Evening journal., 1901-08-01
eHIO BRYAAITBS
NAME CANDIDATES..
Bryan Landed and Kansas
CITY Platform Reaillrmed
RumOr Grows ApaCe That Guberna-
tOrial and Other Nominees Will
Decline the Honor

Columbus. o., Aug. 1.-The progress
sive Democratic party was organized
here yesterday. The attendance was
so small that many doubted at first
whether any attempt would be made
to hold state convention.
The week following the recent Dem
ocratic state convention conference |
was held at Cleveland. protesting |
against the present Democratic state |
platform ignoring Bryan, free silver
and other issues and in not reafiirm-
ing either Of the national platforms on
which Bryan made his runs for the
presidency. AT that conference a call
was issued for a state convention of
Bryan Democrats" and others op-
posed to the Democratic and the Re
publican state platforms. to meet here
yesterday But less than a dozen men
responded and attended the christen-
ing of the new party. Reporters out
numbered the delegates two to one.
A delegation from the Hooking VAL
ley. headed by Henry Leonard, of Lo-
gan, and consisting of Hiram Tan
ming, W. p. Bates, George Guthrie and
two gentlemen from New Lexington
reported last night that they had come
to the city to attend the convention,
and being unable 70 find It they went
to the races.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor DR.. Rudolph Reemling; lieu
tenant governor, Henry c. Cordery;
supreme Judge, Rial M. Smith; state
/ treasurer, j. c. Shepard; attorney gen
eral, S. L. Clark; clerk of supreme
court, Charles Bonsall; member Of
the board of public works, r. B. Con-
nell.
It is customary for conventions al
ways in Ohio to authorize their state
committees to fill vacancies, but this
was not done yesterday. After Chair
man Groot and others left last night,
DR.. Reemblin positively declined the
nomination for governor, and it was TO
ported that others would not accept.
The features of the platform adopt
ed were as follows: The laudation Of
Bryan and the reaflrmation of the
Kansas City platform. Planks were
also inserted calling for the public
ownership Of all public utilities; that
all money of whatever kind shall be
issued by the government without the
Intervention of banks; that the "money
trust. the parent OF all trusts" shall
be destroyed, for without a money
aristocracy there can be no imperial
ism" The destruction Of all trusts
is demanded. Such Democrats as ap
prove a gold standard and who sup
ported Mckinley for president are in
vited henceforth to affiliate with the
Republican party.
It was decided to call the new OF
ganization "the Progressive Demo
cratic party" Other names proposed
were: THE Bryan Democratic party,
"the Independent party" and "the Re
form party"
Harmony prevailed throughout Tho
proceedings till it came to the Sc
lection of a name. J. W. Lindsay, who
met with three other Populists IL
the state conference Tuesday night
wanted to call the organization "th'
Independent party" so as to include
all "who were opposed to Hannaism.
He insisted that the Democratic stat
convention in Ohio had veered aroun,
into Hanna's lines"
When Chairman Groot announces
that the convention had voted to nam
the organization "the Progressive
, Democratic party" Lindsay said h
would not cooperate any further
! Lindsay wanted the Populists Tues
t day night and the convention yesteI
Y day to support Mayor Jones. Of To
I ledo, for governor on Independen
( lines.