New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-09


thetwenty-ninth ballot. The event of the ballot
proved to be the transfer of the 10 Edmunds votes
In the Massachusetts, delegation to Sherman. lhelr
intention TO mako the change had been rumored
about before the Convention met, and created no
surprise and the announcement was recclVeu WIN
applause. This was hailed as the first important
break in the vote of any candidate and some san
guine ones regarded it as the possible lndlcauoh vi
O general change.
An interesting question was raised upon inc 'oVo
of the Alabama delegation. The chairman an
nounced 10 votes for Grant for Sherman ana
for Blaine. Ex-senator Willard Warner challenged
the correctness of the vote and the roll was called
Whv1 George Turner the chairman, attempted 10
vote for q delegate who absent from the hah
and who he said had authorized him to 90 So oeI'"
tor Hoar ruled that only the delegate hhlseh Vi
either of the two alternates from his district OF Ill
the case of deegates-at-large any one OF the lour
alternates .a-large, could vote General Uarileiu
then raised the question that the correctness oi te
vote Oft State could only be questioned by nem-
Der of the delegation, being under tho impression
that the question in this instance was raised
bv delegate outside the State of Alabama. Inc
question afterward came up again, and Senator
Hoar rnled that any delegate could question 'the
correctness of the vote of any State; but an eXa-
ination of the rules showed that he had been mlsled
by the wording of the rule adopted four years ago.
and that ONLY q delegate from the disputed state
| could question the correctness of the vote
| There is obvious danger In this rule for future
National Conventions. AS it now stands IL Woulu
render it possible for delegation having only
part of its members present but all in favor Of one
candidate to cast tho whole vote of their State Tor
! that candidate without interference from the rest
| of the Convention.
There we're number of changes back and forth
upon this the first ballot of the day. In the Indi-
ana delegation Blaine lost l, and in Kentucky
the latter going to Sherman. In Maryland Grant
| lost and Blaine Q, Sherman getting all three. The
| Window vote as well as the Edmunds vote, broke
on this ballot Blaine getting three votes from MIN
nesota. In Mississippi Grant gained votes from
| Sherman. The vote of NewYOrk was Unchanged
90 for Grant, Is for Blaine and . for Sherman. In
Tennessee Blaine lost l vote to Sherman. The Ed
munds vote outside of Massachusetts stood pretty
firm, but his total vote dropped to II. Sherman
rose to 11G, his highest figure thus far. Blaine
received 278 one less than his vote OH the last bal
| lot last night and Grant lost as compared with
the same ballot his vote standing 3OJ. The Sher-
man gain from the last ballot last night was 70.
VOTE FOR GENERAL SHERIDAN.
| Tho chief incident of the next ballot was the I'M
exnected appearance of General Philip H. Sheridan
as a Presidential candidate. delegate from Wyo-
ming cast one vote for Sheridan, which was loudly
appauded. 1t so happened that General Shcr!-
dan was on tho platform at the
time, and heard the announcer ut with great
amusement. There were prolonged and good-hu-
mored cheers as Senator IIoar and Major Harrison
went over and jokingIy congratulated General
Sheridan A moment afterward the audience were
surprised to see General Sheridan appear at the
chalrman's desk, evidently about to adj
dress the Convention. When Senator lloar
had commanded the attention of the au-
dience General Sheridan said he was very
much obliged to the gentleman who had mentioned
his name but it would be impossible for him 10
receive such q nomination, unless in some way he
could turn it over to his best friend. This was taken
as all allusion to Grant. and was received with
evident pleasure by the Grant men. General Sher-
idans reason for not being able to accept the nOml
nation was of course known to he that the Consti-
tuition of the United States places an obstacle in the
way of the election of a native-born Irlshman to
the Presidency
There was a slight break in the Washburnc vote
in Illinois in this ballot Blaine got IL votes :
of which came from Washburne In Indiana
and Maryland, each, Blaine lost to sherman.
At this point Mr.. w. w. Hicks, OF Florida. arose
and demanded the protection of the chairman i'll ar
excited manner, from emissarics who sought I" com
mel the members of the delegation to violate thcli
oaths and their honor. This supposed to be al
allusion to cOored Sherman delegate in the neigh
borhood, but it was observed that Blr HICKS pore
the visits Of the Grant enlissaries from the New
York delegation with great equanmity
Blaine received votes in the Minnesota dclega
ton Window got 1. In New-Jcrs"y Blaine lost 2
which went to WashbuTne. In South Carolina
Grant lost l. which went to Sherman, and the
Ed1nunds vote in Tennessee also went to Sherman
Sberman's total vote was 100, Blaines 270. Granite
800. -
On the next ballot Alabama announced 1G votes
for Grant Ex-senator Warner again challenged
the vote which had been increased for Grant by l
Inv casting the vote of q delegate who was NOS II
the hall. Senator Hoar ruled against this, and Tho
vote for Grant was reduced to 10. Mr.. Conklini
had n little boom on this ballot which amused hll
greatly one delegate in New-Mcxico casting vote
for him. At the announcement Mr.. Conkling thrc"
his head back and laughed heartily.
Blaino lost votes in Indiana, which proved to
he a very doubtful delegation indeed, and abou
which the Blaine men had been apprchensive iron
the first Washburnc got the votes which BLAINE
lost in Indiana and / from Window in Minnesota
Ono of General Garfelds Q votes III Pennsylvani;
loft him OH this ballot. The totals stood rcspcc
tivelv: Grant, 3OS; Blaine, 27G; Sherman, llS
There was a hearty cheer from the Grant men, tn
voto heing within one of their highest vote las
night.
ALTERNATE HOPES AND FEARS.
In the thirty-scc0nd ballot there was anothe
breal in tho Indiana delegation, Baines vOt
falling to 13 and Washburne's rising to IL. Gran
bad 3 votes. and Sherman 3. This was
loss for Blaine of votes, which went to Wash
burne That oscillating delegate III North Carolin
who voted yesterday alternately for Grant and SheT
man had now stayed by Grant through the day.Iher
wasanother loss OFF for aine in the Wisconsin dele
cation which went to Washburnc. This raise
| Washburne's vote to its highest figure Al. ShcI
man stood at III. Blaine at 27O-hls very loves
| ,,,tn-nnd Granf 1850 to 800. which was as high q