The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
OHIO DEMOCRATS GATHERING.
READY FOR CONVENTION At ZANEs-
WILLIE ON TUESDAY.

Mclean Men Claim Result of the Com
tests over Delegates VIII Not AZ
feet Their Candtdatc-Many Cnndi-
dates for the Minor Omces--A Par
~ Constitution Has Been Drawn
and VIII Probably BE AdOpted-It
Insists on the Primary Plan.
Zanesyille. o.. Aug. 27.-some OF the
workers for candidates arrived here to-
day for the Democratic state convention.
which meets here Tuesday and Wednes-
day next
There WIN be no contests over the reso-
lutlons, which viii favor IS to / and tho
rest Of the Chicago platform, lndorse Bry-
an, denounce Mckinley aud lmperiallsm
and bossism. But there win he contests be-
fore The committee on credentials. espe-
cially from Cuyahoga county The Mclean
men claim the result Of the contests cam
not affect the lead Of their favorlte. Tho
kIlhourne men have claimed that much
depends on the committee on credentials,
but they are not making any claims to-
day.
Congressman J. ]. Lentz, Isaac r..
y
ken James T. Seward, Horace L. Chap
man and others mentioned for the guber-
material nomination are no longer in the
field. There is an unusual number of cam
didates for the nominations for licutenant-
governor attorney general, auditor, treas
urer Supreme Court judge and members
OF the board of public works, there beng
an average of almost dozen for each.
Party Constitution.
one Of the most important acts of tho
convention here this week WEI be the
adoption of state constitution OF the
Democratic party, Heretofore the party
government has been by precedents like
the unwritteq English fundamental and
not ike the federal and state constitu-
lions, This novel movement IN party or
ganzation was started two years ago
when there was Democratic constitutions
presented. but It did not suit all. The
constitution presented to the state con-
vention last year was referred back to the
state committee for changes and a sub
committee has been at work all the year
on this instrument, which was unani-
mously adopted by the state committee I'M
June. II win now become the fundamen-
tai law Of the Democratic party in Ohio,
II II Is adopted by the present convention.
II vests the chief control In the state CEN
tral committee, composed of one member
from each congressional district A new
committee on party organization Is Ike
wise constituted, the same as the commit
tees on resolutions, credentials, etc Un-
der this new constitution mo county shall
be entitled TO representation in any state
convention where delegates therefrom ara
selected otherwise than as directed by the
state central committee"
All Sorts of Delegates.
In the present convention there will be
delegates who were selected by mass
county conventions, by delegate county
conventions, by county committees by
primaries, by chairmen and any way that
the local chairman or others chose. There
has been no uniform system In the coun-
ties for selecting delegates and the plan
was usually adopted that would best
serve the purpose OF a few and some
times OF one local leader Section y be-
gins thus:
All delegates TO any state convention
shall be chosen either by direct vote
OF the people at "a general primary or by
a convention OF delegates chosen by tho
people at a primary and none other shall
be legal or entitled TO seats, etc"
All county and municipal delegates ana
committeeman are TO be elected by the
primaries. County, state, congressional,
judicial and other committees shall have
no right whatever at any time to appoint
or select delegates to any convention"
The document covers all details and
contains over 5000 words.
Won't Take second Place.
Although the Mclean men sdll claim q
alority OF votes on the first ballot. with
all the candidates still In the field the
Kilbourne men worked hard tonight, aft
er the arrival of some of their workers
from Columbus
Efforts 10 have Col. James Kilbourne
accept second place on the ticket have
again failed. II Is now stated that Gen.
Isaac r. Sherwood of Toledo will be tha
Mclean candidate for that place.
II is already known that the Mclean
men will make no concessions to tho
friends OF Mayor Jones OF Toledo and wilI
declare against municipal ownership OF
street railways gas works and even
against the initiative and referendum.
err