Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-24

st. leoulsians went on record and the poll.
uciars Ia all parts of the bull ling were ~
liberty draw ,neir own ,i,,ig SGinS,gsion;, Tae Taae.
wdbrldse had Il OF the votes. Andrew
county. which up 20 this tim" had cas-; a
mat i, would cas-, rs entire vote Tor him.
clark county changed rs vote 80 US to give
Lewis votes. Livingston county changed
stono county gave Davis 3 votes on a
change The delegation up TO this time
had voted fo- Upton. Crawford chanret In
Davis favor, and Charlton In favor OF
nv This time men were jumping up In Nil
Cbansss were very much in order aud
paws wa' s5Ty SnipTns rsSP"hpy pis ,iS Mionsegn n
greater than ever. Camden county fclI
into line tot Lows, aS d.f Alnir aud Knox,
tts Lows mrr wore Yelling juhllnntly
TanHy ,h1uEod 20 Lewis "a fnw minutes
ds'oeltIous Wefo last giving Lewis their
WHOM Johnson county announced ,hat
ho1n 10 LOWS. the ain was terrific Tho
delegates were On their feet everywhere,
hardly any semblnnce OF order remained.
aul chairman Bothweu was Keeping up a
m.untonuus tattoo wl'h hts foyel ana sun
DELEGATIONS kent altering their Vote amid
totaLle 10 hear ,v"n Secretary Grinn's
nssist1ut. q l"athrr-lHng'i dclogmc from
hows cnlls. cheers, demands for rceog-
ntlun aul iren2ied yclis.
Linn county went To Lewis with votes
and fln confusion was greater than it had
Presently Davis vote increased slightly.
for he gained Howard end stoddnrd coun-
ties. Montgomery county, however.
ohanGcd 10 Lewis.
Warner Men Go to Lewis.
Presently Major Warner. who had been
sitting IN the Jackson county delegation,
"a HU ~ fN s Al
St Luulsan on the platform shouted Keep
qlleL Tor we want TO hear ms. on see
Tor him 10 shout: Seven delegates in
Jackson county change their votes from
Cnhoon to Lewis" Then the noise was
-rGere wns. silence, though. when Mr..
ssnted Mr.. Gahoons name In tho afternoon.
made n short speech withdrawing him MS
candidate Major Bittinger. OF st. Joseph.
delegation. that II wished to cast its entire
vote for Lewis. Then PIKE county. which
sa s9nf b to %s P%y' haf hour ,bs sei2 ,ms
dewts h had some a yo,gs perhaps AZ @ short
ton.
So utter waH the noise and confusion
that neither tho chairman or the secretary
could do thing, Finally; sir bGthwell
to keep order and use their reason. The
roll he said, had become so badly mixed
eide the result. He was Interrupted by
several abortivh motions, but presently
silence was had asain. The chairman
secretary would announce the ballot. after
which another ballot would be taken In
appropriate and orderly mnnner
The secretary announced the nth ballot
a follows.
Davis. igG; Lewis, sls; walbridge. So; Ca.
That Mr Lewis would be tho nominee
was demonstrated almost beyond the shal-
ow Of a doubt by the NTH ballot. The pa
Wis demonstration, which came SO near
sweeping the convention with it, had spent
itself. and It was now seen, not only by the
opponents. hut by his friends also. that
Cahoon. Upton and Hale were certain TO
so TO Lewis en- masse very soon.
Mr. Lewis Nominated.
The sixth ballot. tho decisive one. went
on to It's end I'm a most general quiet. The
country lined up for Lewis solldly. County
band wagon. St Louis, however. stood hy
Wllhridge to the end. SO continuous was
BY the time two-thirds OF the list OF coun-
te7 had been called and recorded by the
secretary, II was known that Lewis was
tho choice of the rartys 700 representa-
There were n fow shouts and veil. at
this point and some delegates were already
no other marks OF excitement
Iuf' IrioTt TIE result of the ballot wHs
the Jackson county delegates was oil,
served. They begun to cheer vigorously.
In "a moment or two Tho Chairman an
npurced that he had been asked 10 allow
eX-AIayOr Davis to address Tho convention
He sui! That h1 would YpndIIV rornrly Win
tho request When paws stcprod 10 thS
fonrllghts he wns warmly greeted ur said,
''Thls has been ms nrst experience yyIth A
state convention and, in Ire lnnguoEc ~
the small hnv. i am up ngaiust ~ This
is tie Hrst dino l have attended the corr
t,tas g.o when iSSrnrJ Lb' tLot tit-
Cuishaj sonfi.nlr vas ,,,r,.ina,cH' I',.b
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IhH N"iyHatDs i9ntlN app!hdded the
The sixth ballot esllto!; L.,w's U.s.
DAVIS. 10; NalhFi3Fe' -, Haze lD.
Nnuiuu,inn Mad. Yu,utunu
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Hardly hud tho figures been read than
Joe" Mccoy. Of JACKSON county, lumpui
upon his ohFIr and. with O. wave OF his
hand. moved 20 make the vote unanimous
HIS motion seconded Itf.. .nlAfrH