The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-14
HARMON WINS
THE NOMINATION
CINCINNATI MAN IS NAMED FOR
GOVERNOR BY OHIO DEM
ocRATS.
TWO BALLOTS WERE TAKEN.
Ex-Gov. Campbell Is Indorsed for Uni
ted States Senator and Bryan for
President-The johnson Fac
ton Is Defeated.

Columbus, ON a tumultuous
convention characterized by the
most intense factional feeling, the
Democrats of Ohio on Wednesday
nominated Judson Harmon of Cincin-
natl, former attorney general of the
United States under President Cleve-
land, for governor, and indorsed Will
lam ]. Bryan and instructed the dele.
gates at large to the national conven-
tion to vote for him for president. A
complete state ticket was nominated
and eX-Gov. James +. Campbell of
Butler county was indorsed for United
States senator and delegates and al
ternates at large to the national con-
ventjon selected.
National issues were left to the Den
yer convention and the platform
adopted dealt solely with state ques-
tions, attacking the Republican adj
ministration of various state offices
and indorsing the initiative and refer
endum in state and local legislation
and the taxation of franchises.
Mayor johnson of Cleveland. after
having met defeat in the opening ses-
sion Tuesday night, renewed his fight
against Judson Harmon and for con-
troll of the convention and was again
worsted in one of the most bitter and
exciting contests ever witnessed in an
Ohio convention. Although his vic
torious opponents, followers of State
Executive Chairman Harvey C. Gar
ber of Greenville, held out to him
an olive branch in the tender of two
places upon the state ticket, he de-
clined to enter into any harmony
agreement and strove to prevent the
names of any of his followers being
placed upon the ticket.
Dramatic and sensational scenes at
| tended the nomination of Harmon for
governor, which was made despite the
fact that the delegation from his home
county was divided against him. He
was opposed by Atlee Pomerene of
Canton, A. p Sandles of Ottawa and
Isaac R. Sherwood of Toledo. Mayor
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man who stood upon every plank in
the platform, who has always voted
for Bryan and mot like some who
in 1896 glorifled in the downfall of
Bryan" Alfred Cohen of Cincinnati,
who proposed Harmon's name, said
his candidate was broad enough to
carry the state for himself and Bryan,
and declared that johnson was not
consistent upon the matter of sup
porting Bryan.
During the first roll call there was
almost a riot among the Hamilton
county delegation resulting from the
ill-ieeling engendered by John Molloy
seconding the nomination of Pomer
enc in behalf of minority in the dele
cation. Molloy was hissed by some
of his fellow delegates and the delega-
ton became so wrought up while a
poll was being taken that the police
were called upon to prevent hostili-
ties. Owing to the delay in taking the
poll, Hamilton county was the last 10
cast its vote Harmon's nomination
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county could have made it certain on
the first ballot, but her SO votes were
divided, 5912 for Harmon, 321a foI
Pomerene and one for Sandles, max
ing the total for Harmon 463, or II
less than necessary.
Pomerene received 381 votes, San
dies 81 and Sherwood T. Congress
man Sherwood, whose name had been
presented by man not a delegate
and despite protests of the Lucas
county delegation, withdrew his name
and on the second ballot Harmon re
ceived 512 votes, Pomerene 1853 and
Sandles 49,
During a recess which was taken
following the nomination of candi
date for governor, the anti-Johnsor
agreement, but in vain, and when the
conventions reconvened the entire lls
of counties was called without any
name being presented for lieutenant
governor.
When the name of James NJ. Will
Jams of Cuyahoga county was latel
presented Mayor Johnson withdrew 1t
but his authority to do so was ques
toned and Williams name went be
fore the convention. David l.. Rock
we'll of Kent, who is bitter politica
opponent Of Mayor Johnson, was nom
mated for lieutenant governor, how
ever, over Williams and NJ. B. Chase
of Marion on the first ballot
\ When nominations for secretary o
state were called the office went beg
ging, but at last it was filled by thC
nomination of ]. H. Newman of Troy