The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-29
BEFORE THE BATTLE
OHIO DEMOCRATS GATHERED AT
GAINESVILLE FOR THE sELEC-
TION of CANDIDATES
M'LEAN MEN ARE CONFIDENT
Opponents of the Cincinnatian Have
Not Given Up the Fight, and the
Lfeutenants of the Various As
pirants Are Working Hard for
Their Respective Favorites-Con-
ventiOn Opens Wednesday.

GAINESVILLE, o., Aug. 28-The DEM
ocratic state convention was inaugurated
today by the arrival of John R. Mclean
in the afternoon. and Col. Joseph Kill
bourne at night, and all the candidates
for governor and other places on the
state ticket. Though the crowd is UNI
usually large, there are very few dele
gates here at present. They will come
tomorrow, with the visiting clubs The
meeting of the executive committee does
not convene until p. m. tomorrow, and
the convention does not meet until
Wednesday
There is no change from yesterdays
figures. The arrival of Mclean has made
his friends more enthusiastic, and the ar
rival Of IIilbourne has made some of his
friends more desperate. The other can
dldates are not doing anything with the
exception Of shaking hands with the dele
gates, except Sherwood, who seems to
be in line for second place
The friends of Mclean are so confident
of nomination on the first ballot that
they are calculating on their running
mates. They count on Col Kilbourne
for Lieutenant governor, but so far Meth
er he nor his friends will concede the
nomination to Mclean or accept the sec
ond place. If the KiIbourne men hold
out 1t is likely that the ticket will be
Mclean and Sherwood.
The Mclean leaders held a general
conference late this evening, and gave
reassurances afterwards of a majority
of seventy-six over ALL together with
claims n
eighteen, of the twenty-one of the con-
gressional districts. This would ensure
them control of all the committees to-
morrow night, and absolute control of
the convention.
Judge William T. Mooney will be tenn
porary chairman of the convention, but
he is not wanted by the Mclean men for
permanent chairman. Congressman J.
r. Norton will be the permanent presid-
ing officer.
The candidacy of Mclean has brought
many prominent men here that have
not attended conventions for many years.
Some of them are from other states.
Nearly all 1.-The old guard" that was in
McLean's organization in 1885, when he
sought to succeed Sherman as senator,
are here, and all of the workers he mar
shaded two years ago against Hanna are
here.
Kilbourne has not only the old friends
of Thurman. but also quite an array of
new men of his own following. All the
candidates seem to have brought in all
the ''rooters'' available.
The indications tonight are that there
will be no opposition to the adoption of
the proposed constitution, which provides
a more definite plan of party organiza-
ton, and uniform system Of selecting
al Tn ali In
COUNTING NOSES
After the arrival of Col James Kill
bourne tonight the friends of all other
candidates except those for Mclean raj
lied around him and there was quite an
apti-Mclean movement and demonstra-
ton in honor of Kilbourne. Col. Kill
bourne made a fine impression and proved
popular, but neither he nor his friends
would give out any figures. 1t was cur
rently reported that the Mclean men
found they would gain less than Kill
bourne in the break away" from local
favorites, and for that reason decided to
keep Sherwood, Steward, Haskell. Lentz
and Chapman in the field, as the Mclean
men claimed seventy-six over all and
they do not want the I<ilbourne vote to
reach 300. There was some color given
to this report by the fact that Haskell
had been considered out of the race dur
ing the day and working in the interest
of Mclean, and tonight Haskell an
nounced that he was in the race again
and would stick for a ballot
The anti-McLean men said Mclean
found he could not hold a majority of the
votes in Haskelps district and for that
reason wanted him to remain. All sorts
of plans were worked to prevent Mclean
from gaining or getting the nomination
without a hot fight or close balloting.
Mclean has held his support up to mid
night, but there is no record of any gains
tonight and all of the candidates have
held their own. including Haskell, who
had at one time said he would not have
his name presented to the convention.
The movement by Haskell and others Is
evidently made in the interest of the
state central committee and the commit
tee on credentials, the members of which |
are to be selected tomorrow afternoon |
After these committees are selected and |
it is known who will control the party |
for the next year, as we'll as |
the convention on Wednesday, it is quite |
likely there will be less claiming with I
confidence" more dealing with figures.
The anti-McLean men feel confident to-
night of carrying half dozen districts.