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IN CHARGE
Candidate For President Re.
organized Committee
Democratic Committee Acqules.
ces In Nominees Desires.
BUN CAMPAIGN ON new LINES

While petaIls Are UP For Discussion
a. Chicago Meeting, Mack and
Sullivan Remind Members That
Money 10 One Of the EsssntiaIs os
Successful campaIsn-hlnt Accept.
Cd and Plane Laid For Raising
Necessary Financial Backing.
Chicago. July 1e.-while organ.
ising the Democratic national com.
mittee for use in his presidential
campaign, Governor Wilson at the
same time reorganizcd It. Simulta-
neously he seized the reigns Of party
management and took personal con.
troll Of the campaign. Nearly 80 Demo.
Gratis saw It done, and gave forth NO
sound save the AYE" which made
the governors wishes the acts Of the
committee.
Judge Robert 8. Hudspeth Of New
Jersey told the committeeman II
they had no choice for chairman
which they considered better, the
governor would like to have Mr.. Nc.
Combs act as chairman, but that It
was matter for the committee to
decide.
Judge Hudspeth waited a moment
for someone to suggest another can.
didate. None having been presented,
the Judge moved that Mr.. McCombs
be elected. Aye" said the commit
tee, and II was done. The new chair
man was summoned from another
room in the hotel.
Mr.. McCombs thanked the commit.
tee. asked the cooperation Of each
Of them, and invited suggestions from
them all as to the management Of
the coming campaign, to the end
that their work might be rewarded
with victory.
Judge Hrdspeth expressed the opin.
ion that the secretary ought to be a
member Of the committee, thus elm.
mating Trey Woodson Of Kentucky,
who has leen secretary for many
years, and who failed Of reelection
to the committee. Committeeman
Joseph e. Davies Of Wisconsin, on
motion of Judge Hudspeth, was elect.
ed secretary.
Judge Hudspeth then presented a
resolution providing for the appoint.
ment by the chairman, after consulta.
ton with the presidential nominee,
Of a campaign committee Of at least
nine, q majority Of the members to
be members Of the national commit.
tete, and of which Mr.. McCombs is to
be chairman.
appoint all subcommittee needed in
the committee. the treasurer Of the
national committee and such minor
officials as should be required. In
fact unusual authority 10 reposed in
this committee and nearly every
matter viii h was brought up there
after was referred to It for disposi
ton.
Have Three Headquarters.
As to headquarters, that was q
matter which was left to the chair
man for settlement. II ID agreed
however, there will be one In New
York and another in Chicago, with
the possibility Of a branch In Denver
or San Fran cisco. Mr.. McCombs said
he would make q decision in . couple
Of days.
Roger c. Sullivan, who sat in the
meeting on proxy from the Alssks
member. talked on finances. He sale
money was an essential, more essen
tial than the formation Of clubs, a,
suggested by the new secretary ol
the committee. He suggested thai
$260,000 would be about right az ar
initiatory fee. Norman Il. Mack also
intimated II was well to have money
40 the committee would find many
uses for 1t. This brought on . gen
eral discussion Of finances which con
tinued, after short recess fol
luncheon. without getting away from
the point which was made by all
that the way to get money IL to e
out and get 1t.
As first step In the getting Il
was accepted as the sense Of thu
meeting that each state cOmmittet
should send $1,000 to the nationa
committee by Aug. I, that to form
the nucleus Of a campaign fund.
Forty-one members OF the 81 ma
tional committeeman were accounted
for at the meeting. Thirty-six wer>
present in person and five were rep
resented by proxies. This was con
sidered biz showing for Demo
cratic national committee session.