The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-27
ALL ALONG The LINE
JOHNSON WON IN OHIO DEMO-
CRATIC CONVENTION.
HE HEADS STATE TICKET.
JOHN II. CLARKE INDORSED FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR.

Whole Ticket Nominated by AccIa-
matiOn-Zimmerma Men Pre-
scented Minority Reports and Made
Fight ON Clarke, but Accom-
plished NOthing-Lcntz and john
son Fall Out About CIarke-CIarke
May Ask Hanna for Joint De-
bRtes-Last National Democratic
Platform Endorsed.
Columbus. O., Aug 26.-The Johnson
programme was carried out completely
to-day in the Democratic State Con-
vention. Although the opposition OBJ
structed the proceedings with minority
reports for some hours. the name of
John L. Zimmerman of Springfield was
not presented for the gubernatorial
nomination, and every nomination on
the state ticket, including Mayor Tom
L. Johnson for Governor, was made by
reclamation.
Even after the chair announced that
the name of Mayor johnson was the
only one before the convention for Gov
ernor there were some dissenting Zim-
norman votes on the motion to make
the nomination unanimous, but the
Zimmerman supporters subsidized after
the selections for Governor and sena-
tor were made.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor-Tom L. Johnson of Cleve-
land.
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of Toledo.
Attorney General-Frank S. Monnett
of Columbus.
State Treasurer-V. ]. Dahl of Wash
ington Court House.
Auditor-Charles A. Kloebe of Wapo-
nekta.
Commissioner of Schools-J. E. Sc
crist of Ottawa.
Member of Board of Public Works
w. B. Jones of Ironton.
Supreme Judge-E ]. Dempsey of
Cincinnati
John ii. Clarke of Cleveland was
Endorsed for United States senator.
zimmerman Men Fight.
The opposition by various obstruc-
in continuous session for about seven
hours. While minority reports were
presented from the committees the on
ly light that worried the Johnson man.
ayers was on the senatorship. The
only ballots forced on the dominant
element were in that contest
The minority report on rules and or
der of business, which was intended to
omit the Endorsement of a senatorial
a r16idnfn Harac fal ktr .
211 ayes to 44S nays, which was con-
sidered test vote between Johnson
and Zimmerman, after all the contest
ed seats had been decidd in favor of
the former.
On naming the candidate for senator,
the Johnson supporters were divided
among themselves. Mayor Johnson
and Congressman John j. Lentz
have been very close personally and
politically for years, but a most in
tensey bitter feeling existed between
them to-day, at least on the part of
LentZ, who openly accused Johnson
with favoring for senator man who
had voted against Bryan.
Obstruction Tactics.
Zimmerman men had intended voting
for Clarke. the Johnson candidate tor
senator, as they said he represented
their conservative views. but when
Lentz opened fight on Johnson on the
senatorial candidate, the opposition re-
sumed it's obstructive tactics and voted
for LentZ for senator, thus driving the
johnson faction to the second ballot.
After the first ballot, which resulted
Clarke, 1886; Lentz, 222, Saltzgaber, 1875:
Baker, II, and Russell, 4, the Johnson
men made a terrific effort on the floor
of the convention to name Clarke on
the second ballot. They succeeded, the
second ballot resulting, Clarke, 395;
Lentz 205: Saltzgaber, 81. Clarke Was
declared the nomiEee. The Saltzgaber
vote represented the untra-silver men
who were the most ardent supporters of
johnson, but who said they would sup
port no man who had voted against
BRIAN.
NJ E. ingalls, of Cincinnati had been
Endorsed by the Hamilton county dele
cation for senator. and was the choice
of the Zimmerman men, but Insalls
and the unseated Hamilton county del
egates, although IN the city, did not
attend the convention.
John H. Clarke, who will canvass the
state with Mayor Johnson and other
Democratic committees. has been a
prominent attorney at Youngstown for
many years. but now he is located In
Cleveland, which city has four proIni-
nent candidates, the Republican as we'll
as the Democratic candidates for soma
tor and governor.
Next to the commanding presence of
johnson, was the part of Clarke in the
convention. He made two mastery
speeches, one presenting the name of
johnson and the other in accepting the
senatorial nomination. Mr.. Clarke in
timated that he would ask Senator
Hanna for joint debates during the
campaign.
With the single exception of senate
rial Endorsement, the Johnson men con-
trolled. the convention to-day as firm
ly as district and committee meetings
yesterday. The convention was as dis
tinctly with Bryan on national as with
Johnson on state issues.
The speeches of both Temporary
Chairman Saltzgaber and Permanent
Chairman Joe Keine insisted that II
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 it's enemies"
Hon. G. NJ. Saltzga Der, the temporary
chairman. said in part:
We raised the banners which shall
have inscribed upon them War
against tariff iniquities,' and Republic
cans who love honor and justice will
fight with us and for us. Three-ffths
Of the voters Of Ohio are honestly op-
posed to a continuation of the wicked
faVors granted to benehciaries under
tariff laws. Those laws are diametri-
cally and everlastingly opposed to the
Democratic doctrlne-to the cherished
American doctrine-of equal rights
Convince the people that you are in
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