Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-08
AND STILL THEY VOTE. Five Hundred and Nineteen Ballots
 Taken to Date WITHOUT ANY RESULT The Dull Monotony Relieved by Occasional WitticismS-
 End in Sight.
WITHOUT ANY RI

GUN, Sept. 7.-[Special Staff Corre- spondenee. I-The Sixth district con- congressional convention may nominate candidate in short time, but it doesn't look that way now, for the four factions are just as far apart as they were the first day. While there is considerable activity manifested and juggling going on hour after hour, nothing so far has been accomplished, nor nothing definite is ex- pected for some time to come
 No matter if man is nominated upon the next ballot cast, nearly every delegate is making preparations for longer stay than they did before they came.
 Yesterday afternoon a number of trunks belonging to delegates, which had been telegraphed for, arrived, and winter quar- ters are being established. A car load of provisions have been ordered and all the country pro- duce that can be had is being gobbled up for the benefit Of the delegates, who are consuming an enormous amount of food. A lot of attendants upon the convention are spending considerable time on the creek banks, while around the front of conven- ton headquarters several delegates can pc seen putting in their time over the face of a checker board. There are other games that progress and other modes by which the time IS passed.
 At times the convention hall is almost deserted, with the exception of the chair men of each county delegation, who sit the time out and repeat time after time the vote oi their counties.
 All of the candidates are wearing ia worried lock-, and this great strain upon them is considerably reducing their corpo- rpsity. They are in trouble, and If change is not brought about soon there will be some walking skeletons in this vl- ctnity. The sooner 1t Is over the better It will be for some of these candidates. Each elxpeets the affair to soon come his way and pass away Es-a tale that is told. but the Stars say that the 1sassing ot it is in the dis tance. N While the candidates are gradu aS!y> sink. ing, the delegates. who are the jolliest set of the kind that ever before assembled to fight such fight, are getting fat, and if the ball keeps rolling some anti lat remedy may have to be ordered for them. The delegates are having barrel of fun out of it, and they don t seem to care whether the thing comes to an end or continues indefi- nitely.
 The convention was called to order at 6ts6-~ O clock, but owing to snme. of the counties having no representatives present the chairman waited a few minutes before beginning the call of counties. The per formance opened with the 337th ballot, which resulted as did ballot No. 1, MT. Bankhead receiving F 40.60; Foster, Il 33-60; Long, Il 25.60, and Chapman, Il 22 -60.
 After the 37sth ballot a recess until .10:30 o'clock was taken. From the opening of the morning session untl recess was taken little transpired, save the nonotonous re- cording of ballots and an occasional inter- ruptlon by some delegate who wanted to introduce some kind of fun making reso- lution.
 After the morning recess three ballots were taken without change of result, when an adjournment until o'clock was taken.
 AFTERNOON SESSION.
 The curtain on the afternoon session went up promptly on time, and the same actors under the same director presented the fame old farce comedy, but a little change was mace in some of the parts and there WAS a little more applause than in the forenoon performance. Upon the 45lst bal lot the convention took a recess for one hour.
 The convention resumed it's work at 4 o'clock and continued to ballot, with but few interruptions, until the 465th ballot was taken, when the curtain went down until o'clock in the evening.
 RIGHT SESSION.
 At 8 o'clock tonight balloting began with the 496th, and was continued with but one interruption until the 519th was cast, when the convention adjourned until o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Al day, especially during the afternoon and tonight, no little political log rolling E has been in progress, every candidate striv- ing to beat the others and their delegations sticking to them like leech to fat man's leg. Slate after slate has been made with out ever being tried in the convention. They have been builded, and before dele gates got into thpir seats they decided to cast tLeir vote just as previously recorded. Every imaginable political sohsnne that has ever been orked has been put into play, but to 10 avail SO far ss the obtaining of a final result is concerned.
 The fact of the business is the delegations are as far apart now as they were Tuesday and the end is not yet in sight. To specu- late upon who the fortunate man will be is folly. Queen lii could come as near guess ing his name and when he will be nomi- mated as one of the delegates can. The convention will probably adjourn tomor- row afternoon at o'clock until Monday morning if no nomination is made.