Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-29
OHIO GUBERNATORIAB ASPIRANTS
GETTING TOGETHER.
WILL FIGHT THE LEADING MAN.
ACCUSING HIM OF NOT BEING QUITE
RIGHT ON SILVER.
HouEh Is at the Head of the Mclean
Slate, hut Opposition to Him
Does Not Mean Opposition
to McLean-COnventiOn
Tomorrow.

Columbus. O., June 2S.-The candidates
and delegates are here in force to-day for
the Democratic state convention, which
meets tomorrow and Wednesday. The del
egates meet by congressional districts to-
morrow afternoon and tomorrow night,
while the convention proper does not as
semble until Wednesday. In addition to a
full state ticket, members of the legisla-
ture are to be elected this year. There
have been several aspirants for the senate,
but John r. Mclean, proprietor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, has secured such a
large majority of the delegates to the
state convention that there is no more op-
position to him here than there was to
Senator Hanna at the Republican state con-
vention in Toledo last week.
With the unusually large number of can
6idates and their workers here tonight,
the ante-convention contests were very an
imated The field has concentrated against
R. T. Hough as the favOrite for governor,
and will night him to a decisive ballot.
against him tonight. The Press Post,
the central Democratic organ, in a leading
editorial tonight, questioned his ortho-
doxy on the silver question, and the Dis
patch, an independent paper, reproduced
articles from the HillsborO Gazette, in
which Judge Hough is interested, and of
which his brother is editor, to show that
Hough was not an original silver man.
Numerous statements have been pub
wearing a IuTllSle
badge during the contest between Black
burn and Hunter for senator in Kentucky,
and previous to the Chicago convention.
Ex-Congressman S. S. Yorder published a
statement of Hough being an original Bry-
an man at Chicago end wanting free sill
Yer plank in the state platform three years
age, when Senator Brice controlled the
Democratic state convention, so as to
edcpt resolutions in accordance with Presl-
dent Cleveland's financial policy. With the
bitter fight made on Hough to-day, there
har haar gf76~- lnlfa rfz In ha
of other candidates, notably of John c.
Welty and Of Horace L. Chapman, both
of whom are also friendly to Mclean for
While the fighting for the head Of the
state ticket Is very animated, there Is no
visible opposition to Mclean. Even the
gold Democrats who are in attendance at
the convention favor him for senator, not
ably Lawrence T. Neal, who was Mckin-
ley's opponent for governor, ex-Mayor John
Farley who heads the delegation from
Cleveland. and several leaders from Gin
cinnat and other cities who are not sill
yer men.
Ex-Governor Campbell who is here man
aging the canvass of ex-Congressman Paul
]. Scrg for governor, is not unfriendly to
Mclean. EX-Congressman Beriah wilkins
publisher of the Washington Post, who
was McLean's manager at Chicago for the
presidential nomination, is here in the in
terest of Mclean, as well as for Judge A.
W. Patrick for governor. Congressman J.
A. Norton, who is favoring Judge Smalley
for governor Is for Mclean for senator.
While many of the leaders are opposing
what is being termed McLean's slate for
the state ticket, with HOugh at the head
of the list, none of them oppose Mclean
for senator.
All efforts to-day TO get Mclean to attend
the convention failed. Ex-senator Brice
will not be here. His private secretary.
George Gillian, and other friends, are here
as interested spectators.
There was recently organized a state
league of silver Republicans in opposition
to what are known as the Palmer-Buckner
Democrats. This organization has its rep
resentatives here demanding that the nomi-
nation for lieutenant governor be given to
a silver Republican, but II Is not likely that
the second place on the state ticket will
so to any Republican who may have voted
for Bryan ami Sewall
There is some opposition to Daniel Nc
Connville chairman of the state eXecu-
tive committee. but it is understood that
MoConnville perfected the organization for
Mclean which secured such large major
ity of the delegates to the state conVen-
tion, and that he will be retained as the
manager of the campaign.