Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-13
NAMING THE CONGRESSMAN.
Judge j. r. Reed Nominated on the
Ninety-fourth Ballot.
FUNERAL OF j. M. PHILLIPS
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curities Sold.
The Congressional Convention.


representative body as ever assembled
within those walls. The delegates, gathered,
from the various parts of the Ninth district,
were largely from the profess yns. aud the
deliberations of the conv cution were marked
by rare ability.
The Ogden house was made the head
quarters of the delegates as the MAORI ty of
them quartered there during their stay IN
the city. During the late hours of the pre-
vious evening and the early hours of yester-
day morning the corridors were thronged
with delegates and the friends of the aspir-
ants for congressional honors. A great
deal Of work was bone, but was
done so quietly that there was not ripple
upon the surface of things. There was the
usual assembling" of the various delega-
tions; the usual "button-holing" of dele
gates, but SO little form was assumed that up
to the hour of assembling nothing could be
ascertained as to the probable result. The
delegations themselves were all at sea. The
outside work was characterized by the ut
most pleasantness, and while tho work was
earnest and the feeling in some quarters in
tense, nothing of this appeared upon the sur
face.
In the crowd were many familiar faces.
OF course the possible candidates were there
with the exception of Lyman, Lafe
Young, of the Atlantic telegraph;
Sias Wilson, of Cass county,; S. d.
Nichols, of Audubon, and many others. A.
II. Lawshe, the Buzz Saw of Red Oak, was
=
ton and the hearty laughs which followed
his quaint speeches testified.
The convention assembled at II 80, and
was called to order by Colonel w. f. Sapp,
chairman OF the congressional central COM
mittee. Major G. w. Snyder, of Mont
gomcry county, was made temporary chair
man, and H. w. Byers, of Shelby county,
was made temporary secretary. On a roll
of counties the committee on credentials, or
ganization and resolutions were named as
follows:
Credentials Henry Cook, of Adair
county; }. A. Oberholtzer,. of Audubon;
4 G W. Of dassre Erssiqs; Of A. H"SS Moore, &c w oi
Harrison; M H. Byers, of Mills;
John Patton, of Montgom cry; G. H. Con
verse, of Pottawattamie; w. j. Davis, of
Shelby.
Permanent organization in the order Of
counties named: A ID. Crooks. l.. M. Estes,
Hyde, S. E. Hunter, M F. Dilley, w, l.
Smith, H. c. McCluskey.
Gorder, Lafe Young Z. 4. Sayles, j. W.
Frank Shinn, c. w. Reinsmith. The con
ventlon then adjourned until 80 p. m.
On reassembling the committee on creden-
tials reported the counties entitled to repre-
sentation by delegate as follows: Adair 8;
Audubon 8; Cass lO Guthrie 10; Harrison
II Mills 3; Montgomery 10; Pottawattamie
| IL; Shelby 8; also that the delegations
| recommended that in those cases where
| there were absentees the delegates present
cast the full vote of the delegation. This
was adopted.
The committee on permanent organization
reported that the temporary be made perma-
| nent, which was adopted. ID. Fl. Wiley was
| made assistant secretary and Ed Mott desig
mated to assist in registering the ballots
| On motion a hearing of the committee on
| resolutions was temporarily dispensed with.
| Nominating SnpecleS were also let DV the
| board, and the convention proceeded to take
an informal ballot for choice for congress
man. This resulted as follows: Major
Joseph Lyman, 27; Silas Wilson, 13: S. d..
| Nichols, l6; G. M. Harl 2l; John A. Story,
! The first formal ballot resulted: Lyman
| 81, Nichols l3, Harl 90, Wilson 13.
Subsequent ballots, although they changed
| the figures, did not bring the nomination any
nearer to anybody. During the progress of
the vote to the fifty-second ballot, other
names were brought out for the purpose of
| defeating the nomination OF some one who
| was in danger of being struck by lightning.
]. w. Stockert was named by Mills county
| in the fourth ballot, Colonel Sapp in the
fifth, j. j. Steadman in the fifteenth Judge
j. r. Reed in the forty-first Lafe Young in
the slxty,first and several others. In the
forteth ballot Judge Reed received forty
votes and it looked as though he would get
there. But five more votes were needed and
his friends did hard work to accomplish that
result; but it was not so to be. In the
sNtythird ballot Steadman pulled
up to thirty-seven and his friends were
hopeful he might get the plum At that
point he arose and in a manly speech stated
that he was there as member OF the delega-
tion of this county to work for the success of
Mr. Harl, and he could not under these
| circumstances, allow his name to stay before
| the convention as a possible candidate. Ar
| adjournment of fifteen minutes was taken at
3 o'clock, but this did not make matters any
1 ~ t,Dn ~ al, f,. ,,l
journment was defeated. The convention
| had evidently struck deadlock, and realiz
| ing this fact, and that further balloting was
! useless at that time, an adjournment was
| voted at 5 80.
The convention assembled at 7:3O o'clocl
and resumed voting at the sixty-fifth ballot
1t was expected that lobbying during the re
cess would have gotten matters into som'
more definite shape, but it was not so. The
| ballots until the eighty ninth was reached
showed little variation from those preceding
Ben CLAYTON was complimented with 6 vote!
in the eighty-fourth, and Judge Deemer'
name was brought out in the eightyninth
In this he received votes and the following
one L. The tide was setting in strongly il
| that direction, when member of the Mont
gomey county delegation, MIR. Miller
stated that under no consideration
: would Judge Deemer accept tn
nomination if it was offered him. Tha
stopped the Deemer boom, and the votin
proceeded as before. At the ninety-frs
| ballot Judge Reeds name had droppe
, | almost out of the race. On the ninety-seC
ond four votes were cast for him. During
: the polling of the next two ballots member
| of the Pottawattamic delegation were q
. work and with good effect, for Reeds vot
climbed up to 3S in the nincty-third ballo
| and TO A in the ninety fourth. The brea
occurred when Montgomery county cast he
vote. She gave u healthy change in Reed
direction, Audubon followed suit, Mills CAV
him her eight votes, Shelby came in with
9 change of heart and clinched the business b
S a complete turn over. This gave Judge /,
0 X. Reed the nomination. Cheer upon chez
n followed, and the widest enthus
, iasm prevailed. Colonel Hubbard rea
p telegram from Judge Reed TO the effeC
= that if certain conditions occurred in the dt
4 liberations of the convention (the cnes cite
above), he would accept the nomination if
: was rendered him.
3 During the polling of the sixty-tifth ballo
Walter /. Smith, on behalf of the supporter
of g. M. Harl, withdrew that gentleman
n name. This was done for the purpose c
harmony in the convention, and at Mr.. Harl
y request. said Mr.. Smith. Adair county CAV
i nine votes for her favoritc, John A. Stor!
all the way through, and Guthrie did th
: same by Nichols. If fidelity to tnei + inte
Y | ests could have won, either of the gent 'eme
) named would have been nominated.
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