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Show 1H SHORTAGE HEIIE ' IF (IHj Scvoiilcen Names Mentioned in j (lie List of Men lo Lead j i Cold M ater Army. INDICATIONS KAV0RARLK KUR LIVELY CONVENTION i j . i Platform Will Be Brief and Not j Go Exhaustively Into Other j Than Li q nor Question. . j COliUMBUS. O., July 14, A. majority majori-ty of the loOO delegates to the Prohibition Prohi-bition national convention and many 1 more visitors are in the city tonight j stud the hotel lobbies have taken on a real convention aspect. All day tho Prohibition hosts have marched the streets, every incoming train bringing I hem by scores and hundreds. Escorting Escort-ing the delegations from the Union station sta-tion (o the hotels to whieh they were assigned as-signed a decorated water wagon drawn by four white horses, emblematic of the eight Prohibition states of tho Tnion, and followed by a mule labeled "Missouri two-thirds dry." made a hit with the delegates aud visitors. All the larger delegations, representing tho states whieh cast the heaviest votes for the cause are on the ground, including includ-ing Illinois Pennsylvania, Indiana, New York, Ohio, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan. The convention will open tomorrow at 10 a. m in Memorial hall. Will Rush the Work. Charles E. Jones of Chicago, chairman chair-man of tho national committee, will call the convention to order and Robert P. Patton of Illinois as temporary chairman, chair-man, will deliver the keynote speech. There will be three sessions tomorrow and if the present plans carry the platform plat-form will be adopted at the third, leaving leav-ing only the nomination of the ticket for the session Thursday. With seventeen names in the list, of candidates the contest for the nomination nomina-tion for Prcsidont tonight takes on an interesting aspect. Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg and Joseph Jo-seph P. Trncoy of Detroit appeared tonight to-night to have an ndvantago over tho field. Other Favorite Sons. Other statos will push favorite sons, among the loaders being Fred W. Wheeler Wheel-er of California, who also has a follow ing amon New England delegates; Daniel JR. Sheen of Illinois and Fred L. Manniororo of Xow York. Joshua It. Loveriug of Baltimore, who j was a candidate in 1S96, did not take seriously the talk of re-nominating him I and tho candidac' of John B. Cran- j fill of Texas has not up to this time I gathered a large following. Members of the Indiana delegation, which met toda3 and endorsed Judqo Samuel A. Artinan of Indiana as their candidate for President, have not given giv-en up hope of inducing him to consent to the use of his name. Judge Artinan is a Republican and is a candidate for a second term as circuit judge. Judge Artinan 's decision from the bench declaring de-claring the licensing of tho liquor traffic traf-fic to be unconstitutional has won for him tho admiration of tho Prohibitionists. Prohibition-ists. Numerous drafts of platfornis havo been prepared and will be presented to the committee on resolutions. Tho sentiment tonight is that tho platform will be reasonablj' brief. Besides declaring de-claring for the suppression of the liquor traflic it will appeal to the temperance tem-perance element of the old parties by attacking their attitude on tho liquor Juestion. It is said that woman suf-rage suf-rage will be indorsed despite the action ac-tion of the Ohio Prohibition convention today in turning down the proposition by a decisiyo vote. |
