The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-01
Buckeye Republicans Assemble
in State Convention.
A Lively FactiOnal Fight in
Prospect For Control.
NUMEROUS CONTESTS.
The Decision of Which Will
Influence the Nominations.
Hanna and McKissOn Will Again
Lock Horns.

Columbus, O., June 1.-The Republican
state convention meets here under the
temporary organization that has been
selected by the state central committee.
The cOntending factions that have been
skirmishing all the week show their
respective hands at the district meet
ings at 2:30 p. m, when the delegates
meet by congressional districts to Sc
lect their respective members of the
committees on credentials, resolutions,
permanent organization, etc, as well as
twenty-one members of the new state
central committee. All are for the re-
nomination of Mckinley for president
and for the endorsement of his admin
istration and for the usual other party
declamations.
Membership in the committee on Gre
dentials is this year for the first time
second only to the nomination for gov
ernor and in this committee can dele
gates render greater service to their re-
spective favorites than in any other
capacity The contests from seven
counties will affect five districts. 1t is
now thought that the only> trouble at
the meetings tonight will be over the
contests from Cleveland as Cuyahoga
has three cOnteSt1ng delegations, one
headed by Senator Hanna's friend, an
other by the chairman of the county
committee and another by Mayor Nc
committees are selected with one from
each congressional district the contests
will be heard by counties.
The contests from Adams, Allen, High
land and Preble counties do not affect
their respective districts in the tenn
porary organization of either the COM
mittees or of the convention, as the
small counties are minOritieS in their
respective districts, but the aggregate
of 35 votes from those four small coun-
ties might affect the ballots for gov
ernOr tomorrow and they are therefore
being cOntended for as closely as if all
depended upon them. There are only Il
members of the committee on creden-
tials. On the action of the committee
on credentials may depend the COM
plexion of the convention in preferences
for governor.
KERR FOR CHAIRMAN
When the convention assemblies at
p. m, Cyrus HuHng, chairman of the
state central committee, will make the
congratulatOry address on the work of
the committee in the last campaign and
announce the following temporary
ganiZatiOnS:
Chairman, Congressman w. S. Kerr,
of Mansfield.
Secretary, E. L. Lampson, of Ashta-
bula.
Sergeant-at-arms, Frederick Bader, of
Cincinnati.
Chaplain, Rev. S. S. Palmer, of Co
lumbus.
After the keynote speech of Chairman
Kerr, the congressional districts will be
called for reports of the respective mem
bers of the different committees that
earlier in the afternoon.
McKISSON KNOCKED OUT
Owing to the intense feeling over the
contested delegations from seven coun-
ties, the state central committee was
in session today and decided at
least in the case of Hamilton county
what did not constitute cause for con-
test
would be decided on the party law as
expounded in the call of this year and
not on the calls for state conventions
IN former years. By this ruling the
Cox delegation will not only be seated
at once in the temporary organization,
but will get full representation for the
FIRST and Second congressional dis
tricts on all the committees.
The action of the committee showed
an alliance of the field against Nash
that the Daugherty, Cox and Kurtz
forces were pulling together on the Sc
lection of members of the committee
on credentials and in other preliminary
work. This would imply the seating
of the HO1comb delegates from Cleve-
land against both the Hanna and Nc
kisson delegates, and it eliminates
Mayor McKissOn not only from this
convention, but also from the old COM
HANNA DEFIED.
Senator Foraker created a sensation
to delegates that he was opposing Sen
atOr Hanna. When the large McKisson
delegation arrived at noon they sere-
naded Senator Foraker at the Southern
hotel, the headquarters of the anti
Hanna and anti-NaSh men.
The senator said he Joined them in
putting on his fighting clothes and
closed his speech thus:
I'VE are the eve of a great polit-
ical battle, and Ohio is to play a most
important part in this battle, and I say
to you that she must be right. This
convention is a most important one and
if we are to have right and prestige with
US, we must let the people of our party
have a voice in our councils. I say
here and now that 1 believe you men to
be loyal, legal representatives of your
party, and I hope to see you seated in
the convention"
H. NJ. Daugherty was serenaded by
his home delegation this afternoon
again and made speech which some
interpreted in connection with the
speech of Senator Foraker as indicating
that the field was showing defiance to
Senator Hanna and Judge Nash, Mr..
Daugherty said: Il have no quarrel
with any man within or without the
Republican party-unleSS he should by
mistake forget that it is within the pro-
vince of the people to make the candi-
date for governor
Name of Office ONLY