The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-07
Gathering of 10000 People on Lawn, Including Gov ernors, Senators, Con
 
 gressmen and Many Nota- ble, As Well As Plain, Democrats. Summer Capital Literally Overrun With Visitors When Democratic Stand ard Bearer Reads His Speech of Acceptance This Afternoon.


 Girt the major portion of the Wilson
 notification committee. numerous na- tional committeeman, a scattering of
 governors and hundreds of mere Democrats, it was estimated that
 more than 10000 people had gather ed from every corner of the country
 to see Gov. Woodrow Wilson get the
 news that he was nominated month
 ago for President by the Baltimore
 convention.
 Sea Girt mainly is made up of the
 Little White House" it's lawn and the New Jersey rifle. range and the town never before saw such crowd.
 From early morning they came, from
 New York, Washington, Philadelphia,
 sorts and from the west, by train. by
 autom obi1e, by horse and afoot. Long before time for Ollie James to tell the Governor of his nomination, the
 summer capital was literally overrun
 with visitors. =
 William l.. Libher. Princeton TT, the man who caused adoption of
 Orange and Black in the coiors of Old Nassau by wearing a cravat of that
 combinaAon at the psyche ological mo- rnent, was a guest of sufficient ir1-
 portance to interrupt Gov. Wilson s
 conversation with two governors.
 The first campaign trip of Gov.
 wilson probably will be a tour of
 Maine. Gov. Plaisted today invited
 the nominee to make such trip.
 Gov. Wilson stood at the edge of
 his lawn and shook hands steadily for
 quarter of an hour when he greeted
 who invaded Sea Girt with a bard
 and marched in single file before the
 Little White House.
 Gov. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall
 arrived at Sea Girt by automobile
 from Spring Lake and the President
 iai and vice. presidential nominees
 delegation from Jersey City while
 Mrs Wilson entertained Mrs. Mar shall on the front porch after which the candidates retired to the house.
 Headed by Senator elect .. Ollie
 James. the Kentucky giant, and Mrs. e. B. Overf1eld, the dininutive wo-
 man mem Der from Utah, the notif1ca- ton committee arrived at Sea Girt at 1:45. Four Democratic governors were in the party. Baldwin of Con- neeticut, Floss of Massachusetts, Dix of New York, and Doonaghey of ceremonies. Mann of Virginia and Plaisted of Maine having already ar rived.
 Tn the party also were U. s. Sena- tor Myers of Montana and Repre-
 sentatives Heflin of Alabama and Johnson of Kentucky. Former Ma tional Chairman Norman E. Mack of New York, James Hamilton Lewis, of
 Illinois, and Charles R. Crane of Chicago, the newly appointed vice chairman of the Democratic finance committee.
 The party was greeted on the porch by Gov. and Mrs. Wilson and inm ediately went into lunch. William J. Bryan sent telegram ! Tegretting he could not be present. It was announced Judge Alton B. Parker was on his way here with
 Chairman McCombs.
 Sea Girt,; N. J., Aug. 47.-When the Democratic Notification Committee
 headed by Senator -elect Ollie James of Kentucky, and flanked .by Senators, Congressmen and Governors, today gathered on the trampled lawn of the Little White House to tell Governor Wilson that he was nominated for | President by the Baltimore Conven- tion a month ago, informality and simplicity were the order of the day. Gov. Wilson had only the vaguest idea of the days proceedings and his
 lieutenants were equally uncertain as to actual plans, but nobody bothered about details. When the Governor James was to tell him that he had been nominated for President and that he was to make a speech in reply ac- cepting the nomination and declaring his principles. That speech the Gov ernor was prepared to read. The Gov ernorY also knew that luncheon was to be served about half-past one to- mem bers of the committee and distinguish ed visitors, but he was not sure of the identity of any of the prospective guests other than the chief actors in the play. It sufficed that food enough ' AI~ T a% in the house.
 It was agreed by Gov Wilson, Mrs. Wilson and the daughters that they would stand on the veranda of the Little White House. and receive all
 guests with a word and a hand shake;
 the leaders and as many others as could were to sit on the veranda, and the balance would be accommodated On. the lawn.
 That was all there was to the days program so far as the candidate at Sea Girt was concerned.
 It was near 1 o'clock when the main body of the notification committee and distinguished guests reached Sea Girt, but long before that spectators began | to invade the summer capital by train, automobile and afoot. About fifty members of the notification commit tee, forty or more national committee
 men and many Governors left New York at ii o'clock. Speaker Clark and Congressman Underwood were expect ed to be present.
 Clear skies and cool winds greeted l Sea Girt for the greatest day in it's history It was well, for the Wilson lawn is the only spot in Sea Gfrt where the large crowd could be ac- l commodated and there is not roof within miles under which the assem- blaze could gather in the event of un- favorable weather.