The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-12
WILSON IS
OUTLINING
CAMPAIGN
UHlVll NUN
The Nominee Spends a
a Busy Day with His
Visitors
TeIe cram BY United Press.

4 Seaalri. Juiy 12 Gov Wilson said
today he had decided on bis choice
for chairman d the national commit
tee, Bit 70 won't Be made known untii
the committee meets Tuesday II -
generally accepted that bis choice Is
William n McConibs.
/ seaeist, july I'LL For the first time
since the Baltimore convention ad
iourned GOV Wilson closed his office
last night q All visitors, took Of his
coat. settled down iii lis easy chair
with a pad and pencil and committed
to paper bis thoughts on the national
campaign He was writing the rough
outline ot his message % the national
committee which meets IN Chicago
July i5 Page after page OF short
hand notes the governor has written
shorthand for forty years-was torn
from 'he pad ana placed Oh the desk
beside him. III two hours or 30 be had
finished. III win 90 over the draft
to-day with robert :. Hudapeth, and
the rough outline wlll Be made ready
70 BE- nlaeed before tine committee.
No Wofd of its contents. the governor
said last night could be made public
ID adFance Or the meeting
The message viii contain the nama
og Ate governors choice for national
chairman. bis decision On who shan
i direct the fight aud views on the Atna
oi cal4paign he wants to conduct and
probably his selection Of the executive
committee Discussion Of the platform
and issues viii Be- reserved for his
speech of acceptance August q
Preparation of The message was the
elimination Of a full day at seagirt|
for the governor.
The governor entertained dozens Of
callers Of political prominence. inelua-
ins fiee members Of the Democratic
national committee. MARYLAND leaders
Of hls anteeonvsntiou flght and lead
ers Of BROOKLYN. Amoae Tie visitors
were
John r. MoGfaw. national commit
lesmeu from West virginia: l. A
Tones national committeeman from
naiue David r. Francis Of ST Louis
Thomas ] NeCne. national commit
teemsn from Colorado Edward
Gelifa, national committeeman from
Missouri Harvey CARRIER, former na
tionai committeeman from Onto: 1ohnI
II Mocorey Of Brooklyn, Rep. John
Fitzgerald. chairman OF the appropria.H
lions committee of the house. Reese
n. Long, national committeeman from
Arizona.
Nearly ali Of these we're positive in
their declaration that when the ma
tlenal committee elects a chairman
next Monday If win be the man whom
Gov. Wilson selects, and more Than
half we're inclined to believe william
+. Mecombs would have the governors
preference Gov Wilson is going to
he the real manager Ok the campaign.
Tie governor himself said last night
he intended, for one thing, to sorutin
i1e CLOSELY The campaign contributions
and Keep tally on the expenditures.
That Of course, he said, is moth
ing more than ~ duty
There has been a growing stream
Of contributions emptying into the gov
ernor's office daily. Nearly 4 score
came yesterday varying in amounts
from 81 to seee with s25 perhaps 4
fair average More than half Of them
came from men with whose names tho
governor was not familiar. II was d
wholesome sign, he said and the
right sort Of a campaign fund. 10
each man who sent money he wrote
4 personal letter 81 thanks.
Col, John I MeKarlin, sergeant-at
arms 81 the baltimore convention.
brought with him Is a present the
gaEel used h the convention. Il was
made Col Martin toIa the governor
~ len A#siiH. the caluuais son. Fl
~ tlseafQs Mo- The governor k8aAnad
i f'sfliiii s'lld ian1ei liz poreh.