The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-14

egate business gets IN working
order. the Nationals don't keep
their word, and the result is
that a National is nominated,
the same being
M. d. HAUBERG.
THE ARGUS last evening contained .
full account of the proceedings of the
peoples Convention" up to the time Of
the inauguration Of the delegate process
and below we give the emainder Of th .
doings to the close of the circus.
The chaotic condition OF affairs continu-
as if the convention would break up in a
row. Finally the delegates were announc-
ed, and then they made q break for the
side room. shutting out the mass con-
vention" and turning the affair into dis
satisfied audience.
But the fun had only commenced. and
cross FIRE was the order of the day. After
the delegates had gone into the other
| room those in the main hall yelled 60
hire halr',"Put up job" That's Nation
al trick" ''Cheese.it" "Give US a rest
and other like expression calculated to
to show the Disguised feeling of the audi
enee. But in the other room among the
delegates it was fun. too-in fact 1t
h4k
a good deal of discussion the
delegates got down to work and thenit
cropped out. did the little game OF the
nationals, to force q national nomination.
The Iballoting began and the irst ballot
resulted as follows:
First Ballot-M D Hamburg l63. A
Jarvis 14t, T S Silvis Is, @ w Henry 5. l.
G Lloyd ], Forgy l. K c Cavctt 4. John
Buffum 4-64.
This was an informal ballot but it
showed pretty well which way the wind
was blowing. It was some little time
before the next ballot was taken but it
was finally reached. resulted as follows:
Silvis l9. Henry l-66.
This was followed after short delay by
another ballot as follows
Third ballot auberg 80. Jarvis %,
Silvis 1911,
There was CONSULATE on between the
friends of candidates after this ballot but
it resulted ia nothing. and SO the next
ballot was oIdered and the result was as
follows:
Fourth ballot-Hauberg 33. JARVIS 10.
Silvis 1911.
After this. ballot, Supervisor W. j.
Ransom withdrew the name of Sharp
Silvis, but before The fifth ballot began.
DR.. 2. L. McKinnie said it was a mistake
and he hoped Slvis' friends would stand
by him. The ballot resulted as follows:
Fifth baIl0t-Hauberg 35. Jarvis %
Silvis l23, Henry Pa
The crowd in the hall was getting very
: impatient, at least that portion that
remained, aud it was evident that the
delegate business was not satisfactory.
The sixth ballot resulted:
J Sixth ballot Hauberg 365, Jarvis 80.
/. Silvis 6. Lloyd l-733,
announcement Of this ballot. as it showed
one half vote more than the delegation
was entitled to. OF course every body was
liuDoceut-no one had cast that half vote
GO One was mean enough to do anything Of
| that kind. 1t being impossible to
. find out who did put 10 the
half vote, the matter was dropped and
and seventh ballot resulted as follows:-
Seventh Hauberg 3s, Jarvis 81.
J Silvis 5, Lloyd TO.
This settled it-that is it nominated
Hauberg. and that was what the Nationals
wanted, and SO the little game of j. B.
DanfoYth to force the nomination Of a
National was com pleted. An attempt
was made to make the nomination unan
! imous but it failed most ingloriously. as
did also resolution to bind the delegates
to the support Of Hauberg. The Demo
orats saw they were sold out, and SO they left
in disgust-in fact the hall was deserted
before the seventh ballot was taken
as it was evident that nothing but Ma
tional would satisfy the awkward squad
who poll corporal's guard vote in this
county. It was known after the informal
ballot in mass convention that the Ma
tionaIs would not support a Democrat -
that the writer knows to be fact, as be
heard the kicking and also the plan to
bolt had J arvis or Henry been nominated.
So far perfected were these arrangements
that DIR. z. L. McKinnie was asked to lead
the kickers. j. B. Danforth, at the time it
was eyident that Democrat was sure to
be nominated-that the Democrats were
too many for the Nationals. and Henry or
Jarvis was certain to be the nominee. said
you can lead horse to water but you
cant make him drink" and
then Nationals crowded round Danforth
and said-"Can we stand this? to which
Danforth said-"Well, We will have a
show. or we won't stand IT," Grover of
Moline, National said-"W onder how
much them Rock Island fellows put up
on this thing" Another national said