Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-24
AGAINST REAL THING
Tom johnson Has the Fight
of His Life in Ohio.
CLARK FOR SENATOR
CALVIN BRIcE's OLD ENEMY MAY
BE INDoRsED.
Bookwalter Withdraws From Contest
Ingalls, acknowledgements
Meets Tomorrow.
CLARK FOR SENATOR
Special Dispatch to The Evening sta,.

| race ior nomination for United States SEN
ator on the eve Of the convention has badly
| demofalized Mayor Tom L. Johnson's
forces and sent Zimmerman stock kiting
to the top. Yet many disinterested poll
| tfcians who have been predicting that John
son would win are still of the opinion that
he and his associates are by far the most
| resourceful politicians engaged in the fight,
and they expect that when he lands after
this disaster he will be catlke on his feet.
Many Guesses.
Guesses Of all kinds are being made as to
the real cause Of Bookwalter's withdrawal
Politicians do not agree on this, but they
are agreed on the proposition that for
Bookwalter to desert johnson at the last
| moment was an act of bad faith, the eff
| feet II not the purpose. being to leave
| Mayor Johnsons forces badly demoralized
j on the eve Of the fight. The talk about
Johnson taking John H. Clark as q candi-
date in place of Bookwalter is taken with
a great deal of salt. Harvey C. CARRIER.
| who stood sponsor for the Bookwalter
| boom, said when the substitution of Clark
| for Bookwalter was suggested, Il am not
| sure about that"
Are Not Together.
| Clark and johnson are not together on
| any of the peculiar views that johnson
stands for. Clark is not free silver man.
He was gold democrat in 1896. but. as for
| that. none of the democrats whose names
are now mentioned for the senatorship are
| for free silver. Even Allen w. Thurman,
| who was a radical silver man. is now
claiming that silver cannot now be an
| issue.
| The most likely turn in the senatorial
| situation now is to President Ingalls, who,
| though he was gold democrat in 1896,
has broken with the Mclean democrats as
| the result Of the defeat for mayor in Gin
| cinnat last spring. and has held several
| conferences since then with Bryan and
| Johnson
The Bookwalter withdrawal has added
| several unknown quantities to the already
perplexing problem of the convention to-
morrow.
CLARK May Be Taken Up.
Among the friends Of johnson there
seems to be an indication that John II.
Clark Of Cleveland will now be taken up
| by Johnson as his candidate for the Sen
ate. Clark would take the nomination no
doubt. but he cannot be induced to change
| his views to get It.
| He is fearless fighter and will not sur
| render his principles and views for any
consideration. He is a lawyer now OF
Cleveland. but formerly practiced at
! Youngstown He came into national no.
| toriety twelve years ago by speech de-
livered in a democratic state convention
| denouncng Senator Calvin 8. Brice.
| He was alone in the fight, and the con-
| vention indorsed Brice, but 1t listened to
| q moss eloquent and scathing criticism of
the politician methods of the senator. Sem
| ator Brice was in the hall and made no
| reply.
Defeat Even Though Nominated.
| The question now is will Clark take the
nomination and not demand that free
| silver be cut out. If the Kansas City and
Chicago platforms are not indorsed 1t will
| be a defeat for johnson. even though he
sh ho oi,,af tod for ha
started out to secure Endorsement of those
platforms and only became q candidate for
governor when ID seemed necessary to do
SO in order to control the convention
Ingalls, Has Reconsidered.
w. p. Huntington. the Zimmerman man
ager, who was ready to concede Sunday
that twenty-five votes either way would
settle the fight between Johnson and Zim-
| norman for the governorship, will make
no concession today.
The withdrawal Of Bookwalter seems to
have come as a surprise to him. And the
story that it resulted from old friendship
between Bookwalter and Zimmerman, tha
latter requesting Bookwalter to resign.
does not seem probable for this reason.
1t is suggested here that Mr.. ingalls, may
have had something to do with 1t. 1t is
said at least that he was privy to 1t. This
may have caused him to change his atti-
tude toward the convention.
In an autograph letter from him received
here last Wednesday Mr.. Ingalls, said that
he was SO busy that he would probably not
attend the state convention
1t is now announced that he will attend
and bring the Hamilton county delegation
as his guests.
Depends on Contested Seats.
By Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. August 24-Prominent
democrats are in conference here today pre-
paratory to the democratic state convention
Of tomorrow and next day.
For weeks there has been a contest of un-
usual intensity in the eighty-eight counties
between Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and
John L. Zimmerman of Springfield for the
gubernatorial nomination to secure dele
gates.
Beth come here claiming a majority of
the $50 delegates. Both base their claims
on securing the 145 delegates whose seats
are contested.
These contests will be settled tomorrow,
and all the preliminary agitation is over
the organization of the convention
CLARK Is RECEPTIVE.