The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-16
National Committee Respects
Wishes of Governor Wood
row Wilson and Names
New York Man.
JOSEPH E. DAVIES
CHOSEN SECRETARY
Treasurer Is to Be Selected
Later; Members of Com
mittee Leave for In
dianapolis.
Rv InternaIionaI News Service

~ HICAGO. July 15.-Governor Wood
row 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 has been practically set
tied that the headquarters OF the Demo-
cratic national committee will be. in
New York
Chicago will, have a divisional headuuar-
ters. 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 upon by William E. Nc
Combs, who was elected chairman OF the
national committee today. and Governor
Wilson himself. e ~
The whole trend OF the things done
by the national committee indicates that
the big fight is 10 be made in the east
in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut
New Jersey and Delaware. The selection
OF officers and the picking Of members
Of the executive committee. so far as
that has proceeded, corroborates that
view.
Officers Chosen.
The offic4rs chosen today were only
the, chairman, secretsry and sergeant
'st 43ypss,,s sire otnerss ARE Z, ne paRqed
ny 1fhe executive conmittee wlleIa that
body shall have been named. That, COM
mittee. according TO the authority given
hin, today, is to be named by Chairman
McCombs and will consist OF not loss
than nine members. five Of whom will
be members Of the national COMMITTEES .
Officers Already chosen are;
Observation-Disclosures F. McCombs New
York
Secretary. F., Davies. Wisconsin.
Sergeant nt-at-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 matter
of course. The members OF the execu-
tive committee who virtually have been
agreed upon arc:
Executive Committee,
Willard Salisbury. Delaware: R. S.
Hudspeth. New Jersey: Josephus Dan
iels, North Carolina; A. Mitchell Palmer
Ponnsylvania; John T. McGrawf West
Virginia. representing the national COM
mittee: Senators Gore, Oklahoma; o'Gor-
man, New York aud Culberson, Texas
other members who may be added are
Fred B. Lynch OF Minnesota, Thomas
Tarrsrt of Indiana. Roger G. Sullivan Of
Illinois and Martin j, Wade of Iowa.
IL will be seen from that list that the
Far west is not represented thus far and
that the middle west appointments nave
not been passed upon definitely OF
course. the committee may and probably
will be enlarged when Chairman Me-
Combs submits the list TO Governor Will
son.
The additional officers TO be chosen
are treasurer and a vice chairman.
For the first place II Is now expected
that John D. Crimn,ins will be named.
and William g. McAdoo Is considered al
most certainty for the vice chairman
ship. They are both OF New York. The
heads or the various standing eornmitteesd
will also Ne named by Chairman Nc
Combs. -
Harmonious. -.
Todsy's meeting was q very.senthusi-
astinJ and harmonious one, notable chief
ly-for t,e good will with who'll the de-
sirey of Governor Wilson We're met Mr.
riudspeth, the national committeemanl
from New Jersey, represented tile gov
ernorf and. contrary to previons reports
that he would do 80. he did not bring |
a lutter from tho candidate. He quietly |
gaw out that Governor Wilson wanted
for chairman and. Davies for
and they were selected nnani- |
Sgblsy. - M "A
(rhe discusFo1 that followed. the -olee-t
foft orethqsc Nflcers was niosSy Son-
.erhfhsT the raising OF a campaign find.
several OF the members were eager to
Itart the fight at once. hut Mr., Sullivan,
Who sat In the meeting as the proxy for
he member from Alaska. brought up the
money question as tho most pressing
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r ""There will be headquarters to pny for,
md the first thing contracts must, be
made for printing and distribution, which
viii run to $25o,ooo very quickly he told
ne members and advised them to. get to
work at the campaign at once.
And II you can set a million dollars
I will not be too much,'' he said. for
upning a big campaign Is an expensive
Ways and means for raising wero dis
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