The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-08-28
GOVERNOR SON
PLANS CAMPAIGN
Clark, Underwood, Bryan and Other
"Blg Guns" Join Together for Com.

mon Cause.
New York. August Ex-Governor
Woodrow Wilson spent today at the
University Club. resting from a week
of activity and preparing for a confer
ence here tomorrow destined to have
an important bearing on his campaign
as the Democratic Presidential nom
ince.
with Vice Chairman McAdoo and
members of the campaign committee.
the Governor tomorrow will map out
the sections OF the country where he
will speak and "A schedule of addresses
will be agreed upon. Present plans call
for few speeches from the candidate
himself, but n larger number from
William j, Bryan, Speaker Champ
Clark, Representative Oscar w. Under
wood, Governors Harmon Of Ohio. and
Foss Of Massachusetts: Senator-elect
Ollie James, Of Kentucky. and scores
of members of both houses of Con-
gress.
Nominees Present Plans.
Though the governors idea at pres
cnt is TO make a number of speeches
in some of the more important cities Of
the country. these speeches in no sense
to be Swing around the circle" or
stumping tour, it is admitted that the
eXigencies of the campaign may neces-
state changes in the programme
adopted
Mr. Bryan has arranged his own tin-
crary. to begin about September He
will speak for the most part in the
Middle West, beginning it is said, in
Nebraska. taking i'm Wisconsin. Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota, Mon
tana. Washington. Oregon, Utah. Mis-
souri,, Illinois and Ohio. In these states
Mr.. Bryan will make big stumping
tours, but he also will devote as much
time as possible to States east of the
Mississippi River
Clark in Southwes t
While Mr.. Bryan is concentrating on
the Northwest and Middle West.
Speaker Clark will tour the Southwest
After his three speeches in Main. next
week, he will proceed to Missouri, Col
orado, New Mexico, Arizona and Cali
fornia. The campaign committee idea
was to have Speaker Clark visit those
states in which he thought he could be
OF most value. He has chosen there
fore, those localities which support
ed him for the presidential nomination
AT the Baltimore Convention
Representative Underwood will speak
for the most part in the East, and
probably will discuss chiefly the tariff.
The Democratic House leader has in
formed Representative BuresOn. of
Texas, chairman of the speakers bu-
/ end of September but will then begin
active campaign work He will make
a number of speeches in New York
I State, New Jersey, Delaware and Mis-
sissippi.
/ Governor Harmon, of Ohio. will speak
! in the Middle West, and Governor Foss
Of Massachusetts, who is campaigning
| in Vermont now for the national tick
| ct, will fill number of engagements
outside OF New England as we'll. ac-
cording to present plans.
Chairman Soon at Post.
Governor Wilson said tonight that
ii was confidently expected Chairman
| w. f. McCombs, who is i'll, would re-
/ sumo active work at headquarters
within a couple of weeks. Rumors that
| there had been friction between other
members of the committee and Chair
man McCombs and that the chairman
might not return to lead the campaign
| were emphatically denied by Governor
/ Wilson.
IL never knew any body of men to
/ work in more thorough harmony than
/ the members of this campaign commit
| tee" said Governor Wilson, "and their
| relations with Mr. McCombs have been
those of intimate confidence and en-
/ thusiastic cooperation. They admire
/ and trust him as | do and deem his
| assistance and guidance invaluable
/ and such as no other man could give
/ at this juncture. His absence is an
! embarrassment and distress to them.
I as 1t is to me, and the plans they have
carried out are plans which were work