Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-27
JOHNSON WHOLE THING
CARRIED HIS ENTIRE SLATE AT
COLUMBUS.
Clarke Nominated for Senator-Lentz
Baked and Was Badly
Beaten.

The nomination Of Tom L. johnson for
governor was announced in The Star last
evening. It was made by the democratic
state convention at Columbus by acclama-
ton.
Dispatches received from Columbus state
that after the chair announced that the
name of Mayor Johnson was the only one
before the convention for governor there
were some dissenting Zimmerman votes on
the motion to make the nomination unani-
nous.
But the Zimmerman supporters subsidized
after the selections for governor and SEN
ator were made. The following were the
remaining nominations:
United States senator-John H. Clarke.
Lieutenant governor-Frank B, Niles of
Toledo.
Attorney general-Frank s. Monnett of
Columbus.
States treasurer-v. ]. Dahl Of Washing
ton Court House.
Auditor-Charles A. Kloebe of Waponekta.
Commissioner Of schools. E. Secrist of
Ottawa.
Member Of board Of public works-W. B.
Jones of Ironton.
Supreme judge. J. Dempsey of Gin
cinnati.
Vote on Committees.
were presented
from the committees, the only fight that
worried the johnson managers was on the
senatorsh1p. 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 candida te
was defeated by a vote Of 211 ayes to 448
nays, which was considered test vote be-
tween johnson and Zimmerman, after all
the contested seats had been decided in
FAVOR of the former
On naming the candidate for senator tho
Johnson supporters were divided among
themselves Mayor Johnson and ex-Repre-
sentative John ]. Lentz have been very
close, personally and politically, for wears.
put most intensely bitter feeling existed
between them, Lentz openly accusing John-
son with favoring for senate a man who
had voted against Bryan.
Three Rivals for Senator.
Zimmerman men had intended voting for
Clarke, the johnson candidate for senator.
as they said he represented their conserva-
tive views; but when Lentz opened a fight
on Johnson on the senatorial candidate the
opposition resumed it's obstructive tactics
and voted for Lentz for senator. thus
dr1ving the johnson faction to the second
ballot. After the first ballot, which re-
suited. Clarke. 1886; Lentz, 222; Saltzgaber.
I'D; Baker, H. and Russell, 4, the johnson
men made terrific effort on the floor Of
the convention to name Clarke on the sec
ond ballot
uitra-silver men, who were the most ar
dent supporters of johnson, but who said
they would support no man who had voted
against Bryan
M. -. ingalls, Of Cincinnati had been In
dorsed by the Hamilton county delega ton
FOR senator, and was the choice of the Tim
norman men, but Ingalls, and the I,nsea fed
Hamilton county delegates, although in the
city. did not attend the convention.
Clarke Will Canvass.
John H. Clarke, who will canvass the
state with Mayor Johnson and other demo-
cratic candidates. has been a prominent
attorney at Youngstown for many years
but is now located in Cleveland, which city
has the republicans as we'll as the demo-
cratic candidates for senator and governor
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 nomi-
nation. Mr.. Clarke intimated that he would
ask Senator Hanna for Joint debates dur
ing the campaign.
johnson in the Saddle.
With the single exception of senatorial
Endorsement, the johnson men controlled.
The convention was as distinctly with
Bryan on national as with johnson on state
issues.
The speeches Of both Temporary Chair
man Saltzgaber and Permanent Chairman
Cooke insisted that If the democratic parry
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 3 In the hands of the
Bryan-Johnson element for next year, when
delegates to the democratic national con-
vention are to be selected.