The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-07-01
EARLY REPORT
OF THE DOINGS AT THE STATE
CONVENTION.
The Fight Against HouRh For the
Head of the Ticket a Bitter One
and IL Will Take Number
of Raliot IN Deaide.


morrow the world will know the name
of the next Governor of Ohio.
The preliminary work of the state
convention showed that it was almost
unanimous Tor free silver ana John r.
Mclean for senator. There was, how.
ever, q continuation OF the contests for
the different places on the state ticket
and for positions ON the committees.
Lawrence T. Neal. who was defeated
for governor by President Mckinley,
x.Mayor John Farley and other gold
standard Demo rats, were active in the
chorus for Mclean, but they were con-
tending for different men for governor.
Robert I. Aough was again the favorite
and regarded as the Mclean man, but
the field made very bitter fight on
him, especially the friends of ex. Con.
gresham Paul j. Sorg, who was sup.
ported by Ex-Governor James Il. Camp.
bell ex-Collector Joseph Bowling, who
was removed by President Cleveland
for violation of the civil service rules,
and other leaung conservatives on the
financial question. The fact that Mr..
Sorg voted for the issue of gold bonds
while in con"ress was used by the
radical silver men very strongly against
him.
In the contest for governor John @.
Welty and Horace l.. Chapman showed
much strength. Even If the Mclean
men insist on putting through the
Hough slate it is believed that there
will be several ballots in order to per.
NIT the dozen or more candidates to
show their respective polls.
hprhere are many candidates for .other
places on the state ticket, and the con.
vention may extend TO tomorrow.
After the meetings of the delegates
by districts there was movement to
bring out new man for governor, one
who had not been involved in the COM
plications of the past few days, and
General A. j. Warner, president of the
National Bimetallic League, and one of
the original silver advocates in con-
gress, was most prominently mentioned
as the dark horse. General Warner
has been here all week and is regarded
as a receptive candidate for governor
The Democratic state central commit
tee gave a hearing to the representa-
tives of the State League of Silver Re.
publicans ana hyally adopted resoiu.
ton recommending that the committee
on rules designate one place on the
state ticket TO he flied by the State
League Of Silver Republicans. This is
the closing of the efforts at fusion that
have been in progress. The silver Re-
publicans. when this concession was
made, withdrew their objections to
Sorg, HouGh and other candidates.
The old state central committee rec.
commended that the committee on rules
provide for vacancy on the state
ticket to be filled by the State League
nf Giluar Ram, hut xubnT1 tho
Populists appeared before that COM
mittee and also demanded place on
the state ticket and representation in
the organization at state headquarters,
the committee referred the whole ques-
ton without recOmmel uation or pre-
judice to the state convection.
All the contests were decided in favor
of the Mclean men.
The following was the committee on
solutions
First district Allen 0. Myers; Sec
ond, E. 5. Oliver; Third, James Il.
Campbell; Fourth, George w, Moore
Fifth. II. G.. Baker, Sixth, w. +.
Radebush Seventh, A. r. Bolin
Eighth, +. M. Marriott; Ninth, s. o.
Cole; Tenth, NJ. @. Smith; Eleventh,
w. E. Finke, Jr Twelfth, Casper
Loewenstein Thirteenth, General f.
b. Finley Fourteenth, @. p. Winbig-
Ter Fifteenth, General A. j. Warner
Sixteenth, A. q. Barnes; Seventeenth,
John II. Mcdowell Eighteenth, +. d.
Miller; Nineteenth, j. V. Welch
Twentieth, W. p. Hackney, Twenty
first, Carl Nau.
The committee on resolutions organ
lied with Gen. A. j. Warner as chair
man, and d. 5. Oliver as secretary
The following subcommittee was ap.
pointed to draft a platform A. j. War
ner, T.. b. Finley, Alien o. Myers,
George Moore, w. T. Hockney.
The following members of the state
committee are classed as silver men and
favorable to Mclean for senator, with
possibly two exceptions:
First district, Joan Hagerty 4; Second,
Lewis Reemelin; Third, Joseph III.
Bowling; Fourth, r.. b. Gordon Fifth,
Wv. Wilson; Sixth, E. b. Stroters
Seventh, w. S. Murray Eighth, WV.
Durbin; Ninth, John Boland; Tenth,
j. L.. Patterson Eleventh, Curtis V.
Harris; Twelfth, w. II. Williams,
Thirteenth, M. j Thraves; Fourteenth,
Frank B. Mercer Fifteenth, e. NJ.
kennedy; Sixteenth, James Fallen;
Seventeenth, Isaac Hill; Eighteenth,
A. j. Wolf; Nineteenth, Charles Fill
lus; Twentieth, Charles Cugen;
Twenty. first. Herbert Hyman.
The new state central committee was
organized by the Mclean men, Daniel
McConville was re elected chairman of
the state executive committee by vote
of 20 to /, which indicated the strength
of the Mclean delegations on all the
committees.
1t is understood that ex-Collector
of Internal Revenue Joseph bowling
of the Third district was the only one
of the state central committee who
voted against McConville Ex-Gover-
nor Campbell represents the same dis
trict on the committee on resolutions.
This district favors ex-Connressman
Paul j. Sorg for governor, and the Nc
Lean delegates have not shown Sorg,
Campbell, bowling or their friends any
quarter in the preliminary contests.
When the delegates met by districts
it developed that there was strong
feeling against some of McLean's mon
ayers because Of their attempt to die
tate the state nominations, and espe-
cially that of r. T. Hough for govern
or. After the pulse OF the delegates
had been felt in these preliminary
meetings conference was called be-
tween Mel cans lieutenants and other
leaders. The Mclean men carried all
of the 81 congressional districts by
large majorities for members of the
state central committee and for all the
other committees. but many who Co
operated with them at these meetings
objected to the word being given out
for any one of the dozen candidates for
| governor as against the other candi'
dates who have spent months in their
resnectiye canyasges