The herald., 1896-06-23
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD.
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16 to /, irrespective of the action of any
other nation.
OHIO DEMOCRATS

16 to /, irrespective of the action of any
other nation.
OHIO DEMOCRATS
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 22.-Dele-
gates to the Democratic state conven.
ton are coming in slowly. The conven-
tion does not meet until Wednesday, all
the preliminary work being done by the
district delegates and at committee
meetings tomorrow evening. Hon. John
Mccain of Dayton. having declined to
act as temporary chairman on the
ground that he has been too frequently
turned down by the party. the question
of who will preside is being discussed,
but the temporary chairman will not be
named until the state central committee
meets tomorrow
Dan McConville, formerly sixth auditor
of the treasury. and Allen w. Thurma IL
are the leaders of the free silverites, who
will have a big majority in the conven-
tion. McConville claims there are $50
delegates pledged to vote for free sill
Yer plank in the platform and eighty
two pledged to the gold standard, while
sixty-five are doubtful. The gold stand
ard men only claim 100 to 125 delegates.
The majority of the silver men is so great
that the convention will probably adopt
the unit rule. The delegates at large TO
the national convention will all be pro-
nounced free silver men of national re-
pute. 1t is conceded that J. r. Mclean
of Cincinnati, Allen w. Thurman of Co.
lumbus and j. w. Bookwalter of Spring
field will be three of the delegates at
large. The contest for fourth place is
said to lay between l.. E. Holden of
Cleveland, E. B. Finley of Bucyrus and
j. Blandin of Cleveland. There is a
scarcity of candidates for places on the
state ticket and it is probable there will
be some new names on it.
Ex-Governor Campbell arrived to-
night contrary to expectation, and an
nounced that his name would be pre-
sented to the convention to the con-
vention as delegate at large. This
rather complicated the situation, as the
silver men are none too kindly disposed
towards Ex-Governor Campbell. who
ran on gold platform last year Charles
P. Allen of Cleveland is also an aspirant
for the honor of delegate at large, with
the chnces very much in his favor. He is
thought to be the most probable man
for the fourth place. 1t is practically
settled tonight that Colonel A. w. Tay-
lor will be temporary chairman of the
convention.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
SARATOGA, N. Y. June 22.-That the
Democratic convention to be held on
Thursday will be bustling, hustling af
fair, is evidenced by the fact that to-
night, thirty-six hours before the event,
there is hardly sprinkling of politicians
here, and the leaders have not been
heard from. There are no definite plans
known, although it is generally con-
ceded that the platform will be for a
gold standard, and the delegates-at-
large, David B. HILL Roswell P. Flower.
Edward Murphy and either William c.
Whitney, Frederick R. Coudert or
Charles S. Fairchild.
1t Is probable that Hon. Boyd Thatch-
er will be chairman of the convention
which will be called to order on next
Wednesday by Chairman Hinckley of
the state committee. In the afternoon
or evening session the convention will
finish its work.
The feature of the convention prom
ises to be the general harmony that will
prevail between the Tammany commit
tee and state committee.
At the Syracuse convention the rep
resentatives of the state Democracy
were refused seats in the convention as
delegates. This year, however, they
have fifteSN regularly elected delegates
and their seats are not contested The
only contests noted are those of the
Shepard Democrats from Brooklyn. 1t
is said they will not be seated.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 22.-The
Democrats of Indiana are gathering in
great numbers for the state convention
which will be held Wednesday. 1t is
probable that two days will be devoted
to the convention.
The free-silver delegates will include
1900 of the 1747 delegates, the majority
of the gold-standard element coming
from Indianapolis. There is a long list
of candidates for the various offices, the
prospects being that b. F. Shively OF
South Bend will be nominated for gov
ernor.
The free silver executive committee
has made all the arrangements for the
convention. r. c. Bell of Fort Wayne
will be chairman and Dan Mcdonald OF
Plymouth secretary. The delegates at
large will probably be Senators Turpie
and Voorhees,, Judge McCabe of the su-
preme court and G. V. Menzies of Mount
Vernon.
The convention promises to be the
largest ever held by the MARTY In The