The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-10
But Pnenns of Victory VIII he Crowed
Only by Products of the Mclean
kiIbourne Incubator.
CLEAN SWEEP FOR THE BOSSES
HAVE SECURED CONTROL OF ALL
CONVENTION COMMITTEES.
Cleveland's Mayor, However, Mny BE
Bantams Appear in the Hall.

COLUMBUS, o.. July 9.-The Mclean
Kilbourne element at the district meetings
this afternoon secured control OF all the
committees and will accordingly have ev-
state convention tomorrow. They were so
strongly in the majority that there was no
friction.
In the Twentieth and Twenty-flrst dis
tricts which include Cleveland the John
son men had things their way as much
as the Mclean men in the First and Sec
ond districts, which include Cincinnati. But
in the rural districts the latter element
got almost everything The controlling ele-
ment did not ride roughshod'' over mi
norities in any of the districts. but when
names were proposed for places on the COM
mttees there were inquiries as TO how they
stood and if replies were not satisfactory
they were excused in some cases as
quietly as jurors and in others with bal
lots.
The Mclean Kilbourne element. while
unusually Courteous made no concessions.
The old state committee met previous TO
the district meetings and gave the tickets
of the Mclean Kilbourne men when there
were contesting delegations. and they took
all the districts except those which in
clude Cleveland. in which, under the unit
rule, they could not control a vote. But
the Johnson men, after the result of the
district meetings, promptly announced
they would carry the fight into commit
tee on resolutions for an all-night fight
and then into the convention tomorrow for
a finish" They have two strong men and
vigorous speakers i'm Heisley and Baker,
both members of Mayor Johnson's cabinet
at Cleveland. on the committee on resolu-
tions.
AS the Montgomery contest, and prob
ably the Butler contest, will be carried
by minority reports on credentials into
the convention for final action II is pre-
dicted that the convention will hot reach
the order of nomination till late tomorrow
afternoon and the proceedings may be
protracted into the night.
Ex-Governor Campbell is with the
Schwab delegation from Butler county and
the Mason-Gray delegation from that
county was to-day given the ticket by the
old state committee.
LOVELY TIMES POSSIBLE.
With all the efforts OF the McLean-Kil-
indication Of unusual scenes on the floor
of the convention over minority reports,
especially on credentials and resolutions.
l..
called Charles p. Salen on the long-dis-
tance telephone to-day and had a talk with
him regarding the plank on a revision OF
the taxation laws of the State. When
Saen informed the mayor as to the situa-
ton here and that the Mclean Kilbourne
men controlled the committee on resolu-
tions as we'll as all other parts of the con-
vention's organization Johnson advised
Salen never to surrender, but to insist both
before the committee on resolutions and
in the convention for the incorporation of
the Cuyahoga plank, which is made specific
in that IL mentions railroads and other cor
porations as not bearing their full portion
of the burdens of taxation. Soon after
the talk over the telephone with Johnson
Mr.. Salen called at Colonel kilbourne's S
headquarters and these two. with NJ. y.
Dougherty, of Lancaster and r. NJ. Heis-
Colonel Kilbourne's room. where they re-
mained behind locked and guarded doors
for more than an hour. The taxation
plank was under consideration. At joint
meeting of the Cuyahoga delegation this
afternoon, when members of the committee
were selected. Mr.. Salen told his colleagues
from Cleveland of his talk with Mayor
johnson and urged them to stand by the
Cuyahoga platform TO the last. He even
warned them against getting mixed up with
the interests of any of the candidates for
had no candidate and was not represented
here in the interest of any one. They were
here for principles and not men. He ex-
planned that the platform would be adopted
in the convention tomorrow before the
order of nominations was reached, and
that after the resolutions were disposed of
preferences for the nominations. lie then
modified this by stating that the delega-
ton would vote as a unit under its instruc-
tiors.
EFFORT AT HARMONY.
After the district meetings in the even
ipc he od taI bor
in everything and the Johnson men got
the benefit at the meetings of the COM
mittees tonight of the movement for har-
mony. In order to expedite business at
what is expected TO be a protracted ses-
sion tomorrow the com,ittee on perma-
nent organization voted unanimously TO
make the entire temporary organization
permanent This continues Charles p
Salen, of Cleveland, as chairman and Neg
ley d. Cochran, editor of the Toledo Bee,
as secretary.
The committee on resolutions first heard
expressions OF opinion from each of its
twenty-one members. The committee stood
IL TO 4 against special mention of free sill
yer in the platform in addition 10 indors-
ing the Kansas City platform. 10 TO 8
against Endorsement OF the Kansas City
platform without any further declaration
on silver and IL TO I against reaffrning
the Kansas City platform with the John
son plank on state taxation. There We're
some who favored no reference TO the Kan
sas City platform. No vote was taken.
the tally on preferences being secured from
the speeches as each one was called on for
his views.
The following subcommittee was ap-
pointed: NJ. a. Daugherty. chairman. Bar
ton Smith, Judson Harmon, +. NJ Kennedy.
Z. NJ. Heisley, W. II. Spence and w l..
Finley. OF these Heisley represents John
son, and Daugherty. who presents Kill
bourne's name 10 the convention. faVors
a compromise, especially on the taxation
plank. The others are claimed by the con-
servatives. although some OF them differ
among themselves as TO the verbiage Of
the taxation plank
The committee on credentials tonight
decided TO report I'm favor of the Dowling