The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
FIVE BOLTERS
DID THE 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Withdrawn.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 by
the "bolters," who sat silent during the
early ballots, until every Hunter man
was in line for Deboe Then they
added the five votes necessary to nomi-
nate. There is every reason to believe
DeEoe will be elected tomorrow.
AS there was no quorum in the legis-
latlve session today the balloting was
merely a formality The adjourned
epublican 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-Hunte
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want the resolution repealed and would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
anti-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. Grtder was reached. He changed
from Bennett to Deboe There were
no other significant changes, though
the anti-Deboe people scattered to a
held OF new men. The ballot stood:
Deboe 81, Holt 16, Evans 8 Lewis g.
Bennett 4, scattering, g.. Necessary to
a choice, Sc. Those who had expected
the five former ''bolters' to accept the
r. tn
, 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 80, but one of these did not
I count, as Baird could not be one of the
needed SO. The next ballot was the
same.
The balloting went on by the hour
without material change Before the
twentieth ballot the Deboe side Of
tered a resolution, that, beginning with
the twenty-fifth ballot, the hindnost
man on each succeeding ballot Be 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
bolters were for the first time gathered
in one bunch in a corner of the hail.
call. When the absentees were called
they divided between Lewis and BOYLE.
Then began the fateful tWenty-fifth
ballot. The five "bolters" again sat
down. When the roll call ended De-
Doe was within five votes Of the NOM
nation Evans had but three votes,
the five "bolters" still refusing to vote.
The ballot resulted Deboe 81, Holt 19,
Bennett 8, Lewis 6, Evans g. Evans
name was dropped.
The five "bolters'' sat still again
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 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
tion 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.
bTduley turned Lhe caro-. HE, and the
Republicans who had bolted Hunter,
played their preference for Deboe quiet
ly and until they made every Hunter
deVOtee solid for him. HiSSem 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
stirring speech of thanks. Holt and
Lewis also came in and made speeches.
w. ]. Deboe, the nominee, is about
fifty years old, a native of Crittenden
county, where he was practicing
county physician for number of years.
His first political prominence was his
election to the state senate four years
ago.