The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-12

ScdB'Et y. 80 July ll.-Eor the first
time since the Baltimore convention
/ adjourned. Governor Wilson closed his
ONCE tonight 70 all visitors. took off
his cont settled down IN his easy chair
with pad and pencil. and comzl,tod
10 paper his thoughts on the national
campaign. lie vas writing the roueh
outline Of his message TO the national
committee which meets In Chicago
July is. Page after page Of short
hand notes.-the Governor nas written
shorthand for forty years-was torn
from the pad and placed on the desk
beside him. In two hours or so he he'd
finished.
All that the party ohies,a.ns have
poured into hts ears In the way u
suggestions and advice was BROUGHT
10 bear In preparation of his nlessag..
4o-norrow ne vii. go over the draft
Hlth Robert : Hudspeth national
committeeman from New jersey. WHO
WI! be his personal representative at
chicago, and tie rough outline Will be
turned into the finished product 10 h-
placed aefore the committee No word
81 as contents. the Governor said to-
night would be made public n adj
vance - the meeting
his huice for Chairman.
the message VII contain the name
a ;He Governors choice Tor na,.oaa!
4 chairman. his decision on whether
there snail %" campaign chairman
- help the national chafrrnar direct
ine nshr tho nominees views on the
i SOFT ~ campaign he wishes TO con-
4 duc, and probably MS selection OF the
executive committee Discussion ~
me platform and Issues w!ll he ra
j served for his speech ot acceptance
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nigh, was ihe elimination OF reid
4 day AT Seag!ri for men high IN the
coruciis OF the Democrats parts.
4 During the day the Governor enter
'a'rs1 dozens ot callers % political
Il rfomlneoce, including ave members
of the Democrats National Committee
4 Maryland leaders o. MS anteconven-
j ton fight and leaders from Brook!yn.
Il Among the visitors were. John #
j McGraw. national committeeman from
4 West Virginia l. = Jones. national
Il committeeman from Maine. David r.
4 Frano's. Of s., Louis Thomas j. Nc
A Cue. national committeeman from Coll
4 oraco. Edward n Goltra national
commit 'e~rnan from Missouri Harvey
CARRIER. former national committee
i man from Ohio iohn II McCooey. OF
Brooklyn; Representative John T.
4 Fitzgerald chairman OF the Apnr!pr!-
atoms Committee OF the House
Reese " Ling. national committee
nan from Arizona.
4 Nearly all Of these were positive in
4 their declarations that when the ma
tlonal committee cleo chairman
4 ncSt Monday It Viii be the man whom
\ Governor Wilton selects ana more
than half were inclined 10 believe that
4 william + McCombs would have the
s Governors preference
4 Governor Wilson IS acing TO De the
A real manager OF the campaign There
nm = - Is
his callers to-day. Tho Governor him
self said tonight that ne Intended for
4 one thing, TO scrGtnize closely the
4 campaign contributions and keep tally
4 Of the expenditures.
4 That. OF course" he said. rs moth
irs more than my duty"
Stream of Contributions
There has been 4 growing stream OF
contributions emptying into the Gov
"rnor's Office daily. Nearly score
4 came to-day varying in amounts from
81 TO 5000. with S25. perhaps. fair
average. More than half OF them
came from men with waosc names the
4 Governor was not familiar 1t was A
4 Wholesome sign. he said and the right
4 sort OF campaign fund. To each.
man VINO sent money he wrote 4 per-
j Honal letter OF thanks.
j There were nine in the party from
j Brooklyn, which John II Mccooey
u
A Governor Wilson open the New York
i state campaign with mass meeting
/ early In the fan a the Academy OF
Music in Brooklyn. The idea inter-
4 csted the Governor greatly
4 Colonel John I. Martin. sergeant-at-
erms Of the Baltimore convention
i dropped in on Governor Wilson for
4 few minutes bringing With him as a
1 present the gavel with which tho con
j Vcntion was opened and closed. It was
made. Colonel Martin told the Cover
nor, by Donald Martin. the colonel's
! son. at Hillsboro. Mo. The Governor
] srasped it firmly and tapped the rail-
4 Ing of his porch.
80. that's the gavel that did the
business. is it2" he asked.
Colonel Martin assured him that it
was. and told him that the Upper Mis-
eouri Improvement Association COM
posed OF men of affairs of Iowa Wis
consn. Minnesota Missouri ana Him
ois felt very kindly toward the ticket
this year because of the plank in the
platform pledging the party to the i'm
rrovement of the Mississippi for navi-
Eation. As vice president of the or
fanizntion, he expressed the hope that
the Governor could attend its annual
convention to be held ut Burlington
Iowa. in September.
Factions HIVE United.
John 6uney. of Pittsburgh. ,nenhew
Of Colonel James NJ. Goncy. former
national committeeman from the Key
stone state. came with John 7. Nc
Graw, the national committeeman from
West Virginia Mr. McGraw assured
The nominee that the Democrats in
West Virginia had settled their fac
tional differences. and would unite In
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