Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-06-25
ii LEAN BOOM STARTED
The Ohio Editorls Presidential
Aspirations Encouraged.
MESSAGE OF THE EMPIRE sTATE.

Sew York Democrats Declare Themselves
ON the Financial Question Against Free
Coina9e, but Iavar International Bi-
metaiiisln- other State Conventions.
COLUMBUS. O., June 90 The Domo-
,ratic state convention elected as delegates
lt large TO the Chicago convention John
r. McLean, Allen W. Thurman, L. II.
Holden and r. b. Finley, all pronounced
rec silver men.
Ii was primarily a silver convention and
,econdarily the budding Of boom for
John r. Mclean for the presidential nom
nation at Chicago
OF tho 679 delegates sac voted for free
hlyer and 6ls for Mclean Throe men
sere mentioned by the delegates rs Ohio's
'avorite for She Chicago nomination.
.can, Campbell and Bookwalter FIX
sovernor Campbell had been a fayorito
until the silver tidal wave struck the state,
gut he was considered too conservative on
;he silver question. When Ex-Governor
Campbell and his friends arrived here and
,ound the sentiment drifting for Mclean
,r Bookwalter, they supported the former
defeating Bookwalter In n hot fight for
delegate, thus ending the Bookwaltor
Doom for president and leaving the field. 40
lar as Ohio Is concerned. to Mclean, with
.ho unit rule annexed There were at first
two opposing movements, one To Instruct
Tor Campbell and the other 60 Instruct for
BookwAlter The Mclean men worked
hard TO prevent instructions for any one,
and their next movement was 10 keep
riyals from being selected us delegates.
rhey had their way In the preliminary
work OF the district and committee moei-
lhRs and also In the convention. They
named all the delegates and state oandi-
dates and dictated the platform.
The Mclean boom for president Is no
longer under cover. IL is currently re-
ported that Senator Blackburn OF Ken
lucky and others outside OF the state are
in the Mclean movement.
John r. Mclean Is proprietor OF the
Cincinnati Enquirer and has been adyo-
sating free silver for years In his paper
T. IT, Holden Is proprietor Of The Morn
ing Plnin Dealer and The Evening Post
at Cleveland aud has also beon an ardent
advocate OF free silver. General ~ i.
Finley, while in congress, was as ardent
silver man as was General A. J. Warner,
who presided over the convention. The
champion OF free silver In tho state In re-
cent years has been Allen w. Thurman,
who kept up silver organization In Ohio
when that clement was In the minority at
Democratic conventions. He is a son of
the late Allen g. Thurman, who ran on
the ticket with President Cleveland, In
1888 and was for IL years senator from
Ohio The fathers of Thurman and Nc
lean were bittor political enemies during
their lives, and the sons never got together
lii the present silver campaign.
Chiffon A. White, who heads the tickot
flor secretary of stated served In congress
during Lincolns administration and was
close political friend OF Clement l.. Val
landigham He has not participated In
politics since the civil war till recently,
when no took an active part in advocating
tree silver Tho keynote Of the conven-
ton was silver On that Issue all the
nominations were based. Neither the
temporary nor the permanent chairman,
nor any others, referred to anything else In
their speeches, and the platform covers
only that one Issue.
The following Il the financial plank Of
the platform adoptcd
Resolved, That we are unalterably OPP
posej to the single gold standard and de-
mnnd,an Immediate return TO the oonsti-
tutlonalJnoney Of gold and silver by the
restoration by this government, independ-
ent OF other nations OF the unrestricted
roinnge Of both silver and gold into stand
ard money at the ratio Of 10 to ard up
on the terms OF exact equality existing
prior 20 1878, such silver coin to be full
legal tender equally with gold coin, for
all debts and duos, public and private.
The following nominations were made
socresary Of state, Chiffon A. White; mem
Der OF board OF public works, Joseph FRANK
Of Dayton; food and dairy commissioner
Patrick McKdown Of Cincinnati.
The Democrats Of the Third Ohio dis
trio, elected Peter Schwab of Hamilton
and >. G. Patterson OF Dayton as delogate
To the Chicago convention. Whilo bott
arc gold men they favor John K. Mclean
for president