Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-13

With the Antf-McLean FOrces-Op-
position to Mclean Comes From
the Silver Extremists--McLea
Will Continue to Control the State
Organization By Big Majority.
COLUMBUS, O., June 1.-THE Nc
Lean men controlled the preliminary
meetings of the Democratic State con-
vention to-day, but they are evidently
playing for harmony more than for
places, and may not carry out the
same programme tomorrow.
When John R. Mclean was the can
didate for Governor last year his
friends were placed on the State cen
trail and executive committees. His
friends are in the majority on the new
State central committee that was Sc
lected this evening, and it will select
the campaign chairman and members
of the State executive committee at a
later date.
1t is claimed that the Mclean men,
in securing control of the party or
ganization tonight for another year,
have all they wanted, and, although
they could control everything to-mor-
row, as they also have majorities on
the convention committees, that there
will be free for all contest for the
State ticket and delegates and alter
mates at large to the Kansas City con-
vention.
The Mclean men are not opposing
some aspirants for delegates to Kan
sas City and for State nominations.
who heretofore have been strongly op-
posed to Mr.. Mclean. This is espe-
cially noticeable in the support of Geo.
W. Hull, of Toledo, for delegate at
large and H. H. McFadden, editor of
the Steubenville Gazette, for Secretary
of State.
= But the Mclean element did not lose
any points while the party organiza-
ton for another year was under con-
sideration. They lost in the Steuben-
vile district, from which McFadden
halls, and in the Newark district. where
Col. Isaac R. Hill has been the State
committeeman for a quarter of a GEN.
tury, and in other districts, but they
secured safe majority of the
Tventy-one Congregational Districts.
The contests from Cleveland and
Dayton came before the old State com
mittee in the afternoon The tickets
and badges were given to the Mclean
delegates from both Cuyahoga and
montgomery counties. In the former
the delegation representing Mayor Far
ley and Mr.. Salem, was seated over
those representing former Congress
man Tom L. Johnson and Harry Will
son. In the latter Joseph Bowling
won over Mr.. Shoup, Congressman
Bremen, Mayor Lindsmith, Editor
James NJ. Cox and others. AS these
decisions apply only for seats during
the temporary organization, and the
contestants say they will carry the
tight into the convention, the result
may be reversed.
The application to the mayor to-
night for twenty policemen at the
convention hall tomorrow led some to
believe there may be trouble.
The opposition to Mclean comes
from silver extremists. who suspect
that their State standard bearer of last
year was at one time in touch with
some Democratic leaders of the East
who were considering the availability
OF some other candidate than BRYAN.
Although documentary and other
evidence has been produced to show
the most intimate and cordial rela-
lions between Bryan and Mclean. yet
the ultra elements are opposed to any
one who ever thought of any other
candidate but Bryan for President or
any modification of the Chicago plat
form. Even the talk about Dewey for
second place on the ticket with Bryan
does not fully satisfy them.
The committees tonight decided to
AAohS tAiC tSlHpOA al y VI SdulLdllOu per-
manent and to limit nominating
speeches to five minutes. The COM
mittee on resolutions appointed Adam
Smalley, NJ. A. Micrantz, ". H. Kinder,
c. L. Seller and S. S. Burts1eld as a
subcommittee to draft a platform and
report TO the full committee at a. m.
tomorrow. Gen. A. J. Warner. of
Marietta, and Judge E. j. Blandin. of
Cleveland, were added to the sub-com-
mittee, as they were both present with
drafts of platforms. There were only
three out of the twenty-one members
of the committee against the ratio of
16 to l, and they were in favor of the
Warner platform, which endorses the
Chicago platform.
When a resolution was offered en-
dorsing Bryan for the next Presiden-
tial candidate, there was a chorus of
responses that it was not necessary
I'VE are all for Bryan and for nobody
else" continued the respondents. and
the resolution was not put to a vote.