The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-24
nash ONCE MORE
Ohio Governor UnoppOsed For q
denomination.
State Convention Assemblies
This Afternoon.
HANNA WILL PRESIDE.
Junior Senator Is Slated For
Permanent Chairman.
Foraker Is Expected to Sound
the " Keynote
Whisky Question Cutting Some
Figure i'm Preliminaries.

Columbus, Ohio, June 24.-The Repub-
ican state convention convenes here at
p. m. today to nominate a state ticket
and organize for the election of state
officers and members of the legislature
which win select the successor of Sen
ator J. B. Foraker.
Senators Foraker and Hanna the
Ohio Republican congressman, members
of former legislatures and other mem
bers of the Republican party arrived
this morning. The indications are that
the ticket headed by Gov. Nash will be
renominated with the exceptions of can
didates for supreme judge for when
the tenure of Office is three years Gov
Nash Lieut. Gov. Caldwell, Attorney
General Sheets and State Treasurer
Cameron have served one term OF two
years each and will be renom1nated Tor
second terms without opposition Inc
only one against whom there is any Op-
position is Lieut.. Gov. Caldwell, who IS
opposed by the state anti-SaloOn league
because he has been the attorney or
the brewers in certain suits.
@. w. Johnson will be renOmlnared Tor
a second term of three years as mem
Der of the state board of public Wor ks.
ThaddeuS A MinShaI1 has had three
terms on the supreme bench and josiah
B. Allen three terms as clerk OF the
supreme court. The former has as his
opponents w. 3. Crew, J. L. Price and
D. A. Russell, and the latter has as his
e. Emerson, w. T. Mclean, Alva- z
Hall, Newman M Miller and J. G.
Copeland. While there is talk of Crew
and Critchfield being slated there is
practically a free for all contest Tor
these two nominations.
The control of the legislature is of IN
usual Importance this year as under the
Ohio laws the next general assembly
apportions the state under the census
of 1900 for legislative representation as
well az other purposes and that appor-
tionment cannot be changed until after
the census is taken in 1910 while the ap-
pOrtionment for congressional districts
can be changed at any time.
As the next legislature selects the
successor of United States Senator }.
B. Foraker he is considered the leader
of the coming campaign and much in
terest was taken today in his keynote
speech as temporary chairman of the
convention.
It is understood that the committee
on permanent organization will tonight
select Senator Hanna to preside over
the convention tomorrow when he viii
address the convention. While the plat
form will endorse the adrn1n1StraI ton OF
President Mckinley and Governor Nash
strongly, it is stated that Senators For
aker and Hanna will be consulted on
the declarations on national issues and
Governor Nash on state issues The
only issue causing any difference of
opinion is that of local option
The forenoon was spent in conferences
over the temperance issue which in
cIudes the question of the denomination
of Lieutenant Governor Caldwell as we'll
as the form of one of the planks In the
platform There is also some agitation
over the form of the resolution endors-
ing the reelection of Senator Foraker.
The delegates met at p. m by con-
gressional districts to select members of
the committees on credentials, rules and
order of business, etc, which will be re-
ported to the convention when it con-
venes at .. m.