The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-08-18
SUFFRAGE
AND DRY PLANK
Willis May Insist Upon These In
Republican Platform
ATTITUDE OF THE COMMITTEE

Majority Of the Newly Elected Repub-
lean Body Said to Be Against In
dorsement Of Prohibition or Wom-
ans Suffrage at Platform conven-
tlon-Democrats May Praise state
License Act.
Columbus, Aug. IA majority of
the newly elected Republican state
central committee is said to be
against favoring the Endorsement of
prohibition or woman suffrage by the
platform convention. AS thus consti-
tuted, this committee could select a
wet state executive committee of any
size desired and thus influence the ac-
tion Of the convention to which the
members of both these committees
will be delegates.
1t was said there was not much
likelihood of the state central COM
mittee so acting, and that the nomi-
nee for governor, Frank B. Willis,
would Insist on a woman suffrage
plank and for a radically dry plank
If not for outright prohibition.
The Democratic platform conven-
ton, 1t was said, would favor putting
in the state platform nothing on the
temperance question except decla.
ration in praise Of the state liquor IL
cense law. Wet leaders will try to
have the Democrats go further and
declare for the repeal Of the county
option law.
The Progressive state convention
doubtless will declare for statewide
prohibition and woman suffrage.
While under the law all the plat
form conventions are to be held Aug.
25 it is optional with the state cen
trail committees to fix the place.
All three conventions will be held
in Columbus on the same day.
That John H. Arnold of Columbus
was nominated for lieutenant cover.
nor by the Republicans in the pri-
mary was indicated when practically
With nearly every county heard from,
Arnold had 64301, James w. Caldwell
of Toledo $3.50, and Albert H. Nor
rill of Cincinnati 35.599.
Democratic returns to the secretary
from fifty-one counties gave Governor
Cox $4,000; John ]. Whitacre, $4,000
With the exception of Lucas and Sum
nit, the counties not reporting con
tain no large cities. 1t is estimated
that the Cox vote will run over 100,-
600 and the Whitacre vote over so, 900
It is estimated the total vote cast
at the statewide primaries was less
than one-third the presidential vote
Of 1872 The Progressive vote will be
under 10000.
New Central Committees.
The new state central committees
are:
Republican = First district, ]. v
Campbell; Second, P. w. Durr; Third
Bert Buckley; Fourth, w. l.. Parmen
ter; Fifth George Stauffer; Sixth
f. r. Young; Seventh, N. H. Fair
banks; Eighth, w. G. Beer; Ninth
Karl Keller; Tenth, E. A. Jones;
Eleventh., MOTSdh WOOus lWcilIn
Fred D. Connolley; Thirteenth
Charles Ash; Fourteenth, c. Knight
Fifteenth, Sherman Granger; Six
teenth, julius whiting; Seventeenth
George B. Hamilton; Eighteenth
James Anderson; Nineteenth, Samuel
G. Mcclure; Twentieth, Minor G. Nor
ton; Twenty-first, Harry l.. Davis;
Twenty-second. George B. Harris.
Democratic-First district, John L
Snuff; Second, Thomas ]. Connor;
Third, E. w. Hanley; Fourth, Va
Lee; Fifth, ]. w. Smith; Sixth, vii
liam A. Eylar; Seventh, B. e. Baker;
Eighth, w. w. Durbin; Ninth, Scott
Stahl; Tenth, M. F. Merriman; Elev
enth, Percy A. Walling; Twelfth
George j. Karb Thirteenth, Frank
W. Thomas; Fourteenth, Charles c
Benner; Fifteenth, John F. Brown
Sixteenth, William R. Thorn; Seven
| teenth, Samuel NJ. Douglass; Eigh
teenth, R. T. Kitchener; Nineteenth
f. II. Moore; Twentieth, T. Martin
Thumm; Twenty-first, d. J. Zinner;
Twenty-second, Newton ID. Baker.