The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-06-15
THE FINAL STRUGGLE.
Progress of the BslIoting Watched with
Intenssst Interest.


Amid great applause the motion prevailed,
and period of intense suspense followed
as the chairman Of the delegations Of the
various states proceeded to poll their dele
cations preparatory to responding to the
| roll-call which would follow. 1t was or
dered that the delegates from Indian ter
ritory and Alaska who had been seated
be also entitled to vote upon the presi-
| Dental ballot.
Alabama was the first state called, and
when it responded with fifteen votes for
| Harrison and seven for Mckinley a deaf
ening cheer greeted the entrance of the
distinguished Ohio governor into the pres.
| idential contest.
Then nearly every state cast one or more
votes for Mckinley. and each OF these an
nouncements provoked much enthusiasm.
Ohio for Mckinley.
When the state of Ohio was reached oc-
Cured the most dramatic incident ever
witnessed in a national convention, that
| of a presidential candidate challenging the
| correctness of the vote cast for him by his
| own state.
"Ohio gives two votes for Benjamin
Harrison and forty -four votes for William
Mckinley" said Ex-Governor Foraker,
and the pendemonium of enthusiasm that
| greeted the announcement showed that
the president had lost twenty-seven votes
in the state OF Ohio All enthusiasm must
| have end, however, and when the
| cheering delegates were hoarse and tired
Mckinley, who had been sitting silent and
with visage as immovable as the sphynx,
arose, and in a clear voice which pene-
trated to every corner Of the vast hall
| said:
II challenge the vote Of the state of
Ohio. l am delegate from that state. :"
| There was a breathless pause, but the
! fiery Foraker was on his feet and waving
his hand deprecatingly at the chairman
said: "But you have been retired from
this delegation, Mr.. Chairman, by your
election to the Craftsmanship of this con-
vention and your alternate has taken
your place and we no longer know you as
q member OF the Ohio delegation"
This generous action of the ex-governor
toward a man who but recently had been
hidentifed with an opposition faction in
the state of Ohio evoked all the better i'm
| pulses of the vast audience and the Har-
rison, as well as Blaine and Mckinley del
egates, found themselves cheering the
generosity of the chairman of the Ohio
| delegation.
The chair overrules the point of or
| der" said Mckinley to Foraker, "end asks
the secretary of the convention to call the
roll" Another ovation fell to the lot of
the governor of Ohio-this time, however.
| from the Harrison delegates, in admira-
ton of his loyal support OF the president.
| There was still a noise throughout the
hall as the secretary of the convention
| calmly turned the leaves until the roll of
| the Ohio delegation was reached and
| al ha frat ~ he Eaf hot 1T
William Mckinley, jr.
Il vote for Benz Harrison" said
the great American prOtectionist and the
gratifying cheers that resounded through
the hall were Quoted only when the OBJ
| ject of all this enthusiasm waved his gavel
| deprecstinRly to restore order.
Joseph B. Foraker" shouted the
clerk and there was a breathless pause.
"William Mckinley, jr.," said the ex-
governor, and this time it was the fiery
Foraker who, for his loyalty to the gov
ernor OF his state, got the plaudits of the
multitude. Name after name was called,
and when the end of the roll was reached
it gave one vote to Benz Harrison
and forty five votes to William McKin-
lev. jr., loss of one to the president by
reason of the polling of the delegation.
One of the Harrison delegates had re-
considered and voted for Mckinley and
the governors alternate, it was discov-
cred, had actually voted for Harrison in
obedience to the previous request of Nc
Kinley, although the latter doubtless sup
posed he had disobeyed this injunction
and voted for his chief.
When the state of Pennsylvania was
called q minute later q great surprise
greeted the convention. Various dele
| gates who had up to this time apparently
| been docile under the leadership of SEN
ator Quay, revolted, and when the result
was announced Harrison had ten more
votes than had been expected. OF
course the Harrison people cheered
| tumultuously at this announcement and
| when South Dakota followed with q solid
vote for Harrison and little later Texas
gave him twenty-five votes il was apparent
that the president would certainly be re-
| nominated and the scene of enthusiasm
provoked by his followers was unrivaled
by any previous incident of the day.
Cheers after cheers were given until
men were fairly falling with exhaustion
on the floor. Chairman Mckinley pleaded
for order and silence was restored. He
called Elliot F. Shepard to the chair and,
addressing the convention, said:
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
CONvENTION-I move that the rules be sus-
pended and that Benjamin Harrison be nomi-
mated unanimously.
The Harrison people gave one wild, hys-
terical cheer OF exultation and approval,
but there were cries of mo. =" mo" "roll-
call, !" "roll-call." from the Blaine and Nc
Kinley delegates in various parts of the
hall An enthusiastic Blaine man made
the point OF order that the motion of Mr..
Mckinley was not in order pending roll
call.
II desire to say" said Mr.. Mckinley,
"that you can suspend any rule you have
got by a two-thirds' majority, and let us
do il now"
Not by Acolsmation.
Once more the Harrison people gave
manifestations that their cup of joy was
overlooking, but the Blaine and Mckinley
people were still obstinate and refuse to
yield to the persuasive influence OF the
generous governor of Ohio.
The chairman pro tenn, Mr.. Shepard,
started to put the motion, but there was
such evidence of disapprobation that his
voice could not be heard.
"The interpreter of the rules OF the
Fifty-first congress, and he is a man who
helped to frame them. says that we may
suspend these rules at any time" shouted
Mr.. Shepard, and the vast audience