Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-06-29
nest unanimously voted down and the

most unanimously voted down and the
Iba.iOting went on.
o. the 245th ballot Updegraf glined
one vote from Jefferson, and the result
stood od-Updegraff 67, Taylor 10, Hol
llingsworth q, Dsizell 8, noOrman 16
Danford ). On the next ballot DalZel
took the three votes from DanfCrd. and
jefferson tailed % ior L Updegraif instead
of 30, and a recess Was taken until =
O'Clock p. m.
The afternoon session was occupied il
balloting, but without any material
change in the result. On the 2S5th bal.
lot Noble county cast Il votes for Dan
ford, but the 256th showed that it was
all IN fun.
After the 2S9th ballot, a number OF
motions to adiOu,l / were negaCved, and
Il motion to take & recess OF twenty min
utes prevailed, and the delegates scat
tered to take bird s-oye view of the
progress of affairs. Upon re-assembling
no change in the status o. affairs was
apparent. and after tie 3l2th ballot,
Mr.. Albright. of Guernsey. moved to ad-
jouTn until p. H., and MI. G6rvin, OF
Harrison, sought to amend by adjourn
ling sine die, to which Col. Ferguson, OF
IGuernsey, objected, because 1t reflected
upon the ability of the convention to
perform the daty for which it was cali
ed. The convention refused to adjourn
sine die, bug t03a = recess.
During the recess it was observable
that to many CT the delegates the lonN
continuous balloting was growing
tremely irhsome, and il was appar
/ that some move was to be made to redus
the number of candidates. 1t soon be-
came known that shortly after re-as
Isembling the name of PoOrman would
be Withdrawn, and DalZell would not be
! long III following.
After supper the balloting began
again, and in live ballots the leading
candidate had increased his vote from
81 toll. On the 31Tth ballot for the
LfrSt time the Taylor hoys began coquet
fling, and gave DaiZell, who was about
ready to retire, votes. The conven-
! itlOn recognized the generosity Of the
isoiid so, and set up shout OF giadness,
The steadily increasing vote of Upde
graft made il dangerous for his Oppo
lnents % veltare farther without a
lchauge. SO Col. I'JoTman who came into
| the hail during lhe last ballot, went for
ward to the stage, and after the an
ln0uncemeut Of The result took bis stand
at the front OF the platform, looking
ipale and jaded. e gaid the time had
come when the work OF the convention
should close; he had entered this race
not because he had any claim upon the
high honor he had coveted, bat because
it seemed a race open to al and an hon
or worthy of any mans winning. His
long serv ces 10 the party entitled him
to speak frankly, and il trembling, shat
tered words, after he said it was proba-
bly, the last time he would appear before
a Republican convention in the capacity
of a candidate, he urged TO them, a3- rep
fesentativsS Of the district, to noGlinate
that man whose skirts were cleSr and
whose eScutcheons were clear of the
shadow of an imputation OF the use of
unworthy means in the formation of this
body.
According to previous arrangements
which were to cover his diScOurteSy to
the convention in dragging his dirty
| linen before that body, the hall became
uproariouS and it was apparent that the
| works OF everybody but HOlllngSwOrth
was 10 be carried by storm.
As soon us order was restored the
chair started to call the counties, but
the Poorman delegates knew scarcely
| just how to act with their 10 votes, SO a
DELAY ensued, and motion to take a re
cess was made and failed. Finally a
ballot was reached, which showed that
the withdrawal Shot had fallen
short of its mark, and Lad scattered
dismay among those for whose rescue il
was intended, for the result showed Up
degraff II, Taylor s., HollingswOrth IS
Dalzeil 8. Balloting went on for awhile
without change, when DalZell was trOt~
ted to the stage. and thanked the con
vention for the consideration shown
him. Especially he wished to thank
the noble phalanX from his own county.
He said he had dared TO come before the
convention as candidatd because he had
always been and always would be Re-
publican. If knew not woo the con-
vention would nominate. 1t was none
of his business. But he pledged them
tlat if it was the horned and hoofed
devil himself he would vote for him.
He hoped the nominee OF the conven-
tion would be gallant soldier, like the
brave Danford who had served so faith
fully, Iapplausel and like bis friend
from Harrison county Hoilingsworth.
Ii the applause was loud before, it'll
WAS terrific nova veritabIe second
boom for Hoilingsworth.
The balloting went on without changeI
in any county until Noble was reached
and Young sung out Updegraf y, Hol-
lingsWorth I, Taylor .. The total vote
showed UpdegraH rising at 73, Taylor
Al, HollingswOr,h IS. Voting went on
and on with little variation-Up Updegraff |
on some ballots as high as II.
On the G55th ballot the vote stood Up |
degrafT rs, Taylor -, Hollingsworth "A.
After this ballot at lU1 o clock motion
to adjourn until s O'clock Friday morn
ing prevailed, by a vote of IS to II, the
Updegraff men voting against adjourn
ment. Now the opponents of the leading
alarmed at his growing ballot,
grew desperate. Something more than
and the whoOps of partisan
3laquers must be brought into requiSi
lion. The most dishonorable means had
already been resorted to-broad intima-
ions of corruption had been made. and
.landerous circulars poddled about the
streets by the henchmen of one of the
.audidates, all to no avai-a last despe- !
ate attemE must be made, and the i
darkness of the night was needed to COW a
II the Infamous details which were to
le arranged.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Shortly after the assembling of the dele !