The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-27
TOM JOHNSON FOR GOVERNOR.
oUyO DEMOCRATS NAME HIM IN
STORMY MEETING.
aIs,elands Mayor Rode ROushshod Over
Wls opponent. John l.. Zimmerman,
and Sent the Latter Home Disguised
Tr,Ist.Hsllster M0nett on the Ticket.

Trust.Hslistcr M0nett on the Ticket.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 26-One OF the
most stormy Democratic State conventions
IN The history of Ohio politics was held in
,his ctv to-day and Mayor Tom l.. John
son Of Cleveland was nominated by &C.
clamation for Governor The name of his
opponent in the race, John l.. Zimmerma
was not presented, although the latter's
followers had carried the bitter fight up
to,he very doors of the convention. Scenes
NJ thc widest disorder and confusion at
tended the mention of Johnson's name to
the assembage, and personal encounters
resIltsd in several cases.
Speakers bitterly attacking johnson
kep' the floor in spite of the attempts to
drown them out. Almost as much con-
fusion attended the vote on the indorse-
msnt of a candidate for the Unitea States
Senatorship to succeed Senator Hanna.
Several names were presented. johnson
had the convention completely under his
control, generally speaking, but there were
enough delegates who opposed the indorse-
ncnt Of John II. Clarke of Cuyahoga
county, the johnson candidate, to make a
spirited contest.
In the first ballot no choice was made,
Clarke receiving s35 votes and John j.
Lent Of this CITY 203." Other votes were
scattering. 348beng necessary to nominate.
Clarke was nominated on the second ballot
hv a comfortable margin, Ientz still stand
ing second.
The nominations Of Johnson and Clarke
we're supplemented by the following nomi-
nations, all bv reclamation and rushed
through without regard to rule or form,
,he convention closing with only one
fourth Of the delegates in their places;
lieutenant Governor, Frank B. Niles,
Lucas; Supreme Judge, Z. J. Dempsey,
Cincinnati; AttorneyGeneral. Frank s..
Monet, Franklin; Treasurer OF State,
volney Dahl, Fayette; Auditor OF State,
Charles H. Kloeb. Mercer; State School
member of the Board of Public Works,
Thomas H. B Jones, Lawrence.
The failure Of the Zimmerman followers
to present the name of their candidate
before the convention occasioned great
surprise even in the Zimmerman ranks,
and the johnson forces swept the board
even easier than they had expected. Mr..
Zimmerman himself returned to his home
in Spring feld before the convention closed
Disguised and disappointed over the sue
cess of the Johnson people in stealing the
delegations away from him before the con-
veution in the most high-handed fashion
ever Witnessed in any convention prepare
tons in this state.
In one case there were l45 delegat es
in dispute. and they we're all given to the
Johnson side without regard to the op-.
position. The johnson people secured
every. advantage obtainable before the
convent ion. by any means that would serve
the end, Sc,
Tho platform adopted contains about
5000 words and was devoted almost ex-
cheively to Johnson: and other @isrus.
The Kansas City platform vas not nf,ly
req ffirmed hut special emphasis was given
10 il in separate resolution, which was
adopted. inviting William J, Bryan, to par
ticipate in the Ohio campaign. The plat
form deals very largely with State Issues
and Is evidently to be used as campaign
document. since ii takes up the johnson
theory of inst and equal IA Kat ion. home rule,
public ownership of utilities and the election
of United States Senator hy direct vote OF
the people.
he voted for all the Cleveland financial
measures, including the infamous Carlisle
BILL" a. n member Of the Committee on
Resolutions design8tes il. John II. Clarke.
who is indorsed for the United States Sena-
'Orship on the silver platform presided
over inc 0elIDeTatlOnS OF ne convention
held by tho gold Democrats OF Ohio in
1890 and stumped the State in opposition
20 Bryan.
year ago in this city Mr., larke took
issue with Tom l.. johnson on his met hod
Of taxing railroad property, and made a
sensation following Johnson. as he did, in
he streets, by declaring that johnson did
not know what he was talking about. He
sus aimed the Republican theory that, while
railroad valuations are much higher in
Indiana than they are in Ohio. the tax rate
IN the latter State is much higher. so that
the taxation is about as much in one State
as in the other.
II may be said that Mr.. Clarke is the
attorney for the Erie Railroad, which is
one among others that are pointed out
by Mr. Johnson as escaping Just taxa
ton. Numerous other Inconsistencies
could be- pointed out. 1t is the general
impression that JchnsCn's hgh-handed
method insures the election of the Repub-
hcan State ticket by from 10000 10 $4,000
and Mr.. Hanna's return to the Senate.
Mr. Monett, who is named for Attorney
General. is the famous trust buster, who
whom he was a Republican and Attorney
General. attacked the Standard Oil Gem
pany in this State.