The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-28
.MINIONS
OF M'LEAN
WILL CONTROL
Convention of Ohio Democrats
Which WIN Meet at Zunes-
vile, on Wednesday.
PEATFORM EILL DENOUNCE
Everything, Except 1e to /, and
Applaud Nothing But Col.
william J. Bryan.

GAINESVILLE. Ohio. August a.
Some Of the workers for candidates ar
rived here to-day for the Democratic
state convention. which meets here
next Tuesday and Wednesday. The
delegates will meet by congressional
districts on Tuesday afternoon
to select members Of the new
state central committee and OF other
committees, including new one on
'party organization" These commit
tees meet Tuesday night, so as to re-
port on the assembling OF the coAyen-
ton, wednesday morning.
There win be no contests over the
resolutions, which will favor 1s to I,
and the rest OF the Chicago platform.
endorse Bryan, denounce Mckinley and
imperialism, and Hanna and bosslsm.
But there win be contests between the
committees on credentials, especially
from cuyahoga county. Tho Mclean
men claim the result Of the contests
cannot afEect the lead Of their fayorite.
The KIlbourne men have claimed that
much depended on the committee Of
credentials, but they are not making
any claims to-day. Congressman ]. j.
Lentz, Isaac R. Sherwood, james A.
Rice, Charles H. Haskell. james P.
Seward, Horace L. Chapman aYd others
mentioned for the gubernatorIal nom
inatlon are no longer in the field. There
is an unusually large number of can
didates for the nomination for lleuten-
ant governor, attorney general, audi
tor, treasurer, supreme Judge and
member Of the board OF public works,
an average Of almost a dozen for
each.
An Important Feature.
One OF the important acts OF the con-
vention this week vii be the adoption
Of state constitution Of the Demo-
cratic party. Heretofore the party
government has been by precedents
like the unwritten English fundament-
al law. and not. like the federal and
state constitutions. This novel move
ment In party organization was started
two years ago, when there was a DEM
ocratie constitution presented, but IT
did not suit all. The constitution pre-
sented the state convention last year
was referred back to the state commit
tee for changes, and a subcommittee
has been at work all year on this In
strument. which was unanimously
adopted by the state committee In June.
It will now become the fundamental law
Of the Democratic party In Ohio If K
is adopted by the present convention.
It vests the chief control in the state
central committee, composed of one
member from each congressional dis
trIct. A new committee on party or
Ranlzation Is likewise constituted, the
same as the committee on resolutions,
credentials. etc. Under this new con-
stitution, mo county shall be entitled
to representation in any state eonven-
ton where delegates therefrom nre Sc
lected otherwise than as directed by
the state central committee"
PromIscuous Selection.
In the present convention there will
be deleEntcs who were selected by mass
conventions, by delegate county con-
ventions, by county corlmlttees, by pri-
muries. by chairmen and any way that
the local chairman or others chose.
There has been no uniform system in
the counties for selecting delegates, and
the plan was usually adopted that
would best serve the purpose Of a few
and sometimes of one local leader.
Section II begins thus: "All delegates
to any state convention shall be cho-
sen either by a direct vote Of the peo-
pie at general primary, or by con-
ventlon OF delegates chosen by the peo-
pie nt a primary. and none others shall
be legal or entitled to seats" etc.
All county and municipal Delegates
md committeeman are to be elected by
primaries. County, state, congress
rionni, judicial md old committees shall
have no right whatever at any time to
appoint or select delegates to any con-
Ventlon."
This document covers all details. md
contains over 1000 words.
Mclean Claims Majority.
Although the Mclean men still claim
n majority of votes OF seventy-sIx on
the first ballot with all the candidates
stlll in the field, the ISiibournc men
worked hard tonight nftcr the arrival
OF some OF their workers from Column
bus. Efforts to have Col. james XII
bourne nccept second place on the TICK
et have agnln failed. II Is now stnted
that General Isaac Il. Sherwood, OF To-
iedo, will be the Mclean candidate for
that place. Kllbourne will arrive to-
morrow morning. and Mclean In the
afternoon. When Mclean arrives there
wifi be quite q demonstration. He viii
be accompanied from Cincinnati by
about fifty Democrats.
The Hamilton county delegation nnd
the Duckworth club VIII not come until
Tuesday md the local committees VIII
then escort Mclean TO the depot TO
meet them, Mclean heading the street
parade. II Is already known that tho
Mclean men win make no concessions
10 the friends of Mayor Jones. Of Tolc-
40. and will declare ngnlnst municipal
ownership Of street railways. gns works
nnd even nBnlnst the Initiative and ref
erendum. -----