The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-11


Necessary to u choice. 9os
Grant
Blaine. oa
sherman. 90
Washburne.
Edmuuds.. ............ IN
Wipdem ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, AZ
Garfield.
HAYES
Following were the changes:
North Carolina-One from Sherman 10
Grant. -.
Vireinia-One from Grant and one from
Blaine TO Sherman.
After the ballot had been taken, and be-
fore the result was announced, the chair
man OF the Virginia delegation. Mr.. j.. w.
Wolff. rose in his place and said: rise TO
make change Of the vote.
The Chairman: 1t is not in order under
the rule.
Mr.. Wolff: There is an error in the vote
OF one OF the delegates, and desire 10 cor
rect It.
The Chairman: Does the gentleman state
that the report OF the vote Is not as the dele
gate actually voted?
Mr.. Wolff: / do, sir.
The Chairman The State will I've called
again.
The secretary having again called the
State Of Virginia,
Mr.. Wolff reported the vote OF the State
Of Virginia as follows: 16 for Grant. for
Blaine, for Sherman, for Rutherford Is.
HAYES.
The Secretary: That is one too many.
[Laugbter.]
MIR. Conkling: Mr.. President. how many
votes does that make from Virginia alto
gether?
The Chairman: Virginia will be called
in n
response Of the chairman OF the delegation.
Mr.. Wolff again endeavored to report the
vote OF the State, but had got no farther
than "16 for Grant, for -" when he
suddenly stopped, and sat down amid much
laughter. Rising again in moment, be
said: "Now j have 1t right, sir-15 for
Grant, for Blaine, for Sherman, ana
for Rutherford i. Hayes. tApplause.l Mr..
Chairman, a call OF the roll has been re-
quested by the delegation"
The Chairman: The announcement OF
the vote being questioned, the roll OF that
State will be called. 1t is understood that
under the rule no delegate upon this call is
entitled to vote otherwise than he had pre-
yiousy voted, so as to operate as a change
of the vote.
The secretary then called the roll Of the
Virginia delegation, with the following re-
suit:
Grant,. w. Poindexter, d. Shelley
Lewis, Joseph Jorgensen, John w. WoltZ,
l.. II. Stewart, Josiah Crump, james ID.
Brady, William ii. Pleasants, ii. Clay Har-
ris, w. r. Watkins, +. f. Ware, l.. L..
Lewis, W. D. Austin, c. C.. Tompkins,
John Donovan-15.
Sherman +. Bowden, Robert
Norton, NJ. r. De Mortie, Peter j. Carter
Blaine-J. f. Wilson, William Brown
Hayes-O. II. Russell.
The secretary then announced the vote OF
the ballot as given above.
The Chairman: No one has received a
majority. The clerk will again call the
roll.
The Times says: "The White House in
cumbent was made famous by one vote
from Virginia on the eleventh ballot. This
announcement caused much laughter, and
some very faint vocal enthusiasm"
COnkIing's Last Appeal.
IChlcago special TO the Wheeling Intelligencer-
Mr.. Cxmpbelis paper.1
The fifty votes cast for Garfield on the
thirty-fourth ballot turned all eyes tn him
as the next candidate. The whirl soon COM
menced, and delegation after delegation
wheeled into line. Conklng, Cameron, and
Logan were amazed and panic stricken.
They made the most tremendous efforts to
stay the stampede. Conkling left his seat,
as did Cameron and Logan, and hur-
ried to all the Grant delegations where
there were any Grant voters, and
besought them not to be stam-
peded. 1t was sight to see Conkling
fervently clasping the hands Of his chiefs in
the Virginia and Tennessee delegations,
which sat immediately behind the West Vir-
ginia delegation, and appealing to them to
stand like men, assuring them that IL they
would only be firm everything would come
out right.
Logan and he met together at the YER
mont delegation, and had a short and
nervous interview with its chairman. Ii
looked to spectators as il the long-expected
division Of the Grant forces to Edmunds
was being arranged, but il so the movement
came too late. As they talked the call OF
States proceeded, and the delegations were
heard crumblng away from Sherman and
Blaine and going over to Garfield. The
cheers that arose from the galleries as each
change was announced were perfectly tn.
multuous. Conkling looked pale and dazed.
He evidently had not expected what was
taking place. He resumed bis seat In the
New York delegation just before that State
was called. His faithful heDchmen were
seated close and silent around him. There
was very little conversation among them.
They were listening in sad dismay TO the
crack Of doom. Hon. c. d. Hubbard said
to me as we drew out OF our seats, 81 want
to get where can study Conkling's face"
He was not alone In this curiosity. There
were many others watching ConkliDg's in
tense compOsure as his dearest hopes were
crushed. His man, Tom Murphy, was
up. his face even darker and
more scowling than at any previous time,
and the unlighted cigar that bad been in his
mouth all the time for days past was rgidly |
held in his compressed lips, beneath his |
huge red moustache. His dreams Of a new
lease OF power were also being crushed to |
pieces. Never did men show better STAYING |
qualities than the Grant forces. They came |
through this crushing odeal with 300 votes, |
Or within seven OF their highest poll. They |
never surrendered, but went down almost |
4 solid phalanX.
Personal.
According TO the New York Tribune, Mr.. |
Artbur's first great law case was the we'll |
known suit OF Jonathan Lennon, OF Wiz.
ginia, to recover possession Of eight slaves
hat had been declared free by Judge Paine,
81 the Superior Court Of New York city. |
Lennon had incautiously been passing
through New York with his slaves, intend |
Ing to ship them to Texas, when they were
discovered and freed by order OF Judge
Paine. The Judge was Of the opinion that
he fugitiye-slaye law did not hold these
slaves. The State Of Virginia directed its
to appeal from Judge
Paine's decision. The Legislature OF New