home The plan undGf
which the committee will operate
rnakes it vital that there be as few
abscntees as possible from committee
meetings
The matter OF campaign publicity
will not be taken up until after tho
conference at Sea Girt. 1t has been
practically settled. however. that this
important work Will be under the di-9
rection of Thomas J Pence. who Is
favorably known In the newspaper
world as a Washington correspondents.
Judge Hudspeth who was selected
bv Governor Wilson to acauaint the
national committee with his wishes,
left for Chicago this afternoon. He
was accompanied by Mr.. McConha,
Mr. Pence and several members o.
the national committee from Eastcrn
States.
Governor Wilson spent the dav IN
retirement and by d prearranGed sche~..
duIe saw no visitors. steady down.
pour Of rain and an electrical storm
aiding the success of the plan for ~
day of rest.
Newspapers in Linz. MI
Pledges of support from newsssaperQe
already declared for thu uAmn
cratic candidate are coming In ir0ul#
all parts of the country. Amon1 tl1(4]
publishers and publications heard frns1S
TODAY were: f. A. Grozier. I:lAt11
Post: James Morgan, Boston Glnba.. ISsa
A. Ouimby, Omaha. Neb.: Henry 4s
Campbell. Milwaukee Journal. Z, y4s
Given. pittsburg Post. and ErAnf
Lundv Webster. Denver Post s3
The malls accounted for four yGatsa
STEERS who have been already cA8l9e
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