St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-07


The announcement of the second ballot
Blaine $40, gain of 1411s, and loss of for
Arthur-fairly drove the Blaine men wild.
They jumped and danced and howled. Re-
porters mounted their chairs and tables;
delegates stood up and waved hats, handker-
chiefs, umbrellas, fans, papers and anything
they could get hold Of Men and ladies on
the platform, ladies and men in the galleries
and spectators seats, joined in the loud ac.
claim, swung flags and yelled and yelled
again.
THE THIRD ROUND.
"The clerk will call the rolled for the third
ballot" said the hoarse chairman in voice
so inaudible that the reading secretary at
his elbow could scarcely hear it. ''Alabama,"
again roared the reading secretary, and rap,
rap went the gavel of the chair, calling for
order. ''Alabama," again called the secre-
tary, and finally Alabama responded, and
the third roll call was in progress. There
was not quite so much challenging of votes
on this ballot as on the second, but there was
considerable. Again the Blaine gains were
cheered, and it was with the utmost difficulty
ment, the secretaries could make the record.
The reading secretary would call out the vote
in reply to each state, name by name as the
chairman of the delegation would announce
it and second reading clerk stood at his
elbow and repeated it third time for the
recording secretaries.
Outside of the newspaper men but COM
paratively few kept tally on any candidates
except Blaine and Arthur When the delays
occurred by the call of challenged states in
detail, the volunteer tally keepers would foot
their lists as far as the roll had proceeded, so
that minute after VIM. Young, the last
name on the list, had cast his vote, hundreds
knew that Blaine had gained 26 more votes,
and had 375 on the third ballot. The enthu-
siastic Blaineites did not wait for the official
record, but concluded to yell while it was
hot, and they did and in good style. Again
hats went up into the air, and all kinds of
demoniac yells were heard from the excited
throng.
Some one marched through the aisles, as
well as he could, with big Kansas banner
having picture of Blaine upon one side,
with the inscription, ''Kansas $4,000 for the
nominee, rs 900 for James G. Blaine" On
the reverse side was a stuffed rooster, with
gigantic claws, clutching in his bill card
bearing the inscription ''Kansas crows for
her loyal delegation" AS this banner was
carried about the hall it was everywhere
greeted with redoubled yells, and when one
man tired another took up the refrain, SO
that there was no apparent cessation. The
secretaries had completed their official foot
ing, and the chair rained blows upon the
desk with his gavel that were as little heard
as his hoarse voice. The uproar still went
on. The Blaine men felt that they had sub
| stantial!y ''got there" and they did not see
any use of waiting for the fun to begin Off
| cially.
At last when sufficient order was restored
| to give the vote, the reading secretary took
the precaution to announce the Blaine vote
last If he had not the rest of it never would
have been heard of. Arthur was received il
silence. He had only lost two votes on tha
ballot and only four on the whole. He was
holding his strength with the tenacity with
which DR.. Day keeps his grip on the post
Office, but there was no one to grow enthusi-
astic over it. The final announcement
1915, did the business and the ''whoop-'er
up" fellows went at it again. Again the
Kansas rooster was borne about, and again
the yells went up and were taken up by the
crowd outside and echoed back into the con
vention hall. 1t was a continuation o.
previous scenes and would undoubtedly have
been more intense but it couldn't-they had
been just as intense as they could be before
and could only repeat without improving or
| it,
A DUDE SCENE.
And now followed the most comical seen,
of this or any other convention Whe1
there was little lull in the Blaine iubilation
Foraker was on a chair at the front of tn
delegate seats and at last obtained recogni
ton of the chair and said: 81 more tina
this convention take recess until z D. m.
His words beyond ''recess'' were not hear
further than his immediate ndings
for yells Of ssNo! nor' and ''Ballotl ballot!'
went up and down and all around an,
caromed on the air from delegates and gal
leries until hell reigned again. The Ne,
York Independents, whom the Blaine paper
disrespectfully style political dudes,'' wer
ON their ears and feet at the same time
They wanted to secure roll call on tn
motion for recess, as they knew with
UiUG yoce vote the spectators would join an
thunder down the motion.
VIM. Walter Phelps, from New jersey
mounted a chair and young Roosevelt, the
par excellence political dude from New York
just in front of him-both wildly gesticula
ting with both hands and talking as fast an
as loud as they could yell. A Pennsylvani
delegate mounted q chair Just across tn
aisle and turning his back to the chair ad
dressed his remarks to Phelps, wildly gestic
ulating and yelling. Phelps body swaye
and as I faced him his mouth opened an
shut like fiy-trap. He grew pale from ex
ertion, and young Roosevelt grew red in th
face at the same time and not one solitar
word of anything they uttered was heard b,
anyone. 1t was perfect pantomine scene
The Blaine yells would have drowned
mules bray, and the New Jersey and Ne
! York dudes could not have been heard j
they had been talking with cannon.
$50 it dudes,'' was yelled by some one
and the yell was taken up and repeated. A
all good things must have an end, this seen
!, terminated, and in despair and exhaustio
the dudes took their seats. The chair the
put the motion for recess by a giya yoce vol
and declared it lost, as every Blaine man /
the house, whether delegate or not, wh
could hear the question put voted '.No!n {
; loud as he could yell.
THE FOURTH ROUND.
'sThe reading clerk will call the roll for IL
fourth ballot" whispered the chair in h
hoarse voice. Alabama" shouted Il
clerk. But again Phelps and Rooseye