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Show 00 Wilson Will Continue Chief Executive pf New Jersey Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 2. Formal announcement an-nouncement was made today by Gov. Wilson that he' Would not resign tho governorship of New Jersey during his campaign for tho presidency. The goyernor had kopt hie mind open on this question ever since the &alti-iuoro &alti-iuoro convention. Leading Democrats in the state, howevpr, have urged him to follow the precedent of Grover Cleveland, wjio was, nominated for the presidency, but continued in the office of-fice of governor of New York. Gov. Wilson keenly Is Interested :n the prospective reports, of the committees com-mittees Investlg. ting the tay problem and the cfilcioncy of state affairs m New Jersey, and prominent Democrats Demo-crats have asked him not to forsake his office unless called to a higher one. ' Gov. Wilson gave some attention to the organization of the national Democratic Dem-ocratic committee. Joseph E. Davlcs of Wisconsin, secretary, talked with the nominee, wiio afterwards 'said the delay in organization was due to the earnest desjje of the committee "to make preparations for the division of campaign labor. Nearly two hundred letters were received re-ceived frpm Californians. who signed themselves former representatives ot Champ Clark California league. They said thej wodld ' cheerfully abide b the decision of the Baltimore convention. conven-tion. Many of the letters contained campaign cam-paign contributions. Gov Wilson spent fully an hour writing his own name as rapidly as ho could, while a negro stood oy blotting blot-ting a stream of letters. No more rubber stamp signatures will "go foith from the summer capital Gov Wilson Wil-son said he hoped to sign nearly ev-pry ev-pry letter that passed from his offices. of-fices. Gov. Wilson was informed by newspaper news-paper dispatches that his running mate, Gov Marshall of Indiana, would he here on Wednesday for the notification noti-fication ceremonies. |