The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-05-09
The Nomination Made Unanimous
Amidst the Widest Applause.

the thirty-fifth ballots, their
supporters going respectively to
Harrison Kelly and l.. Z.
Finch. At the adjournment
Finch was ahead, having Is votes,
while Al were required to elect.
THURSDAY MORNINGS SESSION.
Convention assembled at o'clock
with w. A. Morgan in the chair.
Horace McLain of Butler and r. I.
Batty of Marion were elected assistant
secretaries to fill vacancies caused by
the designations of Messrs. Sheldon
and Trautman, who assisted yesterday.
The convention Immediately got
down to business, and roll call for the
forty-sixth ballot resulted as follows:
Metsker 10, Finch 16, Miller 8, Scott 8,
Kelly 8, Martindale z, Hoch Z, Cubbi-
son 8.
This was unchanged up to the fifty
first ballot, when WOolson county
changed one vote from Kelly to Miller,
but on the next ballot changed back to
the old routine, the same as at the
close last evening.
On motion of j. +. Warehouse of
Lyon county. the ballot for the sixty
eighth time was called backward, just
for fun" but without making any
change in the result.
A motion was then made to adjourn
until IL O'Clock, which was carried.
Adjournment took place at 10 o'clock.
Shortly after eleven the convention
was called to order. and "a roll call re-
suited the same as ON the sixty-ninth
ballot except that Greenwood changed
its seven votes from Martindale to
Kelly.
On the seventy-frst ballot Kelly lost
one vote from Woodson, which went to
Finch.
After the eightieth ballot some one
in the audience discovered Mr.. Cubbi-
son in one of the boxes and started a
cry for him, which was taken up by
the audience, and for short time
pandemonium reigned, each delegation
and its partisans shouting for their
respective candidates. In short time
however, the chairman started roll call
for the eighty-first ballot and order
was resumed.
In the interval after the ninetietl
ballot A. b, Campbell was loudly anC
persistently called for and finally came
to the platform and addressed the audi
ence, making some pertinent remarks
which were loudly and enthusiasticaI
ly applauded.
Balloting was then resumed will
the same result as on the seventy-sec
ond and each following one up to thi
time.
AT twelve o'clock, the hundredtl
ballot having been taken, an adjourn
ment was had until two p. IN.
After dinner, on roll call for the lois
ballot the result was the same as at tn
hour of adjournment.
On the 115th ballot. Mr. Richie O
Morris county challenged the vote o
the Shawnee delegation because one O
the delegates was asleep, which cause
much laughter.
Balloting went on until the ISIS
ballot, when an interval occurred for
few moments, caused by calls for "BaI
nard" Kelley, to which the reyeren
gentleman was finally compelled to re
spond with few witty words.
After the l3Sth vote without an
change, a motion was made by y.
Sherman of Shawnee that Mr.. Cubb
son address the convention, which wa
objected To unless all the candidate
have the same opportunity, and on
vote being taken the motion was d.
clared lost.
After the l50th ballot motion wa
made to adjourn until o'clock to-mo
row. which was amended to adjouI
until 8 o'clock this afternoon. o
role call the amendment was lost.
An amendment to the amendmeI
was then made, that the conventiC
adjourn until 1880 this evening, whiC
was unanimously carried. an adjourn
ment taking place with the ball
standing just the same as at the a
journment before dinner.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention met last evening pu
suant to adjournment, at 1880. NJ
McLaiu asked to be relieved as tell
and d. w. Wheeler was chosen in b
place. Several ballots were taken wi
no changes until the l6Sth, VIII,
Woodson county divided and gave
vote for Kelley, for Hoch and l (
Finch. (Yells.) On the next ball
she resumed her old position, . (
Kelley and for Finch. More veil
On the Hist ballot something
sensation was created VIII
Butler county announced 8 votes [
A. B. Campbell and for Cubbisc
On the next ballot she returned so
vote for Cubbison. On she 10th b
lot Woodson county cast votes
Miller and for Kelley. The next b
lot she again resumed her first DC
ton, casting votes for Kell
The votes of the conventj
from this time on to
2oOth and last ballot were WI
out change, and when the 10:
ballot was declared Colonel Flory,
Lyon, moved that when the 2OOth /
lot was taken that the convention
journ until O'Clock this rnorpi
Carried. Upon taking the 20Oth /
lot the convention adjourned, the I
lot standing as follows: Metsker
Finch l6, Miller 8. Scott o, Kelley
Hoch z, Cubbison 9.
The following resolutions "
adopted by the conyention.
Resolved That We the republic