Show JOHNSON IN THE SADDLE Mayor of Cleveland Will Run the Democracy of Ohio This Year Sandusky O Sept 2The preliminary conferences ot the Democratic State convention con-vention were held here today with the drift of sentiment strongly In favor of the candidates amid the platform proposed by Mayor Tom L Johnson of Cleveland who Is to be tho presiding officer of the convention con-vention and who Jg 1 regarded ns a candidate candi-date for Governor next year and for President Pres-ident the following year Mayor JohnBonn friends arc making the present convention an occasion for brine lag him Into special prominence An a member of Congress and Mayor of Clove land and as a radical advocate of chnnpcs In taxation systems ho ban ao cured I largo following tvhloh In I now organizing to make him a Presidential candidate The first ccnernl movement wan In securing his selection by tho State central committee to prcaldo over this convention with a view to furthering furtherInG his Interest In the two subsequent campaigns cam-paigns Mayor Johnson propoces to canvass the Stale this year with his big tout Just as thoroughly as If he wis on the ticket and It Is conceded to be a trial race for him as to whether ho will bo available next year Tho friends of other leaden notably those of John R McLean er nolbly Mayor Johnson will bo held responsible this year for defeat If tho party tails r well na set considerable credit for success suc-cess In event of his now deikut roRwln nlng Among those here wntchltfg the I course of events Is John L Zimmerman of Springfield who Is a candidate for tho I Democratic nomination next year for Governor and who Is friendly to MoLenn The delegates met by Congressional din trlcts this evening The Johnson men mot with more opposition than they oxpected They had anticipated u fight for members of the now State central committee but Rome of tho districts carried their op position still further by selecting mem her of the committee on resolutions that arc radically opposed to tho Johnson plat form I Is claimed that there will bo n minority report on resolutions signed by I about onethird of the twentyone mom bers of that committee unless tho Johnson men make concessions Tbo most notable meetings were thooo of tho First and Second districts which Include Cincinnati and which were tho most disorderly known In tho Stato for years ThIs was partly ascribed to tho fact that there were no seats In tho hall wJiero these delegations met and tho howling delegates were about to rush upon the chairman In their endlcavors to gain recognition Tho result In both districts dis-tricts wan very close but won known aa the Lewis G Barnard faction representing repre-senting McLean won out over the fol lowers o Rev Herbert S Blgclow representing repre-senting Johnson |