The Washington times., 1912-07-19
YOUNG MEN NAMED
+. TO Be LEADERS IN
WILSON'S CAMP PA|GN
Committee of Fourteen Will
Take Active Charge
of Work.

SEAGIRT, N. J., July 19-woodrow
Wilson's campaign for President Will
be new young mems battle 1t was
pointed out here today. Among the men
who make up the campaign committee
OF fourteen are only three over fiftY
years old and only few of recognized
national reputation. The committee
members and their ages are:
William F. McCombs, chairman,
thirtv-seven
Robert s. Hudspeth, national commit
teeman from New Jersey, forty-six.
Josephus Daniels, national committee
man. from North Carolina. forty-nine.
William L. Salisbury, national COM
initteemafl. from Delaware, forty-nine.
Robert Ewing. national committee.
man. from Louisiana, fifty.
A. Mitchell Palmer, national commit
teeman from Pennsylvania, forty.
Joseph E. Davies. national committee
man, from Wisconsin, thirty-three.
Will R. King, national committeeman.
from Oregon, forty-five.
United States Senator Thomas p.
Gore of Oklahoma. forty-four.
United States Senator James A
O'Gormar of New York, ffty-two.
United States Senator James A. Reed
or Missouri, hfty-one.
Congressman Daniel ]. McGillicuddy
OF Maine, ffty-two.
Congressman Albert S. Rurleson OF
Texas. forty-nine.
william G. McAdoo, of New York,
forty-nine.
The conference was resumed today
Mt the new Monmouth Hotel at Spring
Lake.
Friends of Bryan.
Senator Reed was one of the man
ayers OF the Champ Clark campaign
at Baltimore. Five members OF the
campaign committee, Daniels, Ewing.
Davies. King, and Burleson, are close
personal and political friends of w. ].
Bryan. No men identified with the
Harmon or Underwood candidates. are
members.
Governor Wilson and Chairman Nc.
Combs announced today that head
quarters would be opened by McCombs
In New York in a few days and that
branch headquarters would oe opened
in Chicago and one city further west
soon.
King was selected as a representative
Of the Pacific coast He Is the Ore
gon supreme court Judge who rendered
the opinion upholding the States initi-
ative and referendum laws and who
States Supreme Court.
Ewing An Editor.
Ewing IS editor of the New Orleans
State. McGillicuddy was elected to
Congress from Maine in the Democratic
Victories of 1910.
The campaign committee will int
mediately organize subcommittee o.
finance, speakers. publicity, :, etc. and
= Win begin the actual work Of the cam
paign as soon as possible. The vice
chairman and treasurer have not ye,
been selected.
Between l5O and 200 Democratic mem.
bers of tire National House headed by
son Saturday afternoon, arriving Mt ILL
in special train and returning at 5.
Will Seek Location.
Chairman McCombs today announced
that he and Secretary Davies planned tc
leave for New York this afternoon tc
meet former Chairman Mack. of the
Democratic national committee at the
Hotel Knickerbocker and to begin the
hunt for national headquarters. MACK
was expected to turn over to McComb!
the documents. records, files and otheI
property of the committee. and to ad
tion of headquarters. He also said a!
soon as he got located in New York HI
would go to Chicago and establish
branch headquarters there. He expect
ed to get started in New York by tn,
first of next week.
Encouraging reports were received to
day by the campaign committee on th'
campaign fund question. Forme
Chairman Mack wired that he hat
started popular subscription through
his Buffalo newspaper. A similar repor
was made by Col. Robert Ewing. ma
tional committeeman from Louisiana
and one OF the new members of th
campaign committee. Investigation O
the huge mass of mail received at Sea
gtrt, just about completed, reveals tn
fact that about A, 900 has been sent IL
small amounts direct to Governor VIII
son. This money will be turned over 4
the committee.
Herman Ridder. of New York, may b.
retained as treasurer of the committee
While no formal action was taken oil
treasurer this afternoon, the committee
vas reported to have decided he woult
be satisfactory and would he retained !
he would serve. 1t was said, however
he might decline on account of i'll