The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-14

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stampede the convention by bliss. Bliss
A. T. Bliss" accompanied by the stamp
ing of feet. put the Pingree men hat
still more reserve strength ,eft, Nom :,
changing its votes from fourteen for Con.
ant TO eight for Pingree and flVe for Con
ant. Newaygo changed its vote to fiV,
for Pingree and two for Bliss a gain O.
i've for Pingroe from Bliss. Pingree tool
two more from Bliss in Oceana, leaving
the mayor only twelve short of the Al,
necessary for the nomination. When the
secretary announced that Plngree had 4O
votes the Pingree men raised a big shout
ana some or those In the gallery chmeC
in,. The others stood: Bliss, 1902; O'Don
nell, So; Aitken, II; Wheeler, a. Con.
ant, 0.
Fourth BaIIOt--Pingree Named.
The break came on the fourth ballot
IL was no stampede, but the nearness OF
Pingree to, nomination brought to his
standard these delegates who had friends
whom they wanted to land In minor nomi-
nations Still the Bliss men stuck well
more votes counted for the Saginaw man
than he. had had on the first ballot
tnough he had less than on the third
ODonnell. too. came out with about his
)original number of votes. Wheeer's home
delegates showed their sympathy for Bliss
by going to him on the fourth, but Pin
other counties than did Bliss. The total
vote was: Pingree 449, Bliss 2a3. O'Don-
nell ~, Aitken IL, Conant 2.
A., Inc Plnsree men kept very quiet until
the close of the ballot and then they
shouted and waved their fans, while the
galleries chimed Pm with the winners.
Inc wayne men shook hands and cut up
Various kinds of antics, and the conven-
ton became bowling mob, with only the
Saginaw delegates IN their seats.
"A, after the ballot had been announced
mad been such a strong anti-Pingree
Worker, got w on his chair and said that
as Mr.. l1ngIee had been made IN" ,'1Ci :,
OF tie convention he must be considered
the choice OF the Republican party. He
sad the friends of James O'Donneil had
STUCK 10 him to the end, but they now
ODonneli men to the nomination unani-
nous. The motion was carried, though
Two or three disgruntled Bliss men in
the rear OF the hall yelled no, fox which
they were Missed. A committee was named
TO bring the Candidates to the hall to give
speeches, and then recess was taken un-
At AIS the convention was ready to re-
sumo business and the counties were then
called for nominations for lieutenant-goy-
ernor,, II. O. Young, OF Ishpeming, took
presented the name of Thomas b. Dun
stan. Milo ID. Campbell, of Coldwater,
who had been mentioned as a possible
candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sup
ported the nomination of Mr.. Dunstan,
and moved the nomination by acclama-
ton. S: L. King. OF Kent. offered the
name of Milo d. Campbell but that gem
motion to elect Mr.. DunstGn by acclana-
ton was carried by a rising vote.
Burton Parker. of Monroe, moved the
ner by acclamation, but Rev J. r. Hus-
ted, OF Grand Rapids said there was an
other candidate in the field and the mo-
ton was Withdrawn. Prof. +. w. Arbury
OF Battle Creek, presented the name OF
Washington Gardner
AT this point the notification committee
returned with Mr.. Pingree. accompanied
by Col. Bliss. Mr.. O'Donnell and Mr. Att
ken. There was q. great demonstration as
they appeared and another when Mr.. Pin
gree was introduced. He said:
Mr.. Chairman and gel,tlemen-I have been
informed OF the action you have taken in nom
mating me as your standard-beare for the Of
nee OF governor of this state. Words cannot
tIpress my regard for the representatives of
the Republican party in this convention. l
want to say that l am "a square .toed Republi-
tan. tGreat applause, l shall do all in my
lower TO elect every man on the ticket, and
Enow we Will be elected. j want to say that
Wiil be as true to the party as you have been
10 me- am firm believer in protection, the
) epublican party and Mckinley. l am not go
ms 10 make long Speech" said his honor. IT
am no speechmaker. but l will say that will
IN the near future address open letter to
you and define matters which 1 have no time
10 SPEAK upon pow. j will say that 1 will, IL
elected, try TO be the governor of all the people
and not of any class. l have tried to use the
poor as well as the rich in Detroit and will
always continue to do so. 1 wish to thank the
deleEates who stood by me so loyalty l like q
good, square fight and enjoy it and appreciate
this this honor greatly. hope you will excuse me
from saying anything more at present"
Col. Bliss was called upon and he was
warmly received. He made a very brief
speech; thanking the delegates who had
stood by him for their loyal support and
said he would support every Republican,
ciple."
Mr.. .ODonnell, Mr. Aitken and Mr. CO.
nant thanked the delegates who voted for
them, and pledged their support to the
ticket.
Nominations were resumed after these
speeches had been made. Rev. j. II. Hus-
ted named Edward G.. Fox, of MayVille
as q candidate for secretary of state. The
votes went so heavily toward Mr.. Gard
ner, however, that q motion to make his
nomination unanimous carried without
dissent.
The next nomination to be made was
that fer state treasurer The first man
named was Senator Joseph NJ Gaige, of
Sanilae, and w. l.: Phelps. of Huron, did
Port Huron, took the stage to nominate
John w. Porter, of Port Huron. w. A.
Norton, of Clinton county. nominated
George Steel, of st. Johns. The vote had
proceeded only few minutes, when
later Porter dropped out, the nomination
OF Steel being made by acclamation.
For auditor-general. o: c.. Tompl<ins,
don, of Midland. Edwin j. March, of
was nominated by Frank Stew
art, of the same county. +. r. ellison, OF
Benton Harbor, placed in nomination Ros-
coe ID. Dix, OF Berrien. T.. A. Wildey, of
Van Buren,, was named by Jason Wood
man. of the same county. Henry Cum
mings, of Muskegon, the travelling mems
withdrew from the race in ia
vor of Dix. When Calhoun was reached
in the roll call and Col. March had re-
ceived no votes, he withdrew in favor q,
Dix. The total vote stood: Dix iSl:
Tompkins, 1885, Widely. 81
For attornev-general Fred A. Maynard
Of Grand Rapids, was unanimously nomi,
mated, and William A. French, of Pressure
manner for commiss. oner of the state land
office.
The nominations for superintendent of |
public instruction were made amid tho
greatest confusion. The names of the cam
didates were Jason Il. Hammond, of Hills |
da,e; Joseph w. Ewing. of Gratiot: c. f.
K. Bellows, of Isabella, and p. IL. Nc
Clure, of Oceana county; The result Of the |
ballot was: Hammond 517, Bellows 1877. |
Ewing 73. Mcclure 40.
The convention was a bowling shouting |
mob when the following nominations for
member of the state board of education |
were made: j. w. Smith of Bay; w. G.
of Oakland: Il. w. Simmons. of |
Clinton; Richard Hardy of Marquette. |
and c. NJ. Mclean, of Ottawa. All STAYED |
IN until the last and Simmons was finally
nominated.
On motion of Henry M. Cheever, Of De-
rot, the thanks of the convention were
rendered to j. Wight Giddings for the able
md impartial manner in which he had
presided. IT was unanimous. Then at $40 |
D. m the convention adjourned.
Gilbert Parker, in collaboration with