The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-04-16

CONVENTION
States Committee Fixes
the Time.

| Pursuant to the order of the Dem
ocratic State Central Committee, no.
tice is hereby given that the conven-
| tion of the Democrats of the State
| of Ohio to nominate candidates for
state Offices to be voted for at the
| November election, 1908. will be held
at Columbus. Ohio, on
| Tuesday and Wednesday, May and
6, 1908,
Each county will be entitled to one
delegate and one alternate for each
500 votes cast for John M. Pattison
! for Governor Of Ohio at the Noyem-
ber election, 1905, and one additional
| delegate and alternate for the re-
malnder of votes exceeding $50.
| The prescribed number of delegates
to this convention shall be elected
| through primaries, or delegate con
ventions, the delegates to which shall
have been elected at primaries,
or mass conventions, held in the
county for the holding of which at
least ten days notice shall have been
previously given, designating the time
and place for the holding of such pri-
maries and conventions, and called by
the controlling committee of the party
| in such counties.
Provided: That in counties where
| q registration of electors is required
a primary election may be held at
| the discretion of the county CON
| trolling committee under the statutes
governing such primary elections
| held under the auspices and control
of the county board of deputy state
supervisors of elections and that in
such counties complete lists of dele
gates to the state convention, headed
| by the name of candidate for Pres
| ident OF the United States. may be
| placed on the ballot in such manner
as the county committee may deter
mine; provided, however that the
name of no candidate for President
shall appear at the head of more than
one list of delegates.
No county central or executive
committee shall have power to name
| the delegates to the state convention.
The delegates will meet by districts
at two o'clock p. M, on Tuesday, May
| 5th, at such places as may be desig-
mated by the Committee on Arrange
ments, for the purpose of selecting
| one member of each of the collowing
| committees State Central Commit
| tee, Resolutions, Credentials, Rules
and Order of Business, Permanent Or
ganization, Vice President and Secre-
tary. All of such committees will
meet at places to be designated by the
Committee on Arrangements at four
O'Clock p. NJ, of the same day. The
convention will be called to order in
the Franklin County Memorial Hall
on East Broad street at seven-thirty
O'Clock p NJ, on Tuesday, May 9TH
The temporary officers will be: Chair
man, Hon. Edward II. Moore of Ma
honing county; Secretary, Hon. Ben
iamin f. Gayman of Franklin county:
Sergeant-at-Arms, Bert S. Barlow of
Butler county. AT such convention
candidates shall be named for the fol
lowing Offices: Two candidates for
the Office of Presidential Electoral
Large: a Governor; q lIieutenant-GoV-
ernor; Secretary of State; an Au-
ditor of State Treasurer of State;
an Attorney General; two Members
of the Board of Public Works; n
Dairy and Food Commissioner; q
Commissioner of Common Schools;
two Judges of the Supreme Court and
a Clerk of the Supreme Court. The
convention will also select four dele
gates-at-large and four alternates-at-
large to the National Democratic Con-
vention to be held at Denver on July
7th, 1908, and a candidate for United
States Senator. The apportionment
of delegates and alternates in the con-
vention shall be as follows: