The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-03
GOVERNOR TOLD
OF NOMINATION
Hundreds Rush Into Little
White House" to Break
News TO Him.
TAKES HON0RS MoDESTLY
Feels Responsibility More Than
Pride in Elevation to
Head OF Party.

newspaper reporters sitting coatless
and hstless on the lawn OF New Jer-
aey's Little White House this after
noon saw an operator come out OF the
telegraph tent with u yellow blank in
his hand. lie stood for u moment in
silhouette against the canvas back
ground and read.
Wilson is nominated"
When nc looked UP twenty chairs
were rocking vacantly in the breeze.
and the twenty men who had faced
him q moment before We're half a hun
dred feet away. scampcring Ia a strag-
Cling line FOR spot on the Governors
porch. where q short time before. 4
tall. thin man IN q gray suit had been
sitting.
The chair where he had sat was
empty. and they burst into the parlor
door MIR. President" they shouted
with one voice we congratulate you
They found tho man they souKht.
when his life as nominee OF the Demo
cratic party was less than a minute
old lie was laughing and chattinh
WIN his wife and daughters
First RcnI Rcla1ntion.
Tho news. he said. had come a mo.
inent before over the long distance
telephone. after days OF anxious
'Taltini' and the few seconds he had
spent with his family were his first
OF real relaxation during tho week
lie remarkable it's remarkable Of.
exclaimed Governor Wilson. 1T cam.
with rush he continued. After tn
+ NiF II opened this morning 1 did not
mink It would come 80 fast.
You must sometimes have won
dered why 1 did not show more emo
lon as the news came in from tho
convention. and have been afraid
/ that you might get the IMPRESSION
tAat was so seif-conndent and sure
! OF the result that | took the steady
increase IN the vote for me compla-
Gently ana as a matter OF course. The
Tact is that the emotion has been too
deep 70 come to the surface In fact
"a the vote has grown and as 1t has
seemed more and more likely that
might be nominated l have become
more and more solemn
4 have not felt OF this Ugh, az 4,
I It were thing that centred on uveei|
az a person The fine men who have
( Been lighting for me III Baltimore 1
nave not regarded rs my representa-
tNes 1t has been the other way all
/ around have felt all the while tina,
/ tney Were honorins me by regarding
me as their representative. and that
they were ightlng for me because they
| thought 1 could stand for and night for
the things that they believed in and
desired Tor the country.
do not see how any man could
ieei citation as such responsibilities
ioomed nearer and nearer to him or
how he could feel any shallow per
sonal pride.
The Governor was allowed only a
brief respite before ,nere poured In
the de!uge OF callers who had hung
about the tickers and bulletin boards
, Ter seven days. They cheered again
and again. Between bursts Of applause
tHarF HI Is. W
ana wilson but most OF all they
hailed him as the next President OF
tho United States
| \ thousand yards away company
! Of militia on the rifle range We're en-
gagged In target practice. Some one
4 ieiephoned the clubhouse and the airing
ceased Down the twisted roadway
! there raced bevy OF automobiles A.
they drew up In front OF the GOV
ernors cottage half dozen men Jump
ed from one and ran with lash OF
bunting under their arms to d lofty
nag pole, and second later forty
loot nag vas ripping from the top In
the breeze
Three cheers for the mex, P~esi-
dent shouted lusty lunged enthusi-
a-st. and the crowd gave them with a
VII The Governor removed his soft
brown nat. bowed and said:
Gentlemen I thank you from my
heart"
Further get down the road-a mile.
they said. though i seemed like two
brass band OF forty pieces lay under
cover awaiting signal They had
been waiting there TWO days. practic-
ing during tho evenings on Hail TO
the Chief and "Sae the Conquer,ng
Hero Comes" When tho sigma! came
the leader stopped out and asked II
they were ready. They were. So thav
marched down the road in the wake, Of
innumerable automobiles past scores
, OF pedestrians with growing entour-
age, and stopped on the Governors
lawn And there they played while the
visitors apDlauded and the Governor
oeamsd his thanks
Hia Daughters Are Inppv
Within tho Governors parlor there
vas great crowding Of visitors and
shaking of hands and bestowine. OF an
sorts Of good wishes and predictions
The Governors three daughter. Misses
Jessie. Margaret and Eleanor. wer,
quite beside themselves with h9nn,nese
While Mrs. Wilson smiled and said shn
felt on. so solemn and that the re-
spons'biiity was almost as ,errsblo o,s
ne suspense Hut the Governor acted
like an enthusiastic hoy grown dtc,t,
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