The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-16
Harmonious Meeting of Com
mittee Grants Wishes
of Candidate
MCOMBS CHAIRMAN,
GORE MAN BEHIND
Big Campaign Fund Is Esq
sential-AlI in Sympathy
With Democracy Now
Invited In

CHICAGO. july l5.--1oNerHoE
Woodrow Wilson will make his tight
for the presidency OF the United
States in the East Although 1io
definite announcement has been made
TO that effect. It ~ practically settled
that the general headquarters for tn0
Democratic campaign will be in New
York.
Chicago will have divtsiona
headquarters Just how soon It VIII
be established. or who viii be IN
charge has not been determined
either. Those matters are all to be
agreed upon by VIM. r. McCombs,
who was elected chairman of the ma
tional committee today and Governor
Wilson himself.
The whole trend of 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 Della
ware Tho selection OF officers aEu
the picking of the members OF the
executive committee corborates that
view.
The officers chosen today were only
the chairman, secretary and sergeant
at arms. The others are to be named
by the executive committee when that
body shall have been named. Tnat
committee. according to the author
fly given him today, is to be named
by Chairman McCombs and will con-
sist Of not less than nine members.
five OF whom will be members OF the
national committee.
Officers Named.
officers already chosen are:
Chairman, VIM. r. McCombs, New
York; secretary, ], f. Davies Wis
eonsin: sergeant at arms, John 1.
Martin, st. Louis.
Mr.. McCombs and Mr.. Davies were
picked by Governor Wilson himself,
and Colonel Martin has had his jop
20 long that 1t seems to go to him as
a matter course, The members of the
executive committee who have *irtu-
ally been agreed upon are:
willard Salisbury. Delaware; r. $.
Hudspeth. New Jersey; Josephus
Daniels, North Carolina; A. Mitchell
Palmer, Pennsylvania; John i. Nc
Graw. West Virginia, representing the
national committee: Senators Gore.
of Oklahoma; O'Gorman. OF New
York, and Culberson, OF Texas.
To Add Others.
Other members who may be added
are: Fred &. Lynch, OF Minnesota
Thomas TaSgart. of Indiana; Roger
c. Sullivan, Of Illinois and Martin =
WaQ6, OF LOWE
1t will be seen from that list that
the far West Is not represented thus
far. and that the middle West ap-
continents have not yet been pass
ed upon definitely. Or course the
committee may, and probably VIII be
enlarged when Chairman McComDD
submits the list to Governor wilson.
The additional officers to be chosen
are treasurer and Wce-chairman.
For tho first place Ii Is now expecte0
John D, Crirnmins will be named, AND
William G. MoAdoo 10 considered al
most a certainty for the vice. cna1r~
They are both OF New York.
The heads OF the various standing
committees will also Do named DZ
Chairman McCombs.
Today's meeting. was very enthu.
siastia and harmonious one, notable
chiefly for the good Will with wnscnf
the desires of Governor Wilson were
met Mr.. Hudspeth the national COM.
from New Jersey, repre-
scented the government and contrary
to previous reports that he would Do
so. he did not bring letter from tn1
candidate, He quietly gave out that
Governor Wilson wanted McCombs for
chairman and Davies for secretary, an0
The Campaign Fund.
The discussion that followed tho
election of those officers was mostly
the raising OF campaign
fund Several af the members were
eager to start the fight at once, bug
MIR, sullivan, who sat IN the meefin3
as tho proxy for the member from
Alaska, brought UP the money ques>
ton az the most pressing business,
'There will DO headquarters to pan
for. and the first thing contracts muse
be made for printing and distribution,
which will run TO t25o.O00 very
quickly" he told the members. ana
advised them To get to work at the
campaign at once,
"And IL you can get Ililiion dol-
lars 1t will not be too lnuch,' he
said, FOR running big campaign 10
an expensive business
Talk Ways and Means.
WAYS and means of raising fund
we're discussed for an hour or longer
at the first session, and when the
met again at o'clock Ar
ter a recess the same question wa1
taken up. but in the end no Definite
nlan was reached That also is to b.
left To the chairman. though Senator
Gore urged all the members of the
To raise as much as &1.O03
each by the time Governor Wilson
ia officially notified OF his nomina tion
which will be August Tth. That date
is 10 mark the real open~ 1
ing of the campaign. HEADQUARTERS
will be opened immediately afterwardA$
here and in the far West. II is prOb~
able that the New York headquarteRoA
will be opened sooner.
Chairman McComhs after the meet.
ing held many short conferences wlt6
the old members OF the COMMITTEES TT
sought their advice in the managennanx
~ the campaign. Lynch. sullivan MI
Taggert were consulted for thN 1e1