Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-06-28

will doubt the regret with which I dis
charge the duty imposed upon me, but Mr..
President and gentlemen of the conven-
ton, l am under constraint l do not feel
! at liberty to ignore, and without attempt
ing to give constructions or interpretations
of my own to the language of one greater
than myself by far, discharge my humble
duty as the representative of the Maine
delegation by reading to you without pre-
face or comment the following dispatches
which have received:
The first cablegram was as follows:
EDINBURGH June "a.
TO Boutelle and NdHley, Chicago:
Earnestly request all friends to respect my
Paris letter. JAMES G. BLAINE.
The second was dated to-day and said:
think have the right to ask my friends to
respect my wishes and refrain from voting for
me- Please make this and former dispatches
public. JAMES G. BLAINE.
At this point the galleries broke out in
uproar which was, however, promptly
checked by the chairman, who warned the
audience that unless it preserved better
order strict measures to enforce it would
be resorted to.
The convention then began taking the
sixth ballot, which resulted as follows:
Blaine .............. 40 Alger. .... .137
Harrison. ..23l Allison. ........... %
Gresham ............ 81 Mckinley IL
Sherman ...-........244 ScaItering.......... 2
The convention was treated to little
sensation in the seventh ballot at the very
first by California casting her 10 votes for
Harrison.
A poll of the State being demanded it
showed one vote for Alger and Is for Harri-
son. Both Estee and Raymond voted for
Harrison.
Colorado followed by giving all her votes
to Allison. Gresham lost another vote in
illinois, Alger captured it. Sherman and
Harrison gains became the feature. Down
to Maine Harrison gained IS votes. Five
New Jersey delegates returned to Nc
Kinley. Texas gave one vote for Greed
Raymond of California.
Harrison gained votes in Pennsylvania
and made total gain of AZ on the ballot,
the result of which was as follows:
Harrison. Alger 100
Lincoln. ........... 2lAllisOn.. 76
Mckinley. 10 Blaine-....-......... IS
Sherman .23l toraker. -..-......- 1
Raymond. lIGTeSndIn VI
Before the convention began taking the
eighth ballot General Henderson, Of Iowa,
arose and withdrew the name Of Allison.
This increased the sensational feeling in
the COnVeQLlOu anu EVERY luluS ccCMCu W
point to a nomination on this ballot and
that it would be Harrison. The delegation
leaders were busily consulting each other.
Allison's withdrawal gave Harrison %
new votes from Iowa, and Senator Cullom,
Of Illinois, said Harrison would receive
nearly if not all of the Allison votes.
Colorado gave Harrison all her votes;
Georgia gave Harrison 10; Illinois gave
him &; Connecticut gave him her solid
vote; Delaware did likewise; Pennsylvania
gave him her 60 votes; Kentucky gave
him IA; Kansas presented him with 10;
New York was solid for Harrison, Louisi-
ana gave him y; Massachusetts q, and so
the story was tod unto the end.
The ballot resulted as follows:
Harrison. .544 Gresham. ...... SO
Sherman. lis Blaine. ..-...-,.--... 5
Ager. 10 Mckinley ....-...... 4
The nomination of Harrison was made
unanimous amid great applause and the
convention took a recess until six o. clock
LEVI p. MORTON.
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