The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-07-13
Planning THE CAMPAIGN
Wilson In Preparing His Campaign
Speech and Taking Counsel With
the other Democratic Leaders

Sea Girt, N. j., July 13.-For the first
time since the Baltimore convention
adjourned, Gov. Wilson closed his Of
fee last night to all visitors, took of
his coat. settled down in his easy
chair with a pad and pencil and COM
mitted to paper his thoughts on the
national campaign. He was writing
the rough outline of his message to
the national committee which meets
In Chicago July Is. Page after page
of shorthand notes.-the governor has
written shorthand for forty years, was
torn from the pad and placed on the
desk beside him. In two hours or so he
had finished.
Alr that the party chieftains nave
poured into his ears in the way of
suggestions and advice was brought
to bear in preparation of his mes
sage. Today he will go over the draft
with Robert S. Hudspeth, national
committeeman from New Jersey, who
will be his personal representative at
Chicago, and the rough outline will be
turned into the finished product, to be
placed before the committee. No word
of its contents, the governor said,
would be made public in advance of
the meeting.
Will Choose Wilson's Choice
The message will contain the name
of the governors choice for national
chairman, his decision on whether there
shall be a campaign chairman to help
the national committee direct the fight,
the nominees views on the sort of
campaign he wishes to conduct and
probably his selection of the executive
committee. Discussion of the platforms
and issues will be reserved for his
speech of acceptance, August Z.
The preparation of the message was
the elimination of a field day at Sea
Girt for men high in the councils of
the democratic party. During the day
the governor entertained dozens of
callers OF political prominence, includ-
ing five members of the democratic
national committee.
Nearly all of these were positive in
their declaration that when the ma
tional committee elects a chairman
next Monday, 1t will be the man whom
Gov. Wilson selects and many were
inclined to believe that William F.
McCombs would have the governors
preference.
Governor Wilson is going to be the
real manager of the campaign. There
was no doubt of this in the minds of
his callers today. The governor said
tonight that he intended for one thing
to scrutinize the campaign contribu-
ti0ns and keep tally of the expendi-
lures.
THAT, of course" he said, "is moth
ing more than my duty
Money Is Coming In
4 There has been a growing stream of
contributions emptying into the gov
came today, varying is amounts from
81 to $500, with $40 perhaps a fair av
erage More than half of them came
from men with whose names the gov
ernor was not familiar. 1t was a whole
some sign, he said, and the right sort
OF a campaign fund. To each man
that sent money he wrote a personal
n letter Of thanks.
Col. John /. Martin, sergeant-at-arms
n OF the Baltimore convention, ropped
n in on Gov. Wilson for a few minutes,
bringing with him a present the
gavel with which the convention was
"A opened and closed. 1t was made, Col
Martin told the governor, by Donald
Martin, the coloneis son, at Hillsboro
n Mo-.
The governor grasped it firmly and
81 tapped the railing of his porch.
$50 that's the gavel that did the
business, is it?" he asked
Col. Martin assured him that it was
John Guffey of Pittsburg, a nephew
" of Col James NJ. Guffey, former ma
tional committeeman from Pennsyl.
vania, came with John T. McGray, the
# national committeeman from West
I'll Virginia. Mr.. McGraw assured thu
nominee that the democrats in Wes
81 Virginia had settled their factional diff.
"a ferences and would unite in his sup:
n port Senators Chiffon and Watson o.
w West Virginia, Mr.. McGraw's formel
opponents, are expected here tomor
# row.