The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08

[Daily Tribune, June 9-l0.

ing of a pendulum and quite as mo-
notonous, varied here and there by
the dark horses who trotted across
the scene and made graceful exits;
by. a slight break on the eighth,
when Blaine gained" two Sherman
votes; on the fifteenth, when Grant
gained four votes, upon which the
Grant crowd attempted another dem
onstration of howl, which was checked
by the indignant chairman; and by
the loss of one of Conkling's votes
on the seventeenth, which SO en-
rated the Boss that he polled the
vote of the state to discover the tral-
tor, who turned out to be Denis Nc
Carthy, the great salt-boiler of SYRIA
cuse, who dared to disobey the ma
chine andvote for Blaine. And then
came the recess, which was agreea-
BILE to the man on the top seat, as
the seat was getting hard, and at
that altitude the monotonous sing
song of the secretary had aroused in
him and his neighbors an ardent de-
sire to slay him.
In the evening the band again ad-
dressed itself to opera bouife, and
was apparently the only cheerful
body in the building. Our report
tells the story. Ten more ballots,
with insignificant variations indicat-
ing nothing-the audience, however,
trying to get some comfort out of a
change of one or two votes. and the
Grant faction Justify applauding
whenever Conkling gave them the
signal. The noticeable feature IN
the voting was that every candidate,
with the exception of Washburne,
at some time during the day fell be-
low the figures at which he started.
Mr. Washburne started at 30, for the
next six ballots kept at 81, for the
next four at 33, the next two 30, the
next 30, the next three 3G, the next
two 50. the next 80, the next three
35, and SO on, closing at 35. 1t was
noticeable also in the ballot on the
final adjournment that all the Grant
men voted no, except those from
South Carolina, twelve in number,
who voted aye. How long does
their contract run? Only for one
day? And when the summons came
to Join the innumerable caravan
which proceeded out of the exposi-
ton building, the man on the top
seat mentally voted aye tor a large
delegation and went home and spent
the night, probably like thousands
of Others. mechanically calling off the
names of the states and territories
and footing up scores in dreamland.
THE MAN on THE TOP SEAT YELLs.
On the day the nomination was
made the sun rose bright and CHEEKY,
and the man climbed to his seat with
as much enthusiasm and alacrity as
if it were the first time he was max
ing the ascent, and took to his board
and saw-dust quite as comfortably as
the speaker with his padded chair.
The band was more observant of the
proprieties, for it quit opera boutfe
and discoursed numbers from 'The
Bohemian Girl and other soothing
airs. There was commendable
spirit of punctuality, and for the first
time Mr. Conkling got to his seat be-
fore prayers, and thus had the bene-
fit of clergy to sustain HIM during
the subsequent obsequies of the Third
Term and the explosion of the ma
chine, which left BOG dead and dying
victims among its debris.
The balloting commenced promptly.
1t was the twenty ninth. The night
before the secretarial pendulum had
stopped at 3O7 for Grant, 279 for
Blaine, 81 for Sherman, 35 for Wash
burne, 81 for Edmunds, 10 for Win
dom and 2 for Garfield. There was
one material change on the twenty
ninth ballot, that of Massachusetts,
which had changed front and cast 81
votes for Sherman, crowd,ng his vote
up to 1l6, and pushing Edmunds
down to IL. On the thirtieth, Sher-
man gained four more votes, taken
from Washburne and Edmunds, and
Gen. Phil. Sheridan's dark horse hove
in sight through the appreciation of
a Wyoming delegate, which resulted
in rousing ovation to the general,
L.