The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
JELKS WILL CONFER
WITH GOODWIN HERE
State Campaign Will Be
Conducted tremendously
SEES VICTORY AHEAD
National Committeeman Returned
Yesterday From French Lick
Where He Has Been
Recuperating
SEES VICTORY AHEAD

! Ex-Gov William D. JelIs. national
committeeman, returned yesterday morn
ing from French Lick, where, under the
kind ministrations of Tom Taggart, he
recuperated from tho exertions made
necessary through his attendance on tho
| meeting of the national committee.
| That the democratic nominees will be
overwhelmingly elected. but that In each
state as aggressive a campaign will be
conducted as If there was actual doubt
as to the general result, were express
sions of the committeeman. The campaign
in Alabama will be waged strenuously.
and In the immediate future an authorized
effort will be made in this state to col
lect funds for the campaigns in doubtful
commemorative.
In Birmingham today there will be a
conference between Governor Jelks and
Tyler GOODWIN. chairman of the state
committee. Mr.. Goodwin wired Cover
nor jerks yesterday requesting that the
two meet and discuss the situation.
| Asked concerning the opinion in the
middle western states concerning the
movement in the interest of a third party.
| Governor Jelks replied that he felt GER
tain that IL the friends of Roosevelt prove
|
acquire for their chief more electoral
votes than will be acquired for Mr. Taft
! He expressed himself as certain, how
ever, that neither will receive enough
votes TO endanger Wilson, and that he
foresaw no danger or the necessity of
| throwing the election of a President INTO
the lower House of Congress
The national committeeman did not
discuss the recent utterance Of Mr. Good
wyn TO the effect that the state commit
tee would resist the efforts of the ma
tional committee to operate the cam
paign in Alahama--should such Efforts
be made. Mr. Jelks was of the opinion
that there existed no intention on the part
OF the national committee to interfere
with the efforts of state committees
wherever the state committees were loyal
! to the nominees. He expressed the be-
lief that the campaign in Alabama would
be prosecuted with harmony. The de-
tails of the campaig,. as intimated above,
will be worked out today by the chair
man of the state committee and the ma
tional committeeman.
| In this regard Governor Jelks said:
| THE campaign for the election of Will
son and Marshall electors In Alabama
will be carried on by the state commit
! tee The national committeeman has no
| organization and one is unnecessary.
| There are other matters in connection
with the campaign which will probably
|
mitteeman and the chairman of the state
committee.
THE national committee at it's meet
| ing at Chicago felt perfectly confident
in the election of the ticket. No person
there expressed any doubt about It, It
takes. however. an immense sum Of money
| to run a national campaign-an obliga-
ton of not less than $4,000 will be con-
tracted, or perhaps has already been con-
tracted for the one item of printing
and for the first installment Of that item
Since the large interests arc not to be
allowed to contribute, 1t will necessarily
require thousands of small contributors
to make up the necessary amount, and
Alabama will be expected to do its part
feel that Alabama will gladly contribute
reasonable amount and a campgn to
that end will be inaugurated soon.
while the members of the national
committee are absolutely confident of the
election of Wilson and Marshall, none OF
them are willing to encourage any apathy
! Each of them In speaking said It was
necessary to carry on a strong, Mill
tant campaign and the committee deter
| mined that this would be done. There is
to be no apathy growing out Of over
confidence in any state IN the union. The
committee expects to make fight IN
every state as II II were about to lose
the electoral vote of that state. But we
will surely win