The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-31
THE TICKET.

Cleveland.
Lieutenant Governor-s-Frank B.
Niles, of Toledo.
Attorney General-Frank S. Mon
nett, of Columbus
State Treasurer-V. J. Dahl, If
Washington Court House.
Auditor-Charles A. Klaebe, of
Waponekata
Commissioner of Schools-J. E.
Scrist, of Ottawa.
Member Board of Public Works.
w. B. Jones, of Ironton.
Supreme Judge-E. J. Dempsey,
of Cincinnati.
United States Senator-John n.
Clarke, of Cleveland, was Endorsed.
columbus. Ohio. August 26.-The john
son re gramme was carried OUT complete
~ today in the democratic state conven-
ton. Although the opposition INSTRUCTED
the proceeding with minority reports for
some hours. the name of John L. thinner
nan. of Springfield. was not presented for
the gubernatorial nomination and then
every nomination on the state ticket WAS
MADE by reclamation without opposition.
Even after the chair announced that the
name OF Tom l.. Johnson was the only
one before tho convention for governor
there were some dissenting Zimmerman
votes on the motion TO make the nominal
ton unanimous, but Zimmerman men
quit after the selections for governor and
b1
by various obstruction movements kept
the convention in continuous session for
about seyon hours.
Fight on Senatorship.
When the minority reports were pre-
scented from the committee. the only fight
that worried the Johnson managers was
on the senatorship The only ballot forced
on the dominant element were in that
contest The minority report on rules and
order of business. which was intended to
omit the indorsements Of senatorial
candidate. was defeated by 4 vote of 21l
ayes to AS nays and that was considered
test between Johnson and Zimmerman,
after all the contested seats mad been dc
cided in favor of the former.
On naming The man for senator. the
Johnson men We're divided among them
selves Mayor johnson and eX-Congress-
man Letnz have been very close person
ally and politically for years But a most
Intensely bitter feeling existed between
them today. at least on The part Of Lontz,
who openly accused Johnson with favor
Ing for senator man who bad voted
against Bryan. The Zimmerman men
had intended voting for Clark, the john
son candidate Tor senator. as they said
he accepted their conservative views. but
when Lentz opened q fight on Johnson
on the senatorial candidate. the thinner
man men resumed their obstruction tao
tics and voted for Lentz for senator.
The ultra-silver men who were the most
ardent Supporters Of Johnson. saia they
would >uDpOrt no man who had voted
against Bryan.
Clarke VIII Challenge Hanna.
John II. Clarke. who will canvass the
state with Mayor Johnson and other
dcmocratic candidates. has been a promi-
nent attorney at Youngstown for many
years, but now ne is located in Cleveland.
which city has four prominent candl-
dates. the republican rs well as the dem
ocratjc candidates for senator and gov
ernor. Clarke made two mastery speech
es one presenting the name of Johnson
and the other in accepting the senatorial
nomira ton After the convention many
delegate. aid his first speech nominated
Clarke as well as Johnson. In his sec
ond speech Clarke animated that he
would ask Senator Hanna for joint de-
bates during the campaign and that
caused great demonstration.
The result OF the convention leaves tho
party organization in Ohio IS TO in the
hands OF the Bryan-Johnson element for
next year. when delegates to the demo-
cratic national convention are to be Sc
lected.
With the single exception Of senatorial
Endorsement thG Johnson men controlled