St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-27

commission and recommending a serv-
ice pension bill were received with cor
dial Kindness. When the resolution in
dorsing Foraker's administration was
reached there was another OutburSt.,
The promised tempest over an in
dorsement of the civil service
law was avoided by simply in-;
dorsing the utterances of the national
convention of 1888 on that subject. Inc
seating capacity Of the opera house was,
not adequate, and the convention was
interrupted for five minutes while the
sergeant-at-arms elected from the seats
belonging to some of the delegates per-.
sons who had no right among them.
for the purpose Of having the candi-
dates named. WIS. Kerr, of Richland,
county, "a One-armed orator, pre-
sented E.. L. Lampson, of Ashta-
bula county, the speaker Of the
Ohio house of representatives.
Robert Nevin. of Dayton, presented Con-
gressman II. L. MOrey, of Butler county,
as candidate for governor, with uncom-
mon force and wit. Ex-GOv. j. B. Neil,
of Franklin county. was presented by
ex-AttOrney General George K. Nash.
Wilson Vance was presented by w. j.,
Fischer of Hancock county. There was,
stir of interest when Festus Walters,
of Logan county, came forward to pre-
sent Congressman Robert Kennedy, of
Bellefontaine. Gen. Asa Jones, Of
Mahoning county, was handsomely pre-
sented to the convention by Hon. Wilt
lam Mckinley. Gen. r. R. Dawes Of
Marietta. was presented by Zen. G. H.
Grosvenor. The nominating speeches
were finished at 1890 and
THE BALLoTING COMMENCED. -
The first ballot was as follows: For
aker, 2O7; Kennedy, 127; Dawes. 96;
O'Neal, SO; LampsOn, 80; Jones, ,96;
Morey, AZ; Vance, 45; Neil, 81; Gibson.
%; Bushnell, l. On the second ballot
Foraker captured the convention, and
all the counties rushed to get into line.i
moved to make FOraker's nOminati0u
unanimous, and it was done. This
makes the fourth nomination FOrakerhas
had for governor, and it came to him nm
sOugh. A committee consisting of Mai
Mckinley, Congressman GrOsvenOr and
Mayor Gardiner, of Cleveland, was sent
to inform Gov. Foraker of his nomina-
ton. They returned in twenty min
utes with Gov. Foraker. whose advent
called for tremendous cheering, which
lasted several minutes. Gov. Foraker
then made a Characteristic Republican
speech which delighted the delegates.
After Foraker's speech the convention
quickly completed its work by nominat-
ing E. L. Lampson, OF Ashtabula
county. for lieutenant governor; Judge
I. J. Dickman, Of Cleveland, for supreme.
judge; John C. Brown, OF Jefferson,
treasurer; U. R. Hester, clerk of the:
supreme court; d. K. Watson. of Frank
lin, for attorney general: John Han.
cock, of Ross, for commissioner Of
schools, and W. M. Hahn for member
of board of public works. Gov. Foraker
has received kilograms of congratula-
tion from all parts of the country. No
other Ohio man has ever been given
four, or even three, consecutive nom
nations for governor, and his grasp on
the people of the state is apparently
stronger than ever. All of the anti
Foraker men behaved handsomely In
the convention, and the convention
seemed to break up in harmony. His
currently reported. however. that F0xL
aker's enemies among the Ohio defe1E
tion in congress will quietly knife hlm
at the polls.