The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-05-12

of the convention. as candidate at
the last hour, and threw every avail
able vote he could command to him,
thus disturbing a harmonious agree
ment as to the personnel of the big
-Four" 1t was play that almost
succeeded.
Indeed, It was announced by the
tellers that Moore had been elected
and Will S. Thomas defeated. But
Thomas had been keeping a poll Of
his own. and he fore = protest upon
the acting chairman of the conven-
tion. 1t was discovered upon the
verifcation of the count that he had
been given the worst of the recapit-
ulation by exactly 100 votes--quite an
odd mistake.
Johnson voted the Cuyahoga op-
portionment of 81 for Moore and his
lead was followed by the Pomerene
men in the eighteenth and nineteenth
| districts.
ROSS FOOLED" HIM.
After the convention Johnson was
furious and declared that he was
through with Ross. who he said had
fooled" him. His disappointment
sprung from this action. Now Lentz
and Thomas are both Bryan men of
the 1896 vintage, which is more than
Johnson himself can say. Moore was
for Hearst in 1904, when Bryan was
openly against him. He worked in the
Johnson combination at that time.
In the recent state convention he was
cheek by jowl with him and the Har-
mon men cannot get it out of their
heads that he had a part in the epi-
sode of Tuesday night, when Johnson
fractured all precedent by delivering
his inflammatory attack upon their
candidate.
From his recital it must be patent
that Mayor Johnson WIS especially
anxious to get control of the national
delegation; so anxious, in fact, that
he tried to turn down men who have
been fighting Bryan's battles for II
years. Thomas has voted for him in
every convention at which he was
nominated, and Lentz has been his
champion in every campaign. It is
clear that he wanted Johnson men
first and Bryan men afterward. Now,
why did he want them? Perhaps
when this is known the reason for
the failure to adopt the unit rule will
become known.
1t is reasonable to suspect that there
is a connection between both actions.
very important upon this point. 1t is
almost impossible to believe that If
the conventions attention had been
brought to this delinquency it would
have refused to adopt an amendment
that would have made the instruc-
tions binding.
The coon tracks are in one direc-
tion in this affair and they lead
straight toward the man who declar-
ed that an effort was being made to
defeat Bryan. Upon this presentation
it is also impossible to believe that if
there was any such attempt that the
Harmon men we're responsible for it.
Because of this and other matters
the meeting of the new state central
committee in this city next Friday
is going to be interesting.
Judge Harmon is going to be pres
ent, and so will the state candidates
who are upon the ticket with him.
There will also be on hand a number
of the delegates to the national con-
ventiOn. There must be a straighten-
ing out of this part before the Ohio
delegation starts for Denver-a show
down, if you please.
Today there is some talk that be-
cause of his judicial position David
T. Rockwell. of Portage county, the
nominee for lieutenant governor, may
be forced off the ticket There is
statute which forbids judge or the
bench from being voted for as a candI-
date for any other state Office. A
proviso permits him to run for anoth-
er judicial office, and it has been
held not to apply to a judge seeking
to be elected to congress. Whether
this applies to probate courts is a
question.