Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-10-14
pEMOCnA1IC CONVENTION,

no COAfOuUlOu SdliOu loi WIG pun
pose Of nominating candidate TO repre-
sent this city and county in the House
of Delegates was in session when tho
GAZETTE went to press Saturday evel :
| ING. After o'clock recess was taken
until Z o'clock. About 20 minutes
after that hour it reassembled, and after
balloting half an hour adjourned until
this morning.
Upon being called to order at zoos
o'clock the 334ih ballot was proceeded
with.
Mr.. Graham hoped no foreign iDau-
ence would be used. An article in q
! Washington paper, he said, had gross
ly misrepresented the convention.
Mr.. Norton confirmed what Mr..
Graham had said. The article in ques-
ton was an insult to the convention.
1t had done no harm, however, ard
the best way would be to pass it by un-
noticed.
The ballot was then proceeded with
and resulted as about two hundred
others Barley 992, Bendheim $50,
Lipscomb ZIG and May 4S1. The mo-
notouous roll call continued. with a
repetition of Saturdays see-sawing
until the 25Oth ballot was reached,
when the May delegation cast 81 vote S
for Barley, which action brought forth
applause. This was repeated on
the 253d ballot, but those which
followed up to the 267th showed no
material change. When the next ballot
was about to be proceeded with MIR.
Norton, OF the Bendheim delegation,
moved recess for one hour.
Mr.. Cox, Of the May delegation,
moved an amendment making the ad-
journment until o'clock to night.
Mr.. Veitch, of the Lipscomb delega-
ton, favored half an hour.
Mr.. Norton's motion finally prevailed
and the convention recessed for an
hour.
The convention reassembled shortly
after twelve o'clock when the mill was
again started up. The 269th ballot was
taken which showed the deadlock to
be as pronounced as ever, and the
humdrum roll call was continued.
When the 309th ballot had been
reached Mr.. Veitch moved that the
convention adjourn sine die.
The motion was declared to be lost
and Mr.. Frank Hume, one ofthe Lips
comb alternates, called for q division.
Mr.. Brent called the attention of the
convention 10 the fact that Mr.. Hume
had no voice in the convention, both
of Mr.. Lipcomb's delegates being pres
emit.
On the 32Oth ballot the May delega
ton voted for Bendheim, and Mr..
Cox. of the former, moved to adjourn
until Z o'clock tonight, No one sec
onded the motion and the voting was
proceeded with until ten more ballots
had been cast when, on motion of MIR.
Norton, recess was taken until 2;3O
o'clock.
Shortly after the appointed hour the
convention reassembled and the 35lst
ballot was taken. There was no ap-
parent change in the tenor of the con-
vention, the interchange of votes be-
tween ali the candidates being con-
tinued, on the first vote (the 35lst) the
Barley delegation casting 800 for May.
Subsequent ballots showed no real
change.
F.. OQ inc ooStn auu oSOu DdllotS nay
vote was cast for Bendneim which
caused some applause.
Al intermission followed after the
4OOth ballot presumably for the purpose
of giving the secretary rest, but really
for consultation. The audience in the
meantime stamped at intervals and
sang snatches from hymns or parodies
on them.
Chairman G. L. Simpson in about
half an hours time called the conven-
ton to order, and the balloting con-
tinued, the result showing the dead
lock to be as firm as ever.
On the 423d ballot Bendheim gave
Lipscomb 425 and May 4S1, which with
Lipscomb's 216 gave him 1922. On
the 42Ssh ballot May obtained the same
vote by receiving AS from Bendheim
and all OF Lipscomb's vote.
After the 463d ballot the convention,
at five minutes to four o'clock, took an
hours recess.