The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-05

CoLuMRus, Ono, Juno Tho follow.
ing was issued from tho rooms ut tho
Democratic State Executive Committee
this evening:
To tae D.MOcrdls Of OHIO:
From the vast number OF iettors re.
ceiyed by this committee from all part.
OF tho state, urging tho calling OF tho
Democratic state convention. tho i'm.
preston seems 10 prevail with large
number that this committee has au.
thority TO name the time aud place for
their holding OF tho state convention;
this. however, Is not tho case. Tho
authority 10 issue call for the
assembling oil the convention is vested
in the state central committee and the
authority to call tho committee to-
geiher for the purpose OF naming the
da;o and place rests with the chair
man OF the state central committee, Mr..
NJ. A. Smalloy, Of Upper Sandusky.
The state executive committee, from
the information received, believes that
nino-teuths ot the rank and file OF the
Democratic party Of tho siaIo desire
that the state convention shall be
assembled At once. and We have 70.
ques,ed and urged Mr.. SmalIey to call
tho central committee together.
We have done this, not only because
the Democracy OF the state seem TO de.
mand it. aud that we believe their will
should be oboyed. but we have also
urged it because We know that auy ex.
ecItiye committee which may be chosen
for the coming year must have suiIici-
ent time in which to complete n
thorough organization throughout the
state and arrange for au Sc,ive speaking
campaign. Your executive committee
must have time In which this can DO
done II you expect to meet with sue
cess.
The Republicans arc already in the
field. Why should not tho Democracy
be thero also? The undersigned know
OF no reason, other than that Senator
Calvin S. Brice. who apparently con.
trolls the chairman OF tho state central
committee. will not permit It The rca.
son ior this is perfectly apparent Sen.
ator Brice, reaIizin. tina; he is not in
harmony with the great majority OF tho
Democratic party OF Ohio upon the
money question, wants time IN which
he can. by political manipulation and
machinery. control, il possible, tho do
claration tho Democracy OF the state
will make upon this issue in the couven-
tion. He seems to DO afraid to 10. the
Democrats Of the state meet when they
desire and express their independent
views.
How successfully political machine
may control n convention and misrcprc.
sont q political party was thoroughly
demonstrated n. the late Republican
convention at Zanesvile.
Democrats must be on their guard or
their convention will bo controlled in
the samo way. Judging from the in.
formation received by tho officers Of the
executive committee. We are also led to
believe tina. at least four-(iiths OF tho
Democratic party OF Ohio are in favor OF
re-adoptinc tho plank OF las: year, ad-
vocatiug the free coinage OF gold and
silver At the ratio OF 10 10 !; and We
further believe that they should be per
mitted 10 meet in convention and so
express themselves il they will, free
from any interference from leaders on
either side ofthis question.
After tho Democracy in convention
assembled have spoken, all must abide
the result. Senator Brice knows what
this result will be il the Democrats OF
the state are permitted to freely and
uutrammeiled in every way express
their own views. and therefore ho
vii! continue 10 do nIi in his power to
prevent tho convention from being held
until he is ready.
tSigned) ALLAN W. THWlMAY,
Chairman, State Executive Committee.