Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-08

When New York was called on the first ballot Mir. Conkling said ''The true way to ascertain the vote of New York is to call the roll of individual delegates
 The Chairman-Under the rule the vote of each State must be announced by the chair man of the delegation, unless some question be raised by delegate respecting the cor rectness of the announcement in which case the roll of the State is to be called The chair will treat the failure of the chairman of State on the call as question" within the meaning of the rule.
 Mr. Conkling-I will state frankly that the chairman of this delegation is instructed as to how to cast the vote of the State; but it is understood that there are members of the delegation who prefer to vote each for him self Therefore the chairman prefers to withhold the announcement, and al low the roll of delegates to be called. A delegate announced that two delegates were absent but that their alternates were present The Chair said that when the name of a dele gate was called and he failed to respond, the name of his alternate would be called. The roll was called, and Conkling was thus ena- bled to place on record the men who diso- beyed the instructions of the State conven- tion. Governor Cornell and Senator w. B. Woodin were absentees. CornelTs alternate voted for Grant and Woodin' s for Blaine. The vote stood Grant 51, Blaine IT, Sherman ?. During the ballot there was suppressed murmur.
 When Ohio was called it was found that there was defection of ten from those in structed for Sherman, nine going to Blaine and one to Edmunds. When West Virginia was called, Mir. Campbell, chairman of the delegation, said that he desired to make 8 statement. MT. Conkling asked if that could be in order. The Chair said it was not Campbell retorted that it was a question of r1rivi1aora The Chair said that Tn Onoctinn of privilege could be raised except by unan- imous consent. Conklng demanded the call of the roll The Chair ordered the roll call to proceed on the second ballot. Campbell again essayed to give his explanation and was ruled out of order. When he announced the vote it's correctness was questioned and 1t was found that one delegate was absent, and the vote was recorded 8 for Blaine and 1 for Grant instead of 9 for Blaine and 1 for Grant During this ballot Grant lost 1 vote in Florida and Blaine gained 1. Grant gained 1 in Indiana and Blaine lost l. Grant gained 1 and Edmunds lost 1 in Massaehu- setts. Grant gained and Sherman lost 1 in Mississippi. Grant lost 1 and Sherman gained 1 in North Carolina. Grant gained vote in Pennsylvania. Sherman lost 1, which went for Garfield. Grant lost two votes in Virginia and Sherman gained them. On the third ballot Benjamin Harrison, of Indi- ana, received one vote from Pennsylvania WQ1CQ W6nL DdCh bO OhCI1leA O41 bAO 1OuIbh On the fifth ballot Butterworth, of Ohio, made blunder that was appreciated by the audience with a roar of laughter. In an- nouncing the vote he became confused and said Grant" when he should have shouted Sherman, :" but corrected himself as soon as possible. Conk1ing clapped his hands and laughed loud and long. Chairman Hoar ordered another ballot. The noise was deafening and the delegates moved about all over the hall. Mir. Hoar tried hard for several minutes and finally secured something like semblance of order The call then proceeded. The fea- ture of the ballot was loss of one vote for Grant in Alabama, which went for Garfield but was recovered in Maryland
 New York was called MT. Conkling re- peated his formula Mir. Chairman-Two del epates from New York are reported as wish ing to cast their votes for Sherman, 17 for Blaine and 51 for Grant. This was parodied by Campbell, who repeated it word for word, inserting Grant one vote and Blaine votes. On the next ballot this little by play was re- peated, Conkling changing his formula to teTwo delegates are said to be for Sherman, 1T for Blaine and 51 are for Grant" Mir. Camp bell parodied and was missed and cheered, Conkling paying no attention. On this ballot Grant gained vote from Sheeman in North Carolina and lost one to Blaine in South Carolina Pennsylvania changed 8 vote from Edmunds to Sherman, and Alabama again gave a vote to Garfield, taking one from Grant. Before the call for the eighth ballot began, an Indiana delegate moved an adjourn ment till P. m. There were loud cries of ssNo, Fo.'' ConkHng shout ed, stLet us have a vote go on !" The motion was defeated heavily. Great confusion ensued and at one time there seemed to be danger that the convention would get away from the control of the chair man He finally succeeded in quelling the confusion and the call proceeded Grant gained one in Alabama, one in Pennsylvania