The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-26


the committee for a quarter of a century, is
also slated to go after the permanent or
ganization is perfected tomorrow.
THE COMMITTEES.
The new State central committee and the
resolutions committee are as follows:
State Committee-First district, Louis G.
Bernard; Prescott Smith (Bigelow); Second,
low; Third, Theodore II. Lienesch; Fifth,
A. p. Sandles; Sixth, II. A. Rice; Seventh,
w. s. Thomas: Eighth. w. /. Findlay;
Ninth, w. Gordon; Tenth, ]. X. McClurg;
Eleventh. j. A. Devine; Twelfth. C.. c.
Phibrck; Thirteenth. N. X. Guthrie;
Fourteenth, w. G. Beebe; Fifteenth, c.
teenth, ]. b. Clahane; Eighteenth, S. L.
Clark; Twentieth, c.. Z. Salem; Twenty
first j. p. Madigan.
Resolutions-First district. NJ. Z. ingalls,
CBernard); c. Behymer (Bigelow): Second,
Harlan Cleveland BERNARD; f. Hines Big
elow); Third, j. Spriggs Mcmahon; Fifth,
James T. Raglan; Sixth, {. III. Henselman;
Seventh, F. M. Hagan; Eighth, Judge
Nicham; Ninth. Ralph Leblonde; Tenth,
DR.. j. w. Guthrie; Eleventh. M. Daugh-
erty: Twelfth, Uric Sloan; Thirteenth. w.
Fifteenth, A. r. Mccullough; Sixteenth, j.
T. Devaul; Seventeenth, A. w. Patrick;
Eighteenth, w. S. Potts; Twentieth, A. M.
Helsley; Twenty first, l.; d. Baker
The new State central committee organ
lied tonight with w. l.. Finley, of Ken
ton, as chairman and f.. c. Madigan, of
Cleveland, as secretary, both Johnson men.
The committee on permanent organization
selected J. II. Cooke, of Wapakoneta, as
permanent chairman and reported in favor
of continuing the rest of the temporary or
ganiZatiOn.
The Johnson men controlled all the COM
mitee meetings tonight as firmly as the
afternoon meetings, but the Zimmerman
men fought at every point and will present
tomorrow everything. In the COM
mittee on rules and order of bust
ness. Webster p. Huntington, the man.
ager of Zimmermans candidacy, led the
oposition to any provision for senatorial
Endorsement and four others Joined him
in signing the minority report The ma
jority report puts senatorial Endorsement
the last thing in the order of business, in
dicating that the Johnson men expect a
contest in their own ranks on that matter.
While Johnson still advocates John II.
Clarke, of Cleveland it is believed the
names of c.. NJ Saltzgaber, the temporary
chairman of the convention, ex-COngress-
man Lentz and others will be presented
and there is much talk about nominating
Bookwalter, Notwithstanding his with
drawal. Charles w. Constantine, the close
friend of Bookwalter, late tonight felt
Bookwalter would decline il he was named
for senator.
EFFORTS TO PLACATE ZIMMERMAN
c. c. Philbrick, one of the close counsel
ors of Johnson, called on Zimmerman to-
night and offered him the Endorsement for
senator if he would withdraw and make
the nomination of Johnson unanimous. but
Zimmerman could not entertain the prop
osition as he had to-day issued statement
against the Endorsement of any one for SEN
ator and his friends on the committees had
already drawn up minority reports against
such Endorsement and then it was thought
that it would be discourteous to his fellow
townsman Bookwalter, who had withdrawn
from the senatorship in the interest of Zim-
norman for Governor. 1t is stated that
the Zimmerman men will oppose any in
dorsement and when beaten on that propo-
sition that they will vote for John A
Clarke. whose financial views are i'm accord
with the conservatives on that question
so that the Endorsement of Clarke for sem
ator seems to be assured.
The committee credentials tonight fol-
flowed the action of the old state central
committee. The contest from Cuyahoga
Hamilton county was first considered and
the Bernard delegation was unseated IS to
g. the First and Second districts not voting.
The committee then stood Is to g. The only
districts with anti-Johnson men on the COM
mttees were the Seventh, Eleventh and
Twelfth. The contests from Gdllia. Miami.
Ross and Seneca were all decided in favor
of the Johnson men by different votes.
local issues entering into some of them so
that the vote was IL to 9 in the Miami case
and unanimous with Gallia.
The committee on resolutions had an all
night session, although printed copies of the
platform were brought here by the John
son men from Cleveland. The Johnson
nous on several issues, but ii was conceded
that the platform would finally be in ac-
cord with Johnsons well-known views.