Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-06
SEEKING A LEADER
The Fifth Day Of the Rspubu,,
Convention Passes Withon+
Result.
After Two Unsuccessful Ba,,o,,
Large Majority Votes for
Adjournment.

CHICAGO, June o ,s,s
The proceedings Of the fifth day OF IN.
tionsl Republican convent ion were oneno, :.
urday morning with prayer by Bishop ron.
Of Chicago. The real business Of the d..
then inaugurated by short speech by M N
Kinley, of Ohio. 1t was called out by ,ha
that on every ballot a few struggling votes
being cast for him. He said he was in thos
vention pledged by every consideration Of NV
to do all in his power to promote the cana;,s
of John Sherman, and he protested with ~
earnestncss against being put in a false e
by these stray votes. He not only reori ls
that the thing stop, but went so far as sI TO- /
mandit
The convention then proceeded to tab.
fourth ballot. "As
When tho name OF Alabama was co,,o1 -.
one in the audience waited excitedly tr
the Irst on the call, might start the e,n Se
stampede tor Blaine The Maine man nAp1 ~
ever, did not receive vote until Californi,A nv
reached. ind Col. Raymond, in his usual
thusiasuic manner, cast sixteen votes fnr %,,
AS the roll-call proceeded and the rn ir.a ]
Harrison began to be apparent there vas -
siderable applause, but when New Yorl =
reached nnd tho Chairman announced 10 VA
for tbs Indiana man the cheers that went
TIE expect ed break forHarison Ind coma
was not a surprise.
After the applause had died away tho ~,
the stnte Was demanded and the cheers rs on yH
changed to hisSss r. .!EoY the galleries The Ba
! fdent It Was not on tho carpet that tia d
| ballot should show any very material cLensa
| The situation. But Illinois? Thrco OF lie. M
proved recreant to Gresham ard cast their yo]]
to the forces of the Gel ral, and, torl}na' =,
did from the very ccnter of tho Gresham ma NJ
! lae.lt it created IS mach excitement MS tbs
/ votes that were pumped by New York, d
| Fred DoEglass, who was seated on the sta1
bsamed IN a ! beating 1i manner when Kentue1
aoalt, .apiicn lie had .,eei accorded 'l ur 70
/ stu Of the fact thu. his rncc had been "a
/ r9nor.1 il a goat oonrc2tion; that he,
70 -alr-s u.c.ive, had received yots J
also cast u vote fsr Foraker. The next Ire 4;
| be made was by Wisconsin. Rusk had lNi
| dropped from the roll and when the State Of /
| pineries was called. Hurrison received % out
| her 25 votes. From the start it was evident M
| no choice would be reached and the gains OF Id
! ranks OF the other candidates.
| The fourth ballot resulted as follows:
| Sha.man ........... .23G Blaine .......,,
Harrison. cit Mckinley. ...........
| Agcr ................ l35 Lincoln. .............
| Gresham ............ 80 tOfaker
After al the deals and combinations of 4
night and early morning, it became apparent
soon rs the totals of the vote We're lnn0uno
| that Harrison after oil was far enough avn
| from tho nomination.
| He had, of course, climbed up very high on !:
I ladder III securing PIT, but John Sherman ST
| held his cohorts behind him and lcl the "a
| with 23G.
The fifth ballot was then proceeded with
| was no very tamo affair, for the moment !,
| California men announced their solid l6
| Blaine tho convention turned loose, i'll spite
the Chairman, and yelled q hoarse salute to
man beyond tho sea.
| 1t was noticeable feature of the baloti
| al through that Maine never cast even stra
| Cling vote for it's great son. The name Of Blai
| was never uttered by tho Maine men from fiji
| to last, but everybody knew what they we
| ready to do when the proper time came.
| When New Hampshire was called it was Sc
| that Harrison had made u gnin of three the
| tire delegation giving him its total Of els
| votes There was n little cheer mt this, an
moment after New York was reuched I
snne sl-sh-sh which erected the namo OF
Empire State when it WAS announced III
kissing S. uEtl was followed by IL dead sel
Then New York said: PASS for a II
ment" This created intense exciteme
| Some change or break Of vital importance
| expected utter this announcement, and eve
| body awaited it il great anxiety. But wheni
! announcement was made it disappointed owe
body. for it waa practically the same as itv
in tho first Dullot Thus the call went on to!
| end.
The result of tho fifth ballot by States was
| follows: