Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-13

COLUMBUS, O., June 13-The Dem
ocratic state convention reconvened here
to-day. The Mclean men controlled
the prelim8Fy meetings of the conven-
ton Yesterday, but they are evidently
playing for harmony more than for
places, and may not carry out the same
program today. When John r. Nc
Lean was the candidate for Governor
last year his friends We're placed on the
state central and executive committees.
His friends are IN the majority ON the
new state central committee that was
selected last evening and it will -selec t
the campaign chairman and members Of
the state executive committee at later
date.
It was claimed that the Mclean men,
III securing control of the party organi-
cation last night for another year. had
all they wanted. and, although they
could control everything today, as they
also had majorities on the convention
committees that there will be free for
all contest for the state ticket and dele
gates and MISUNDERSTANDING to the
Kansas City convention. The Mclean
men were not opposing some aspirants
for delegates to Kansas City and for
state nominations who heretofore have
been strongly opposed to Mr.. Mclean.
This was especially noticeable in their
support of George w. Hull, of Toledo,
for delegate at-large, and Fl. FL. Nc
Fadden, editor of the Steubenville Ga
zette, for secretary of state.
But the McLean element did not lose
any points while the party organization
for another year was under eonsldera.
ton. They lost in the Steubenville dis.
trict, from which MeFadden halls, and
in the Newark district, where Colonel
Isaac r. Hill has been the state commit.
teeman for about quarter of IA century,
and in other districts, but they secured
safe majority of the II congressional
Districts
The contests from Cleveland and Day
ton came before the old state committee
Yesterday afternoon The tickets and
badges were given to the Mclean dele
gates both from Guyahoga 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 Bowling won over Mr..
Shoup. Congressman Bremen, Mayor
Lindesmith, Editor James NJ. Cox and
others. As these decisions apply only
fer seats during the temporary organ.
ization, and the contestants say they
Will carry the fight into the convention,
the result may yet be reversed.
The application to the mayor last
night for 20 policemen at the convention
hall TODAY led some to believe there may
be trouble.
The opposition to Mclean came from
silver extremists, who suspected that
their state standard bearer of last year
was at one time i'll touch with some
Democratic leaders of the east who were
considering the availability of some other
candidate than Bryan.
Although documentary and other evi
dence had been produced to show the
most intimate and cordial relations be
tween Bryan and Mclean yet the ultra
elements We're 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 did not fully sat
isfy them,