Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14
NAMED THEIR TICKET
Many Prohibitionists at Co.
Iumbus for Big Meeting.
STATE CONVENTION TODAY
Lively Time Over Delegates Criti-
cism Of Speech.
ATTACK ON THE CHURCHES
Declared Decayed Preachers Were
League-The Nominations.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. July 1.-THE fol-
lowing ticket was named by Ohio pro-
hibitionists today i'm state convention:
Governor-Aaron 8. Watson. Ada. Ohio.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. B. Martin,
Hamilton county.
Secretary Of state-H. ]. Haskell, Musk
ingum county.
Auditor-James r. Stratton, Column
biana county.
Treasurer. H. Ford, Portage county.
Attorney general - George 8. Hawk,
Hamilton county.
Supreme judges - Mahlon Rauch.
Wayne county; A. L. Talcott, Cuya-
hoga county.
Clerk of supreme COURT. B. Miller,
Darke county.
Board of public works - Peter F..
Wolfe, Athens county; Abel B. Bost-
wick. Medina county; A. j. Anderson,
Warren county.
Commissioner of common schools-Prof.
r. c. Simpson. Lawrence county.
For dairy and food commissioner-Henry
Prescott, Scioto county.
United States senator-E. ]. Pinney.
Cuyahoga county.
A Lively Opening.
Today opened up lively for the prohibit
tionists, with delegations from various
! states arriving and being escorted to their
respective hotels by band headed by q
gaily decorated water wagon drawn by
four milk-white horses and attached to
the rear mule bearing a oig placard.
Missouri. two-thirds dry"
The state convention opened at $50
o'clock. but there was more interest In
the arrival of the national delegates than
in the state meeting.
II. l.. Peeke of Sandusky is not pre-
siding as chairman of the state meeting
because Of an alleged lack of judicious-
ness in MS keynote speech as temporary
chairman of the convention. Mr.. Peeke
lost the honor of presiding as permanent
chairman, and e. Jay Pinney Of Cleve-
land was picked for that place.
Mr.. Pickles. attack on the churches and
the Anti-Saloon League and against
| woman's suffrage is the subject of bitter
comment today. He declared that de
cayed preachers" were making their liv-
ing out of the Anti-Saloon League, and
charged the churches with instncerity be-
| cause they do not support the prohibi-
tionists.
Not only was Mr. Peeke refused the
honor of presiding as Permanent chair
man, but it was sale tjday that tl.ey
will decline to name him as one Of the
| members of the national committee from
Ohio.
D,-sg>:+toe 1t Sea.
The refuss: o. Sc, born Wright of
Georgia to atlor h,s name to come be-
| rore the con-rentieh as a candidate for
President left the delegates very much
at sea as to candidates. but certainly
not for a lack of material.
A NV boom mikes it's appearance
| every two or three hours.
Following the boom for Dr.. A. B.
Leonard came one for Prof. Charles 8.
tive of the Presbyterian Church in its
temperance work. Fred F. Wheeler Of
Los Angeles is still strong. and Joseph
p. Tracey Of Detroit. Daniel r. Sheen
of Peoria and Alfred l.. Manierre are all
making active campaigns.
| Prof Aaron S. Watkins of Ada will be
named for prohibition candidate for gov
ernor at the state convention, and he
| may also be named as candidate for
Vice President by the national conven-
| ton. He is not seeking the former Of
| fee, but he wants the latter. and If he
| gets it will withdraw from the state
ticket, 1t Is said, leaving the vacancy ia
be filled by the state convention
Lively in State Convention.
David Marshall of this city injected
some ginger into the state prohibition con
vention almost Immediately after its open.
ing today by rising to a question Of per-
sonal privilege.
| ..If it's to speak Of what you asked me
about before the meeting was called to or.
der" the chairman declared. you are out
| of order"
Personal privilege is always in order. y
| said Marshall.
The chair ordered Mr.. Marshall to take
his seat. but he replied: Il appeal from
| the decision Of the chair
The chairman put the appear. statlna
that Mr.. Marshall wanted to answer some
parts Of Mr.. Pickles. Keynote" speech OF
Yesterday. The chair was sustained.
Mr.. Marshall said privately he intended
to object to that part of Mr.. Peeke'l
speech in which he spoke of President
Roosevelt, and also to answer his attack
on the church.
The State Platform.
| When the state convention met II. F.
kNcLain of the nineteenth district pre-
sented the report Of the committee or
resolutions The platform, among 1t.
mos. prominent planks, states that while
It thinks that enforcement Of prohibition II
not possible except by a party in sym
would cooperate with other temperance
forces to get local temperance condi'
tions This was apparently recommen'
| dalton to work with the Antt-Saloor
League. but Mr.. McI.Ain said to reporter!
| that this was not the case.
| The republican and democratic parties
were attacked for failing to recognize thu
liquor problem as a dominating question
| The platform declared against class log
islation infringing on popular rights: FOL
| injunction laws giving Justice to all con
| cerned: foB the initiative and referendum
| as to franchises for public utilities; fol
election of United States senators by d.
| rect vote of the people; for restriction OF
immigration: for stringent divorce laws
| for suffrage based on intelligence and
morality.
| A motion was made to add tho words
| without regard to sex" to this latter
/ The platform committee objected to them
as superfluous and a long argument en-
sued
| Carrie Nation. the erratic temperance
| worker was an interested spectator when
| the question Of adding the words with
| out regard to SEX was voted on. She
| arose to vote to add them, but took her
| seat again when she remembered she was
| not a delegate. The motion to add the
| words was lost
A motion to adopt the platform was
| then carried.
Peary OF to Join the Arctic Ship.
PORTLAND. Me-. July 14.-Commander
Robert f. Peary. who has been staying
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