The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-28
OHIO DEnOCRATS.
Great Interest Shown in the Ohio
Convention Already.

Columbus, o., June 27.-Although the
Democratic state convention does not
meet until Wednesday, a half dozen
candidates for nomination for governor
opened their headquarters here today.
Tne delegates will meet by congress
sional district Tuesday afternoon and
the committees on Tuesday night, and
most of the preliminary work will be
done tomorrow night. There will be
no endorsement of any candidate for
United States senator, but all aspirants
Tor that honor will participate in the
proceedings, especially in the district
meetings of Tuesday. and the contest
preceding these meetings. 1t is con-
coded that John r. Mclean. proprietor
OF the Enquirer, has secured such a
large majority of delegates that he can
be endorsed for senator if he desires
endorsement now. While Mr.. Mclean
is recognized as a candidate for SEN
ator, his friends state that he does not
Want a resolution of endorsement. Mr.
Mclean has told his friends that he
sees no reason for the Democrats TO-
lowing the practice of the Republicans
in endorsing at the state convention a
candidate for senator, when such
selection is vested in the legislature.
The Mclean men are aggressive only
TO the extent OF seeing that nobody
else is endorsed for senator. They want
no endorsement resolution as an annex
to the platform. 1t is announced that
Mr.. Mclean will not attend the con-
vention, but kilograms will be sent to-
morrow to Cincinnati requesting his
presence. Owing to the Mclean men
having large majority of the dele
gates there will be no contest for the
campaign Craftsmanship or the control
of the state committee. Tt is under
stood that Daniel McConville will be
chairman again of the state executive
AS there are no Demo-
Gratis holding state offices in Ohio
complete new ticket is to be nomi-
mated, and there are more candidates
than ever before-enough of them for
a convention. Among the candidates
for the nomination for governor are
Robert T.. Hough. Paul ]. Sorg. d. d. |
Donovan, r. A Smalley, J. NJ. Van
Meter, S. A. Hunter. A. W. Patrick /
John c. Welty, Horace L. Chapman. A /
w. Thurman, ]. J. Lentz. Conway W. I
Noble, John w. Winn. Z. B. Finley, I
James Kilbourne. F. c. Layton. F. NJ I
Merriott. John C. Reeves, Henry T. |
Miles and Frank Southland.
The croo of candidates for other
places is correspondingly large and the /
Will likely be balloting late
Wednesday night for the minor nomi-
nations.
It is believed that r. T. Hough of
dilisboro. will be named for governor
Ifter the first ballot, on which the long
ist OF other as9irants can be COM
,limented. Hough is one of the radi-
al free silver men. He resigned as
olicitor of the internal revenue de-
,artment because OF his opposition to
he financial policy of the administra-
ion He owed that appointment to
senator Brice, but he is now for Nc
can Cor senator. AS the convention
will be very strongly for free silver
here will be no contest over the plat
Grm except on the endorsement of the
,hicagO platform as a whole. Some
Fant only a declaration for free silver
n order to avoid the endorsement of
What are termed ''anarchistic blanks
D the Chicago pIaffOrm