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Show LONGWORTII MAY - BE COMPROMISE COLUMBUS. OHIO, July 24. Provided Pro-vided with little more than nn opinion opin-ion as to the head of the ticket, and facing a reasonable certainty of a fight over the platform, all but two of tho party leaders and a good half of the delegates are already gathered here for the Ohio Republican convention conven-tion which opvna Tuesday afternoon. James R. Garfield, head of the "pr gTeMlves," and Walter Drown, leader lead-er of the Toledo delegation, art? still absent Senators Burton and Dick, however, with Georre B. Cox of Cincinnati, Wade Bills, chairman of tho utato executive committee, Carl Thompson, secretary of state and one of tho candidates can-didates for governor, and other leaders lead-ers wero In conference with their followers all day. As to the governorship, gov-ernorship, Senator Burton voiced the general opinion today when he sai l that the contest was anybody's fight He added that It was probable that he would take no part In the fight Warren O. Harding, who arrived tonight, to-night, gave out a statement in which he declared that he was the candidate candi-date of no eminent individual and of no faction. "I recognlzo," he addod, "that several sev-eral so-called leaders aro for anybody any-body else." Wade H. Ellis, chairman of th state executive committee, told tonight to-night what he believed should be incorporated in-corporated In the platform. He 6ayB that it should contain "an unqualified endorsement" of President Taft and Ma administration and that It "should approve the Payne bill, not because It Is perfect, but because It removes excessive ex-cessive duties under tho Dingier law." The active candidates for govornor nre Judge Brown, Warren G. Harding Hard-ing of Marlon, former lieutenant governor, gov-ernor, and Carl Thompson, secretary of state. In addition to theso It Is believed that James R. Garfield will be placed in Domination providing the platform adopted is sufficiently progressive. prog-ressive. The name of Nicholas Iingworth s promlneutly mentioned as a compromise com-promise candidate. He 111 deliver the keynote speech Tuesday after I'c.on and it Is pointed out that a successful suc-cessful effort would be to bring him to the fore In case of deadlock. Tho Cuyahoga county (Cleveland) delegation, delega-tion, the largest In the convention, has tentatively discussed the namo of Granville W. Mooney, speaker of the. lower houso In the legislature as a possibility. |