The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-20
SIXTY-F0UR BALLOTS.
THE ElaATE1NrH OHIO DISTINCT
Rspublleans Sominste l,sae Il. Taylor, Of Carroll
tos' fof conSress-A Good Tempered Cohvsn.
iioa Wind' up its Work Satisfactorily
TO- ALA! Sketch Of tho Nominee.
spteia! Correspondence oils Inttaiseaetr.

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sTEunENylLLE, June l9.-The Eighteenth
District Republican Convention reasaeul
bled at $50 this morning, with a full a,
tendance Of delegates, but q small attend
ance Of spectators. During the morninI
the Mahonipg delegation held brief con
ference, but nothing came Of It, and at thl
beginning Of the balloting the delegate
settled into their aeats with an air that in
dicated a disposition 10 ballot for theil
favori,e9 all day. The thirty.sixth ballot
the first taken this morning, differed from
the las. one taken last night only in the
particular that Amber gained one from
Chamberlain-being as follows: Amber,
%; Chamberlsin, IS; Hale, 20; Hdllinss.
worth, 42; johnson, 80; Richards, II; Tay.
lor, "a. u Is r5b :,
When the taking Of the forty.hith ballot
began, the Mahoning, Jefferson and Co.
luubiana delegations appeared to be
combining on a candidate, and considera.
Bile interest began to be manifested. The
result, however, showed that a compliment.
tary send.of had been given Prof. l. P.
Hole, he receiving 62 votes on tha. ballot
and bis name being Withdrawn immedi.
ately altefthe announcement Of the result.
This occasioned considerable applause.
q A FARMERS CANDIDATE, 80.
In the 4O:h ballot one vote was cast for
"Hugh Fremont Mcintosh" and alter the
ballot ives announced general cry arcse
for Mcintosh" and Speech" An aged
veteran in the Columbiana delegation
arose and addressed a few remarks to those
around him, but Delegate Buff, OF Ma.
honing, called the attention Of the delegates
TO the fact that another McIntosh was
meant, and the cry for speech" being re-
peated, youthful gentleman was seen to
make bis way along the side aisle to the
stage. Presently he emerged from the
wings, marched boldly to the front and
began to speak. He announced himself
es the farners' candidate, and that the
farmers nnst combine to protect thei. in.
terea!a; snd that though be wss young, he
WIS willing to sacrifice hims:lf for the gen.
eral good. He Was assailed with cries OF
who are you?" "Where are you from?"
"Does your mother know you're out?" etc.,
but he finished his speech and bowed
himself into the wings without appearing
in the leest embarrassed. I. was learned
he was from B.ush creek township, JeIer.
son county, farmers son whose smbi.
ton had ripened too soon.
This WAS the only fun Of the morning,
and alter the ffty.zixlh ballot the Couyen.
ton took recess till l:30.
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention reaasembled promptly
on time, and the balloting waa resumed
with vigor that promised good results.
No noteworthy change in the totals oc-
CURED until the si1ty.second ballot was
ordered, when loud demand came from
the Columbiana delegation for "Hollings.
worth tickets" and almost instantly buzz
Of excitement began. The delegates in the
Co!umbiana, MahoEing and Jefferson sec.
tions gathered in clusterp, and the FIRST
break .of the convention seemed i'm.
minent. .-a.E v
Mr.: Taylor, OF Co.nmbiana, addressed
the chair, and in few words Of tribute,
withdrew Judge Ambler's name.
Again the convention fairly fell to pieces,
and amid the confusion tho voice Of judge
Firestone, Of Colum biana, wes heard, He
Withdrew the name of J. G. Chamberlain,
and the applause shook the house. \
As soon cs q 1ist was restored, the result
OF the sixty.aecoad ballot was read, as fol.
lows: Chamberlain, 5; Hollingsworth, 81;
Johnston, 52 Richards, s; Taylor 72. n
Delegate Y. ]. Holiday, OF jefferson,
then neatly thanked the Convention for
the consideration given the namo OF Jeffer-
aon's fsyorite son, r. G.. Richards, and
Withdrew his name from the contest. X. !.
E5S N THE CRISIS. {
And now the crisis seemed TO have ar
rived, and the Convention thundered its
applause. Carroll county led the sixty.
third ballot nobly with % for Taylor; Co.
lumbiana added 60 solid votes to Csrrolre;
Harrison's % were given witha cheer for
Hollingsworth, and when Jeffarson's 43
were given solid for Hollingsworth three
times three cheers made the welkin ring.
There was pause. Mahoning county
nov had the power to mako the non;ns.
ton. What IVES she going to do? Chair.
man Roller was surrounded by sn eager
group in excited but whispered debate,
Presently Mr.. Roller said: "Mr. President.
Mahoning county desires to retire ten min.
utes for consultation, and asks unanimous
consent. r. 3 3 Z 1...o l,.
!. The only opposing voice came from D. el-
egate MCGOWAN, Of the Mahoniny delega.
ton, who said he was ready to vote now,
but the delegation paced out. 7s.i'''
The ballot thus far showed, Taylor to
ihsve 50 votes, Hollingsworth 10. .Mahon.
ing's5l votes were yet to be cart. ~; -
g After the LAPSE OF about fifteen minutes
the Mahoning men returned and an.
souRced their vote, the ballot showing the
following totals, Hollipssworth II, John.
ston As, Taylor 50. Il 4.
Exclamations Of disappointment filled
the air. Judge King then rose, saying that
las Mahoning could not unite on her own
candidate she would aid in choosing tho
next best man. 20 - ! !
ENTHUSIASTIC OUTBREAKS. &
Then the convention resolved itself into
mas Of shouting. cheering and wildly e1.
cited men. I. N. Garven, Of Harrison,
mounted chair and grasping the staff that
bore the banner marking Harrison's
section, waved it vigorously and ahoutel
himself hoarse for the gallant soldier can.
didsse, from Harrison. Jefferson Joined
solidly in the cry, which being taken up
by the spectators in the CALLER.
les, and by many delegates, was
kept ! up several minutes. I, Finally
order wss restored and the sixtyfourt6
ballot began. Carroll gaye Taylor all she
had, o3; Columbiana added 81 votes, and 4
for :Hollingswortb, which provoked loud
applause; Harrison gave 20 to Hollines.
WORTH; Jefferson 2 ior Tay ylor, II for Hol.
lipgsworth; Mahoning 80 to Taylor, "A to
Holiirxsvosth, and to Johnston, and the
work was done: Totals, Taylor, lis; Hol.
i /. Thomas B. Conlter, In castinr IL ffarann,s