Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-22
CHICAGO SAYS NOT A WORD,
iSut She Carries OF the Convention jus
the Same.

nut S1e carries on the Convention j US {
the Same.
Not word had been said for Chicago in
all the talk and on reassembling. when the
balloting was begun, it did not look like
she was in the race. The story of the bal
lots is told below:
Fist ballot-Ch Chicago, l; Milwaukee, s; Kan
sas City, l3; Indianapolis, >, New York, 8; Gin
cinnati, !; San Francisco, s; Detroit, ?; St.
Paul ..
Second Milwaukee. 10: Chicago, q Kansas
City, l.; indianapolis 3; New York, 1; Cincin.
natl, /; san Francisco, s; Detroit, 2; St.
Paul. :.
Third Cincinnati, 5; Detroit l; Indianap
Oils ?; Kan as City, ); Milwaukee. 10; New
York, /; st. Paul, g; Chicago, 3: San Fran
cisco, Is
Fourth-MIwaukee, S; Chicago 5: Detroit, s.
Indianapolis, :; St Paul, l3 San Francisco, .
Kansas City, 6; Cincinnati, g. New York, 1.
Fifth-Indiauapolis, 2; Milwaukee, 10; De
troit l; New York, 4; Cincinnati, II; San Fran
cisco, 10; Kansas City, 10; Chicago, 3.
Sixth-Cincinnati g; Milwaukee, s; Detroit
10; Indianapolis, 3; Kansas City, 6; New York
5; st. Paul, 6: Chicago, Q
Seventh-Milwaukee, Q; Detroit, /: New
York, 8; Chicago, s. Indianapolis, l; Kansas
City, :; Cincinnati, 2; St Paul 4; Des Moines
l..
Eiehth-Detroit, l: Cincinnati. |: New York
l; Chicago, 3; St Paul, s; Milwaukee, 9; Indian
apolis, -; Kansas City, s.
Ninth Cincinnati. /; Chicago, 4: Kansas
City. +: New York, 10 Milwaukee 70; st. Paul
Ii; Detroit, l; indianapolis, 5.
Tenth-Detroit. l; Cincinnati, l; New York,
10; Chicago, 4; st. Paul &: milwaukee,, 70; In
dianapols, I; Kansas City. 6.
Observation-Disclosures, -; Chicago, Is; St.
Paul, g. New York l; Detroit. 6: Kansas City, s.
Twelfth-Milwaukee, 70; Chicago, Il; Kansas
City. 3; st. Paul, g; Detroit, 1; indianapolis, l.
New York, l.
Observation-Disclosures, q. Chicago. Il: St
Paul, 3; Indianapolis, l; Detroit, l; Kansas
City, T.
Observation-Disclosures, -; Milwaukee, 81;
Kansas City, 2; st. Paul. /; Detroit. l.
Fifteenth Chicago, 25; Milwaukee. Is; Kan.
sas City, =; St Paul, I; Detroit, !.
Great Interest in the Voting.
When the balloting began the interest
became intense The hotel corridors were
crowded with the delegates from the var
ioUs cities, and as their city showed gains
the corridors resounded with cheers. 1t
soon became apparent, however, that the
committee was coquetting with several
cities. When on the first ballot Kansas
City led its adherents gave wild western
cheer. On the third ballot, when san Fran
cisco received fifteen votes, the number of
people who wanted to visit the Golden
Gate would doubtless even have appalled,
the generous Californians.
Hopes Dashed to Earth.
St Paufs hopes were raised by leading
in the fourth ballot by 13 votes only to be
dashed on the subsequent ballots Per-
haps the worst collapse was that of De
troit, which on the sixth ballot received 49,
while on the next it dropped to 1. Indi-
annapolis hopes were raised on the eighth
ballot only to disappear from the contest
on the next ballot, when she received /
vote. The men from Milwaukee were per-
haps the noisiest and rent the air when the
Badger state capital received 20 votes on
the ninth ballot. The crowd was in great
good humor and their enthusiasm rose
and fell as their favoritcs Jared on each
recurring ballot.
Knocked the Crowd silly.
When on the fifteenth ballot it was an
nounced that Chicago had twenty seven
votes and the convention, the crowd in the
corridors were fairly struck dumb. That a
city which had not even asked for the con-
vention should be selected was inexplic-
able. The Milwaukee, St Paul and
Detroit delegations went on the sidewalk
and cheered for Cleveland. Resolutions
thanking Hon. William Dickson, the resi-
dent member of the committee and the
local reception committee for their excel
lent care and attention to the national
committee were adopted and at Il:45 the
committee ad djourned.