The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28
NEW LAW FOR PARTY
To Be Adopted by the Democrat.
of Ohio.


To Be Adopted by the Democrats
of Ohio.
GAINESVILLE, o., Aug. 27-Some of
the workers Of the candidates arrived
here today for the Democratic state con-
vention which meets here next Tuesday
and Wednesday. The delegates meet by
congressional districts Tuesday afternoon
to select members of the. new state CEN
trail committed and of other committees,
including new one on party organiza-
ton There will be no contests over
the resolutions which will favor 16 to I
and the rest of the Chicago platform. in
dorse Bryan, denounce. Mckinley and i'm
perialism and Hanna and bossism. But
there will be a number, Of contests on the
committee on credentials, especially from
Cuyahoga.
Congressman ]. ]. Lentz, Isaac R.
Sherwood, 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. There is an unusually large
number of candidates for the nomina-
tions for lieutenant governor, attorney
general, auditor, treasurer, supreme
Judge and member of the board of public
works, an average of almost a dozen for
each.
One of the most important acts of the
convention will he the adoption of a state
constitution for the Democratic party.
Heretofore the party. government has
been precedents like the unwritten En-
glish fundamental law and not like the
federal and state constitutions The con-
stitution presented to the state convcn-
ton was referred back to the state COM
mittee for charges and a subcommittee
has been at work all year on this instru-
ment, which YVES adopted by the state
committee in June. 1t will now become
the fundamental law of the Democratic
party in Ohio ii it is adopted by the pres
ent convention. 1t vests the chief of the
control in the state central, composed Of
enc member from each congressional dis
trict A new committee on party organi-
Zation is likewise constituted, the same
as the committees on resolutions, creden-
tials, ETC. Under this new constitution
mo county shall be entitled to represen-
tatior in any state convention where
delegates are selected otherwise than as
directed by the state central committee y
Although the Mclean men still claim
majority Of votes of seVenty-six on the
first ballot, with all the candidates still
in the field, the Kilbourne men have been
making. quite squirt here tonight after
the arrival OF some of their workers from
Columbus. Efforts to have Col James
kilbOurne accept second place on the
ticket have again failed today 1t is
now stated that Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood,
of Toledo, will be the Mclean man for
the place.
Daniel McConville, Lewis G. Bernard,
Congressman Norton, W. H. Dore and
other Mclean workers IRE here, as we'll
as the large kilbourne contingent who
were the first arrivals. Ktlbourne will
arrive tomorrow morning, and Mclean
in the afternoon.
No reception having been arranged for
the former, the local Democratic press
and all the local committee are for Nc
Lean, for whom an escort of several
hundred mas been specially arranged
When Mclean arrives there will be quite
a demonstration: He will be accompanied
from Cincinnati by about fifty Demo-
Gratis. The Hamilton county delegation
and the Duckworth club will hot come
until Tuesday, and the local committees
will then escort Mclean to the depot to
meet them, Mclean heading The street
parade. 1t is already known that the
Mclean men will make no concession to
the friends of Mayor Jones, of Toledo,
and wifi declare against municipal own
ership of street railways, gas works, and
even against the initiative and refer
en6um.