The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-09-04
MAYOR o. CLEVELAND WILL RUN
THE OHIO DEMOCRATIC r.
CONVENTION.
BOOM FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Ever Since His. Selection as Chair
man Of the Convention 1t Has Recn
the General Opinion That This Oc.
- casion Would Be Made the Initial
Opening Of His Candidacy 70: the
= Next Nomination,

;T> Sandusky, o., Sept. 3.-Mayor TON
L. Johnson of Cleveland, won a de-
cisive victory during the day in the
preliminary meetings Of the Demo
cratic state convention. Ever since
he was selected as chairman of the
convention by the state central COM
mittee it has been the general opinion
that this occasion would be made the
initial public opening of his candidacy
for the next Democratic nomination
for the presidency. In that respect
his success has been phenomenal
No Ohio candidate for the presidency
ever had more unanimity of sentiment
in his favor among the delegates at
state convention than was shown at
the meetings by congressional dis
tricts for the selection of officers and
members of the various committees.
Committees of the convention, the
committee On credentials, permanent
organization and rules and order of
business, are almost unanimously with
him for anything he wants. One of
them gave him the double honor at
once of agreeing on a report to make
permanent the temporary organization
OF the convention. The Johnson men
were opposed only in the selection of
the committee on resolutions and
members of the committee on resolu-
tons and members of the new. state
central committee and in some dis
tricts these contests were closer and
more bitter than expected The John
son men secured fourteen of the TWEEN
ty-one state committeeman, with three
contested opponents pending ard
greater proportion of those on the
committee on resolutions.
The Johnson men during the day
made no concessions and in some
"Gave no Quarter"
to their opponents. This caused the
minorities on the two committees
named at first to fight, but the fighting
was soon over. When the roll of the
committee on resolutions was called
the members from the First, Third and
Eleventh districts opposed the en-
dorsement of Bryan and the Kansas
City platform and other Johnson
planks, but the Johnson platform fin
ally carried without changes and will
be so reported to the convention and
adopted without any minority report
or other obstruction as had been
threatened earlier in the evening. It
has been customary always first to
appoint subcommittee of three or
five to draft platform and report
the same to the full committee, but
that was found not necessary as
Mayor Johnson handed the full COM
mittee his draft" and the full COM
mittee soon completed it's work.
The delegates called in greater num-
bers than ever after the result of the
evening meetings became known.
Johnson repeatedly refused to respond
to serenades, saying that he wanted to
save his voice for the convention
The platform as it came from Mayor
Johnson was agreed to by vote of
16 to 5 of the committee on resolu-
tons, but it will not be given out for
publication until it is adopted by the
convention.
The resolutions are fully in accord
with the views of Mayor Johnson on
both national and state issues.