The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-01

men be stricken out and the report adopted
He awoke the chairs ire by calling for a
| roll call. Then there was a caucus of
Spaan, Taggart, English and Seyfried and
| finally the latter withdrew his demand for
a call of the roll in the interest of economy
| of time. Chairman Span stated the ques-
| ton and called for a viva voce vote There
| was roar of ayes and tempest of
noes" The chair hesitated and ventured
the opinion that the ayes seemed to have
! 1t. Then the convention kicked and Mr.
| Spaan reconsidered. A number of projects
| for counting the votes were considered and
| finally Chairman Span declared himself
| Said he: The roll shall be called by pre-
cincts If it takes all week" And the roll
| Seyfried withdrew his amendment when
| the Seventh ward was reached, the vote
| being strongly against him, and Chairman
| Span put Mr. Kerns motion for the ap-
| pointment of committee of four to patch
| up the work of the credentials committee
| The Kern motion was carried and the chair
! man appointed the committee as follows
| p. w. Bartholomew. j. w. Kern, S. n. Gold
| and S. Z. Morss. There was a little inter-
mission here in which the waiting delegates
! were entertained by the band and some
| sdrappy delegates from the eighth precinct
| of the Twelfth ward. The band made mu-
| sic and the Twelfth warders made work for
| the police. Nick Carter a gold bug, tried
| to assume dictatorship over the delegation
| in little caucus talk. He was opposed by
Thomas e. Cain, war veteran of modern
| military mien. Carter was about to rule by
| force of blows, but Cain raised bis cane and
| threatened to break Few gold-bug heads
| Policemen separated the men and friends
led Carter out of the hall to place of
| safety.
T. Taggart found time in the lul in the
proceedings to mingfe with the boys on the
! floor. His smile was in full bloom and
] shed it's effulgence on ALL To the news
paper men he handed some of his choicest
| barney bon mots.
THE COMPROMISE ADOPTED.
! The committee on conference, appointed
in the interest of harmony" deiberated an
hour and quarter. Judge Bartholomew
then read a report that pleased the weary
ing delegates to the extent that it was car
ried without opposition. The report made
recommendation that all reference to the
election of members of the county commit
| tee be stricken out of the report, leaving
! the county committee to determine it's con-
tests. There were twenty-seven contests
decided by the committee on credentials.
/ and the committee ION conference in the
| interests of harmony made changes in
four precincts, as follows: Third precinct OF
| the Eighth ward, eighth precinct of the
| Eighth ward seventeenth precinct of the
Fifth ward and the fifth precinct of the
| Fifteenth ward. The latter is Bill
| Flynn's precinct, where the bloodiest or al al
| the battles occurred at Wednesday nights
primary The committee reported that it
was impossible TO determine who were
elected deiegateS pg5 Fec0enoeo M RI
| OBrien, Pat" O'Neil, Bill Flynn and
| Mike" Tvenan be seated. This was
| DIVISION or the nOnOTSp the uTSL three DSlAlS
| of the Rockford element and the other two
| belonging to Taggart's political machine.
| The amendments in the other three pre-
] cincts seated the machine hands" The
| settlement of the dispute in Bill F1ynns
precinct caused one delegate to offer to sur
| render his credentials. Il don't want moth
| ing TO do with no such a convention" he
| declared as he was thrust into a corner py
policeman. He proved to be JOHN Helm-
6 6o one for OF sPs iso FiVnn uees'
| 1t was o'clock when the convention got
| down to the business OF naming ticket.
| There were four candidates for the nomina-
| ton of judge of the Criminal Court Christ.
Lutz Of the First ward, nominated John F;
Leyendecker; Albert Sahm, OF the I SECOND ono
the nan name of Eek Gadi' E. G. Buskirk.
| feated contesting delegates refusing to sur
| render their seats. They were flnaliy ousted
and the roll call 6egsn The No y4ts 6 s
| Reinhard 16i sc: Bdskfk 4OSla
| Before the vote was counted 1t was vas seen
| that Buskirk was nominated, and his sup
porters yelled in loud approval, while the
| ''Cadi'' smiled Serenely. While the clerks
counted the band played and the Cad
| continued to stretch his features. Ihe Dand
was stopped in order to give Mr.. Leyen-
| decker a chance to speak. He moved that
| Buskirks nomination be made unanimous
| and Judge Norton seconded the motlon.
| Buskirk was declared nominated he was
| greeted with yells and cheers from a large
contingent of those who nave haa deall9 9Ss
tine tine he officiatedt a. police Judge. Then
| the "Cadi'' made speech.
ROCHFORD'S WATERLOO.
Four men were nominated for prosecuting
| attorney The First ward nominated Will
| ard Robertson and F. M Branthoover, the
Second ward nominated John j. Rockford
! and w. S. Ryan The roll call showed the
| following vote: Robertson, 432; Branthoov-
| err. 8: Rockford, 21I; Ryan, 3S. w. E. En-
~ Civfh ward and
was loudly cheered when he announced with
| an effect of climax, Ryan, 1; Rockford, 2;
Branthoover 2, and Robertson 80 During
| the call of the roll two pugnacious "byes
| in the Thirteenth got into an argument
about the comparative merits of "Cadf'
| Buskirk and Chief Justice Waite. The argu-
| ment begat blows and the services OF three
grim guardians of the peace were required
! to quell the combatants.
Mr. RYAN came forward at the close OF
| the roll call to move the unanimous non Il[
| nation of Mr.. Robertson VINO was pl4a palm!
| elected But the band played and Ryan
waited. Judge Charles Cox got in ahead
| of him when the music ceased ana on t the
part of John ]. Rockford moved that the
| nomination be made unanimous; Ryan . tneal
seconded the. motion. WIZARD hoDec ct 4,
| which he thanked the convention three
| times from the bottom OF his heart II !
am. elected, SAID ne; Il % Sa De as ho"eS'
as N - r5 p lions for Judge of the Superior
Court Room l. were next received. TX
| Judge Willard f. Cox was named by tne
| second ward, and w. Z. English, for the
| sixth ward, placed Thomas L. Sullivan IN
nomination. Sullivan received 46lls votes eoa TO
| Cox's 2261b thus nominating the former;
| Judge Cox made the regulation Jolly,
\ promising his support to the ticker, anu
| Mr.. sullivan rendered the customary thanks
| to the convention for the honor conferred
| upon him.
| EX-CHAIRMAN SPENCER FIXED.
! For Judge of the Superior Court. Room 2,
| w. w. Spencer was nominated by the First
| ward, and John W. Hoffman by the Third.
| When the Fifth ward was reached in the
| roll call Mr.. Hoffman withdrew his name
| and moved to make Mr.. Spencer's nomina-
| ton unanimous. The motion was carried,
| and both loser and winner made speeches.
For judge in Room the nominees were
James E. Mccullough. James c. Cotter.
| John c. McNutt and James w. Harper A
| bibulous delegate in the front row, so over
| come with Democratic booze as to render
| his utterance thick, moved to make Me
Mutt macmanimuS," but the chairman let
| him gurgle at will. The firewater was be-
| ginning to have it's effect all around by this
| time, and Fourteenth ward delegate who
| got enthusiastic for Cotter during the call
| Ing of the roll, was so forcibly seated by a
| burly policeman that the seat cracked. The
/ Ninth ward delegates. whom the Sentinel
I thinks are the boo gang were strong for
Cotter and "bOoed most vociferouSly for
| their candidate. While the Ninth ward was
/ being called Judge Harper withdrew his
| him. The vote showed: Cotter, 237l2; Nc
| CuliOu2h 1881: McNutt, 3l4 Harper 20. Me-