St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-07
FOURTH ROUND.
Marquis of Queensbury Rules. I

Marquis OIL QueensDury Rules.
"Alabama'' sung out the reading secre-
tary for the fourth ballot and Alabama re-
sponded with gain of six for Blaine and q
loss of five for Arthur-the other one coming
from Logan. The animals eyes were sot
and there wasn't much use of yelling, but
the Blaine boys couldn't hold themselves
and yelled all the same.
When Illinois was reached the chairman
of the delegation tried in vain to read the
withdrawal telegram of Logan. but the anti
Blaine forces had got caught by letting
Foraker get in his work and they didn't pro-
pose to be caught again. He
swung the. telegram over his
head and finally sent it up
to the chair, but the chair would not have il
read, and he was finally obliged to announce
"a for Blaine. That was gain of 81, and
with Alabama's gain made total Blaine gain
of 81. A gain of 36 over the third ballot was
all that was needed to nominate him, and the
fiat had gone forth when Illinois cast her "a
votes. Foraker's dodge was more than evel
apparant.
| When Florida was reached, Lee, an ace ot
spades delegate, who wore spectacles to make
things look white, said Florida would Dt
found faithful among the faithless--but tht
vote showed gain of two for Blaine never
theless.
Minnesota was solid again, and her fourteen
votes for Blaine, for once represented the
Republican sentiment of the state. New
York and Pennsylvania, and several othe
states, had to be polled again, ,and the Blaine
ties had to yell, and all was confusion ant
excitement, so that the roll call proceeded
slowly. Every one knew that Blaine wa
nominated, and the wires had carried tn
tidings in every direction an hour before i
was officially announced.
Some idea of the noise can be formed from
the fact that pending the fourth ballot the
began firing cannon within a block of tn
building, and though the smoke of the pow
der foated in at the windows, the boom G
the report was drowned by the regularity G
the proceedings.
AS before, when the vote was finally an
nounced, the reading secretary reserved tn
best for the last, and votes were received II
comparative silence until he said, blaine
five hundred,'' and then there was a roar
sure enough. That convention never hear
officially that the vote stood ''Blaine, 544
Five hundred was good enough, and the
didn't propose to mind about such tri1es a
A votes, at that stage of the game. TIL
Kansas rooster again come to the front, arr
the scenes l have already described wer
again repeated, save that previous efforts ha
caused the expenditure of so much physica
strength and lung power that the fnRl jub
lance was, if anything, a little milder tha
before. Still it would do, on pinch, and
person was reckless about the truth, migt
be called ssBlaine boom.''
The nomination was made unanimous
though the voice of the dudes did not get u
much higher than DR.. Scudder's PRAYER
when every one around would have prefer
red to sacrifice his chances for heaven rathe
than delay finding out how the figures woul
stand on. the first ballot.
The convention was tired, exhausted, and
as no temperance resolutions had beel
offered to-day, am afraid they were thirsty
A recess was taken to s p. m, and when
visited the hotel bar-rooms a few minutes Ia
ter concluded they wouldn't be thirsty
great while, unless the refreshments CAV
ont