The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-27
Mayor of Cleveland Nominated For Governor by
ACClamaton in State Convention
John Clarke Named For United States SenatO-Later Will
Challenge Hanna to Debate

OOLUMBUs, Ohio, Aug. 26.-Ths
Democratic state convention met
here today and nominated the
above ticket.
The Johnson programme was carried
out completely. After the opposition
had INSTRUCTED the proceedings with
minority reports for some hours the
name OF John l.. Zimmerman of Spring
field was not presented for the guber-
material nomination and then every
nomination on the state ticket was
made by reclamation without oppOsi-
ton. Even after the chair announced
that the name OF Tom L. Johnson was
the only one before the convention for
governor, there were some dissenting
Zimmerman votes on the motion TO
make the nomination unanimous, but
the Zimmerman men quit after the
selections for governor and senator
were made. Still the opposition, by
various obstructive movements, kept
the convention in continuous session
for about seven hours.
Vote on Senatorship.
While the minority reports were pre-
Fented from the committees the only
fight that worried the Johnson man
ayers was on the senatOrshiD. The only
ballots forced on the dominant element
were in that contest. The minority re-
port on rules and order Of business.
which was intended to omit the en-
dorsemeut of a sena tOrial candidate.
was defeated by a vote OF 211 yeas to
as nays and that was considered a test
vote between Johnson and thinner
man after all the contested seats had
been decided in favor OF the former.
on naming the man for senator the
Johnson men were divided among
themselves. Mayor Johnson and eX-Con-
gresham Lentz have been very close
personally and politically FOR years,
but a EsOst intensely bitter feeling eX-
listed between them today. at least on
the part of Lentz. who openly accused
Johnson Of favoTing for senator a man
who had voted against Bryan. The
Zimmerman men had intended voting
for Clarke. the Johnson candidate for
senator, as they said he represented
their conservative views. but when
Lentz opened a 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
ballot
Clarke Got In.
After the first ballot. which resulted:
Clarke. 335: Lentz 222: Saltzgaber. 125:
Baker. II. and Russell IA. the Johnson
men made a terrific effort on the floor
OF the convention to name Clarke on
the second ballot The vote for Saltz-
Eaber represented the ultra silver men,
who were the most ardent supporters
OF Johnson, but who said they would
support no man who had voted against
Bryan. NJ. r. Ingalls, OF Cincinnati had
been endorsed by the Hamilton county
delegation for senator and was the
choice of the Zimmerman men. but
ingalls, and the unseated Hamilton
county delegates. although in the city,
did not attend the convention.
John Fl Clarke. who will canvass
the state with Mayor Johnson and
other Democratic candidates. has been
q prominent attorney at Youngstown
for many years. but he is now located
I'm Cleveland. which city has four prom
inent candidates-the Republican as
we'll as the Democratic candidates for
senator and governor. Next to the COM
handing presence OF Johnson was the
part of Clarke i'm the convention. He
made two mastery speeches, one pre-