Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-08

lively scene for ten minutes.
 After the announcement on the tenth ballot 1t was seen that Grant lost one, going to
 Sherman, in Mississippi, and Sherman gained two from Grant in North Carolina and Hayes secured vote in Virginia from Sherman. On the next ballot Grant regained one of the North Carolina votes. There was dispute over the announcement of the Virginia vote and demand was made for its correction.
 The Chair announced 16 for Grant, for
 Blaine, for Sherman and for Hayes. The
 State has but P votes The total of the vote 1 announced was B. Conkling asked for cor
 rection. The chairman of the delegation be-
 came confused. The matter was finally fixed
 and the vote was announced as before, ex- cept that Grants vote was 15 instead of 16.
 Before the beginning of the seventeenth
 ballot a Minnesota man moved a recess, but
 the motion was voted down and the call pro-
 ceeded Blaine gained back the vote lost to
 sherman in Mississippi and the vote lost in Vlrg1nla. Grant lost vote to Washburne. On the thirteenth ballot George w. McCrary, Of Iowa, received a vote, which loss for Sherman, and Sherman lost another vote
 in North Carolina, which went to Grant. In Texas Blaine gained a vote from Sherman and gained two in Virginia, one from Sher-
 man and the other from Hayes. Blaines
 total vote was 285, the largest he had so far
 received, and it was loudly cheered The
 fourteenth ballot called at 2:20 p.
 The first change was gain of one by Blaine
 from Sherman in Kentucky. Sherman made
 it up by gaining one from Grant in
 North Carolina. Grant gained one from
 Blaine in Texas, and Garfield lost his vote in
 Pennsylvania, which went to Washburne.
 The Chair announced that in case at any
 time the condition of the ballot seemed to
 approach a majority the chairmen of the del
 egations at the end of the roll might move to
 have the vote of his delegation verified.
 During the fifteenth ballot Conkling stepped forward to the New Hampshire
 delegation, which was two seats from New
 York. and held long whispered conversation
 with William E. Chandler. Both were pleasant and smiling at first, but at the end became
 very much in earnest. Conkling shaded his face with paper and talked very earnestly,
 but Chandler shook his head in the negative
 From New Hampshire Conkling went to the Mississippi delegation, and for teh minutes held whispered consultation with the dele gates. The ballot gave Grant gain of three from Blaine in Virginia and one from Sher- man, the vote standing Grant IS, Blaine ?, Sherman 2. The announcement was received with applause. When announced it gave Grant 309 a total gain of 20, the highest he had yet reached and all taken from Blaine The Grant men cheered long and loud.
 On the sixteenth Blaine gained three votes from Grant, one each in Alabama Texas and West Virginia, and his followers cheered in turn. motion was made for recess until 5:30 p. m.,. but defeated by an over whelming vote, the Grant men voting solidly against adjournment The 17th ballot begun at p. m. When Alabama was called the vote went from 16 to 15, Blaine gaining one. It was evident that there was trouble in the New York delegation. Conkling con suited with General Sharpe, General Arthur and Edwards Pierrepont, and the three held a private conversation, in which 1t was appa- rent all were very much concerned The cause was shown when General Arthur arose wa shown that Grant had lost one, and the vote stood Grant 50, Blaine IS, Sherman ?. The announce ment was greeted with applause as indicating a break in the New York delegation. Texas this time voted Grant 12, Blaine l, Sherman l, Edward J. Davis, ex-Governor of Texas, l, which was taken from Blaine Blaine lost one in Virginia, going for Sherman. Grants total, 303, was the lowest yet received.
