The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-27
REPUBLICANS OF OHIO
THEY WILL MEET IN CONVENTION AT
CLEVELAND TODAY.
Leaders Busy Last Night Arranging
the PlatfOrm-Dress Parade of
Would-Be Governors.

CLEVELAND May 26.-With the ex-
ception of Senator Foraker the Ohio Re
publican leaders are all here for the state
convention, which convenes tomorrow.
Governor Nash. the temporary chairman.
General Grosvenor, the prospective perma-
nent chairman. Chairman Dick, of the
state executive committee, and other con-
gressmen and leaders spent the evening at
the residence of Senator Hanna consider
ing disputed planks in the platform. There
are different forms of resolutions on Cuban
reciprocity, the trusts and the tariff, but
there are no great marked differences of
opinion even on these declarations. 1t is
proposed to oppose all trusts that fix prices
against consumers, but not TO oppose such
combinations as save expenses in produc-
ton. These insisting on a reduction of
the tariff on industries that they claim no
longer need protection do not want to go
further than TO recommend such reduc-
tons as Congress may see fit to make
without specifying where or how Congress
should reduce the same. Cuban reciproc-
ity is the most disputed point before the
platform makers.
The feature of the day has been the dress
parade of candidates for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination next year To-
night there are many here who are candi-
dates for minor places on the ticket next
year. when a full ticket will be named and
the nominations then will have a material
effect on the selection of the successor TO
Senator Hanna in the Senate. we'll on
the selection of delegates to the next Re-
publican national convention. Next year
members of the Legislature that choose the
successor of Mr.. Hanna are elected with a
full state ticket, and one of the purposes of
the leaders this year is 10 secure the con-
troll of the party machinery for the impor-
tant state contest of 1903 and for the presi-
Dental election OF 1904
The Hanna men claim tonight that they
will secure at the district meetings to-
morrow eighteen out of the twenty-one
members of the state central committee.
Ex-Governor Bushnell and others. who have
not been very active in conventions for the
past few years are here taking an active
part for candidates for Supreme Judge food
commissioner and member of the Board Of
Public Works. and all are talking about the
outlook for the two subsequent years. Much
OF this comment is for Hanna TO succeed
himself next year and for President the
following year.
There is no opposition to the renomina-
ton OF Secretary OF State Laylin for a
second term Among the candidat ties for the
other three nominations are:
Supreme Judge-W. B. Crew, McConnells-
Vile: J. NJ. Wood, Athens; George l..
Phillips. Cleveland A. y. Summer. Spring
field: w. .. Henderson Columbus MyrOn
A Norris. Youngstown; W. S. Savage,
Wellington. and J. l.. Burrows, gainesville.
Food and Dairy Commissioner-Andrew
G. Comings. Oberlin: Fred w Herbst, Co
/ lumbuS; Horace AuEeney, Xenia. Herman
H. Berghegger. Cincinnati: NJ NJ Bridge.
Columbus: Lynas h. Kaufman. Columbus:
Edward r. Tyler, Fremont; Edward Ball,
Cleveland.
BOARD of Public Works-Frank ]. McCol-
loch. Bellefontaine; William Kirley, Def
ance; William j. Mclean. Sidney; John
] O'Conner. Dayton.