The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-28
GATHERING OF WORKERS
Delegates to the Ohio Democratic State
Convention Arriving.
M'LEAN MEN CLAIM THAT He WILL WIN
There VIII be No Contests Over the
Resolutions which Will Favor
the Free Coinage of silver.

| GAINESVILLE, Ohio, August 27-Some of
| the workers for candidates arrived here
today for the State convention which meets
here next Tuesday and Wednesday There
will be no contests over the resolutions,
which will favor the free coinage of sill
| Yer at the ratio OF 16 to l, and the rest OF
the Chicago platform, indorse Bryan, de-
nounce Mckinley and Imperialism and
Hanna and bossism. But there will be con-
tests before the committee on credentials,
especially from Cuyahoga county. The
Mclean men claim that the result of the
contests can not affect the lead of their
favorite. The Kilbourne men have
mittee on credentials, but they are not
making any claims today.
Congressman j. j. Lentz, Isaac S. Sher-
wood, James A. Rice, Charles N. Haskell,
James p. Seward, Horace l.. Chapman and
others mentioned for the gubernatorial
nomination are no longer in the field.
An unusually large number of candi-
dates are seeking the nominations Tor lieu
tenant governor, attorney general, auultor,
treasurer supreme judge and member of
almost dozen for each.
One of the most important acts of the
convention will be the adoption of state
constitution Of TIE democratic parry
Heretofore the party government has been
BY precederts, like the unwritten Engiisr
fundamental law and not like the Fed
era, and State constitutions. This novel
movement In party organization was start
ed two years ago, when there was demo-
H.. ff,Nr,, ted III
suit all. The constitution presented to the
State convention las year was referred
back to the committee for changes, ana
subcommittee has been at work all the
year on this instrument, which, alter be-
ing considered two days and all night by
the executive committee in June, was
unanimously adopted It Will now become
the fundamental law of the democratic
party IN Ohio il it is adopted by the pres
ent convention. After the usual phrase
ology, 1t vests the power OF control in the
State central committee, one member from
each congressional district. The new COM
mittee on party organization is likewise
constituted the same as the committee on
resolutions. credentials, etc. Under this
new constitution mo county shall be en-
titled to representation in any State con-
vention where delegates therefrom are Sc
lected otherwise than directed by the state
In the present convention there will be
delegates who were selected by mass coun-
ty conventions, by delegate county conven-
tions by county committees. by primaries,
BY chairmen, and any way that the local
charmen or others chose.
Section II begins thus: "All delegates
to any State convention shall be chosen
either by direct vote of the people at a
general primary or by convention Of
delegates chosen by the people at pri-
mary and none others shall be legal or en-
titled to seats, etc.
'All county and municipal delegates and
committeeman are to be elected by pri-
maries.
County, State. congressional, judicial
and other committees shall have no right
whatever at airy time TO appoint or select
delegates to any convention"
Although the Mclean men still claim a
majority of seventy-six votes on the first
vote with the other candidates still in the
field the Kibourne men have been making
quite squirt here tonight on the arrival
of some of their workecs from Columbus.
Efforts to have Colonel James Kilbourne
accept second place on the ticket have
again failed today and 1t is now stated
that General l. r. Sherwood of Toledo
will he the Mclean man for that place.
Daniel McConville, Lewis G.. Bernard I
Congressman Norton, w. II. Dore and
other Mclean workers are here. as well |
as the large Kilbourne contingent who
were the first arrivals. Kilbourne will |
arrive tomorrow morning and Mclean In |
the afternoon, The Mclean men will |
make no concessions to the friends of !
Mayor Jones of Toledo and will declare
against municipal ownership OF street I
railways gas works and against the in |
itiatiVe and referendum.