The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-24
The BIG POV-VOV.
It Makes Progress
Very Slowly,
THE BLAINE FACTION.
Working for All They Are
Worth.
ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY.
y
To Thoroughly Discuss the Situation
The BRlloting of Satur-
day-Etc.
THE BLAINE FACTION,
Working for All They Are
Worth.
ADJOURNED UNTIL MONDAY.
To Thoroughly Discuss the Situation
The Balloting of Satur-
day-Etc.

CHICAGO, June 23.-As the minutes
pass there begins to grow a strong i'm
preston that no result will be possible
at this mornings session, and that,
after several ballots, the convent ton
will take a recess. If this is done, it is
highly probable that no nomination
will be made before Monday.
If Gray cannot succeed with the Ali.
son movement, he may be run in with
Harrison, but is more likely to join in
a com bination of the field against the
Indiana candidate. The friends of
Harrison are claiming that the Blaine
people are coming over to their man;
that he,Will succeed after three ballots,
In the face of all this, many eyes are
now turned towards Mckinley, of Ohio,
as an exceedingly promising dark horse.
Most of the leaders are still absent,
and the interesting combinations not all
fixed up yet.
The convention meets this morning
with the usual
RUMORS OF COMBINATIONS
flying through the air and as thick as
black-birds. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll
does not appear in the hall, but his
name is Oh many lips, and his inter
rupted speech OF last night, which ap-
pears to have irrepairably damaged
IGresham'S boom, although that can
edidates friends refuse to admit thi,,
and still claim the convention must
come to him eventually. But as the
time for the meeting arrives, the
Gresham movement is almost lost sight
of in the conflict of opinion as to the
great fight pending at once between
Harrison and Allison.
Senator Cameron has prevailed upon
Quay, who leads the Pennsylvania
forces, to go into the Allison combina-
ZION.
The Pennsylvania delegation has
Just come into the hall, and have
yielded, after long wrangle, to Quay's
desire that they hold to Sherman for
of the delegation also proposes to vote
for an adjournment after the second
ballot.
CALLED TO ORDER.
The convention was called to order at
1908, but it was not until twenty min
utes later, that proceedings were actu-
ally opened BY Chairman Estee, calling |
on Senator Warner Miller, of New |
Y ork, to preside.
Bishop Samuel Fellows, of Chicago, |
delivered the invocation.
The convention, after prayer, pro-
ceeded to the first ballot of the day and |
: h. 81 tn % of
ter the vote of Connecticut had been |
announced, Mckinley arose and said: |
M'KINLEY DOESN'T WANT IT.
II am here as one of the chosen re-
pres cntatives of my State. am here
by resolution of the Republican con-
vention passed without one dissenting
voice commanding me to cast my vote
for John Sherman, and use every
worthy endeaver for his nomination.
1 accepted the trust because my heart
and Judgment were in accord with the
'letter and spirit and purpose of that
resolution. It has pleased certain del
egates to cast their votes for me. | am
not insensible to the honor they would
do me, but in the presence of the duty
resting upon me, l cannot remain
silent with honor. l cannot, con-
sistentIy with the credit of the State
whose credentials l bear, and which
has trusted me; l cannot, with hon
orabIe fidelity to John Sherman, who
has trusted me in his cause and with his
confidence; cannot, consistently with
my own views or my personal in
tegrity; consent or seem to consent
to permit my name to be used as a
candidate before this convention. 1
would not respect myself if l could !
find it in my heart to say, or permit it
to be done, that which could even be
ground for any one to suspect that L
in me- loyalty to Ohio, or my {
devotion to the chief of her choice and
the chief of mine. l do demand that
no delegate who would not cast refec-
ton on me shall cast ballot for me-"
Mckinley spoke earnestly and with
He Was evidently sincere
and the convention, at the conclusion
of his speech. generously applauded.
THE BALLOT
was than proceeded without further
incident until Illinois was reached.
when a break of three votes from
Gresham to Harrison created a sensa-
ton and was received with mingled
demonstration of Kisses and applause,
When New York was reached the
galleries Kissed after the vote of the s
State giving Harrison SO votes. One of
the delegates demanded the poll of
The poll showed no change
and the ballot proceeded. There was u