The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-09
THE BALLoTING.

minneapolis convention will begin voting
for the presidential nomination before Fri
day, although it is possible that one ballot
may be reached this afternoon. There Is
much work to be done before the voting
can commence. The committee on Gre
dentials has not yet made its report and
there are six contesting delegations, each
prepared TO make vigorous fight for
recognition. These could be readily dis
posed Of by accepting the national com
mittee's recommendation, but this will not
satisfy the contestants, all of whom are
determined to be heard by the committee
and some may endeayor to carry their
cases before the convention. We under
stand this will be done in the Utah case
Then the committee on platform
Is not yet ready 10 report,
and after its report has been
presented there is liable to be more or less
Discussion on the floor, especially on the
silver PLANK, as the western delegates are
determined to make big fight for square
declaration in favor Of free coinage, a prop
osition which is certain to be vigorously
antagonized by the east These are mat
tiers which must be arranged before the
balloting begins, and 1t seems unlikely
that they will consume less than a days
time. There is another thing to be taken
into account The BLAINE people, while
they are not in majority in the conven-
tion are in control of the machinery and
the committees. The Plumed Knight be-
came candidate so late that it is assumed
many delegates who would have been his
supporters, believing he was out of the
race, went to HARRIsoN or others, and the
BLAINE managers want time to labor with
these fellows, and if possible in
duce them to fall into the ranks of
the Maine mans following before
the voting begins. The great struggle be-
tween HARRIsoN and BLAINE will be on
the first ballot If neither shall be nomi-
mated then they may both be regarded as
out Of the race, and the prize will belong to.
anybody. Therefore the public need look
for no nomination before Friday, and 1t is
not among the improbabilities that the
choice will be deferred until Saturday.
In this connection a brief reference to
the nominations in the several Repu blican
conventions will be interesting.
At Philadelphia in 1856, that being the
birth OF the party, there was but one bal
lot, JOHN C. FREMONT receiving 359 votes
to 1876 for JOHN MCLEAN.
Four years later, at Chicago, LINCOLN
was nominated on the third ballot, with
2Sl15 votes, the next highest candidate of
the six being SEWARD, who had $50.
In 1864, at Baltimore, Lincoln was nomi-
4al
souri, cast her entire vote for GRANT.
At Chicago in 1868, GRANT was nomi-
mated unanimously, and he was unani-
mously renominated at Philadelphia in
1872.
At Cincinnati in 1875 there were seven
ballots, BLAINE leading in all OF them ex-
cept the last, when there was break for
HAYES by the MORTON, CoNKLING. HART
RANFT and BRIsTow men, giving HAYES
3S4 votes to 357 for BLAINE, whose first
ballot was 2s5.
In 1880, at Chicago, occurred the biggest
OF all Republican convention battles.
There were thirty-six ballots, and GRANT
led in every one save the last, his most de-
termined competitor being BLAINE. GRANT
started in with 3O4 votes, and only three
times did he fall below that number, twice
to 302 and once to 303, whilst on the thirty
fourth and thirty-fifth ballots he had 3l2
and 313 respectively. BLAINE began with
2S4 and held up well till the thirty-fourth
ballot when he had BIS. SHERMAN started
in with So and on the thirty-iifth ballot
had SO. EDMUNDs went as high as
~. For twenty-seven ballots 10 delegates
voted steadily for WINDOW, and WAsHBURN
ranged from 30 to A. GARFIELD was not
in it at the start. On the second and third
ballots he had 10 votes. Thereafter he re-
ceived l, sometimes none, and few times
2 On the thirty fourth ballot he received
II, on the thirty so, and on Inc thirty
sixth 399, the number necessary to choice
being 3S4. GRANT retained his stalwart
BOG, but all the other delegates, except
three for SHERMAN, five for WAsHBURN and
forty-two for BLAINE, went to GARFIELD
In 1884 at Chicago, there were four
ballots, BLAINE leading in all, his only
formidable opponent being ARTHUR, who
begun with 27S and ended with 2O7, whilst
BLAINE started with 334115, and came out
with 541, all of SHERMAN's men and enough
OF ARTHUR's going to him to make up the
number.
AT Chicago in 1888 there were eight bal
lots. SHERMAN led in five of them. On
the sixth HARRISON was II ahead. SHER-
MAN started with 229, reached 249 and came
out with lis. HARRISON began with IS and
gained steadily to the end, his final vote
being 544. On the fourth ballot DEPEw's
ninety odd went to HARRISON, as did some
Of GREsHAM's, and the few who had voted
for PHELPS and RusK. ALGER was third in
every ballot except the first, when he was
fifth. MCKINLEY, BLAINE and ALLISON
were also voted for in that convention
1t is probable that the same names which
were voted for in 1888 will receive ballots
at Minneapolis, and thereis one other name
which the reader may as well bear in
mind, that of THOMAS B. REED.