The age-herald., 1900-06-14
SEVERAL STATES
 ELECT DELEGATES Ohio Democrats Have Slate
 Smashing Convention. MlEAN LEADERS ABSENT Democrats of G so..oia Meet in Atlant a
Democrats of Georgia Meet in Atlanta Today-Convention Will Also Be Held in Kentucky to Elect
 National Delegates.

Columbus, O., June 13.-After a continu- ous session of over nine hours, the demo- cratic state convention adjourned tonight. It was slate-smashing and a record breaking convention The Mclean men said yesterday they were asking for noth- ing, and they certainly got nothing. They helped those who have been opposing them to places of party distinction and respon- sibility It was this free-for-all situation that brought about the demoralization of the day. Louis Reemeelyn of Cincinnati was defeated last night for chairman when he ran on his own account and without consulting even the Cincinnati delegates. after the Mclean men had been declaring they would ask for nothing, and his broth CTS name was today presented for secre- tary of state without authority and with drawn on authority of the Hamilton coun- ty delegation.
 There was a notable absence of the Me Lean leaders. While some say that Mir Mclean did not want to take any aggres- sive part on account of the Dewey candida cy, others say he was also willing for oth- CTS to bear the expenses of the state and congressional campaigns this year and of the Ohio delegation to the national conven- tion, etc.
 After the chair declared I<ilbourne, Pat rick and Thomas elected delegates and or dered the second ballot for the fourth member of the Big Four" 1t was found on revising and verifying the vote that George w. Hull of Toledo had 3SSh votes on the first ballot, and 367 were necessary to elect This discovery was not made un- ( l,tr1h hn1l elected, and then Chairman Huntington held there could be no going behind the re- turns after the vote was announced and Chapman had been declared one of the del- egates at large.
 Convention Beyond Control
 Many delegates left on late afternoon and evening trains and men who were not delegates answered the call of counties whose delegates had gone home. The more noise and confusion the greater the opportunity of these professional substi- tutes," and the convention at 6:3O p. III. was beyond control. Charles w. Baker was then presiding and he sent for a squad of twenty police, ordering them to clear the aisles, knock down those who would not sit down and compel the howlers to smut up. The pOlce nleu uOWn the alSleS and maintained order for the last hour of the convention.
 Colonel James Kilbourn was the neigh bor and life time companion and business associate of Allen c. Thurman. He is millionaire manufacturer and of the original silver men.
 General Patrick was member of the commttee on resolutions at Chicago in 1896, and will likely be the Ohio member at Kansas City of that committee. He pre- scented Kilbourn's name for Governor last year, and was afterward McLean's run ming mate.
 Thomas has been chairman of the state state central committee for years. and is wealthy manufacturer at Springfield. Chapman is a wealthy coal operator and has been a delegate to national conven- tons and prominent in Ohio politics for years.
 Generals Warner and Sherwood have both served in Congress and state posi- tions. H. H. McFadden, who heads the state ticket, is one of the leading Demo- cratic editors of Ohio.
 The platform reaffirms the Chicago plat form and instructs the delegates to vote for the nomination of William J. Bryan for President.