New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08
THE STRUGGLE RENEWED.
THE VOTING AT The NIGHT sESSIoN-INCIDENTs
MIR. CONKLING SILL OVERLAPPING.

THE STRUGGLE RENEWED.
THE VOTING AT The NIGHT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MIR. CONKLING SILL OVERLAPPING.
ICY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TEBUNBI
CHICAGO. June 7.-When the Convention met in
the evenin- the weary process of unvaryinG Ioll-
calls was resumed in the presence of vast audience.
many hundreds of those in the galleries, including
ladies keeping tally of the votes. The
chief incidents of the early part Of tho
evening were the webbing OF
few colorcd delegates from candidate to another
and back again. On the nineteenth ballot, which
was the fist of the evening, The Grant
men were cheeTed by seeing the vote of Florida
solid again for the cX-lrcSidCnt. 1t was
not long before the cOlored delegate
who had allowed himself to be solidifed" was
out again for Sherman. Blaine lost two votes
on this ballot, one in the Pennsylvania
delegation. which went to John f. Hartranft and
one in the Virginia delegation, which went
TO Sherman Sherman gained another vote in
Virginia, it beng taken from Grant. Thus
ballot showed the lowest vote Mr.. Blame
had received 90. and the highest for Mr. Sherman,
&C. Grant was still firmly at 800. On the twentieth
ballot Mr. Blaine dropped three votes below even
the last ballot getting only 276. He lost i'll H.
diana, which went TO Washburnc, each IN Georgia
and Tennessee. and gained from Sherman III
Virginia. Grants vote reached 3OS and
his men chccred loudly. On the twenty
first ballot Grant dropped to 3O5; Blaine
stood still at 276; Sherman had 80. On
the twenty-sccond ballot Blaine's vote
dropped by one reaching its lowest
figure thus far, 275; Sherman reached 05-Ls
highest vote and Grant at the familiar figure Of
3O5 When the twcnty-third ballot was taking
the North Carolina cO!Ored delegate, who
kept skipping from Grant to Sherman and
Sherman to Grant 10y regular turns. wobblcd
as usual. Blaine stuck at 275. Grant
lost vote and Sherman had 81.
All tins time the Edmunds. Washburnc and
Window vote, had remained almcst entirely uu-
changed. At the twenty-fourh ballot Blaine gained
votes and Grant l. GA the twcnty-fiih
ballot which WAS taken at O'clock,
General Grant received 3O2 voes-hs lowest
figure thus far-Blane 2S1, and Sherman %.
There was an amusing incident tins bal
lot. General Tracy, Of Brooklyn, challenged
the vote of Ncw-MexIcO, which had cast votes
for Blame The roll call waA ordered
and the audience supposed it would show
that one man had been casting TWO votes
but both delegates announced j. q. Blaine with
such emphasis when their names were called. and
the second of them, giant or something near seven
feet, doomed up suddenly and looked so
angry, that the audience broke ont
laughing.
On the tWenlV-SlAJu DdllpJ OldHL ItCHlNth
1903. Blaine $50, and Sherman 93 votes.
On the twcnty-scventh ballot Blaine fell
back 9 votes-to PIT: Grant had 30G; Shrr-
man. 03. There was a hearty Grant cheer
at this. Mr. Conkling leading in the applause and
moment or two afterward the great crowds outside
the building could he heard cheering.
The twenty eighth ballot noticeable
chilly for a strange episode between Sena-
tor IIoar and Senator Conkllng. a motion
TO adjourn had been put on viva
voce vote. Senator IIoar said 1.-THE ayes
seem--" and then stopped and smoke to the
clerk. Mr.. Conklng spoke up and made some re-
mark TO the effect that the ayes" did not have It,
Senator IIoar said lie had not OK
pressed any such opinion, whereupon
Mr.. Conlsling replied in manner which
was really insolent and ungcnile-
manly, al did not say the Chair
had. l give my opinion" With empha-
sis on the word "my." murmur Of
establishment at Mr.. ConlSling's manner
ran through the crowd. Ii was the less justliablc
because Senator lIOar isnot only one of the most
impartial, but one of the most courteous chairman
that ever presided over a Convention.
The ballot gave Grant 307; Blaine, 279; Sherman,
81; Edmunds, 81; Washburne, 80; Window,
10. and Garfield 2. This was the last
ballot of the night, and it left Grant
five votes ahead of his vote on
his first ballot and Elaine i've , ahead
The anti-GTant forces then united to adj
iourn thc Convention till tomorrow, tho Grant
men mastering 1903 votes against the motion.