The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-31
THE HAMILTON COUNTY MAN
Nominated on the First Ballot.
Kllbourns obstinately Refuses
to Play Second Fiddle.
JUDGE PATRICK Gf1STHE SOP
Platform Declares for Free Silver
With Emphasis and En-.
dOrses Col. Bryan.
THE TICKET.

Inn 1ACEA2A4s
GovernOr-John R. Mclean, Of Ham
Ilton.
LIeutenant-aovernor-A. W. Patrick,
supreme Judse-Do witt c. Badger,
u Attorney Is eeneral-J. W. .DoFs. of
'tIadit Aadltor-aeorge W. slgasoOse, of
Darke.
renee.
Fletcher D. Malln, of Lake.
zANEsv1L1E, O., August So.-The
Democratic state convention closed to-
night after day Of dramatic displays.
While there were a half dozen candi-
dates for governor, the Mclean men
have claimed everything with such
confidence that they undertook to be
mnEnanimous in minor parts, although
they were at the sarne time careful that
the star candidate was not ecllpsed.
They stated early in the day that the
first ballot would have none Of "the
second choice" vote for Mclean, that
none Of the reserves would be called
out till the second ballot, ana that all
the candidates would have their respec-
tive votes on the first ballot. In place
Of this Mclean was nominated on the
first ballot by a half vote, and the fig
uring was 50 close that the dramatic
scene Of changes on the second ballot
with second choice reserves aocking
10 McLean's standard did not take
place. It Is claimed that McLedn could
have had f7sVUtes out OF the So2 on the
first ballot, instead Of 4O2ti. and that
he would have had over 800 on the
second ballot. At any rate the dele
gates all voted for their local favorites
On the first ballot, and thus the pro-
gramme Of compiimenting them was
carried out without the leader drawing
from any Of his competitors.
After the adoption OF the majority re-
port on credentials, the Mclean men
felt that they could make any play on
the balloting that they desired. The
vote Of aSs to Sl1 in defeating the mi
nority report on credentials, was the
hardest fight the Mclean men had dur
Ing the day, as they were then with
but the Sc contested votes from Cuyaho-
90 county, and on that vote they could
not have made a nomination.
A shrewd Play.
Even without the Cuyahoga vote
they had ss5 votes on the adoption Of
the majority report on credentials, and
that was only seven votes short Of
enough to nominate. Among the
shrewdest plays in the drama was the
motion to end the report on permanent
organization, SO as to continue the tenn!
porary organization, and this corrected
the only stipulation that the Mclean
managers made last night at the meet
Ing Of the committee,
Judge Mooney made such good Inn
preston that all wanted him for per-
fnanent chairman. and the amended re-
port also continued as secretary Hon.
Thomas ]. Cogan, the friend of Nc
Lean, and shut of the Rnti-McLean
man who had been named In the report
for sergeant-at-atms
The convention, most of the time, was
beyond the control Of the sergeant-at-
arms and his assistants.
The convention wns properly repre-
sented In Its platform, and the key
note speech Of Judge Mooney. The
name OF Bryan was cheered whenever
It was mentioned. The convention
showed demonstrations over free sill.
yer, nnu-lmpcrIhlism, anti-bossism and
all the indictments in the speech OF
Judge Mooney and in the platform.
The recess from to .. m. was tn
ken to confer with Colonel James Kill
bourne for second place on the ticket
nnd the recess was continued In vain
I'LL 8 p. m. for that purpose. When
the convention reassembled there were
attempts to nominate Knbourne despite
his repeated declinatlons, and his
friends withdrew his name as fast ms
the Mclean men presented It. Finally
Judge a. W, Patrick, who to-day sec
onded the nomination of Kllbourne for
governor was chosen as the nominee
for lIeutcnant-governor