The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-26
TOM JOHNSON
WINS IN OHIO
Cleveland Mayor Captures EV-
erythiHg in Sight.
WILL GET The NOMINATION
ZIMMERMAN FORCES HAD NO
POSSIBLE CHANCE.

n OLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. 25.-The pre-
liminary meetings this afternoon
and evening Of the Democratic
state convention resulted in favor or
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland,
in his contest with John L. Zimmerman
of Springfield. for the gubernatOriaI
nominal x. Mayor johnson had con-
tested cLItrol OF the Democratic state
committee last year at Sandusky ana
the committee selected then. in its cali
for this convention. provided that the
credentials from all the counties were
to be first submitted to the state cen
tTal committee.
Pursuant TO this new REQUIREMENT tho
state central committee that was select
ed at Sandusky last year met today and
passed upon the contests that affect Us
OF the $50 delegates in favor of the john
son men. who thus had the odds i'm their
favor when the delegates met later by
congressional districts % select members
of the committees on credentials, reso-
buttons. etc.
Secured Central Committee.
The Johnson men secured most Of the
members OF the new state central cont
mittec, which holds over to call the state
convention next year when delegates al
large to the Democratic national con-
VentiOn VIII be selected and an endorse
ment be made for the presidency.
The state central committee in consid-
ering the contests from counties in alpha
bepcal order. first decided to report 70
the committee on credentials by viva VOce
vote that there was no contest from Guy
ahOga Cleveland, and then on a demand
for a rOllcall IL was decided by a vote
Of fourteen to seven that there was Il
contest from Hamilton county (Cincin-
natD The result of this action was that
the First and Second districts i'm Cincin-
natl. which are ant-Johnson- were pre-
vented from voting IN the organization
| Of the committees and the convention,
while the Twentieth and Twenty-firsr
districts at Cleveland were enabled to
/ take part.
Contests Referred.
The state central committee referred
/ the contests in four other counties TO the
/ committee on credentials without recon-
/ mendation. These counties are in differ
/ ent congressional districts and those dis
I the committee without contesunE coln-
4 ties taking part. the result being thus
/ favors bic 90 the Johnson men.
/ The new state central committee organ
lied tonight with w L. Finely OF kentOn
as chairman and Z. c. Madigan of Cleve-
/ land as secretary, both Johnson men
I The Johnson men controlled all the com
4 mittee meetings tonight as firmly as the
! afternoon meetings. but the Zimmerman
/ men fought at every point and VIII pre-
! sent minority reports 10 the convention
/ tomorrow on everything
/ While Johnson stu advocates John H.
/ Clarke Of Cleveland for senator lt is
! hFlltNEu LEaA itlt NdllncN OF u Az. oalAA-
I gaber, the temporary chairman of the
] convention. former Congressman Lentz
I and others viii hs-s-Iffeestiltcd- and there
I is much talk about nominating Sock
I walter. notwithstanding his Withdrawal
| Charles n Constantine. the close friend
! Of Bookwalter, late tonight issued an
other statement that Bookwalter would
decline if he was named for senator
Zimmerman Declined.
/ c.. O. Philbrick. one Of the close coun-
! sellers of Johnson. called on Zimmerman
tonight and offered him the endorsement
for senator if he would withdraw and
make the nomination of johnson unani-
nous. Zimmerman would not entertain
the proposition.
| The committee on credentials tonight
/ followed the action Of the old state cen
trail committee in disposing of contests.
/ The committee on resolutions had an
I all night session, although printed copies
of the platform were brought here by the
Johnson men from Cleveland. The John
| son members of this committee We're not
! unanimous on several issues. but it was
I considered that the platform would finally
be in accord with Johnson's well-known
views