Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-29
Riddleperger's was one of the Allison

was one Of the Allison
votes.
TRYING IT AGAIN.
Before another trial, Edwin II. Filter,
Mayor of Philadelphia, whose nomination
in the beginning had been received with
laughter" was withdrawn. The second
ballot showed no sign serving as
pointer to what was to come. Sherman
went up 20 votes; Alger 80. and Harrison |
16; while Gresham fell off and Hawley
got none. The third ballot showed but
little change. Sherman, Harrison,
Gresham and Alger gained few votes,
but very few. On this ballot, Mr.. Wise
arose and explained that the Virginia del
eeation had been unable to get together
and select a chairman to speak for the
delegation. 1t had been therefore agreed
that whenever the State was reached the
delegation be polled. He asked unanl-
nous consent that this should hereafter
be the practice. Consent was given.
The convention then adjourned till
afternoon when it again met in session
that proved, through his friends, fatal to
Gresham. The delegates had gotten ner-
vous from the morning balloting, and
determined not to try it again that day.
A motion to adjourn was therefore made
and carried by a vote of 535 to 2S2. This
vote of 2S2 was supposed 10 have represent
ed Sherman's strength, his friends as
body being opposed to adjournment.
After the vote had been announced and
the body was about separating. Robert j..
Ingersoll, the same man who nominated
James G.. Blaine as the white plumed
knight some years ago. rose and commence
ed a speech. He was greeted with tremen-
dous applause and the convention stood
still to listen. But the moment he an
nourced that he was for Walter y.
| Gresham there was storm of dissent,
| in which the Blaine men. who, from his
! antecedents had expected something else,
| Joined with great energy. The delegates
much angered at the attempt to influence
the convention when it was not in session,
| commenced moving out, and would have
left the Pagan orator without an audience
had he not put on his hat and walked off
the as soon as the moving commenced
At this session Depew, of New York.
withdrew his name saying that he found
his vocation and associations president
of a railroad) might raise questions with
which the enemy might obscure the real
issue.
| THAT NIGHT.
| Though three candidates were certainly
out of the way-Hawley, Filter and De-
pew-and fourth, Gresham, about az
good as out of the way, Friday night
seemed to present no clearer field thar
the night before, except possibly in one
respect-that the sounding showed even
more Blaine bottom than before. AL
night long the State delegations were in
session. The Northwest and Pacific coast
States had once seemed about ready to drol
everything and 60 for Blaine in a body.
SATURDAY.
The convention met at II O'Clock Satur
day morning and proceeded to balloting
Mckinley of Ohio, who had become yer!
popular with the body, hearing some vote
cast for him, arose and in a strong ant
earnest speech said he was there instruc
ted by his State and by his own will tt
vote for Sherman, and he could not il
honor countenance any votes for himself
The first ballot of Saturday showed t;
large galn-123-for Harrison, but not
very decided change elsewhere. The sec
ond ballot was then taken with Sherman
224; Harrison, 213; AIger, 142-.all Sigh
increase, but no other change of weight
On this ballot the Virginia delegates vo.
ted as follows: O'Connor, Wise, Houston
Hines, Brown, and Bryant for Harrison
Malone, Waits, Allen, Harris, Foster
Lee. Gee, Langston, Wood, and Frenc
for Sherman; Libbey, Riddleber ger, an
Lewis for Allison; Scott, Pettibone, an
Jackson for Alger, and Frazier for Blaine
At this point Gov. Foster of Ohio
moved an adjournment to O'Clock, whicl
was carried without much opposition
J Almost the moment the convention reas
sembled Saturday afternoon, Mr.. King o
Maryland, moved to adjourn to II A. M
Monday, which was carried by 1876 to 81
Virginia voting ayes 10, noes Is.
HOW SUNDAY WAS SPENT.
From Saturday after adjournment up
Monday morning the time was spent i
activity as we'll as apprehension. Thel
were many conferences and there was
growing feeling among the friends of tn
prominent candidates that Blaine nau
show his hand. There was a common fee
ing among them that there should be n
further withdrawal of anybody unit
r Blaine had spoken in person. This wa
brought about by the suspicion, openl
expressed, that BlaIne's friends were keel
ing everybody in the field in the hope
prolonging the deadlock, wearing the
: patience out, and at last starting Blaln
boom into which the tired men would real
lily drop. Sherman very positively, and To
= other candidates more or less so, announ'
F ed the intention of staying in the field
the end. This line of tactics showed th
Blaine men that by Monday morning the
must be prepared to make some more d.
, finite statement than any they had y
f made, and they commenced cabling
y Blaine who is in Scotland.
= THE OPENING. MONDAY.
!. The result of this showed itself ear
Monday morning. By the time it W
: dawn, Mr.. Steve B. Elkins, who had bet
y. managing MI. Blaine's interests land BET
Il in Blaine caucus which did not adjoul