The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-14
DTSSENTERS
CRACKED THE
M'LEAN SLATE.
Assembly Ended Nearly in Riot,
and Twenty Police Were De-
tailed to Preserve Order.
REC0RD.BREAKlNG CONVENTION
Dewey's Brother-in-Iaw Got Moth
ing-Weak Ticket From Top to
Bottom-1nstruct for Bryan.

COLUMBUS. o.. June 1S.--The ticket:
Delegates at large-James Kilbourne.
Abraham W. Patrick, VIM, S. Thomas
and Horace L. Chapman.
Aiternates-M. o. Burns John Nc
Sweeney, C. p. Brumbach and NJ. B.
Clyburn.
Electors at large-General Isaac r.
Sherwood and General A. j. Warner.
Secretary of state-H. H. McFadden'
Judge of the supreme court-Allen w.
smalley.
Dairy and food cOmmlssloner-Ballard
B. Yates.
School commissioners. D. simpkIns.
Member of board OF public works
Peter Y. Brown.
slats-smashing Convention.
After continuous session of over
nine hours, the Democratic state con-
ventIon adjourned tonight. 1t was a
slate-smashing and record-breaking
convention. The Mclean men said yes
terday they were asking for nothing,
and they certainly got nothing. They
helped those who have been opposing
them to the places of party distinction
and responsibility. It was this free-for-
all situation that brought about the
Generalization OF the day. There were
some who insisted on taking their cues
from the delegates from Hamilton
county, the home of John R. Mclean,
as usual but the Cincinnati delegates
were hard to follow to-day. Louis REM
elyn, of Cincinnati, was defeated last
night for chairman of the state COM
mlttee when he ran on his own ac-
count and without consulting even the
Cincinnati delegates, after the Mclean
men had been declaringthey would ask
for nothing, and his brothers name was
to-day presented for secretary OF state
without authority, and withdrawn on
authority of the Hamilton county dele
gates. -
Notable Absence of Mclean Leaders.
At the same time the Hamilton coun-
ty delegation cast its vote for other
favorltes solldly. There was a notable
absence OF the Mclean leaders here
this week, and very few Of those' who
were In the city, outside of the dele
gates, went to the convention hall.
The Mclean men took an interest in
their friends whose seats were contest
ed especially the DowlIng delegates
from Dayton, and It was then that
charges began to be made against the
assistant secretaries. Finally, after the
first ballot for delegates at large, 1t was
found that they were lnaccurate-that
the vote as announced showed only
three elected. After the chair declared
Kllbourne, Patrick and Thomas elected,
and ordered the second ballot for the
fourth member Of the big Four" It
was found on revivlng and verifying the
vote that George w, Hull, OF Toledo,
had 26Sis votes on the first ballot and
367 was necessary to elect
Discovery Made Too Late.
This discovery was not made until
after Chapman. on the third ballot.
was elected, and then Chairman Hunt
tington held there could be no going
behind the returns after the vote was
announced and Chapman had been de-
clared one Of the delegates at large.
While 1t was difficult for any clerks to
make accurate footIngs, when delegates
and others were rushing on to the plat
form and crowding about their tables,
there were those on the floor OF the con-
vention who gave in returns that were
not reliable.
Had to Call in the Police.
Many delegates left on late afternoon
and evening trains, and men who were
not delegates answered the call for
counties whose delegates had gone
home. The more noise and confusion
the greater the opportunity Of these
professional substitutes" and the con-
ventlon at B;SO p. IN. WIS beyond con-
troll. Hon. Charles W. Baker was then
presiding, and he sent for Il squad of
twenty police, ordering them to clear
the alsles, knock down those who would
not sit down and compel the howlers to
subslde. The police filed down the
nlsles and maintained order for the last
hnur of the convention.