The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-03
BrOO<ed No Opposition to His Plans
and Captured Everything in
Sight at Sanduslxy.
HE DIDN'T GIVE QUARTER
WHEN HE FOUND JOHN r.. M'LEAN's
MEN STUBBORN.
Has the Central Committee, and His
Platform VIII BE Adopted by the
Convention To-Day.

SANDUSKY, o., Sept. 2.-Mayor Tom L.
Johnson. of Cleveland, won a decisive VIC
tory to-day in the preliminary meetings of
the Democratic State convention which
meets here tomorrow. Ever since he was
selected as chairman of the convention by
the State central committee 1t has been
the general opinion that this occasion
would be the initial public opening of his
candidacy for the next Democratic nominal
ton 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 tonight by
congressional districts for the selection OF
officers and members Of the various COM
mittees. Committees of the convention, the
committee on credentials, permanent Or
ganization and rules and order Of bust
ness 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 members of the committee
ON resolutions and members of new State
central committee and in some districts
these contests were closer and more bitter
than expected. The Johnson forces Sc
cured fourteen of the twenty-one State
committeeman with the three contested OPP
ponents pending and a greater proportion
of those on the committee on resolutions.
The Johnson men during the day made no
concessions and in some cases gave no
quarter" to their opponents. This caused
the minorities of the two committees named
at first to fight. but the fighting was soon
over. When the roll of the committee on
the First, Third and Eleventh districts OPP
posed the Endorsement of Bryan and the
Kansas City platform and other Johnson
planks, but the Johnson platform finally
carried without changes and will be re-
ported to the convention tomorrow and
adopted without any minority report or
other obstruction as had been threatened
earlier in the eveneing 1T has been GUS
tomary always first to appoint subcom-
mittee of three or five to draft platform
and report the same to the full committee,
as Mayor Johnson handed the full COM
mittee his draft and the full committee
soon completed its work.
The tactics of the Johnson men in giving
no quarter was shown most clearly in the
organization tonight of the new state CEN
trail committee. Contests were made on
three members. as follows: By Prescott
Smith on Lewis G. Bernard, in the First;
by j. K. McClung on Capt NJ. HUT, in the
Tenth, and by c. c. Philbrick on f. j.
Heer, in the Twelfth district. 1t was urged
on the Johnson men that Bernard, HUT
and Heer had the credentials duly signed
by the chairman and secretaries of their
respective districts and that such contests
for committee membership were almost
without precedent, but all appeals for con-
Citation in the interest of harmony failed,
and the new committee spent the night in
hearing these contests, both sides fighting
with unusual persistence and bitterness.
The platform as it came from Mayor
Johnson was agreed to tonight by vote
of 16 to of the committee on resolutions.
until it is adopted tomorrow by the con-
vention. The resolutions are fully in &C
cord with the views of Mayor Johnson on
both national and state issues. They favor
home rule the cardinal principle, and
the federal plan as secondary, and de-
nounce what is called municipal govern
ment by boards" They also denounce the
proposition of perpetual franchises and
favor such charters subject to popular vote.
In national affairs the last national plat
dorsed, and what is considered as a spe-
cial thrust at John r. Mclean is incor-
porated in a resolution for the election OF
United States Senators by direct vote OF
amendment for the election of senators can
be secured, it shall be the policy of the
Democratic party in Ohio to indorse al
State conventions the candidates of the
party to be voted for at the next legis-
lative election of senator.
The ovations at Johnson's headquarters
continued. The delegates called in greater
numbers than ever after the results of the
evening meetings became known. johnson
repeatedly refused to respond to serenades
saying that he wanted to save his voice fol
the convention. In the same hotel were
j. l.. Zimmerman, of Springfield; Charles
| w. Baker, of Cincinnati; Charles w. Has
| kell, of ottawa; Gen. A. Sanders Plat,
| and other candidates for the Democratic
| nomination for Governor next year, but
| none of them had large crowds about theil
| quarters and none of them were called Out
| for speeches. The call for everything was
| on Johnson"