The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-27
JOHNSON NAMED
BY ACCLAMAT|0N,
Long and Stormy Session Precedes
Test Vote Between Rival Dem
ocratic Forces in Ohio.
CLARKE SELECTED FOR SENATE
Element Favorable to W. J. Bryan
Controls Machinery for Sc
lecting Delegates to the
National Convention.

Columbus. o.. Aug. 2s.-The Democratic
State Convention met here to-day and nom
mated the following ticket:
Governor-ToM L. JOHNSON of Cleveland
Lieutenant Governor-FRANK r. NILES o
Toledo
Supreme JudEe-EpwARD ]. DEMPSEY o
Cincinnati
Attorney General-FRANK 8. MoNETT of Co
lumbus.
w sTss.a5s. of s'a'e-cHARLEs A KroEBE %
School COMMISSIONER. H. SDcREsT of OF.
tawa
Member of Board of Public works-T. H. B
JONES OF Ironton.
United States Senator-JoHN H. CLARKE OF
Cleveland
The johnson programme was carried out
completely
After the opposition INSTRUCTED the pro-
ceedings with minority reports for some
hours the name of John l.. Zimmerman of
Springfield was presented for the gu
bernatorial nomination. and then every
nomination on the State ticket was made
by reclamation without opposition.
Even after the chair announced that the
name of Tom L. johnson was the only
one before the convention for Governor,
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votes on the motion TO make the nominal
ton unanimous. but the Zimmerman men
quit after the selections for Governor and
Senator were made.
OPPOSITION STUBBORN.
Still the opposition by various obstructive
movements kept the convention in continu-
Gus 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 busi-
ness. which was intended to omit the in
oorsement OF senatorial candidate, was
and that was considered q, test vote between
johnson and Zimmerman, after all the con-
tested seats had been decided in favor Of
the former.
On naming the man for Senator, the john
son men were divided among themselves.
Mayor johnson and ex-Congressman Lentz
nave been very close personally and polit-
ter feeling existed between them to-day, at
least on the part of Lentz, who openly ac-
cused johnson Of favoring for Senator
man who had voted against W. ]. Bryan.
The Zimmerman men had intended voting
Tor Clarke. the johnson candidate for Sem
ator as. they said, he represented conserva-
tive views. but when Lentz opened fight
on johnson on the senatorial candidate, the
zimmerman men resumed their obstructive
tactics and voted for Lentz for Senator.
thus driving the johnson men to the second
After the first ballot, which . resulted
Clarke 235. Lentz 222. Saftzgaber 13. Baker
u and Russell : the johnson men made
to name Clarke on the second ballot.
ULTRA-sILvER MEN.
Tho vote for saltzsaber represented the
ultra silver men. who were the most ARGENT
supporters Of johnson. but who said they
would support no man who had voted
against W. ]. Bryan
Before the second ballot on the, sena-
toIiai candidate was completed the dele
such fighting that the convention could not
proceed with its business. 49,
Some of the delegates who had been in
freshments. and 1t was charged that bogus
worked themselves into the va
c cian; whereupon others undertook to
the absentees was Harland Cleveland
chairman of the Hamilton County delega-
q ana nearly al those present assumed
to take his place. The delegation was finally
polled. and even then the vote was dis
puted.
NJ. e. ingalls, Of Cincinnati had been in
Tor Senator. and was the choice OF the
zimmerman men. but ingalls, and the un-
seated Hamilton County delegates, although
John 81. Clarke. who will canvass the
state with Mayor johnson and other Demo-
cratic candidates. has been prominent
but he is now located in Cleveland. which
city has four prominent candidates. the Re-
publican az well as the Democratic candi-
aaIes tor senator and Governor.
TO MEET HANNA.
Next to the commanding presence of
Johnson was the part of Clarke in the con-
vention. He made two mastery speeches.
one presenting the name of johnson and
the other in accepting the senatorial nom
nation "eoiioi "on-
After the convention many delegates said
~ nrst speech nominated Clarke as well as
mated that he would ask Senator Hanna
Ior Joint debates during the campaign. and
nat nt. fagsed great de@onstration:
1-9nning mate Of johnson for Lieutenant
me wf discussion ,ss oIno 81 pending issues
al Endorsement, the johnson men controiied
the convention to-day as firmly as the l1,s.
erict and committee meetings yesterday.
The convention was as distinctly with w +
Bryan on national, as with johnson on
State issues. The speeches of both temper
Try Chairman Saltzgaber and Permanent
j. IL Cooke. insisted that the
suit the times. The change must be made
by the friends Of the party and not by its
The result Of the convention leave. +ha
party organization IS to in the hands nf
The Bryan-Johnson element for next years
when delegates to the Demo-
cratic National Convention are to be se-
ected.
The only reference to national issues in
he platform follows:
Assembled in convention at Columbus
preparatory to the State election Of 1907
ve. the Democrats Of Ohio, reaffirminp the
leclaration Of national issues. of our plat
orm Of 1902, adopted at Sandusky, hereby
'enew our allegiance to the Democratic
,arty OF the nation, and again avow our
ieyotion to the principles Of its last ma
ionai platform. We accordingly condemn
,olonialism and imperialism. denounce
rusts and trust-fostering tariffs, repudiate
government by Injunction and oppose finan-
ial monopoly. together with every other
egalized monopoly and legalized privilege.
Adhering to these principles of the Kansas
Stty platform, We repeat our condemnat ion
4 all efforts to renounce orignore them"