The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-10
He Wants Chairman an
Campaign Manager to be
One Man and
One Only
HOLDS CONFERENCE d
WITH LABOR LEADER
Gompers Declares He is EE
tirely Satisfied With
Planks in Platform
Adopted at Bal
tlmOre

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.. July -
Woodrow Wilson took a bit in III
teeth today and refused to countess
ance the plan suggested at last nign9
conference with Norman Il. Mac
which provided for both Il chairm05
Of the national committee and caIx1
paign manager.
1t is the plan of the DemocrAts
Candidate to have man OF the typE
Of William f. McCombs organize an
lead the fight. Every precaution VI
be taken to prevent the campai9
manager from being handicapped N
bosses under the control of captt4&
whether or not this determinatt41
had anything to do with the resiGn44
ton OF Thomas J.. Taggart. of lMx
diana, as a member of the natton9
committee can only be surmised. Cars
didate Wilson said tonight quite in
nocently that Mr.. Taggarts WITH
drawal had come cut of clear n
and that it had been q surprise
him,
Governor Wilson's advisers hm
forewarned him against the plan SUI
gested by Mr. Mack. who is chalx
man Of the national committee peu0a
ing the permanent organization IT,
be perfected at Chicago. July I'LL
They pointed out that in the ParkQM
campaign of 1904 there was bot III
tional chairman and campale4
manager whose official designations
was chairman of Gle campaign CONS
mittee. The committee was compos1M
! of Thomas f. Ryan. August Belmonf
Senator Thomas Martin, OF Virginh&
/ and William #. Sheehan. Thomas
/ Taggart was the national chairmAM1
| but Belmont and Ryan held the dou9
| bag and had William r. sheehan an8
| pointed chairman of the campai1M
/ committee with the result that tn
! hydra h eaded campaign resulted
party disgrace
| Governor Wilson Is tonight in cons
| ference with Edward T. Grosscup1
| chairman of the New Jersey STAT
| Democratic committee. who. WixM
| Judge Robert $. Hudspeth. OF Hu0S
son county, will make known III
wishes of the candidate when the -
| tienal committee meet In ChicA
next Monday
Just before leaving there was a lon
conference with Samuel Gompers an
representatives of the American F0@S
GRAFTON of Labor ar the CONCLUSION 9a
which Mr., Gompers issued the fo4y
lowing statement;
| We discussed with the governG4
the platform adopted at baltimore. -
expressed ourselves as in entire
prevail of the planlss insofar az To-
apply To legislation and principles
fecring the rights of the working pei
| Pile OF the United States. There ~
mutual exchange of views regardtM
| the subject,
Il think the platform goes AZ 60
| as a great political party can decaM
! under present industrial and poiiflQ
! conditions; that is with any degrees
assurance that II will be enacted u
I law. We discussed only the mats
/ that affect the normal and legal ~
! tlvities of the working people.
Did YOU discuss any particUI
| phase of the PLATFORM Mr.. Gomp0
! was asked.
| "We talked OF that portion Whit
! applies 10 the abuses of the issuAA
Of iniunctions and contempt prOcoo
inas growing ont Of the abuse Of
writ of habeas corpus, the dectafo&
| thar voluntary associations OF We,
iner men should not properly come
der the Sherman antitrust law a. o
ing Illegal restraints of trade III
they are not organized for profit.
I'VE also talked of the declarntf
of the platform in regard to the M
ming of vessels and the abolition
involuntary servitude Of seamen.
I'VE got along very nicely with g.
error w liSDIr
1--WE are acting as the envoyq
American labor, men and women.
are going to report TO our coil0A9M
and they will make a declarat1om
authorize us to make IT,
Believe Wilson Formidable.
TRENTON. n. j., July 9.-For1
Senator Everett Colby. OF NeWaE
the leader OF the bull moose mnN
ment In New Jersey came here To-
body else nominated because we III
and told Governor Wilson Theo61
Roosevelt considered him the hap
est man in the Democratic party
, beat
II am going to try and beat you
my district" he told the candidA1
we would rather have seen u
body elese nominated because We -
ognize in you a most formidable a.
| didate"
The business which brought
Colby to Trenton was ostensihlya
urge the appointment OF TheOdoFG
Gottloib as district court Judge
/ Newark.
Governor Wilson made tho
+ from Sea Girt to Trenton at
minute clip in an automobile
route trayersed carried him three
Freehold, . Farmingdaie and Hei@
town. The candidate worA i
cap, linen buster and goggles ana
with the chauffeur. but this ruoQs
not prevent the villagers and toN
people from recognizing him
cheering as long as the autOun
was in sight.
The accumulation OF three NJ
business was awaiting the govAFG
the State house. More than
congratula tory letters have aIo63
received here since the nomll
These were ordered sent to -
Immediately
After greeting the local pe0n1