Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-31

Governor, JOHN r. MLEAN of Hamilton
...."..A w. PATRICK Of Tuscarawas
"..",., DEWITT c. BADGER of Madison
Attorney General....J. G. DORE of Seneca
1N'r GEORGE w. .,siGAFoosE of Darke
'e" Ss"u"''gJFAMiEs i. iGiGoRMAN. OF Lawrence
Member of the Board of Public Works.
.........F FLETCHER d. MALIN of Lake
EVANSVILLE, o., Aug. SO,-The demo-
cratic state convention closed tonight after
a day of dramatic politics. While there
were a half dozen other candidates for
governor, the Mclean men claimed every
thing with such confidence that they un-
dertook to be magnanimous in minor
parts, although they were at the same time
careful that the star candidate was not
eciipsed. They stated early In the day that
the first ballot would have none of 1.-THE
second choice vote for Mclean, that none
OF the reserves would be called out until the
second ballot and that all the candidates
would have their respective votes on the
first ballot. In this play Mclean was nomi-
mated on the first ballot by n half vote
and the figuring was so close that the
dramatic scene of changes on the second
ballot with Second choice reserves
flocking to McLean's standard sid not
take place. 1t is claimed that Mclean
could have had AIS votes out of the 500 on
the first ballot instead Of 4021a, and that he
would have had over 500 on the second bal
lot. At any rate the delegates all voted for
their local favorites on the first ballot and
thus the program of complimenting them
was carried out without the leader drawing
from any of his competitors.
After the adoption of the majority report
IN nralnntta1. +hA Nal ~, ,,np Col. thnt
they could make any play on the b~alloting
that they desired. The vote of $3.50 to 341
in defeating the minority report on ere
dentials was the hardest fight the Mclean
men had during the day, as they were then
without the ~ffty-six contested votes from
Cuyahoga county and on that vote they
could not have made a nomination.
Even without the Cuyahoga vote they had
1876 votes on the adoption of the majority
report on credentials and that was only
seven short of enough to nominate. Among
the shrewdest plays in the drama was the
motion to amend the report on permanent
organization so as to continue the Temporal
ry organization and this corrected the only
stipulation that the Mclean managers made
last night at the meeting of the committee.
Judge Mooney made such a good impression
that all wanted him for permanent chair
man and the amended report also continued
as secretary Hon. Thomas j. Cogan, the
friend of Mclean, and shut off the anti
Mclean man who had been named in the
report for sergeant-at-arms
Sergennt-nt-Arms IN Helpless.
The convention much OF the time was be-
yond the control Of the sergeant-at-arms and
his assistants. The convention was properly
represented in its platform and the key
nHtA -o- %
of Bryan was cheered whenever it was men,
toned. The convention showed demon
over free silver and imperialism,
anti-bossism and all the Indictments in the
speech of Judge Mooney and in the plat
form. The recess from 8 to 4 p. m. was
taken to confer with Colonel James Kill
bourne for second place on the ticket and
the recess was continued IL. vain till
p. M. for that purpose.
On reassembling every possible effort was
made to nominate Colonel James Kilbourne
for Lieutenant governor, but after a dozen
close personal friends had withdrawn his
name and declared that Colonel Kilbourne
would decline this effort was abandoned.
During this part of the performance the
committee appeared, escorting the nominee
for governor and other candidates for that
place. Mr.. Mclean was given a rousing
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honor and said he would make as hard a
fight for election as possible, requesting all
to do their part, as he would do his part.
Colonel Kilbourne was most enthusiastically
received aud addressed the convention at
length, thanking his friends for their loyal
support and asking them to bow to the will
OF the majority. He eulogized the platform
and held that principles were more i'm
portant than personal preferences. Ad-
dresses were also made by General Sher,
wood, Rice and Seward and calls were made
for Haskell and Lentz, who were absent.
Another effort was made to nominate
Colonel Kilbourne for lieutenant governor,
but he was still in the hall and had the
chairman make an official announcement
that he could not accept. The names OF
Curtis v. Harris OF Athens, John l.. Beatty
OF Steubenville and A. w. Patrick of New
Philadelphia were presented for lieutenant
governor. The frs. ballot resulted Harris,
1872; Beatty. 1863: Patrick. 4S9. Others scat
tering included nine for Lewis G. Bernard
of Cincinnati. The nomination of Patrick
was made unanimous. Judge Patrick was a
delegate to Chicago when Bryan was nomi-
mated.
Sketch of the Candidate.
John r. Mclean was born in Cincinnati,
September II, 1S4S, and is 81 years Of age.
j WeHl iIOu VI W StTLIlduy. AFTER
he served in all the departments of the
Enquirer he became half owner in 1872 and
sole owner in 1881. Mr.. Mclean has con-
Quoted the Cincinnati Enquirer over a quar-
ter OF a century and Its success is due to
him. He has succeeded in many other enter
prises. He has been a stanch supporter of
organized labor and his charitable enter
prises are large. While Mr.. Mclean has
never held public office. he has been a pow
erful factor in politics. Through the En-
quirer he started over a quarter Of a CEN
fury ago the cry, Rise up, William" 1t
resulted In the late Senator William Allen
being nominated and elected governor, the
first time the democrats had elected a gov
ernor for twenty years. Governor Allen was
afterward endorsed by the democracy for
president in 1876.
Mr.. Mclean was also a leader in the
election OF Governor Bishop In 1877, OF