The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-07
FOURTH BALLOT.

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Finally, at 2.30, the taking Of the
fourth ballot began. Before the vote
Of Alabama was given there was
another uproarious scene, in which
butcher, Roosevelt, and other New
York delegates took prominent part.
It arose upon the technicality that
q motion to take q recess had been
made and had been decided by the
chair in the negative, although calls
had been made for q vote by States.
at last a Blaine delegate appealed to
his friends to have the vote on the
recess taken by States, and at 2 80
the votes by States began. The
Illinois delegation requested 20 cons
suit fer a few moments as to Its
vote; then it was announced as 29 to
Is. The vote was challenged, show
| ing that it was regarded as imp 1rt-
ant, and the result of the polli 6 oil
the Illinois deleg alton was for re-
cess, 81 against Is. Psnnsyl-
Vania, call of the roll
of delegates was demanded
The vote Of Pennsylvania was
polled and was, ayes IL, noes 4S.
Tennessee gave "a votes in the neg
alive, 50 that althou gh the vote st Ill
goes on the motion for recess is
! defe4ted.
Indiana cast 80 votes solid for
Blaine, a gain to Blaine of II, and
a loss to Arthur of 10, and to Logan
of 2. 10 wa, Blaine loses 2, Arthur
gains 2, Blaine gains 3; New York,
Blaine gains l. call of delegates is
demanded. A dispatch b been re-
| ceived from President Arthur, by
Curtis, of the Inter Dee an, saying
eff Blaine is neminatld on this bal
| lot have butcher ask to make the
nomination unanimous and thank
my friends for me-"
New York, vote being polled there
was no change. North Carolina,
Blaine gains 5; Ohio, the whole vote
was cast for Blaine, a gain of 2;
Oregon, no change; Pennsylvania
gave Blaine 81 votes, q gain OF L.
Blaine has now received 423 votes;
Rhode Island, Blaine gains Z. Blaine
now has 400 votes.
The Illinois delegation has teIe.
graphed to Logan asking whether
he will accept the nomination for
the vice>presiiency and is awaiting
an answer.
South Carolina, no change; Ten
nessee. Blaine gains 4 Texas, Blaine
gains ]; Vermont, no change; West
Virginia, no change; Wisconsin cast
her % votes for Blaine, q gain Of IL /;
District of Columbia, Perry Carson
announced 2 votes for Blaine. cloud
laughter and cheers. COnger, how
ever, voted for Arthur; Idaho, Blaine
gains 1; Montana, Blaine gains
/; New Mexico, No change;
Utah, Blaine gains 2; Wash>
ington Territory, no change.
Wyoming, Blaine gains 2. The res
suit was announced att 40. In
stantiy, AMI before the last fgnres
were pronounced by Mr.. McPher-
SOD, the vast audience arose ami
broke out into another mad demon-
stration OF enthusiasm. Cheers re
sounded, the band struck up an in
spring air; hats, handkerchiefs,
and national flags were waved;a
large square banner fro I Kansas
was carried through the hall, prom.
Using large majorltles in that State
for Blaine, and its two uprights
were capped with new brooms, and
a stuffed eagle from Colorado was
also carried around in the proces.
sion. The roar outside was heard
commingling with the louder roar
of voices inside, and amid great en-
thuSia.m the nomination was made
unanimous. ~
The following disp atch was re-
ccived few minutes ago:
WASHING Ton, =.
10 S. l.. CatZLom, Illinois Delega.
ton:
The Republicans of the Stats that
must be relied upon to elect the |
president having go strongly shown
a preference for Mr.. Blaine, l deem
1t my duty not to stand in the way
of the peoples choice and rsccm-
mend my friends to assist his nomi. I
nation.
(Signed,) JOHN A. LOGAN. |
Senator Cullom rose and said he
wished to read a dispatch he had
inst received from Gen. Logan.
Objections were promptly made
and sustained.
Cullom then withdrew the name
Of Logan. and cast "a votes OF Hill
nois for Blaine. The change in Lii.
nois from Logan to Blaine made
Blaine's vote Ala. The vote In Illi-
nois was Blaine "a, Logan 7, and
Arthur 3. A gain to Blaine of 81,
20 Arthur of 2, and loss to Logan of
50.
Chicago, 6.-The convention was
called to order al 1919 this morning
oy Chairman Henderson who said
THE convention this morning will
De opened by prayer by Rev. Henry
Martin Scudder, pastor of the Ply.
mouth church of Chicago. He Of
cred the following prayer: "Let us
orav: Almighty and ever blessed |
Tod, we worship as the author of
,ur being, as the creator
# our mortal bodies and of
'ur immortal soul, and we adore