The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21
ORGANIZATIONS of the Late
Buckeye Executive to
Dominate Convention.
MEETING OPENS TODAY
THERE is GREAT DEAL OF INTER
EST IN CONNECTION WITH
STAND PARTY WILL TAKE ON
LIQUOR QUESTION:
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become apparent that the Pattison
forces will control the Democratic
state convention, which opens at Me
| m0faI hall Tuesday, there is a good
1kal of interest in certain quarters to
|know how far the convention will go
| on the temperance question. The tenn
perance planks in the Pattison plat
form of last year will not be inserted
this year. Liquor interests would like
an expression calling for the reduc-
ton of the Akin tax to $500, but this
subject will hardly be taken I'D by the
resolutions committee. Certainly it
will not be endorsed, as the Pattison
forces, which now seem to be in full
control, will not countenance it.
Where the difference of opinion will
come in the committee on resolutions
on the temperance question will be
the plank in platform to be submit
ted. calling for the passage of a coun-
ty option law This proposition will
be opposed by the liquor interests.
Several counties contain small cities,
the rural population outnumbering the
town folks about four to one Liquor
interests point out that while the
small city may now be wet, after an
election in the corporation, it may be
voted dry by the remainder of the
county whether the people in the cor
poration want to be dry or not.
The IpIauafpg fn r.
state. convention will meet by con
gressional districts at 2:30 D. m. Tues
day to select committeeman, which
will be reported to the convention at
an evening session to begin at 1880
o'clock, at which the temporary or
ganization will be installed and the
speech of Judge B. F. Mccain of Day
ton, temporary chairman, delivered
Frank Harper, editor of the Mt Yer
non Banner, as chairman of the state
central committee, will call the con-
yention to order, announce the tenn
porary organization and introduce the
temporary chairman, Judge B. T. Nc
Cam of Dayton, who will sound the
keynote. After this address the vari-
Gus committees will be announced,
and a recess will be taken to $50
a. m. Wednesday,
During the interim the committee
meetings will be held. The most i'm
portant of these committee meetings
this time will be that which will draft
a platform. In all probability the tenn
porary organization will be made per
manent. 1t is not likely the commit
tee on credentials will have any con-
tests to settle. Rules and order of
business will be according to the Gus
tomary process. SO that the most i'm
portant work in committee will be the
framing of a platform.
The wiseacres say there will be a
contest between Johnson and the Pat
tison regime for control of the. party
machinery. If they are right about it
the contest must be in the district
caucuses over the selection of central
committeeman.
At this writing it looks as though
Samuel A Hoslxins of Wapakoneta
would have no opposition in the
choice of a candidate for secretary of
state.
Professor Charles Haupert of Woos-
ter and J. A. Mcdowell of Millersburg
are candidates for nomination for
commissioner of common schools.
For food and dairy commissioner R.
J. Diegel of Sandusky, ]. F. Feather
eta are prominently mentioned