Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-06
4 FREEZE OUT Is the Game Being Played
 at Guin. One Hundred and Five Bal lots and No Result. Fun and Frolic Relieves the Monotony of the Pro-
 ceedings.
Some Juggling Last Night, But No Conclusions Reached. Who Will Be the For-
 tunate One?

spondence. 1-The Sixth congressional con- vention may yet prove a climax to the one set up in Texas. It was not expected when the convention met to nominate man on the first dash out of the box, and so far the most sanguine expectations have been real ized and the co invention bids fair to con- tinue in session for several days. While the four delegations have determination written upon their faces, a more jovial set of men could hardly be found in opposing factions. The utmost feeling of friend- Illness prevails, and not a single man has as yet done anything to win the fight except in the most gentlemanly manner. To speculate upon who the man will be is just as uncertain as throwing "craps.'' Only time can determine.
 Chairman H. M. Judge called the con- vention to order this morning and made the announcement that according to the order of business agreed upon it was in and that he would rule that balloting pro- ceed by counties. As the name of each county was called the chairman of each county delegation would announce the vote, which upon the fifth ballot resulted as follows: Bankhead, F 40-60; Eos ii Ii 22 60. '' s' = = ''
 When the total vote received by each cam didate was announced by Secretary Sam 1 Carpenter the chairman, one of Bob Fay jlor's big fat men to be cherished, rose from his seat and between smiles stated that no candidate having received a ma jority Of the ballots cast they would pro- ceedto ballot again. They did, and it turned out with the same result.
 Some Of the boys at this junclure went to work to have some fun aL the expense of the Bankhead delegation. Everything on the seventh ballot went smooth until the call of counties reached Sumter.
 ''Sumter,' called Chairman Judge in a tone sultedPfor calling hogs..
 ''Sumter casts her ten votes for Eos ter,o said the delegation chairman with cut cracking a smile.
 This caused stir in the Bankhead quar- ters, anu for few seconds this faction was pletely dun bfounded.
 ''Tuskaloosa, called the chairman be- fore the excitement in Bankhead quarters had abated.
 ''Tuskaloosa casts her ten votes for Chapman,' spoke the chairman of the Tnskaloosa delegation. Here the conven- tion saw the joke that had been played by reversing the vote of Tuskaloosa and Sum- ter and yell filled the heated room. The Bankhead people were given the laugh and quite joke was enjoyed by the convention at their expense.
 Ballot after ballot was cast without in- Corruption until it reached the fourteenth, when E. D. Willett of Pickens, in a sar- castle manner, made a motion that Tom Long be nominated by exclamation. Three fourths of the convention didn't like that motion, and as result be too got the laugh. He sat down without a second to his motion.
 With this balloting was again taken up and progressed, with an occasional inter ruption by motion to adjourn, until it reached the twenty second, when w. B. Peebles of Pickens interrupted the chair by stating that in order to break the mo- notony of the occasion he would make a motion that committee of three be ap- pointed to telegraph Sam Jones to come and address the convention. He wanted some fun along with the hot weather.
 The chairman-'tThe gentleman from Pickens is out of order, according to his own order of business. The chair evil dently thought it to be congressional con vention, and not Sam Jones meeting.
 Four more ballots were taken, when the gentleman from Pickens (Peebies) made motion to adjourn in favor of the Tuska- loosa delegation, one of whom had received g telegram that "she'' would be in on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham No. 6. The motion was seconded, but was voted down after 1t was generally known by the convention that ssshe'' was coming c. O. d. with S5 and charges.
 Balloting was again resumed and kept up until the thirty seventh without a material change in the results, when the convention adjourned to meet again at o'clock.
 THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The convention reassembled at o'clock this afternoon and proceeded at once to balloting. The first ballot of this after noon's session and the thirty eighth cast resulted as did the first. It was the same old song from the beginning of the after noon session, with the exception of an oc- casional burst of laughter, up to the forty ninth.
 During all this time the members sat lazily in the seats, but apparently as firm as steel upon their determinations. Some sat half reclining. with the smoke of "coffin tack' curling slowly from their