Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-18
LEADERS TODAY
SHAPE CAMPAIGN
Confer with Governor at Sea
Cirt-First canard Sees .
Light.

lFrom a STAFF Correspondent
SEA GIRT, July 1S.-The ground
work for the organization of the Will
son campaign will be laid at he
GoVernor's cottage this afternoon in
the most important conference that
has taken Oplace since the nominal
ton. The Governor meets William
T, McCombs. newly appointed chair
man of the national committee. at ,
O'Clock. and with him nine other
Democratic leaders, most of them
veterans of many campaigns, and all
Of whom come with Mr.. McCombs at
the Governors special invitation.
Governor Wilson said this morning
that he had asked these men here
that he might continue his policy of
considering with his advisers every
Important political move.
II have no SET program of pro-
Re in mind" said he, but we
iscuss first the personnel of the
ign committee and then details
work to be cut out fo- 1t.
Values Their Experience.
those visitors of mine today
h7Ee "a long experience and I wanl
their suggestions"
The visitors in question. in add
ton to Mr. McCombs. are National
Committeeman Robert Hudspeth. of
New Jersey. Joserhus H.. Daniels, of
North Carolina; William Salisbury.
ofspelaware; A Mitchell Palmer. of
PENNSYLVANIA: Joseph e. Davies, of
Wisconsin. who is the new secretary
of the National committee; Senator
Gore, of Oklahoma; Senator O'Gor-
man. of New York; Representative
Albert S. Burleson, of Texas, and
William G. McAdoo, who is much in
favor with the governor. and who
has been mentioned for the treasur-
ership of the committee.
Governor Wilson is getting a little
time to himself these last few days.
and is rid of the immediate necessity
of going into retirement, as he did
on Sunday, in a retreat not made
known to the public.
Has Few Visitors.
Owing largely to the fact that no ap-
pointments had been made for yester-
day because the Governor expected
the national chairman then, there
were only three visitors, Assembly
man LaMonte. of Bound Brook, who
dropped in for a few minutes earlier
the day; Assemblyman Peter
James, of Hudson county. and Wal
ter O'Mara, clerk of the Hudson
. Board of Freeholders.
There we're no visitors at all up
10 noon today and none except those
especially invited by the Governor
and already mentioned are expected.
The Governor. however. has made 4
luncheon engagement here for tonfor-
row. when he will entertain Angus
tins Thomas, the playwright. He is a
personal friend, and his visit is with
out political significance.
The vanguard of Governor Wilson'S
political advisers, William F. Nc
Con =, of New York; Jessup F.
|Ro6 J. of Wisconsin; %Josephus e.
rs, of North Carolina, and Sena-
Gore, of Oklahoma, arrived at
Ing Lake at 1870 o'clock, and went
New Monmouth Hotel, where
ggaged rooms for today and
Nv. They called up the Gov
cottage on the phone and con-
the afternoon appointment.
was learned that as soon as
personnel of the campaign ON
Eee is settled the subject of the
tion of the various campaign
dquarters will be taken up. in
cago on Monday the national
hmittee practically decided to es-
lish a Western zranch in Denver,
since then San Francisco has
$500 aIoa for thiC rann0pi-I
n. The result very likely will be
Re estak shment of campaign head
|quartsH both cities.
Th Iation of the New York
ha tiers also must be decided
a few days.
ranard Sees Light.
he first canard of the campaign
Eas manifested itself at the Sea
6sirt headquarters in fifty odd let
ters. received from almost every sec
tion of che country, referring to
newspa pei articles from which the
inferred hat civil marriage
has been abolished in New Jersey
the candidate became Governor,
owing To his efforts. Many of
those who wrot merely inquired If
the statements were true, while
taking its correctness for
granted, censured the Governor for
q ceremony by a clergyman
those who might be inclined
il.
II was stated that the charge prob
was inspired by the fact that
fhe New Jersey Legislature. after he
into office. passed a law which
made a marriage ceremony legal
only when performed by a clergy
man. police magistrate, city recorder,
Mayor or the judges of any Court Of
Common Pleas within the State. The
act took away the right that justices
of the peace had to perform mar
riages. upon the theory that it ought
to be limited to men of unquestioned
responsibility.