The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-13
Retain Fun Control of the Demo-
cratic Organization in Ohio.
Playing for Harmony.
OPPOSITION TO THE DICTATOR
On the Part Of the Bryan 1en-1Ec-
Eaddsn Backed for Secretary

Drogrumme tomorrow. When Jonn H.
Mclean was the candidate for governor
last year his friends were placed on the
state central and executive committees
Yis friends are In the majority on the
new state central committee that was
selected this evening and 1t VIII select
the campaign chairman and members OF
the state executive committee at q later
date. It is claimed that the Mclean
men, in securing control Of the party
organization 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 u free for nll contest for the state
ticket and delegates and aiternates at
large to the Kansas City convention.
Do Not Want 1t All.
The Mclean men are not opposing
some aspIrants for delegates to Kansas
City and for state nominations who
heretofore have been strongly opposed
to Mr.. Mclean. This is especially
noticeable in their support Of George w.
Hull, of Toledo, for delegate at large,
and H. H. McFadden, editor OF the steu-
benvllle Gazette, for secretary OF state
But the Mclean element did not lose
any points while the party organization
for another year was under corsidera-
tIon. They lost in the Steubenvllle dis
trIct from which McFadden halls, and
in the Newark district, where Col. Isaac
r. Hill has been the state committee
man for a quarter OF a century, and in
other districts, but they secured safe
majority of the twenty-one congress
slonal districts.
McLeanites Win the Contests.
The contests from Cleveland and Day
ton came before the old state committee
in the afternoon. The tickets and
badges were given to the Mclean dele
gates from both Cuyahoga and Mont
gomery counties. In the former the
delegation representing Mayor Farley
and Mr.. Salem, was seated over those
representing former Congressman Tom
L. Johnson and Harry Wilson. In the
latter Joseph Dowling won over Mr..
Shoup. Congressman Brenner, Mayor
Llndsmith. Editor James NJ. Cox and
others. AS these decisions apply only
for seats during the temporary organi-
zation and the contestants say they will
carry the fight into the convention. the
result may yet be reversed.
May Be Fist Fight.
The application to the mayor tonight
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 Demo-
cratic lenders OF the east who were con-
sldering the availability OF some other
candidate than Bryan. Although docu-
mentary and other evidence has been
produced to show that the most lnti-
mate and cordial relations exis: between
Bryan and Mclean, yet the ultra ele-
ments are opposed to any one who ever
thought Of any other candidate but
Bryan for President or any modification
OF the Chicago platform. Even the talk
about Dewey for second place on the
ticket with Bryan does not fully satisfy
them.
viii Adopt Warner Platform.
The committees tonight decided to
make the temporary organization per-
manent and to limit nominating
speeches to FIVE minutes. The commit
tee on resolutions appointed Allen
Smnlley. NJ. A. MlcrRntz, W, H. Kind
er, C. L. Seller and S. S. BurtsHeld as
subcommittee to draft u platform and
report to the full committee at s a. m.
Tomorrow, General A. ]. Warner, of
MnrIettn, and Judge E. j. Blandln, of
Cleveland, were added to the sub-com-
mlttee. as they were both present with
drafts Of platforms. The Warner plat
form was practically adopted with the
exception OF the plank on trusts and
that part OF Bnndlns platform was
adopted. Others had submitted many
resolutions on state matters and the
committee really adopted enough rcso-
lutIons to make the longest platform on
record. The subcommittee was in
struoted to codlry the material into the
brlctest possible form. There were
only three out of the twenty-one mem
bers of the committee against the ratio
OF i6 to und they were In favor Of the
Warner platform, which endorses the
Chicago platform.
1--WE Are All For Bryan"
When resolution was offered, en-
dorsing Bryan for the next prcsIden-
tlal candidate. there was II chorus of
responses, that It was not necessary,
1--WE are NIL for Bryan and for nobody
else" continued the respondents, and
the resolution was not put to n vote.
With some there lg said to have been
n feeling that no action should be ta-
ken specifically for either place, as It
was not thought cxpcdicnt here to rec
ommcnd Dewey for vice president, but
the general sentiment was that Bryan
had already received the popular noml-