Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-25

Columbus, Ohio, June PAT was af-
ter 10 O'Clock when the Democratic
State Convention was called TO order
by Chairman NJ. A. Smalley. During
the morning members of the committee
on resolutions were working on the
phraseology of their own resolution.
The State Central Committee was re-
organized with w. w. Durbin, OF Ken
ton, as chairman, and John 4. Dule, OF
Cincinnati, as secretary, both original
and radical free silver men. Temper
airy Chairman Taylor has been radi-
cal silver leader in the State, while Gen.
A. J. Warner, the permanent chairman,
was a pioneer free silver man in Con-
gress, and has been president of the
American Bi-Metallic League ever since
its organization in 1889.
The temporary organization was an
nounced and Col w. a. Taylor, the
temporary chairman, read his speech.
In lengthy keynote speech he did
not refer to anything except the silver
question.
There is but one great issue" he
said, before the American people,
compared with which all other issues
are bare as a mole hill to a mountain,
and that is the issue between the Amer
lean people and the allied money power
of the world. Whether the metallic
basis of the currency shall be so COM
pressed and concentrated, that it may
be held by the few to the detriment,
debasement and enslavement OF the
many. or whether the products OF our
mines shall be used to break the ICY
letters that haze closed up the channels
of commerce, until our harvests nave
become almost mockery intensihed
by their plentitude."
After Col. Taylor had finished, Reu-
ben Turney, Of Tuscarawas county, was
recognized. He threw the convention
into a turmoil Of Kisses and derlslve
shouts by saying: Looking down on
this convention is that arbitrator,
that Benedict Arnold OF the Democratic
party-Grover Cleveland
He wanted the portrait removed.
After the report Of the committee on
permanent organization, Gen. A. J. war
ner was escorted to the chair as the pre-
siding officer and was received with an
ovation. His speech was interrupted
continuously by applause.
After the report on credentials was
adopted with opposition, the majority
report on resolutions was presented. 1t
asserts that we are unaherably opposed
to the single gold standard and demand
the immediate return to the constitu-
tiona! money of gold and silver by the
restoration by this government, indie
pendent of other nations, of the unre-
stricted coinage of both silver and gold
into standard money at the ratio Of 16
! to /, and upon the terms of exact unity
existing prior to 1873. such silver coin
to be a full legal tender, equally with
gold coin. for all debts and dues, pub
lie and private. The delegates at large
are instructed to use all honorable
rlenas to secure the adoption OF the
principles contained in the foregoing
resolution by the National Democratic
convention, to be held at Chicago, July
7, and to vote only for candidates for
President and Vice President who are
known to be in full accord herewith
and to accomplish these ends to cast
the votes from the State of Ohio as a
unit, as a majority may determine.
The gold men moved to strike out the
unit rule instructions, but were voted down
by viva voce vote amid much disorder.
j. G. Patterson, of Dayton. presented a
minority report in which no reference to
TIE financial question was made The mi
nority report was promptly defeated. A
call Of the counties on the adoption of the
majority report resulted yeas $40. nays 12S.
For the four delegates at large to the
Chicago convention the names of Allen W.
Thurman, of Columbus: r. =. Finley. of
Bucyrus; ]. V. Boo0walter. Of Springfield;
L. e. Holden. of Cleveland; John Couwell,
of Cadiz; John r. Mclean. of Cincinnati:
Charles p. Salem. of Cleveland, were pre-
sented. ard Messrs. Mclean, Thurman,
Finley and Holden were elected Camp
bell got four votes.
For Secretary OF State, the names Of
Arthur A. Brown, of Cincinnati; S. S.
Yoder. of Lima. and Chiffon A. White,
of Georgetown. were presented, the bal
lot resulting: Brown 70; Yoder 1856;
White 941. White was declared the
nominee after much disorder
E. j. Blandin, of Cleveland, was nom
mated for Judge of the Supreme Court.
After p. m. the convention adjourn
ed, having been in session continuously
seven hours.
OF the 673 delegates 542 voted for free
silver, and els for Mclean. Three men
were mentioned by the delegates as
Ohio's favorite for the nCmination-Mc-
Lean. Campbell and BO0kwalter. Ex-
Governor Campbell had been a favorite
until the silver tidal wave struck the
State but he was considered too con-
sentative on the silver question. When
Ex-Governor Campbell and his friends
arrived here and found the sentiment
drifting for Mclean or Bookwa,ter,
they supported the former. defeating
Bookwalter in not fight for delegate
and thus ending the Bookwalter boom
for president and leaving the fed so
far as Ohio is concerned to Mclean,
with the unit rule annexed. There
were AZ first two opposing movements,
one to instruct for Campbell and the
other 10 instruct for Bookwalter. The
Mclean men worked hard to prevent
instructions for anyone and their next
movement was to keep rivals from be-
ing selected as delegates. They had
their way in the preliminary work Of
the district and committee meetings
Yesterday and to-day. Tonight tbs
Mclean boom for president is no longer
! under cover. II is currently reported
that Senator Blackburn. Of Kentucky
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