The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-05-30
THE STATE CONVENTION.
What VIII Be the Outcome of Its
Deliberations.

The State Convention meets this
week at Columbus, and its meeting is
awaited with much interest.
There is such conflict between can
didates and factions, and so many con-
testing delegations, that it Is not prob
able that the Convention will have
smooth sailing.
II the State Central Committee had
adhered to the instructions of the Re-
publican State Convention, that all
delegates should be selected by the
people, in convention or at primaries,
there would have been an easy outcome
from all the troubles. But it ignored
this, and thus opened the way for q
food Of difficulties. The result is, there
are contesting delegations that involve
from q third to half of the votes of the
convention. There is no law of the Gen.
tral Committee to govern the Conven-
tion or the Committee on credentials in
settling the contested cases, and this
will prove the great difficulty in the
way OF any settlement.
Delegations will be there, that have
been appointed by Central Committees,
by Executive COMMITTEES, by the Chair
men of Committees, by Conventions,
and by primaries. If all are rejected,
except those selected by only one or two
Of the methods, it will defeat one or
more of the candidates, and such ruling
would therefore precipitate heated
time in the Convention.
In addition to this trouble. there il
the other, that the contesting delega
tions are not on one line, but every one
stands on its own merits. A rule tha
would exclude Nash delegates from
lFranklin because they were appointed
by the Central Committee would ex
lclude the Daugherty delegates from
Cuyahoga. And rule that would ad
init the Daugherty delegates from
Cuyahoga, because they were the frs
lappointed from that county, would ad
NIT the Nash delegates from Franklin
and the Cox delegates from Hamilton
A rule that would admit delegate
elected by primaries or convention
would admit McKisson's delegates iron
Cuyahoga, and exclude Daugherty'
delegates from Cuyahoga, Nash's from
Franklin, and Cox's from Hamilton
&C., &C., &c.
, 1t will therefore be seen that there
no easy road to a solution Of these trou
, bles.
Nor is it probable that the Contra
Committee will dare to issue certificate
and recognize the delegates favorin
any one candidate, or laying down an
one method of selecting delegates, a
the proper one. 1t is too late for thi
and it would only produce row.
Nor can the gordon knot be cut b
nominating some dark horse by popu
lar vote of the Convention, without Sc
ling any contests, for who would be enti
led to vote on that question? That woul
only be gang rule, unless accepted b
majority of all present, without coun
ing noses.
There is no prospect that the pop
larity of any candidate will settle tn
question, No man has the lead. Daugl
erty is probably ahead, and Nash mex
but both together, haven't enough
nominate.
1t won't do to admit half OF each col
testing delegation, for that would nj
settle matters, but would furnish MOI
pernicious precedent to trouble th
party in the future.
We cannot therefore see how tn
oming Convention can fail to be
turbulent one. But it is true that th
unexpected often happens, and the
foreseeing danger often shows how
t avoid it, and it may come out all righ