The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-26
adjourned after making the strongest, best
anu cleanest ticket on record
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! adjourned after making the strongest, best
! and cleanest ticket on record.
TIE GREAT CONTEST.
The great contest of the day YVES that
! over the nomination of legislative repre-
sentative 10 succeed Hon. George Douglas.
| the district consists of the Second, Thirt
and Fourth wards aud each ward bad a
favoriJe candidate. As long as each ward
stuck to its candidate - selection WAS I'M
possible
The nominees were as follows: Second
ward, c. Y. Ferguson; Third ward, Col.
J. L. Dyer; Fourth ward, p. y. Rohr-
b4uGh.
For sixty-four ballots the delegates
voted for their fayOrile by ballot, without
a break.
On tie sixty-ffth ballot Dyer fell OF
three votes. Rohrbaugh gained two and
Ferguson gained one.
On the slxty-six;h ballot IL was the same
On the slxty-seventh ballot Eer.u son
gained three, RoLrbaugh one, while Dyer
lost four.
On the sixty-eighth ballot Ferguson had
a gain OF three, Robrbaush one, while
Dyer suffered "A loss OF five.
On the sixty-uinth ballot there was great
commotion among the delegates and the
candidates and 4 sensation was expected
but IL did not occur, for all stisl remained
in the field, the score showing Ferguson
with gain Of four, Rohrbaugh aud Dyer
with 4 loss OF ).
On the SEVENTEEN ballot the candidates
were getting back - their normal siren th
again, Dyer having picked up three OF his
loss.
On the seventy-frst ballot Dyer made
another gain OF one.
On the seveutv-second ballot 4 motion to
adjourn till Monday was Stormed down.
DYER had gotten buck 70 within two OF his
normal strength, Rohrbaugh was normal
and Ferguson WAS gamer by two.
In the ssvrnty-thiTd ballot each canGl-
date wss at his normal strength again,
Dyer's scattered forces having come to-
gecher. As the county convention had 70
convene an ADJOURNMENT Was taken TIL >
o'clock.
At . O'Clock the representative delegates
assembled again. aud for tweuty-elght bal
lots they sat IN front OF J. j. Parks. the
chairman, and Dr.. Hoffman,, tie secTe-
tary, aud stOObOrn:y and mechanically
cast q woes for Ferguson. 2s votes FOX
ROhrbaugh and 50 votes for Dyer.
Ga the 102nd ballot tne entire delegation
OF the Second ward went from Ferguson
10 Robrbsugh, aud that gentlema was
declared the nominee of the convention.
Mr.. Rohrbaugh, in acknowledge emit OF the
compliment paid him, made a rouslng Re-
publican speech IJ Is not vain prophecy
10 say here that Farmer D0olttle's name
the November election.
TELLER GETS THERE.
The contest in the west representative
di strict was between Frank Zeler OF Che
ey. and Pat Mcdonald. Mr.. Zeler was
nominated on the frs; ballot. Mr.. Nc
Donald never announced himself as a eau
didate but for all that he received a he
mplimeutary vote.
Mr. LAURENCE NOMINATED.
At 10 O'Clock the delegates of the Sixty
seventh district assent ied in the south
corner of tbs Auditorium aud elected Col
onel FOuts chairman aud j. Il, II. King
secretary.
L. VI. Laurence. r. +. NcGrew and y
J. Weaver were placed in nomination for
representative aud Mr.. Lsureucs was noun
mated on the first ballot. which stood as
follows: Laurence, A.; McGrew, -;
Weaver. T.
HARMON NOMINATED