St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-20
Up to supper-time seventy-nine Ballots
Had Been Taken, With No
Changes Made.
IN the Evening the Delegations Were
Released From Pledges to
Candidates,
And on the 10th Ballot Lovely Was
PIN the Lead With 81
Votes.
The Kasson Eight.
special to the Globe.

Of the roll was resumed by the clerk Tor
The fifty-ninth ballot. The reading of the
result showed no change, and was greeted
with much hilarity. After the siXty-fourth
ballot. Dr.. Squires Of Mower arose and sug-
gasted that, owing to the pressure of bust
ness and the probability of protracted
fight.
EACH DELEGATION GO HOME,
leaving representative to cast the vote
this week, he to be succeeded by another
delegate next week. After the announce
ment of the siXty-ninth ballot Capt
Daniels of Rochester submitted the follow
ing resolution:
Whereas, The expenses of the convention
have depleted the funds of the attending del
egates and the adoption of the following res
olution would cause the immediate with
drawal of one or more candidates; be IL
Resolved, That the nominee of this conven-
ton be required to pay the expenses Of the
delegates.
The reading of the resolution created
much mirth The chairman expressed him.
self strongly in sympathy with the resolu-
ton, but said that he would prefer to con-
fine the attention of the convention to the
duties of the hour. that of voting. A silly
rumor was atioat about o'clock to the eff
feet that Lovely had released his entire del
egation. This proved to be canard. Tho
result of the Seventy-ntntfl and last ballot
was the same as the first, viz: Lovely SO,
White 30, Mullen Z, Dunnell 6. After the
announcement of this ballot, the convention
adjourned till 7:30 this evening.
THE sTUBBoRNNESS MANIFESTED
by the Dunnell and Mullen forces creates
much i'll feeling toward those candidates,
and it now seems that the antagOnism be-
tween all of the supporters of the oppo-
sitiOn candidates has reached such point
that the nomination of any Of them is i'm
possible. The claim of the Lovely men
that the Wabasha delegation was friendly
to their man has not been confirmed by
the actions of that body. The evening
session opened with no change apparent
Oh the surface. During the recess prop
osition was made by a member of the
Wabasha delegation that all the candidates
should appear before the convention either
in person or by proxy and
RELEASE THEIR SUPPORTERS
from any obligation and give them permis-
sion to vote as they chose. After a con-
sultation this plan was agreed to. Mr.
Murdoch of Wabasha arose and stated that
he had been instructed by Capt. Mullen to
relieve the Wabasha delegation from any
obligations to him. James O'Brien APP
peared for Mr.. Lovely, and stated that he
had been requested by that gentleman TO
release his supporters. He said that while
MI. Lovely
DESIRED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT,
in congress he desired to attain that end
by fair means. Capt. NJ. J. Daniels, in
behalf of Mr. White stated that the friends
of that gentleman should not be outdone in
magnanimity and that he had been author
lied by MI. White to release the delegates
who had supported him so CALAMITY during
the convention. He thanked the delegates
for their zeal and faithfulnesS to Mr.. White,
and hoped they would support the nominee
of the convention with the same enthus-
asm. MI. Chandall arose and spoke of fol-
lows:
1--WE have no back number to release. The
little band of six who have supported Mark
Il. Dunnell in this convention were born free,
but they have supported Mr.. Dunnell be-
cause they consider him the most desirable
man to represent the First Minnesota district
in congress. In behalf of Mr.. Dunnell l wish
to thank the other members of the delegation
from Steele county for their fidelity to the
man of their choice, and in his behalf release
you from any further allegiance to him."
THE EIGHTIETH BALLOT
was taken. AS was anticipated it resulted
the same as all former ballots-Lovely SO,
White 80, Mullen and Dunneil 6. The
deadlock remained unbroken and the mon
otonous grind moved on as before.
j. w. Rice of the Winona delegation was
then elected assistant secretary of the con-
vention. The result of the eighty-sixth
ballot showed that one of the Wabasha
delegation had Topped over to Lovely and
created loud cheer in his delegation and
created
CONSERVATION IN THE WHITE RANKS.
The vastiaSsemblage waited Oh the tip-toe
of expectancy for the announcement of the
eighty-seventh ballot. The vote showed
that White had gained two votes and
Lovely the same number, while Mullen had
fallen to three. The excitement was in
tense at this moment and it was believed
the eighty-eighth ballot would decide the
contest. The result gave Lovely
"a, White 81, Mullen Z, and Dun
nell 6. 1t was evident that the
Wabasha delegates were making all effort
to make break in the ranks of the White
men. The eighty-ninth showed the same re-
suit. The Lovely men were jubilant over
their slight gain. The ninetieth ballot gave
White "a, Lovely SO, Dunnel and Mullen
s. The ninety-first ballot restored the diff
ferent candidates to their former positions,
and the hope of
BREAKING THE DEADLOCK
began to disappear. The 92nd ballot
gave Mullen IA, White 80, Lovely 81,
Dunnell 3. This was apparently bid by
both the White and Lovely men for
the Mullen vote on the next ballot. The
ninety-third ballot gave White 80, Lovely
SO and Mullen ID, leaving Dunneu minus.
The ninety-fourth and ninety-ffth showed
the same result. The ninety-siXth ballot was
bombshell, giving Dunnell 13.with White
and Lovely as before. The ninety seventh
vote gave White and Lovely each 80, Null
len and Dunnell Is. At the 10th ballot,
the vote stood: Lovely 81, White 33, Null
len 2, Dunnell 6. After this ballot the
convention adjourned to a, m. tomorrow.
FOURTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
The Time, Place aud Apportion.
ment for the Convention Decided
Upon.
The Democratic congressional committee
for the Fourth district met at the West
hotel yesterday afternoon, and was called