Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-16
EAST WILL Be
| BATTLE-GROUND
/ Of DEMOCRACY
Burden of Campaign
to Be for Its EIec-
toral Vote.
W. F. M'COMBS, WILSON
CHOICE, IS CHAIRMAN
Roger c. Sullivan Says a Mil
lion Dollars Is Needed for
the Contest.

CHICAGO. July is. Governor
Woodrow Wilson will make his fight
for the Presidency of the United
States in the East although no
definite announcement has been made
to that effect, it is practically settled
that the general headquarters for9the
Democratic campaign will be in New
York. ess sx
Chicago will have a divisional head
quarters. just how soon it will be
established or who will be In charge
has. not been !. determined either.
Those matters are All to be agreed
upbn by William F. McCombs. who
was. elected CHAIRMAN Of h national
committees and ! eovernorS WAsons
himself. -sG @
The whole trend of things done by
the national committee indicasss that
the big fight is to be made in the
East-in New York, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey and-Hela-
ware. The selection of officers and
4 the picking of members of the execu-
< tive committee, so Ear as that a
proceeded, corroborates that view.
,sMccombs to Name Committee.
The orltefs chosen here We're 6niys
the chairman, secretary and sergeant
at-arms.s.tThe others arctic be named
by the executive committee. when
hal body shall have been named.
That committee, according to the au-
\ thority given him really is to be
named by Chairman McCombs. ana
will consist of not less than mine
memberssfive Of whom will be mem
bers of the national committee. Of
ficers already chosen are:
Chairman, William F.. McCombs,
New York; secretary, j. e. Davies,
Wisconsin,: ssergeant7at-arms. John l.
Martin, st. Louis
Mr.. McCombs and, Mr. Davies were
picked by Governor Wilson himself,
and Colonel Martin has had his job
so long that it. seems to go. to him as
Q matter. Of course. The members of
the, executive committee who have
virtually been agreed upon are:
Willard salisbury, Delaware; r. S.
Hudspeths New Jersey; Josephus
Daniels, North Carolina; A. Mitch
ell Palmer. Pennsylvania; John 7.
NuC1IdWS NCSi WI 8 ma, tSPA
the national committee; Senators
Gore. Of Oklahoma; O'Gorman. of
New York. and Culberson. of Texas.
Crfmmins May Be Treasurer.
other members who may be added
ares Fred b lynch ofs Minneapolis
Thomas fTaggart, 'of Indiana: Roger
c. Sullivan, of Illinois, and Martin J..
Ware, of Iowa.
1t will be seen from that list that
the Far West is not represented
thus far, and that the Middle West
has not vet BEEN passed upon def
initely. OF course the committee may,
and probably will, be enlarged when
Chairman Mccombs submits the list
to Governor Wilson,.
The additional officers to be chosen
are a treasurer and vice-chairman,
For the first place 1t is now expected
that John D. Crimmins will be
named, and William g.. McAdoo Is
considered almost a certainty for the.
vice-chairmanship. They are both Of
New York; The heads of the various
standing committees will also be
named by Chairman McCombs.
Hudspeth Speaks for wilson.
The first meeting was a very en-
t~husiastic. and harmonious one,
notable chiefly for the good will with
which the desires of Governor Wilson
were met. Mr.. Hudspeth, the ma
tional committeeman from New Jer-
sey, represented the Governor, and
contrary to previous reports that he
would do So he did not bring a let
ter from the candidate, He quietly
gave out that Governor Wilson want
ed McCombs for chairman and Davis
for secretary and they were elected
unanimously.
The discussion that followed the
election of those officers was mostly
concerning the raising of a campaign
fund. Several of the members were
g to start the fight at once. but
Mr.. Sullivan. who sat In the meeting
as the proxy for the member from
ALASKA. brought up the money ques-
ton as the most pressing business,
There will be headquarters to pay