The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-26
M'LEAN FORPRESIDENT
A Movement In His Interest
Among Ohio Democrats.
THEIR STATE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
The Silver Men Have Almost 600 of the
615 Delegates-Taylor Presides-Mc-
Lean, Bookwalter, Thurman and Holden
VIII BE Sent Chicago

COLUMBUS, June 24.-The Democratic
state convention is in session here to-
day.
Camel w. A. Taylor presides as
temporary chairman
The preliminary meetings show that
the silver men have almost 900 of the
675 delegates in the convention.
At the district meetings the silver
men carried II the congressional dis
tricts and the gold men four. The COM
mittee on resolutions and other COM
mittees, including the state central COM
mittee, stand II to f. The Ohio dele
cation to Chicago, when the delegates
are all chosen, will probably stand 3S TO
8 for free silver, although the silver
men claim 40 to s. With their large
majority in this convention the silver
men intend to instruct the Ohio delega-
ton for free silver and to vote as a unit
so that the four gold districts, which
include the city of Dayton, Hamilton,
Toledo and Cleveland, will be shut out.
While the instructions ON free silver
will be ironclad, there Will be no lD-
structions for president. Most of the
county conventions had endorsed ex-
Governor Campbell for president before
the tidal wave for silver set III and now
the silver leaders claim that Campbell
is too conservative on the financial
question Meantime John w. Book
walter, an original free silver man, who
was the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor against Charles Foster in 1881,
has worked up quite a sentiment IN
favor of his endorsement for president.
Campbell and his friends openly oppose
Bookwaiter. The fight between them
was stopped by the friends of John r.
Mclean, who said they would oppose
either instructions or the endorsement
of anyone for president.
1t is understood that this movement
is in the interest of Mclean for the ma
tional ticket While Campbell, Nc
Lean and Bookwalter have their re-
spective followings as the Ohio favorlte.
Colonel Joseph Hickey of Missouri has
been active i'll the interest of Bland for
president. General A. J. Warner, presi-
dent of the American Bimetallic league,
is also here taking an active part IN the
interest of the fusion of all silver inter
ests. The silver slate includes John K.
Mclean, John w. Bookwalter, Allen
w Thurman and l.. l.. Holden for
delegates at large. Very little interest
is being taken in the state ticket. The
leading candidates for secretary of state,
the head of the ticket, are A. A. Brown
of Cincinnati and eX-CongreSsman S. 5.
YOder of Lima.
When the delegates met by congress
sional districts the silver men did not
have their way in the Third, Ninth,
Twentieth and Twenty first districts
and the gold men are also contesting
the Eighteenth district, which is the
district formerly represented in congress
by Mckinley. The silver men claim TO
control the committees from IL to 4.
The committee ON resolutions is as
follows First district, Wallace Birch ::
Second, d. S. Oliver; Third, j. G. Pat
terson; Fourth, George w. Moore !;
Fifth, J. w. Winn; Sixth, @. H. Col
Inns; Seventh, T. H. Deyer; Eighth,
Fred II. Bleshner; Ninth, Frank Fl.
Hurd; Tenth, John Herman; Eleventh,
j. Vanmeter; Twelfth, Casper Loewen-
stein; Thirteenth, \. L. Barron; Four
teent, III. L. Stewart ; Fifteenth, David
Okey; Sixteenth, E. l.. Lynch; Seven
teenth, Aquilla Wiley; Eighteenth,
Archibald McGregor; Nineteenth, S.
G. Rogers; Twentieth, t. ID. Bremen :;
Twenty-flrst, Charles J. Estep.
When the state central committee
met about half the membere were alb
sent. but they were represented by
silver men to whom the gold members
had given proxies. Still there was a
fight. The silver men supported w.
A Taylor of Columbus, and the gold
men J. a. Norton of Tiffin for tenn
porary chairman. Taylor was elected,
receiving ii votes to for Norton.
The committee on credentials seated
the silver contestants from Stark coun-
ty, insuring them the Eighteenth dis
trict, so that the districts stand II to 4.
General 4. j. Warner of Marietta was
selected by the committee for perma-
nent chairman. He has not been CO.
operating with the party owing to
Cleveland's policy against silver, and
his selection was made to intensity the
silver sentiment.