The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-04-30

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, 1903.
Each county will be entitled to one
delegate and one alternate for each
500 votes cast for John NJ Pattison
for Governor of Ohio, at the Novem.
Der election, 1905, and one additional
delegate and alternate for the re.
mainder 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
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 a 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 eentral 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. NJ, 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 following
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
will be called to order i'm
the Franklin County Memorial Hall
on East Broad street at seven-thirty
O'Clock p. NJ, on Tuesday, May 5th.
The temporary officers will be: Chair
man, Hon. Edward II. Moore of Ma
honing county; Secretary. Hon. Ben
jamin F. Gayman of Franklin county:
Sergeant-at-Arms, Bert S. Bartlow of
Butler county. AT such convention
shall be named for the fol-
lowing Offices: Two candidates for
the office of Presidential Electoral
Large; n Governor; a Lieutenant-Gov-|
ernor; Il Secretary of State; an All-
ditor of State: Treasurer of State;
an Attorney General; two Members
Of the Board of Public Works; a |
Dairy and Food Commissioner; n
Commissioner of Common Schools;
TWO Judges of the Supreme Court, and
4 Clerk of the Supreme Court. The
will also select four dele
sates-at-large and four alternates-at
arge to the National Democratic Con-
pention to be held at Denver on July
1th, 1908, and candidate for United
States Senator. The apportionment
Of delegates and alternates in the con-
vention shall be as follows: