The herald., 1896-08-20
TIE END Is N SIGHT
Today Senator Rose Will
Withdraw
Peace AND HARMONY WHAI he WANTS
Personal Interests Secondary to
Party Success
PATTON STILL HOLDING OUT
The Rose Men Will Not Vote for Him
Under Any Circumstances
New Man Must Be Presented Before
They Will Leave Their Favorlte
Santa Barbara County Expected to Break the
Deadiock-one Hundred and Twenty-
one Ballots Taken-Notes Of
the Convention
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.oNE BALLOTS
The Rose Men Will Not Vote for Him
Under Any Circumstances
A New Man Must Be Presented Before
They Will Leave Their Favorlte
Santa Barbara County Expected to Break the
DeadIock-one Hundred and Twenty-
one Ballots Taken-Notes Of
the Convention
ONE HUNDRED AND rwEN1Y.oNE BALLOTS

Three fruitless sessions of the Demo
cratic congressional convention for this
district were held yesterday. There was
no change. Everybody is tired two
thirds majority are disgusted and the
end is at hand.
Today the deadlock will be broken and
then a congressional nominee will be
named. This announcement may smack
loudly as a chestnut" but it will turn
out to the correct prophesy.
The hope is expressed on all sides by
friends of silver that a man will be NOM
mated who has not been in this struggle
SO far, and who would therefore be free
from any of the prejudices or the un-
pleasantness that has arisen as result
Of the prolonged contest, in many ways
the most remarkable in the history of
the state.
Senator L. J. Rose will withdraw his
name from further consideration today
after returning to his friends his most
sincere and profound thanks for the long
and loyal support they have given him.
The senator is moved to take this step
out of considers ton for the party and
its interests AS a Democrat and q
friend of silver. he desires to see the
party in this district united, and he
thinks that for him to longer continue
in this struggle would jeopardize the
party's prospects
1t is given out officially that none of
the Rose men Will go to George S. Pat
ton. They are desirous of having the
name of a new man presented to the
convention, and only on this considera-
ton will they cease voting for Rose.
In fact if the adjournment last even
ing had not taken place as SoC0 as it did
Councilman F. N. Nickel would have
arisen and presented the following res
olution:
Resolved, that committee of fourteen
be appointed, seven each from the del
egates voting for the two candidates be-
fore the convention, the same to be Sc
Iected by the delegates voting for the
respective candidates, and to be an
nounced by the chair. ii to be the duty
of the said committee to confer and sub
nit plan to remedy the existing con-
ditions of the convention.
Then after this resolution had been
presented Senator Rose was to have
arisen and withdrawn as candidate.
But the adjournment was carried by
the change in the vote of the Santa Bar
bara delegation. Three Rose delegates
voted to adjourn. TO the surprise of all.
1t is given out that the Santa Barbara
delegates, who have been voting fo"
Rose, propose this morning to break the
deadlock. 1t was said last evening that
they would vote for Harry ". Patton.
Delegate Cooper of Santa Barbara is a
staunch supporter of Editor Patton. but
whether he can bring over the rest of the
delegation or not remains to be seen.
The delegates who have been voting
for George S. Patton will caucus at .
a. m. today In the Office of Senator
White. Mr.. Patton himself stated en-
phatically last evening that he was st,ll
in the fight, and that he proposed to re-
main there. However, it is generally un-
derstood that he will be governed in this
matter by the advice and counsel of his
friends and supporters
Everybody will be glad when the mat
ter Is settled for 1t is growing very, very
tiresome. The party who impedes pro-
gress toward a proper settlement viii
be looked upon with displeasure
Santa Barbara county is looked to to
break the deadlock