 The eighteenth ballot was called Grant gained vote from Washburne in Maryland. Conkling sat perfectly quiet reading a news paper until New York was called. General Arthur announced the vote-Grant 50, Blaine IS, Sherman ?. MT. Sharpe questioned the correctness of the announcement, and under the rules this secured a roll-call of the dele gation, when it was found that Dennis Me Carthy, of the Syracuse district, was the Grant man who had gone over to Blaine. The vote for Governor Davis, of Texas, went to Grant on this ballot. At 3:3O p. m. MT. Chandler, of New Hampshire, moved to take a recess until p. m. Mir. Conkling shouted ''No, No, ;" and 1t echoed by vast ma jority of the Grant strength and the vote was apparently evenly divided but the Chair decided that the motion was carried and declared adjournment until p. m. It was the policy of the Grant men to insist upon 0 continuation of the balloting until a nomina- tion was reached, but the adjournment was forced on them. Grants highest vote in the afternoon was 3O9, Blaine's highest 2S5, Sher- dcS io1,o 1 the first ballot), and Washburne's highest 36 Con the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth ballots.) Grants lowest was 303 Con the seventeenth) Blaine's 2SO Con the sixth), Sherman's lowest SS Con the thirteenth, fif- teenth and sixteenth), Edmunds' 30 and Washburnes lowest was 30 Con the first.
 EVENING SESSION.
 The convention called to order at 7:25 p. m. The roll call began on the nineteenth ballot Grant gained one from Blaine in Ala bama. Florida cast votes for Grant, it's first solid vote, which was loudly applauded. The Chair announced that the galleries would be cleared if there were any more demonstra- tions. In Indiana Sherman gained one from Washburne, and in Mary land one from Washburne and one from Grant. New York stuck to the old score-5O for Grant, IS for Blaine ? for Sherman. In Pennsylvania Blaine and Wash burne each lost vote, they going to Gar field and Hartranft In Virginia Sherman gained one from Blaine and one from Grant. In all Sherman gained ,, Blaine lost and Washburne 3. On the twentieth ballot Grants first gain was one from Blaine in Georgia In Indiana Blaine lost three votes, which went to Washburne. North Car olina gave Sherman four and Grant six, a gain of one for Grant. In Tennessee Grant gained another vote from Blaine and third in Virginia from Sherman. When Washing ton Territory was called the vote was an- col R1ofn Mr. ordered the roll called again, and the delegate announced in very loud voice: 1.-Two solid votes for Blaine" The Chair said that any one adding any remarks to the announce ment of votes out of order, and coming from members of the convention such re- marks tended especially to create disorder. Applause Blaine's total in this vote went 3 votes 1ower-to 276-and there were wild cheers for Grant, whose vote was 30S. On the twenty-first ballot North Carolina shifted back from Grant and Sherman 14, to Grant and Sherman 15 This change had been made so often that it had become monotonous and was treated with silence. It was evident that some one in the delegation was moving backwards and forwards with every vote. Sherman gained in Virginia from Blaine and gained Grants vote ill the District of Colum- bia On the twenty third there was another Sherman gain of l from Grant in Florida. North Carolina swung back to to If. Dur ing the roll call Garfield left his seat in the Ohio delegation in the center of the hall, going to the front, where Conkling sat at the head of the New York delegation. He leaned over the back of Conkling's seat, and eonversed with him earnestly for at least five minutes. Conkling did not seem to be exactly indifferent, but was coldly polite, and when Garfield left bowed his head in his way. Blaine's vote fell off again, and was PTS. " Grants remained at 3O5, and Sherman's was the highest (97). While the twenty-third ballot was in progress Conkling went up the aisle and held a confer l ence with the Maryland delegation He then crossed over and held conversatio with the l chairman of the North Carolina delegation. | From here he went to the Maine delegation, | where the scene was repeated. The ballot re- suited in Q loss of one for Grant, which went | to Washburne. Garfield gained one, the | Hartranft vote in Pennsylvania. A big break was predicted, and it was l argued that Conkling was arrang- | ing terms with the delegation, on whom he relied. Pending the call of the 1 twenty-fourth ballot there was great confu- l sion and much caucusing was done. Grant l gained two from Sherman in Mississippi on | the next ballot and lost vote in Tennessee,