The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
FIVE BOILERS
DID TIE TRICK.
During the Early Ballots
the Anti-Hunter Men
Were Silent or Put Their
Votes Where They We're
Certain to Be Wasted
Late Nominee Able to
Dictate His Successor.

FRANKFORT, KY, April 23.-After
twenty-eight ballots, the Republicans
this evening nominated Deboe for
United States senator, vice Hunter
Withdrawn. The trick was turned bv
the "bolters," who sat silent during the
early ballots, until every Hunter man
was in line for Deboe. Then thew
added the five votes necessary to noni-
nate. There is every reason to believe
DeEoe will be elected tomorrow.
AS there was no quorum in the legis-
lative session today the balloting was
merely a formality. The adjourned
Republican joint legislative caucus met
again tonight to attempt the nomina-
ton of DR.. Hunters successor. The
presence of Baird, the gold Democrat.
was taken to mean possible attempt
OF the Deboe-Hunter men to repeal the
resolution, making 36 Republican votes
necessary to a nomination. The only
absenteeS were Deboe and Bennett. the
candidates paired. Baird answered to
his name, but the anti-Deboe-H Hunter
people objected to his participation The
Deboe people announced they did not
want the resolution repealed and would
not use Baird for that purpose. The
ant1-Deboe side put through a reso-
luton inviting in the other two gold
Democrats. They did not come The first
ballot proceeded and had no signifi-
cant changes until the name of Rev.
MI. Order was reached. He changed
from Bennett to Deboe. There were
no other significant changes, though
the ant1-Deboe people scattered to a
held OF new men. The ballot stood.
Deboe 81, Holt Is, Evans 8, Lewis 6,
Bennett 4, scattering, 8. Necessary to
a choice, Sc. Those who had expected
the five former "bolters'' to accent the
ChGncn tn dictate q ~
disappointed that when Deboe got 81
votes they did not come to him and
nominate him. One of these votes was
complimentary vote that would not
have stayed had they come. On the
next ballot Baird voted for Deboe and
gave him 81, but one of these did not
count, as Baird could not be one of the
needed Sc. The next ballot was the
same.
The balloting went on by the hour
without material change. Before the
twentieth ballot the Deboe side Of
fefed resolution, that, beginning with
the tWenty-hfth ballot, the hindnost
man on each succeeding ballot De drop
ped. The anti-Deboe side agreed to
this The next several ballots were
naturally without interest. Then came
the twenty-fourth ballot The five
boilers were for the first time gathered
IN one bunch in corner of the hail.
They declined to vote on the first roll
call. When the absentees were called
they divided between Lewis and Boyle
Then began the Hateful twenty-fifth
ballot. The five boilers again sat
down When the roll call ended De-
Doe was within five votes Of the nom
ination. Evans had but three votes,
the five "bolters" still refusing to vote.
The ballot resulted Deboe 81, Holt 10.
Bennett 5, Lewis 6, Evans g. Evans
name was dropped,
during the twenty sixth ballot Evans
vote all went to Holt. The five all
sat still during the call Of absentees,
except Napier, who voted for Lewis
The Holt people changed votes so as
to tie Bennett with Lewis. and then
at last the five boilers asked to vote
They voted for Boyle and he had to
be dropped. The other side then
realized that the dropping resolution
was a farce. They could do this again.
On the next. or tWenty-seventh bal
lot, Lewis and Bennett each got six
votes and the boilers did not have to
vote. No one was dropped. Deboe
was still within five votes of an cleo
ton and the boilers could have NOM
mated him as easily as they kept on
the track, but they did not want to-
On the twenty eighth, the boilers, led
by Clark, Linney and others, nomin-
ated Deboe.
DAodAeS - h0u CAlC Odi "a. I1C, anu IHS
Republicans who had bolted Hunter
played their preference for Deboe quiet
ly and until they made every Hunter
devOtee solid for him. Hfssem seconded
by ]. w. Bailey, of the Holt side moved
to make the nomination unanimous Mr.
Lieberth, the Holt leader said some
thing very like a threat against this
man being nominated by those who had
defeated the nominee Amid the wild
midnight scene that followed, Deboe the
nominee, was brought in and made a
stirring speech of thanks. Holt and
Lewis also came in and made speeches.
w. ]. Deboe, the nominee, is about
fifty years old, native of Crittenden
county, where he was a practicng
county physician for number of years.
His first political prominence was his
election to the state senate four years
ago.