| Show YATES REFUSE TO WITHDRAW numerous rumors of combinations to destroy springfield deadlock dead lock republicans ss of ohio gathering for convention manna old 1 guard in control springfield may ag expectations were strong today that the gubernatorial bernat orial deadlock in the republican state convention would be broken this afternoon the basis was an alleged combination between followers of governor yates and those of states attorney deneen the failure of the adherents 0 frank 0 lowden to combine with abo forces of governor yates was said to be mainly responsible for the expected turn in the situation john ai harlan who went to chicago to confer with a number of the political leaders back of deneen returned today and it was said that as a result about deneen votes would bergiven be given to yates on first ballot if after a reasonable number of ballots yates should fall to gather enough strength to nominate himself he according to report would be expected to transfer his following to deneen all efforts to induce yates to withdraw in the interest of lowden were said to have tailed A story that last saturday senator hopkins speaker cannon and congressman lorimer offered to make governor yates minister to mexico if the governor would withdraw and that batea indignantly declined the offer was one of the sen sat lonal rumors afloat today governor yates and his followers were bubl I 1 lant and said that all talk of the drapal of the governor was nonsense shortly before the convention reconvened governor batea received the following message from sirs richard yates sr at jacksonville stand be courage signed mother the great hall was packed with people there was a burst of applause during the progress of the ballot when adams county announced votes tor yates last week aliis week and forever As the roll progressed it became evident that the expected break would not come on the first ballot today and the delegates settled back in their seats tor another prolonged session the result of the ballot was as follows yates lowden deneen warner 39 sherman SO pierce 21 HANNAS OLD GUARD IN CONTROL columbus ohio may ac some delegates and most of the candidates are here today for the republican state convention that convenes tomorrow to nominate a state ticket select delegates and alternates at large to the national convention adopt a platform etc for years there have been factions headed respectively by foraker and hanna who have themselves been the conspicuous figures of these annual gatherings senator foraker is the leading personage with elaborate headquarters this week but the old hanna guard including governor herrack Herr lck senator dick george B cox of cincinnati dr J K lowes of dayton and other so called hanna delegates evidently have control of the convention with a large majority of the delegates willing to do their bidding they will name the state ticket and the national delegates and dictate the platform it Is conceded by all of the other factions are here with power chaj ft cannot change te but can prevent anth harmony desired by the majority the harmony program has iier alck cox dack and rp raker for del agates at large L C laylan for head of the state ticket or secretary 0 ghate and all other places filled in ad vance including governor herrich for a the ohio member of the national com gs matteo and senator dich for of the state committee this j includes charles I 1 tatt publisher ol 01 ap the cincinnati times star and aoah 11 swayne of toledo and a s oa ot former justice of the united states supreme court as the ohio electors at large taft Is a brother ot the secretary of war and son of judge taft who wag both secretary of war and attorney general under grant A review of atoe 21 congressional ta districts shows that the ff cox combine will have a decisive ma Js mortty on the new state central coal w and that this combine baa majority of the 46 ohio delegate to the chicago convention but tho mufti y issue was to retain the old bianna orr or r yla in the state and that ts now assured since all of the sa 1 l ty conven tlona have been held to s 11 ll elect lect delegates to this state convention governor herrack Herr lck who will ba both temporary and permanent chairman of the convention says he will souad no national keynote key note in his speech will simply give an account 0 afe own stewardship and that of tha recent platforms hava been drafted by senator congressman grosvenor and others bufe it Is understood the dick which la brief and does not se the declaration at chicago Is the one that adopted |
