Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-06

Sixth district faces, while others gag d upon the pages of a newspaper, seemingly not caring whether breeze stirred or not. The longer balloting was kept up the more ludicrous became the sight the convention present ted.
 Wbile all of this was in progress the chairman called the counties alphabeti- cally, and the delegation chairmen an nounced their respective votes with con- tinued regularity. The performance did not remind one of Barnum & Bailey's cir GUS, but rather in many respects of coun- try school.
 The forty-ninth and fftieth ballots were changed by Tuskaloosa splitting up, which made the vote as follows: Bankhead, 20 40-60; Foster, 33-60; Long, 16 26-60; Chapman, 13 g 60.
 The fifty first resulted with Bankhead re- ceiving r 40 60; Foster, ? 33. 60; Long, 20 25-60, and Chapman, Il 22-6O. This change was all made in fun and not in se- riousness, but simply to torment the sec- retaries, whom the Tuskaloosa delegation thought were not doing enough work.
 When the result of the fifty second was announced it proved to be identical with ballot No. 1.
 The sixty-third was reached when, upon motion of w. w. Brandon of Tuskaloosa, the convention adjourned to meet again at o'clock.
 At o'clock the convention reassemb mbled and resumed the same old thing of killing time.
 The same grist was kept up until ballot No. 100 was cast, without any candidate having received the nomination, when the convention adjourned until 8 o'clock this evening.
 NIGHT SESSION.
 Chairman Judge precisely at o'clock called the convention to order.
 MT. E. D. Willett of Pickens moved that the reg ular order of business be suspended so that a report of the committee upon T,latfornl and resolutions n1iOht he made. The motion prevailed and MT. Willett read the following resolutions, which were adopted without dissenting vote:
 Resolved by the democratic party of the Sixth Congressional district of Alabama ln convention assem bled:
 1. That we reaffirm the principles of de- mocracy as enunciated in the national dem- ocratic platform adopted at Chicago in 1892. 2. That in President Cleveland we recog- nize one of the ablest opponents of true democratic principles, ,and we most heartily indorse his administration of the federal government.
 8. That we commend the democratic party for repeating the odious federal elec- tion law and indorse President Cievelsnd for signing the bill repeating said law, thereby taking nonresident and partisan supervisors from the ballot box.
 4. That we indorse and commend the re- peal of the robber Mckinley tariff law and the bounty upon sugar, and we commend
  best that could be done under present con- ditions, and we commend and indorse President Cleveland in the firm stand he has taken for true democratic tariff reform, and we hereby instruct the nominee of this convention to continue war upon mad pro- lection and to work and labor for such thorough and complete revision of the tariff as will be in full harmony with true democratic principles.
 E. D. WILLETT, Chairman. J. H. MCQUEEN, Secretary.
 After the passage of these resolutions the convention proceeded to ballot again until the 105th ballot was reached, which was unchanged from former results, when the convention adjourned until S:30 o'clock to. morrow morning.
 Considerable juggling is in progress at the Wall hotel, convention headquarters, but nothing has yet been agreed upon. There is as yet no probability of man be- ing named tomorrow. The delegates are prepared for frost. The convention to- night is not as dry as it has been, for a great many of the boys have more spirits than they did upon the day oftheir arrival.
 w, O.L.