The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-20
HARMON IN CONTROL IN OHIO
GOVERNOR WILL HAVE MS OWN
WAY ~ CONVENTION.
nucksye Democrats 10 Renomlnats Hlm
and COaVehtIoaS beings May Make
Hlm the Presidential Nominee IN lOla
Teen JohasSaS FSIlowlng smaIl.

and ConVehtloaS beings May Make
Hlm the Presidential Nominee IN lOlR
Teen JOhasSaS PSIlowinE smaIl.
DArToN. Ohio. June ls.--If first impress
siOns backed up by sound information
are Of value, the Democratic State con-
ventiOn 10 be held in this city on Tuesday
and "Wednesday will bO one Of tho mos.
important gatherings Of that party in the
State IN many years.
Its work promises to be Of far reaching
eject, not only IN the State during the
present year. but all Indications point to
an effect In other States, and without the
slightest doubt. in the estimation Of Inn
pOrtant Ohio DemOcntic psFsOnagss. the
work performed here II 90 be felt IN the
Democratic national convention Of 1914
Gov. Judson Harmon. tho Democratic
Governor. elected in the Presidential
year Of 1905. 10 TO be renOminated.
Il h to be a Harmon convention In
many respects and that too In spite Of the
fact that National Committeeman Harvey
c. CARRIER and State Chairman Finley
and their friends on the State committee
are not bursting their Eallucs In praise u
Harmon.
They do not like the independent
methods % Gov. Harmon in handing out
the patronage, but the Governor is en-
oeedingly popular in the rank and file
Of the party and not a few Republicans
have been uatiAed by the Governors
administration Of the last two years.
The two important features TO he pre-
sented In the convention other than the
denomination Of Gov Harmon are the
platforms reference 10 the tarih and the
plan % Tom l.. johnson and his friends
backed by William J Bryan to compel
the convention 10 name the candidate
Tor United States senator 20 he voted for
by the Democratic legislators at Columbus
next winter.
Gov. Harmon is 90 arrive Tomorrow
ne IL 10 take personal charge % the fight.
both for a tanh plank representing his
IDEAS and against the Bryan-lOhnson
combination. which il insistent for the
convention % name the candidate for
United States senator.
Mr.. Johnson is reported 20 he rather
a sack man and perhaps NAV not b. able
20 attend this convention II he does not
turn up be will be represented BY Newton
d. Raker. CITY solicitor of Cleveland.
All the predictions tonight. especially
from Harmon men. are % the effect that
the Bryan-Johnson combination IL % be
soundly Walloped.
There are o. be I .Os9 delegates In the
convention and the BryRn-JohRson CON-
bination will not control more than $40
On the Senatorial question. IL n predicted
by the Harmon men tonight. and In this
estimate 10 may he interesting 60 add that
not a few Johnson men coincide. The
ST Iaiion On this question 10 rather different
tha1 Il was in Indiana Gov Harmon
Is h insist. his friends say. ON a tariff for
revenue plank and may have a dry cam
paiEn manager for a wet ticket and
straddle liquor plank in the platform
Five years ago the Democrats elected
John NJ. Paitison Governor on a dry
platform. in i0ns they elected Harmon
on a wet platform and this year the s1i.
gcnoies 81 the situation seems 10 call
for a straddle on the whiskey question.
The Democrats firmly believe they are
to reelect Harmon elect a United states
senator 20 sioceed Charles Dick and
taking everything into consideration
these Democratic buckeyes arr an sS-
ceedingly hopeful To- tonight
There can be no doubt that az this writ
ing Gov. Harmon and his friends are in
absolute oOntrol Of tho convention and
are 10 make things hot for Tom l.. John
son. who 10 bitterly opposed Gov. Ilar-
mon two years ago.