Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-27
BUCKEYE DEMOCRATS
In State Convention at Column
bus Nominate Candidates
by Acclamation.
TOM |. JOHNSON FOR GOVERNOR
Zimmerman Faction Puts Up Strong
Fisht-cIarke Meets Considerable
Opposition for senatorship-With
Bryan on National Issues.

son program was carried out COM
pletely in the Democratic state con.
yention. Every nomination on the
state ticket, including Mayor Tom L.
Johnson for governor, was made by
reclamation. Even after the chair an
nounced that the name OF Mayor John
son was the only one before the con-
vention for governor there were some
dissenting Zimmerman votes on the
motion to make the nomination unan-
imous, but the Zimmerman support
ers subsidized after the selections for
goyernag and senator we're made.
The fo9owing ticket was nominated:
The Ticket.
Governor-Tom T. Johnson, of Cleve-
land
Lieutenant Governor - Frank b.
Niles, of Toledo.
Attorney General-Franll s. Mon.
nett, of Columbus.
State Treasurer-V. J. Dahl, of
Washington Court House.
Auditor-Charles A. Kloeb, of Wap.
akoneta.
Commissioner of Schools. H. Sc
erist. of Ottawa
Member Of Board of Public Works
w B. Jones, of Ironton.
Supreme JUDGE J. Dempsey, oil
Cincinnati
John II. Clarke, of Cleveland, was
endorsed for United States senator.
The opposition by various obstruc.
ton movements kept the convention
il continuous session for about seven
hours. While minority reports were
presented from the committees the
only fight that worried the Johnson
managers was on the senatorship. The
only ballots forced on the dominant
element were in that contest The
minority report on rules and order OF
business, which was intended to omit
the endorsement of a senatorial can
didate, was defeated by a vote of 211
ayes to 44S nays, which was consid.
cred test vote between Johnson and
Zimmerman, after all the contested
seats had been decided in favor Of the
former.
~NifSOn FOIACS GINi0SUs
On naming the candidate for sena-
tor the Johnson supporters were di-
yided among themselves, Mayor John
son and former Congressman John J.
Lentz have been very close personally
and politically for years, but an al
most intensely bitter feeling existed
between them, at least on the part OF
Lentz, who openly accused Johnson
with favoring for senator a man who
had voted against Bryan. thinner.
man men had intended voting for
Clarke, the Johnson candidate for sen
ator, as they said he represented their
conservative views, but when Lent2
opened fight on Johnson on the SEN
atorial candidate the opposition re.
sumed its obstructive tactics and
voted for Lentz for senator, thus driv.
Ing the Johnson faction to the second
ballot
John H. Clarke, who will canvass
the state with Mayor Johnson and
other Democratic committees. has
been prominent attorney at Youngs
town for many years, but now he is
located in Cleveland, which city has
four prominent candidates, Republican
as well as the Democratic, for senator
and governor.
Clarke Active in Convention.
Next to the commanding presence
OF Johnson was the part of Clarke in
the convention. He made two master
~ speeches, one presenting the name
of Johnson and the other in accepting
the senatorial nomination Mr.. Clarke
intimated that he would ask Senator
| Hanna for joint debates during the
campaign
With the single exception of sena-
torial endorsement the Johnson men
controlled the convention. The con
yention was as distinctly with Bryan
en- national as with Johnson on state
issues The speeches of both Tempo
rary Chairman Saltzgaber and Perma
| nent Chairman Cooke insisted that il
the Democratic party is to change its
policy to suit the times, the change
must be made by the friends of the
party and not by its enemies"
The result of the convention leaves
the state committee Is to in the
hands of the Bryan-Johnson element
for next year, when delegates to the
Democratic national convention are to
| be selected.