St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-13
TWENTY-FOUR BALLOTS.
The Friends of the Five Candi-
dates Stick To Them.

At the close of the reading the propo-
sition of Mr.. Briggs that three cheers
be given for Nelson created small sur
prise. j. w. Mason, of Otter Tail,
moved that an informal ballot be taken
for congressman, which was carried.
Messrs. Lum, Melgard and PresSnell
were named as tellers. The informal
ballot was taken without much confu-
sion. 1t resulted as follows:
Barto. -. .26 Comstock. ..is stearns. y
Necessary to a choice, so.
The first formal ballot was immedi-
ately called. The informal had only
been feeler and indicated nothing.
The formal ballot changed the situation
little. There was an evening up, but
no break. A new candidate popped up
in the person of Halver Steenerson, of
Polk. Stearns, as had been predicted,
began to pose, but the Barto men re-
manned firm to their caucus decision of
last night, not to break. The first for
NAL ballot was:
Barto ......26 Corliss. -. Il STEVENSON. 1
goesnsR GoGsRoeP - - stearns '''24 ro,a, 90
Necessary to a choice, SO.
l want in all modesty, just here to say
that the GLOBES prediction of Tuesday
morning was not very far off. Com
stocks vote of eighteen was predicted,
and Barto's hit within four and
Corliss' within three. Stearns'
was missed by seven, but he
got the six which the GLOBE placed as
doubtful. Buckman had twenty-five
votes on the first ballot. but seven were
held off with the idea that if he was to
run his strength should be taken by de-
oh ,l,o%l l.
acted with wisdom or not. The second
formal ballot was:
Barto. ......26 Comstock. 10 Stearns... ...25
Buckman. 10 Corliss. IA Total ....99
Third ballot:
Buchanan 10 CorIiss. ....15 Total so
Comstock's gain of two was made at
the expense of Stearns, from whom
Corliss took vote as well. Fourth bal
lot:
Barto. o......26 Comstock. % Stearns 80. 1s
Buckman. Is Corliss Ia Total -. 90
This ballot settled the fate of Judge
Stearns. His nomination ceased to be
possible, The fight seemed to be be-
had made gains. Barto appar-
emily was at the length of
his string, and Corliss, with
Otter Tail, Grant and one other vote /;
was waiting to catch the current that
would enable them to stand with the
victor. None of the candidates were on
| the floor, feature of the fight surpris-
| ing to war horses of the stamp of Gil
man and Kindred. Fifth ballot:
buchanan Is Corliss s...l3 Total. ..... so
Barto's gain of two brought him back
| into the fight, and his followers took
| courage. Sixth ballot:
Barto .31 Buckman. IA Stearns :. 90
Comstock..21 Corliss. .13 Total ....99
The Barto men yelled like troopers
over the gain, while the Buckman and
Comstock people, grew nervous. 1t
with st. Cloud. Gilman and Graves got
into the same bed. Seventh ballot:
Barto. ....3O Comstock 21 Stearns.. 1e
Buckman...l5 Coriiss. .13 Gilman.... l
A motion to take a recess until s
o'clock was laid on the table. Eighth
ballot:
Barto. ....-..26 Comstock. "a Stearns. II
Buckman. ..I2 Corliss. -. 1s Gilman. 2
Ninth ballot:
Barto. ......26 Comstock. .26 Stearns.. II
Buckman. .15 Corliss... ..15
A motion to adjourn to 7:30, on the
part of j. G. Finn, representing the
Buckman forces, was lost by vote OF
63 to Sc, the Comstock and Barto men
uniting not to adjourn. This was vic
tory for them over the weakening
Bnckman and Corliss forces. The Otter
Tail delegation voted with the Bartc
men. Tenth ballot:
Barto o-.....29 Comstock.. Stearns =. II
| Buckman IL Corliss... 10
Eleventh ballot:
1
Buckman..1 Corliss. -. IL
Barto made his gain from Comstock
and Corliss. Gilman's hand began to be
felt in Otter Tail. The hitch in reach.
ing the final result was that up to the
present time no candidate could trans