The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-30

Lean is the ChO1ce OF q Majority
of the DeIegates-Perman Off,
GERS Agreed Upon, and Committee
Reports Prepared In Advance
Work May BE Done in One Day.
Democratic state convention assemblies,
this morning, it will be in readiness to
begin business, committees having put in
most of the night getting their work in
shape. The attendance is unusually
large, the S02 delegates constituting only
a small part
The new state central committee Sc,
lected today will hold over for the presi-
Dental year, and the interest in the
control of the party machinery for the
presidency attracts many at this time.
There are those present who are willing
to have strong declaration against Nc
<inley's imperialism, but they protest
against any declaration against the war
in the Philippines.
There is no opposition to a declaration
against Hanna and bossism.
The Chicago platform will be reafirmed
with a strong Endorsement of Bryan.
There is an unusual fight for the COM
mittee on permanent organization, as the
anti-McLean men objected to the Nc
Lean slate, which included Congressman
j. A Norton, of Tiftin, for permanent
chairman. and Hon. Thomas ]. Cogan. of
Cincinnati, for secretary
MLEAN MEN CONTROL.
The preliminary meetings at p. m.
were in some. cases much more spirited
than expected and a few continued until
evening. The Ktlbourne men contested
every place on the long lists. The result
shows that the Mclean men carried four
teen of the twenty-one congressional dis
tricts, to five for the combined opposition,
with the two Cleveland districts contest
ed. AS the Mclean men control the COM
mittee on credentials, they claim that
they have the convention, sixteen to five,
by districts, as well as sixteen to one for
free silver. The Mclean men carried
the Toledo district by only three votes,
and two other districts by only one vote
each, one of the latter being the district
of Congressman Norton, who is the Nc
Lean man for permanent chairman. The
other close shave was in the Fifteenth
district, in which GAINESVILLE is located,
and also Arietta. the home of Gen. A j.
Warner, who will represent kilbourne's
name.
At the district meeting Gen. Warner
spoke most bitterly against the Mclean
men. After a free-for-all fight the anti
Mclean men bolted and left the room
before this district meeting was conclud-
ed
The Mclean men control the contests,
the construction of the platform and ev-
erything else tonight, as they will the
convention tomorrow, and are tonight
holding the most noisy Publications.
There have been several unpleasant
passages between leaders, notably one be-
tween Congressman John J. Lentz and
Allen w. Thurman.
Committeeman NAMED.
The following are the members of the
new state committee and of the commit
tee on resolutions:
State Central Committee-First district,
Lewis G. Bernard, Hamilton; Second,
Lewis Reemelin, Hamilton; third. Joseph
H Bowling, Montgomery; Fourth, John
Kinney, Mercer; Fifth, J.. P Shannon,
Defiance; Sixth W. G. Whippey, Clear
Eighth, ]. B. Brennan, Champaign; Ninth,
DR. John Wright, Lucas; Tenth. T. S.
Hogan, Jackson; Eleventh, P. M. Gull
Imam, Perry; Twelfth, James Ross,
Franklin; Thirteenth, A. ]. Haslett,
Crawford; Fourteenth, Judge L. Brucker
Richland; Fifteenth, E. M. Kennedy, Nor
gan: Sixteenth, Thurman Spriggs, Mon
roe; Seventeenth, Isaac R. Hill, Licking;
Eighteenth. E. S. Raft, Stark; Nineteenth,
H. D. Cook, Ashtabula; Twentieth,
Charles H Gagea or G; P: Smith ptian Con n
Harry Wilson (contested).
Resolutions First district, WALLACE
Burch, Hamilton ,,sS Second John ci1 F.
more, Preble Fourth, A. d. Marsh, Mer-
Ger; Fifth, s. S. Burtshfield. Van Vert;
Sixth, John Quincy Smith, Clinton; Sew
V. Spyer. Union; Ninth, F. ]. Bollmeyer,
Fulton; Tenth. c. E. Boridge, Lawrence;
Eleventh, c. E. People's, Miegs: Twelfth,
Allen Smalley, Wyandotte; Fourteenth.
E. c. Jeffries, Lorain; Fifteenth Samuel
Lawrence, Guernsey. Sixteenth, George
rick, Tuscarawas; Eighteenth, Rhodes I.
Gregory, Stark; Nineteenth, John A.
Wintrode, Summit: Twentieth Martin
Twenty-first, NJ B. Excel or NJ E. Meisel
(contested).
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton has decided to report to the conven-
tion as follows:
For Permanent Chairman-Judge W. P.
Money, of st. Mary, Debating Congress
man Norton by vote of II to 9.
For permanent SecreCary-W. L. FIN
ley, of Bucyrus, defeating by vote of II
to Thomasc J. Cogan, of Cincinnati
w E. Decker of Paulding, for assist
ant secretary, A. A. Sshoeler, of Colum-
bus, for sergeant-at-arms, and W. E.
Renan for assistant, were selected with
out opposition.
The Kflbourne men and other anti-Mc-
Lean men claim this as u to victory,
as Dr. Norton and Thomas Cogan are
known to be strong Mclean men. The
Mclean men say they can afford to be
magnanimous; that Judge Money is i'm
partial, and there is no objection to him,
as there was to Norton, who had become
very offensive to some anti-MeLean men,
There had been some hostile talk about
the use Mclean men might make of the
organization in the balloting, and the op-
position was conceded the man to keep
the counting. There has been talk about
the Mclean men, through the local COM
mittee getting most of the tickets to
pack the hall, and one of the Kilbourne
men from Columbus was made sergeant
alarms, with Mclean man from Gin
cinnati as his first assistant.
The Mclean men say they fought for
everything in sight at the district meet
ing, during the afternoon, and now thew.
are working to get all in line for the
election and want to leave with as per-
feet harmony as possible, feeling assured