The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-06-23
HOT CONVENTION.
OF TIE CUYAHOGA COUNTY RE-
PUBLICANs SATURDAY.
The Hanna Forces are Beaten and Retire
and Organize Rump Elsewhere
Mayor McKisson and His Friends
pravan a,d nuIa ba Raoat

The Hanna Forces are Beaten and Retire
and Organize Rump Elsewhere
Mayor McKisson and His Friends
Prevail and Rule the Roost.
In Cleveland on Saturday morning
the delegate convention of Cuyahoga
county met in Army and Navy Hall and
the first test was as to whether the Nc
Kisson or Hanna forces should control
the convention by organizing the body,
and thereby secure the delegates to the
state and judicial convention, and also
select the Republican county committee
of fifteen.
The tug of war was az to whether F.
J Taft, McKisson, or O. W. Collister,
Hanna, should preside, and in this
struggle chaos and mob rule prevailed
for some time and the police were called
in. Zone half hour after the convention
had been called to ORDER" says the
Leader, "it became a wild, discordaut,
tumultuous and disorgsnized mob"
The McKisson party finally got control
and the Hanna delegates retired and
organized elsewhere. 1t Is evident the
McKisson delegates were in the majority
and the Republicans Of Cuyahoga
county had not sustained the Hanna
faction.
1t seems that Mr.. Taft was finally able
to address the convention and he called
for vote for temporary chairman. "In
the meantime" says the Leader, more
patrolmen were arriving and rushing
over chairs and tables in their mad en-
deavor to reach the platform. They
trampled upon the table used by the re-
porters, using it as step to the plat
form. Mr.. Collister was violently seized
by as many policemen as could secure a
hold on him, and thrown bodily from
the platform"
After Mr.. Collister was disposed of,
other prominent Hanna delegates we're
treated the same way by being tumbled
from the platform ''or escorted in a
more dignified manner"
The whole matter as to the delegates
will be question for the conventions to
settle, but the Hanna set say if the con-
vention decides against them they will
appeal to the Supreme Court. The Han
Mates say it was the mayors police that
really did them up, but it seems the
Hanna leaders had "twenty stalwart
men inside, for the purpose of preserv.
ing order"
After the Hanna delegates retired,
order soon prevailed and business went
on regularly; but previous it was pande.
monium in all it's glory. When the
Hanna men moved from the hall, the
McKisson delegates "jeered and howl.
ed themselves hoarse." The vote when
taken was announced to be, Taft 312,
Collister 23 Afterwards Mr.. Taft was
made permanent chairman. Sixty-fve
delegates were chosen to the state con
vention, and the same number to the
judicial. A county committee of fifteen
was chosen.
In the rump convention Chairman
Collister made "an angry speech" in
which he berated the mayor, Taft, the
police and others. He twas frequently
interrupted by shouts of approval, and
when he had concluded was given three
cheers" When he named the mayor
there were "shouts of you NEAR
traitor" Take it all together it mus
have been an interesting sight, showing
the condition of the Republican family
in Ohio, and possibly elsewhere, NORTH
and south.