Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-06-29

Nothing of an exciting character occur
red on any of the ballots up to the fourth.
There were changes here and there which
excited enthusiasm, aud there was some
natural excitement at the end of each bal
lot. The first significant thing occurred
near the end of the third ballot, when
Stengcr, who had been voting for Mona
CHAN, changed for Pattison. Snowden,
of LehigL, had done the same, and there
was great cheering over it. On the next
ballot Frank Beamish went for Pattison
and for Hopkins on tho fifth, but he got
back to Pattison on tho last ballot. At
the end of the fourth ballot, before the
result was announced, there was an
attempt on tho part OF Flood and
Haggerty, of Philadelphia, who had
been voting for Coke, to get up a
Hopkins sweep by changing their votes to
the Allegheny favorite Singerly had led
the way by leaving Monaghan and voting
for Hopkins. The Hopkins people, be
lieving that a stampede was setting in in
favor of their man, made the opera house
ring with cheers. but no more changes
were made, and the chair announced the
vote and ordered another ballot (the fifth
The aisles were Immediately filled with
delegates who had left their seats and
others who had crowded in, till the con-
vention got into disorder.
It was some time before the cali for the
fifth ballot could proceed, but it finally
vent on. 1t had become evident that the
fight was between Pattison and Hopkins.
and PattisOD was gaining much more
than Hopkins on every ballot. Yerkes
withdrew Davis at the end of the fourth
ballot and most of that strength went to
Coxe 1t did not, however, have the effect
of booming him up. There was much
more important break in the midst of the
call, when Ham, of Wayne, withdrew
Nelson and went for Pattison. He was
followed by all the Nelson votes on the
fifth ballot and the anti-Pattison men in
the Philadelphia delegation all went over
to Hopkins in the midst of good deal
of fcheering from the Allegheny men. When
the result of the fifth ballot had been an
nounced there was more confusion than
there had previously been. 1t was eight
o'clock. and after five hours continuous
sitting the delegates were tired and hungry.
In the midst of the hubbub Brundage, of
Luzerne, tried to get an adjournment, and
was assisted by HemphilI, of Chester,
while Hay proposed recess of an hour
and half. This was not desired by the
Pattison. men and Reed opposed it in a
speech. Fisk Conrad, of Blair, who was
now voting for Pattison, said the adjourn
ment was only to give chance to the
bosses, and the adjournment was then
shouted down.
The sixth ballot was started with only
five candidates left, Hall having been
withdrawn by Nipple, who gave his vote
to PattisoD, as did most of the Hall men.
The call on this ballot excited the great
est interest, and many were looking for
some new movement which should prove
decisive. 1t had been understood by some
of the Pattisou people that Coke would
now be withdrawn, and when Henry
Packers name was called he set the Patti
son supporters on fire with enthusiasm by
announcing the withdrawal of Coke and
casting his vote for Pattison. The whole
convention seemed to get upon its feet to
cheer and shout and the end was at once
seen. While there was still so much noise
that it was almost impossible to hear the
Coke men who had already voted began to
change. A majority of them went to
Pattison, but some turned in for Hopkins.
The scene at this time was of the livliest
character and the chairman for a while
lost control of the convention. All the
workers were going here and there and
shouting and swinging their hats. Not