, 1879-03-09

cmptorily. ~
ihe Convention had to fall back on home MI
Msss1a1' Man @ pnd DR.. Dud put up II. J. Ratter, ol
SSoHeoody in the rear of the bail nut forward 4
=. Ga Gnaoa'r, foreman of the Necs office.
Inc nominations we're then closed.
! ~ Ten minutes past IL the Convention 20
THE FIRST BALLOT.
1t was about the noisest proceeding that eve
enarocterized political gathering, the Chair
seemiy behavior OF the delegates, denouncin.
them as mob, and suggesting that th
Sergeant-at-Arms knock them on th
afaa Tbe1 t5nt + they dlda't shut +,' up
Two wards, the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, 20
thelr backs up for some reason or other, proba
! oly because Carter harrisou's name had beer
mentioned. and withdrew from the Convention
Alter going the rounds Of the wards, tho us I'LL
! changes were in order, all OF them being in Har
flson's favor. In some cases the entire votewa!
] thrown from some Insignificant fellow to tina
now favoritc candidate. Glider, Of the Second
said he wouldn't vote for Carter under any con
sdcration, Carter having told him TINT he didn't
! want the nomination anyhow. But Glider was
yelled down.
Then there was motion to adjourn after the
vote WAS announced, and the Secretary, whe
had just begun to call it off, sat down.
Fat kerns was up again, with motion to
adjourn before the vote WIS announced, and
with speech denouncipg sell-out to mau
like Carter II. Harrison.
The "'remarkx" " were declared out of order,
lnasmuch as the Secretary had already begun tt
announce the vote.
THE VOTE WAS THEN DECLARED,
and Carter got 80 out OF the 148, while Tuley
n-fG cn1t =
l. As ~ votes we're necessary to choice, Car
ter, OF course, has it, nothing having been said
about an informal ballot.
Tile Chairman therefore declared the vote
formal.
Several workingmen lifted up their voices
against
:, SELLING OUT,
and further claimed that the ballot was informal.
while Dixon moved to adjourn until next Satur-
day night. Amidst q tumult which rivaled
pandemonlum, the Chairman only made it worse
by yelling at several departing delegates and
appointing five additional Sereeauts at Arms to
keep the gang IN order.
There Was a lnll tor 4 few moments, and the
Secretary reaDnounced the vote at the Choir
mans request.
The Chairman, again belahorng the table, de-
clared Carter the nominee according to tue vote,
DIT ADDED the question as to the fortnality or
tntormality OF the ballot was yet to be deter
mined.
A Second Ward man moved to mike it infor-
NAL.
Comfy, Of the First, moved, as an amend
(Cries Of "Eo,'' "No.'l
The amendment WINS lost. But it made no
difference, for the motion to make the ballot in
formal was Immediately put and lost, which
had the effect Of making the ballot formal and
cllnchlng Carter's nomination.
A delegate excitedly moved to adjourn for
the purpose OF giving the City Central Commit
tee chance to supervise the thing, which was
nothing more nor less than sell-out. A man
had been nominated who, it was said, had
previously declared that he wouldn't accept, and
yet his friends were here in the Convention
working things for him.
This delegate was, of course, yelled down.
The Chairman said the present shape of things
was simply this: that the ballot was not IL
Remick moved to declare Carter the nominee
Of the Convention.
The motion was nut, and the respopses were
almost deaiening. The Chairman evidently Ind
a liner ear for the ayes, and declared the motion
carried.
Several delegates shouted to the Chairman to
put the motion to adjourn.
:. bailey, an out-ana-ou. Harrison man, moved
70 proceed to the nomination OF candidate for
Clty Treasurer, presumably with the idea of
completing the scheme
Several voices interrupted the mover to saY
that one-third of the delegates had taken thcm-
selves away.
Old Man Barr got no and told the Convention.
u ciicct, that he knew the thing would turn out
as it had. He was promptly told to sit down.
The motion to adjourn to next Saturday
night. IN order to complete the nominations,
vas finally carried amidst the discordant cries
u the sellers and the sold-out, and the Conyen-
ion picked lts way down the stairs, the iisap~
lissing-hot curses and firc-breathing malediu-
ions OIL the traitorss In the: camp rs ;: ever