The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-04
William F. McCombs Who
Engineered Pre-Nomina-
ton Fight Will Pro-
baby Be Sc
lected
OTHERS MENTIONED
ARE HUDSPETH AND
JOSEPH +. DAVIES
Successful Candidate Has
Made No Plans for Fight
Yet and Will Leave
Everything to
Managers

SEA GIRT, \. J., July S.--Wood-
row Wilson announced tonight that al
a conference 20 be held here tomorrow
with tho Democratic national commit.
tee the selection of campaign mama
ger and campaign committee would be
undertaken
Colonel John l. Martin. sergeaut-at-
arms of the national COMMITTEES, has
telegraphed that the members will
arrive on the 2:3T P. NJ. train. A
large hospital tent has been erected
on the lawn, and luncheon will be
served before the business session.
II Governor Wilson has any choics
for a campaign marager. ne has de-
elined 80 far TO Indicate 1t. II is gem
eraiy understood however, that he
will urge the appointment of William
F. McCombs. who successfully engt-
neered the pre- nomination fight 9th
ers whose names are known to be
under consideration are Judge Robert
:. Hudspeth. OF Hudson county. n. J.s
and Joseph Il. Davies, national CONF
mitteeman from Wisconsin, who was
Wilson's Western manager
A dark horse for the important posi-
ton is Judge James A. O'Gorman. Of
New York.
McComns was practically unheard OF
prior to the W lson campaign, but his
record has been impressive. He -
thirty six years old. and native Of
Kansas. He is a graduate OF Prince
ton. and has pracriced law in Wash
ington and New York city. The only
drawback to McCombs is that he II
not physically strong. Other matters
to be taken up with the national COM
mittee Will be fixing OF date for the
official notification. Governor WI
son tonight declined to discuss any Of
the matters pending the conference.
Governor Baldwin, of Connecticut, In
a. eongratuiatory letter written a few
hours before the platform was adop-
ted, afforded the new candidate some
amusement. 1t said:
Il hope the platform will not be as
long as some have threatened, but II
will have 10 be very. very long to pre-
vent YOU from winning In Connecti-
cut.
VIII Not Resign Now.
II is now almost certain that Wood
row Wilson win not resign as govern
or Of New Jersey for the present. at
least There are several reasons for
this as indicated by his friends. CHIEF
OF them is that his withdrawal would
place at the head of the affairs of the
State John ID. Prince, Republican.
Prince, the lieutenant governor, is
professor of Oriental languages at CO.
!ulnbia university, and with President
Nicholas Murray Butler 81 that tnstt-
tuition, is Il follower OF Roosevelt
Candidate Wilson was asked to-
night II he Intended to make an ex-
tenslve campaign. His reply was tho
same that ne has made concerning all
other prospective plans
MY mind s entirely open" he said.
Il will endeaYor TO do everything my
managers may decide necessary for
the success of the party IN Novcm-
Der"
Dudley Field Malone, and Walter
Measday. rrriyed from Baltimore to-
i.4aA4-- A.ea AtfAy- f--tste IF ttfe rprr
ndentiai secretaries credited with
having done splendid work for his
chief.
Dudley Field Malone is IN assistant
corporation counsel i'll New York,
and was n NcComhs Lieutenant
through the campaign just ended.
After a long talg with Wilson today.
he said:
am sure tioNtEhha w ilSpH Witss
prefer TO stay at home as much as
possible during the campaign mark
Ing fnfrequent excursions into dc.
batabie States when necessary.
"In my option Goveror Wilson can-
not AFFORD to resign as chief exeru-s
tive OF New Jersey as such course
IL neither imperative nor inconsistent
with long esta blished precedents.'
The newly chosen leader OF the ma
tionaI Democracy and all OF his
friends are much eiated over prom H
ises OF support from progressive RAJ.
publicans. Prominent among those
who have telesraphed such assurances
are Bland witlock. mayor Of Toledo.
and Irving T. Bush. president OF the
Bush Terminal company, OF Brooke
Iyn. All told. more than two hun-
bred such messages have been rc-
celvsd at Sea Grit
The steady stream OF callers be-
gan to arrive while the corps Of
photographers and correspondence en-
camped on the lawn were blinking ~
the early morning sun. They came
in sufficient numbers TO require VIII
son, his wife, and three daughters, u
make continuous performance %
today's reception.
T. A. Thompson and T. W. Gregory
delegates from Texas. were among
the first to arrive. They predfctea
sure victory Cor the ticket this faiI
State Senator Franklin p. Roo4a~'
welt the isurgent leader a. The
Democrats in The New York 6tAtU 1EsF
senibly, was also conspicuous a1
confident OF success for the natt6A@I
al ticket. ssSs
Editor Henry c. Campbell of ~
Milwaukee Journal told Governor
Wilson he would carry WssconDtns
suro Considerable time vas gtvenS kea
this caller and IL IL understood thq6
the availability Of Jcseph ". pavSs
nationally committeeman fron N
eonsir. for campaign nAnasa1s ~
dfscanped N NAN