The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-01
! IHB ONO DEMOCRATS
Declare quivocally for the FREQ
Coinage Of Silver.
1cIEAN's FRIENDS 1a CONTROL.
INT che Mclean Candidate for Cover
NOR, lt.,T. HouGh, Was Withdrawn
In the Interest OF Party Harmony.
Horace l.. Chapman Nominated.

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I'm the Interest OF Party Harmony.
Horace T.. Chapman Nominated.
Columbus. July 1.-The Democratic
atste convention here yesterday was
pne OF the most memorable political
occasions In the history Of Ohio. 1t
was convention OF unanimity on
principles and of differences on men,
especially ON those who were candi-
dates for places on the state ticket.
N the contests for favorites It was
also convention of endurance, as the
delegates stook no recess and were In
1ecsSion continuously from 10 a. IN. till
almost that hour last night
SIT was free silver convention
Throughout. Every candidate whose
i asne was presented WIS announced as
4 thcdox In silver doctrine as the car
(, rsi principle for his favorable con-
s.l..lon. While there were some diff
1erenees Of opinion about adopting the
Anki-t uct and the Cuban resolutions,
gRkere sy.as not dissenting voice in the
Conve,@itn to the declaration for the
2ree a..d unlimited coinage Of silver at
khe RI pf 16 to !, without the CO.
bRSrat, = of any other nation.
While hs-e was no place on the state
A6ket &. 5rded to either the silver Re.
publicau or to the Popuists, yet repre-
sentatives Of both those Clements CO.
operated with the convention. and an
Informal fusion was perfected. Out Of
the o56 votes cast for supreme judge
thsre wee Q22 for John ]. Harper, a
silyer I,Oublican.
: n. 7. Tough, the favorite for gov
Sknor. $ slaughtered because of tho
obpositi to the rural districts to the
XaLeaI. men using the large delega-
tons fra:n Cincinnati, Cleveland. To-
lNdo apG other cities to dictate the head
d the Ii .iet Those running next were
Chapman. Welty and sorg. Welty's
name was not presented after his
friends learned that Chapman had been
agreed upon as the compromise can.
4dAte. Hough's name was withdrawn
Before the ballotlng began. and the
name of Sorg was withdrawn before
the result of the first ballot was an
nouncAd.
Although the Mclean men had been
In conference during the night and
morning, and had agreed to 60 to
Chapman, they scattered their vote on
the first ballot and did not concentrate
on Chapman on the second ballot any
more than necessary to nominate, so
as to dissipate as much as possible the
report that Mclean was naming the
state ticket
1t Is conceded that the Mclean men
had an understanding with Mr.. Chap
man and his managers before the con-
vention met, and the vote of the strong
Mclean counties for Chapman bears
out the report. In addition to the state
ticket nominated there is an impeded
arrangement for John r. Mclean for
senator with the state candidates. as
well as the party organization for him.
0till, 1t is reported that ex-Congress-
So man Paul J. Sorg will also be in the
1leld for senator.
Uhe Mclean men did not name their
Hrst fayorlte for governor or hold the
tssolutfons as they had fixed them, but
these concessions were made in the in
&Arest of harmony They wanted moth
1ng in the platform but the declaration
Tor free silver as the paramount issue,
y but they would not vote against anti
Trust and Cuban resolutions when once
Tsesensedt And they claim all the favor
nnd cooperation with Mr.. Chapman
that they GOULD, have had with Judge
q Hough.M without. entailing prejudice
from the rural districts for having ar
bitrarily used their power
When 1t became necessary for the
Mclean forces to rally to Chapman on
the second ballot in order to end the
contest, the solid vote of Highland
county the home of Hougf, went with
that of the delegations from Cincin-
n0ti, Cleveland, Toledo and other cities
that were strongly for whatever Nc
Lean wanted.
The full ticket nominated is as fol-
lows For governor, Horace L. Chap
man: lieutenant governor Melville d.
Shaw supreme judge, J. r. Spriggs;
attorney general. w. H. Dore; state
treasurer, James f. Wilson; board Of
public works, Peter H. Degnan; school
commissioner. Byron H. Hurd.
The silver Republicans held con-
ference last night and expressed great
Indignation. They said 1t was true
they had announced that they did not
want place on the state ticket, but
the announcement was not made till
after they were told they could not
have it. They appointed state COM
mittee to call q convention to nomi-
nate separate ticket The Populists
also announced that they would have
q separate ticket. The Prohibitionists
WILL have two separate tickets. THAT
there will be at least six state tickets
IN the field