Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-06-19

| Rev. II. Pope Yeaman offered PRAYER Bal
| lotins was at once resumed for Supreme
| Judge.
Eleventh Ballot-Burgess 21O,a; CAN'T,
| 1852; Thomas, 127; MacFarlane II.
twelfth Ballot-Burgess. 21i; CAN'T. $50:
| Thomas, 126; MacFarlane a.
y motion that after the fifteenth ballot
! mad been taken the candidate receiving the
| lowest number of votes be dropped was yot-
| ed down.
Thirteenth Ballot-Burgess. 1872; Thomas,
| rs; CAN'T, l51 MacFarlane, 65.
Fourteenth Ballot-Burgess, l47; Thomas
Ii0; Gantt 143; MacFarlane. 81.
ON the announcement of this vote great
excitement regned. The Thomas and Mac
farlane men created paudemonium while
the Burgess men tried to cry them down.
Thomas, Ia: MacFarlane, IS: Alex. Martin, l.
Sixteenth Ballot-Burgess, 80; MacFariane,
81; Thomas, 10; CAN'T. POS.
Seventeenth Rallot-Thomas 210; CAN'T,
213; Burgess, Il; MacFarlane, 81. Total num-
Der of votes, 81; necessary to choice. pa.
CAN'T nominated
The scene following the announcement of
the vote was of the widest disorder. The
tired delegates arose en- masse and shouted
and howled and then shouted again.
The convention adjourned until :: 30
On reaSsembling at 3 30 the convention
proceeded to nominate candidate for State
School Commissioner. George w Newton,
Prof. j. Blanton, W. T. Darlington, james f.
McGhee, J. W. Ellis, L. +. Duncan. Robert NJ.
Section, Prof. L Z. Wolfe, stephen Pirkey
and Prof :. Newton were nominated After
the third ballot the candidate receiving the
lowest vote was to be dropped The ballots.
First Ballot-Carrington. 96; Blanton. 81;
Wolfe, 81; McGhee, 50; Newland. 81: Ellis,
80; Duncan, 80; New, -; Section, II; Pirkey,
T.: BahIn2an l.
Very Slight change in second ballot
Third Ballot-Newton. 50 ); BIanton, 72'a
Darlington. 1lll2 Pirlev, - .; McGhee, 57I2;
Duncan, 5'L2; Ellis 2a'2; Wolfe, l2li2; New
Ellis Sppt+OD
drawn
Fourth Ballot-Newton, BOZ: BIanton. %:
Darlington, 81; McGhee, ~; Duncan, 5ll2;
Newton dropped, McGhee withdrawn
Fifth Rehabilitation. 100; Wolfe, ls5;
Duncan. -: Darlington, 80.
Duncan dropped
Sixth Ballot-Blanton, %; Wolfe. 25o; Car
rin9ton, =04
seventh BalIot-Carrington, 2l9; Wolfe,
-, making Wolfe the nominee
Adjourned TO meet at $50 - III.
The convention convened at $50. and pro-
ceeded TO nominate Il candidate for Rail
road Commissioner. George :. Cockrell,
John II. Estill. Casper Erhard John W.
stokes, Horace Tate, Silas Carr, II. w. Hick-
man, VI. white. Richard y. Love and John
Harmon We're nominated. The ballots:
First Ballot-Hickman.l 1856; Carr. 6gl2 En-
hard, i9t2: Tate, So; Estiu, 20; Love, 81;
Harmon. -; stokes, Sc; Cockrell, y; VIII
hite, II.
Second Ballot-Hickman. I72; Carr. 81: Err
hard, IL Tate, b; Estill, l.; Love. 30; Har-
mon, IS; stokes. a.: Cockren, "a; " ilhite, p.
Third Ballot-EStil, 23; CockreIl, II; Err
hard, 39i2; stokes, 81; Tate, 80; Carr 4H2:
Hickman, i6l; white, I9: Love, %; Har-
mon, 81.
tCUckrell. Stokes and Estill withdrawal
Fourth Bailot-Erhard, Il; Tate 81; Carr.
81; Hickman, 49,; white, q; Love- 90; Har-
mon. III.
CTate and white withdrawn, Erhard
dropped
mon. l39; Love. I23.
Carr dropped.
Sixth Ba!lot-Hickman. 2i6; Harmon, 1872;
Love. -.
Love dropped7
seventh Ballot-Hickman, 2S7l2; Harmon,
23Sia. Hickman nominated
y resolution was adopted indorsing the
candidacy OF John VI. Palmer, Of Illinois, for
the United States Senate.
Adjourned sine die at 40 a ~