The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-28
OHIO DEMOCRATS SELECT THE
MAYOR OF CLEVELAND AS
STANDARD BEARER.
BRYAN's POLICY ENDORSED
ENDORSEMENT OF A SENATORIAL
CANDIDATE FOLLOWS A PRO-
6TRAcTED STRUGGLE.

Columbus, O., Aug. 27.-TOm l..
Johnson's programme was carried
out Wednesday in the Democratic
state convention with little opposition
except as to endorsement Of a man for
United States senator. A minority
platform that did not endorse the Chi
cago Or Kansas City platform was lost
by more than 2 to l.. Bryan's national
policy predominated as much as did
Johnson's state IDEAS. The minority
fought against Johnson and what they
called Socialism for several hours, but
the name of John l.. Zimmerman Of
Springfield was not presented for the
gubernatorial nomination, while every
nomination on the state ticket was
made by reclamation, although after
it was announced that the name Of
Tom l.. Johnson was the only n be-
fore the convention for governor.
there were some dissenting thinner
ma votes on the resolution to make
the nomination unanimous. But ,Zini-
mcrman's supporters quit after the
nominations for governor and senator
had been made. Still the opposition
by dilatory tactics kept the convention
49, " ~ SAA \ " - .
is the state ticket in full:
Tom /. johnson for Governor.
Governor, Tom l.. Johnson, Cleve.
land; lieutenant governor, Frank B.
Niles, Toledo; supreme judge, Edward
j. Dempsey. CINCINNATI; attorney gen.
eral, Frank S. Monnet, Columbus;
treasurer. v. J.. Dahl, Washington
Courthouse; auditor, Charles A. Kloebe.
Wapakonetta; school commissioner, j.
H. Secrest, Ottawa; member of board
of public works, T. H. B. Jones. Oron-
ton; United States senator (indorsed).
John H. Clarke, Cleveland.
While minority reports were made
from the committees, the only fight
that worried the Johnson managers
was the s%enatorship. The only ballots
forced on the dominant element We're
In that contest. The minority report
on rules and order of business, which
was intended to omit the endorsement
of a senatorial candidate, was defeat.
ed by a vote of 211 yes to 446 nays,
and that was considered a test vote be.
tween Johnson and Zimmerman after
all the contested seats had been de.
cided in favor of the former.
On naming a man for senator John
sons supporters We're divided. Mayor
Johnson and Former Congressman
Lentz have been close personally and
politically for years, but an intensely
bitter feeling existed between them
Wednesday,. Lentz openly accused
Johnson with favoring for senator a
man who had
Voted Against Bryan.
The Zimmerman men had intended to
! vote for Clarke, the Johnson candidate
for senator, as they said he represent.
ed their conservative views, but when
Lentz opened a fight On Johnson or
the senatorial candidate, Zimmerman's
friends voted for Lentz for senator.
thus driving Johnson's supporters tl
the second ballot. After the first bal
lot. which resulted Clarke 1876. Lent2
222, ~Saltzgaber 1875, Baker II and
Russell 4. Johnson's followers made all
effort to name Clarke on the second
ballot. The vote for S~altzgaber repre-.
sentea the ultra silver men who were
ardent supporters of Johnson. But
they would support no man who had
voted against Bryan.
M. E. Ingalls of Cincinnati had been
Endorsed by the Hamilton county dele,
cation, for senator and was the choice
of the Zimmerman faction, but In.
gals and the unseated Hamilton coun.
ty delegates, although in Columbus
did not attend the convention.
The speeches of Temporary Chair
mar S~altzgaber and of Permanent
Chairman J. H. Cooke insisted that
if the Democratic party were to change
its policy to suit the times the change
must be made by friends of the party
and not by enemies. The result of the
convention leaves the state commit,
tee l9 to 8 in the hands of the Bryan
and Johnson adherents until next year
when delegates to the Democratic ma.
tional convention are to be selected.
YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO.