The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-01
PRELIMINARY MEETINGS
HELD BY DISTRICTS.
Their Representatives On Committees and
Decided as to a Course of Procedure.

uetweUn congressman Jonn j. Lentz
and Allen w. Thurman.
The following are the members of the
new state committee and of the commit.
tee on resolutions;
State central committee-First district,
Lewis q. Bernard, Hamilton; Second,
Lewis Reemelyn, Hamilton; Third,
Joseph II. Bowling, Montgomery; Fourth,
John Kinney, Mercer; Fifth, j. z. Shan
non, Defiance; Sixth, w. 9. Whippey,
Clermont; Seventh, w. S. Thomas, Clark
Eighth, j. B. Brennan, Champ aign; Ninth,
Or. John w. Wright Lucas; Tenth, I; 5.
linan, Perry; Twelfth, James Ross,
Franklin; Thirteenth, A. j. Haslett,
Crawford; Fourteenth, Judge L. Brucker,
hichland; Fifteenth, K. NJ. kennedy
Morgan; Sixteenth, Thurman Spriggs.
Monroe Seventeenth, Isaac Il. Hill.
Nineteenth, II. ID. Cook, Ashtabula;
Twentieth, Charles II. Gagen or @. p,
Smith (contested) Twenty first, w. r.
Ryan or Harry Wilson (contested).
Resolutions - First district, Wallace
Burch, Hamilton; Second, Jonn E. Bruce,
Fifth, 5. S BurtsGeld, VanWert; Sixth,
John Quincy Smith, Clinton; Seventh,
James John, Jr., Clark; Eighth, H. V.
Spicer, Union; Ninth, +. j. Bollmeyer,
Fulton; Tenth, Q. T.. Boridge, L!w-
renee; Eleventh, O. n. PCopl 8,
Meigs; Twelfth, NJ. A. Daugnerty,
Fairfield; Thirteenth. Allen Smalley,
Wyando,te; Fourteenth, f.. G.. .Jeffres.
lorain; Fifteenth, samuel Lawrence
Guernsey; Sixteenth, George Cook, Bel
mont; Seventeenth, a. w. Patrick, Tus.
Stark; Nineteenth, John A. Wintrode
Summit; Twentieth, Martin Roster or
w. p. Hackney (eontestedJ; Twenty first,
M. b. Excel or Nj. Il. Mcisel Contested. J
The committee on permanent organi-
zation decided to report to the conven-
ton as follows:
For permanent chairman, Judge w.
P. Mooney of st. Marys, defeating Con.
gresham Norton by a vote OF IL to 8.
For permanent secretary, w. l.. Fin
ley of Bucyrus, defeating, by vote of
IL to 8, Thomas j. Oogan of Cincinnati.
w. E. Decker of Paulding, for assist
ant secretary; A. A. Shetteler of Colum-
bus, for sergeapt-at.arms, and w. f..
| KenaE for assistant were elected with
| out opposition.
The KllDourne men and other anti
Mclean men claim ed this as IL to 8
victory, az DIR. Norton and Thomas
| Cogan are known to te strong Mclean
men. The Mclean men said they
could afford to be magnanimous, that
Judge Mooney is impartial and there is
no objection to him as there was to
| Norton, who had become objectionable
| to some anti Mclean men. There had
been some hostile talk about the use the
Mclean men might make Of the organi-
zation on the balloting, and the opposi-
ton was conceded the man to keep the
counting. There had been talk about
the Mclean men, through the local
committee, getting most of the tickets
to pack the hall, and one of the Kill
bourne men from Columbus was male
sergeant-atarms with a Mclean man
from Cincinnati as his first assistant.
The Mclean men say they fought for
everything in sight at the district meet
ing, and were working to get al in line
for the election and wanted to leave
with as perfect harmony as possible,
feeling assured that there can be no
complaint of the result on nominations
or anything else under such a conceded
organization of the convention.
The report of the committee on rules
limited speeches TO ten minutes. The
Mclean men organized the state com.
| mitGee, IA to 5, with two contested alb
|
{, on the plan for party organization
recommending that the convention
again refer it to the state committee.
The Mclean men were taking every
thing in the committee on credentials
There were about 100 votes contested
There will be a minority report.
The committee on resolutions spent
the night hearing representatives OF
labor organizations, of tax reformers
and other specialists, including even
the later day Interpreters of the Golden
Rule"
A subcommittee was appointed tc
draft a platform. This subcommittee
consists OF Allen Smalley, James John
son, W. L. Hackney, s. S. Ourtsfield
| A. w. Patrick, Wallace M. A. Daugh
erty and A. d. Marsh.