Omaha daily bee., 1892-08-05


that we expect to elect somebody after
a whleP'
This suggested ., thought that had appar-
emily been lost Sight of, and brought dozen
delegates to then Asooer senses. The howl
that hau been aoink up against the further
recognition oiss A1r. Baker died away
and that gentleman mounted the
stage and pleaded with the. delegates
to allow the delegation Of Douglas
county TO settle ITS own affairs Yells of
"No," again rent the air aud unable to OBJ
tain hearing the speaker gave up the at
tempt and the poll OF Douglas county began.
The name of Stuht Vas The first one read
highest pitch, Tom Majors" Again the
convention went wild.
Revealed Hotbed of Traitors.
As the call of the First ward proceeded IL
revealed veritable hotbed OF the traitors
and the Majors men .eefully predicted that
they were now to at last receive the
support of the, ffty-six malcontents
that they had declared to be
numbered in the ranks of the Douglas county
delegation. Major Wheeler arose to explain
his vote and in so doing said: "When / am
called on to vote on this occasion it is right
that should explain the position that L oc-
cupy OF this floor. 1t is well known to the
delegation that Lorenzo Crounse was not my
first candidate for the Office of governor, but
when the republicans assembled in that
county ard passed n solemn resolution by
unanimous vote directing me, as they did the
other delegates, to cast my vote for the first
choice of the republicans of that county,
would be derelict IN my duty If dio not so
do. Cries of 'Sit down." and "Good."l
'Gentlemen, you have known Dan Wheeler
in this state for thirty-seven years. You
know he has been republican for oil those
years and you know he helped organize the
party in 1851, now give mo a show to explain
myself. Cries 1--WE will" Before l was
elected delegate these resolutions were
passed. and when accepted my obligations
as delegate coming to this convention ex-
pected to carry out the instructions OF the
republicans who elected me. Cheers.
Voted for Crounse.
This duty was imposed on all the delegates
before we were elected. ana they accepted il
honestly and fairly. Now, Mr. President, |
desire to cast my vote for the only man
whom believe can be elected by the repub-
lican electors this fall-Ghisses and cheers l.
ID. II. Wheeler votes for Lorenzo Crounse" !"
The poll of the Douglas county delegation
resulted as fallows: Urounse. U.s. Majors,
13; MacColl, D; aosent, l.; and their votes
were so recorded on the roll cali. While the
secretaries were footing the totals the Doug
Bottom of the Sea-" following it up with
Marching Through Georgia." Then came
the following announcement of the third
ballot: Crounsc, 3Sl; Majors, 1923; Sheldon,
80; Cady, Us; MacColl, "a Reese. l.
Wesley fuckers motion TO adjourn until Q
o'clock tomorrow was lost and the fourth
formal ballot was ordered For the first
time during the afternoon delegation
passed, and that delegation was from Doug
las. The trouble was n repetition of the differ
ences between the,deleration proper and the
ooiters and it was still unsettled when the
delegation was again called upon at
the close of the roll call. Many of the dele.
gates had left the hall and there was q row
as ~ whether Broatch and Stuht should vote
the absentees. The Crounse men had
such an oyerwheiming majority that the dis
agreement was finally settled in their favor
and the poll of the delegation gave Crounse
81; Majors, s; Mac0ol,5. The result of tho
ballot was then announced as follows:
Crounse, 1893; Majors, 3l7; Sheldon, 33;
Cedy, &; MacColl, 4; Reese, q
There was stu na choice and there was an
evident disposition 10 proceed to another bal
lot butit had bdensarranged that the house
was TO be vacated ~ 6 O'Clock, to be used in
the evening for ah opera company, and as it
then wanted bat twelve minutes OF Z the
management turned out the lights as the only
way open to project ltself, and, ,~tho conven-
tion was virtually ~ted toyadjourn. The
hour OF reconyening was fixdd at Q o'clock to-
morrow morning, after a futile attempt to
order night session at 10 30. after the close
of the theater.