Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-29
A SOLID DEADLOCK.
The Fresno Convention I'm
able to Agree.
No Nomination for Congress
Effected.
Sixty Ballots Taken Without EX-
pressing Choice.
An Adjournment Taken Until September
4th, at Ventura.-Lindley in
the Lead.
Associated Press Dispatches. |


FRESNO, August 2S.-The war of bal
lots continues in the Republican con-
gressional convention. Sixteen more
ballots were taken this morning. The
first ballot this morning showed:
Rowell, AZ; Lindley, TO-; Bowers, 70,
against 43 for Rowell, and II each for
Lindley and Bowers on the last ballot
last night. Rowell gained little today.
The last ballot before noon showed: {:
Rowell, 56; Lindley, "a; Bowers, 81.
The forty-frst ballot was: Rowell, Sc;
Lindley, GA; Bowers, 81.
The fifty-ffth ballot stood: Rowell.
81; Bowers, 81; Lindley, 65; Brown, 1.
New candidates were offered, but the
convention refused to recognize them.
Adjourned until7 o'clock.
AS the delegates were reassembling
for the evening session, it was seen that
some important movement was in con-
temptation, and as they gathered in
knots about the hall, they were more or
less excitedly discussing the proposition
to adjourn the convention to Los Angeles
after taking two or three ballots. This
did not meet with the approval OF
the delegates from the counties
north of Tehachapi. Those who
were in favor of adjournment
contended that it was apparent that the
convention was at a deadlock, and that
it was necessary to adjourn in order to
gather the wishes of their constituents.
The hall was packed to absolute dis
comfort. Chairman Brown raped the
convention to order at 80 O'Clock, and
created a ripple of laughter by calling on
the secretary to 'call that roll again.
The tifth-sixth ballot was as follows
Rowell, 60; Bowers, 70; Lindley, 55.
On the fifty-seventh ballot Santa Bar
bara voted solidly with it's nine votes
from Rowell to Bowers.
The fifty-eighth ballot was as follows:
Rowell, 52 Bowers, 81; Lindley, 54
In this BALLOT Kern gave its six votes
to Rowell. Los Angeles took one from
Bowers and gave it to Rowell. Monte
rey added one to Rowell.
The fifty-ninth ballot was as fol-
lows: Rowell, Al; Bowers, II; Lind
ley, SO.
Los Angeles dropped one from Rowell
in favor of Lindley, and added seven of
Bowers votes to Lindley, making Lind
ley's total forty-seven in the delegation.
San Luis Obispo gave its four Rowell
votes to Lindley, and Ventura electrified
the convention by taking it's three votes
from Bowers and lending them to Lind
ley for use on that ballot only.
The following was the sixtieth and
last ballot: Rowell, Al; Bowers, ga;
Lindley, 76.
Alter the announcement OF the result,
a delegate from Orange moved to ad-
journ the convention to meet again at
Ventura, on September 4th, at g p. m.
Mr.. Farnham, OF Los Angeles, opposed
the motion, while Judge Carpenter, from
the same county, in a vigorous and
earnest Speech favored the motion to
adjourn. He claimed that sixty in
effectual ballots demonstrated that the
convention could not come to a decision
at this time, and at this place. CDR.
Rowell's friends" he said, "are stand
ing by him in manner that shows
he is man of character and
standing, Mr.. Bowers friends are
standing by him with equal devotion.
Mr.. Lindley's friends are evidently
standing by him to the death. Living
in the city of Los Angeles, | have cast
my vote for the gentleman from San
Diego, but not from any opposition to
the gentleman from Los Angeles, or to
DIR. Rowell. but in obedience to the full
filment Of solemn obligation. We
have been treated by the good people of
Fresno with the kindest ;and most
generous hospitality without re-
gard to party, but it is utterly
impossible to nominate either OF
the gentlemen under the present condi-
tions. l am not in favor of dark
horses, but am in favor of adjourning
the convention, and in Ventura we may
come together, coolly and calmly, to con-
slider the propositions as new Ones"
Frank H. Short, of Fresno, opposed
the motion to adjourn, declaring that
adjournment at the present time would
be an imputation on the hospitality of
Fresno. He argued that change Of
locality would not affect the conditions
governing the convention.
Frank Taylor, of Tulare, also opposed
the motion, while Collyer, of San Diego
spoke in favor of Ventura.
The motion to adjourn to Ventura
was carried by the following vote; Aye,
100; no, 81; San Diego voting solidly,
and Los Angeles all but solidly, for ad-
journment.
INDIANA DEMOCRACY.