The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
TICKET FINALLY NAMED
CURTAIN DOWN on THE DEMOCRAT
&c THREE-ACT FARCE.
seaman for Recorder, Culver for
Coroner and QuigIey for Sur
veyOr-BaIIOts stuffed"

concluded their three-act farce. As regards
intoxication and fsticuffs. the closing ses-
sion was an Improvement upon either of the
preceding ones, but SO far as legitimate
voting and businesslike' conduct are con-
cerned il was utterly farcieal.
At no time yesterday were there more
than $50 delegates present, yet in open de-
fiance Of the rule prohibiting any but regu-
larry elected delegates from voting. nearly
the full strength Of the convention was
voted on every ballot There ryere never
less than 50 votes cast, and from that num-
Der the ballots ran as high as 670. During
the ballot for coroner Henry Seyfried, a
delegate from the Fourteenth ward, made
an actual count and found but 100 delegates
on the floor. Yet 525 votes were cast on that
ballot. Chairmen Spaan saw the scheme,
but winked at IL in order to hasten the
work of the convention. When delegates
rose to kick" he cut them off and pro-
ceeded with the roll CALL The Sixth ward
was the only one with anything approach
ing full representation. w. Il. English
kept them in line and made them vote cor
rectIy until the last ballot was taken. But
the delegates from other wards moved
about at will, voting in every ward where
there were vacant chairs. The procession
kept moving constantly. stephen Crane
would have described it as a mess of
squirting worms
It took until o'clock to nominate re-
corder. At that time. after six ballots had
been taken, in addition TO the five of the
previous sessions, John II. Scanlon
nominated. Two ballots decided the race
for coroner ia favor Of DIR. Dudley NJ. Cul-
Yer. John Quigley was nominated for sur
Veyor on the first ballot.
THE BALLOTING BEGINS.
It was go when Chairman Spaan called
the convention to order. which, this time.
was really order" Before proceeding to
the regular business Of the day, Judge
Charles Cox offered the Following resolu-
tion, which was adopted with but one dis
senting voice:
Whereas, It has been the unbroken prac-
tice Of the Democratic party in Marion
county, under a rule long ago adopted TO
elect precinct committeeman and delegates
10 the county nominating convention at the
same time which has been the day before
the day appointed for holding the said coun-
~ convention; and
Whereas. said nominating conventions
have been held sometimes so late that 1t
has been difficult to reorganize the county
committee I'm time 10 secure the most effec-
tive organization of the party forces; ana
it is therefore now
Resolved, That in the interest of an ear
Iy organization of the party hereafter, at a
definite time without reference to the date
Of the county conventions. it is deemed best
to change the rule which has heretofore
existed and which has been uniformly OBJ
served as the party law in Marion county,
and il is hereby ordered that primaries for
the election of county precinct committee-
men shall be called and shall be held be-
tween the first and the tenth days of March
in the year 1900 and biennially thereafter,
and that the committeeman so chosen at
such primaries shall meet in the city of
Indianapolis within week after their
election and elect chairman and other
r.vsn off 80 Tyf6 0nra rN1fff
The long-contested nomination of can
didate for county recorder was the hrst
business OF the convention and a ballot wa, was
taken with the four following candidates
i'll the contest: August Tamm, VIM. Z.
Allen, John II. Seaman and w. j. Shinn.
During the calling of the roll City Clerk
stIckmeyer was seen making himself busy
on the floor. He was promptly ordered of
by Chairman Span and the delegates
gave him the laugh" There was some lit
tie confusion in the vote owing to the fact
that many of the delegates came in late
and were allowed to vote after their pre-
cinctS had been called. Mr.. MOrlarlty OF
the Tenth ward, couldn't understand the
system and thought he should have the
right to vote twice because some of the
other dili~ates is dom it, The chairman
wouldn't allow him to do so and ne there
upon organized belt consisting Of one
The first ballot showed: Tamm, 142; Allen
1867; Scanlon, 1914; Shinn, 120. There were
$50 votes cast, 266 being. necessary to
choice. No candidate having received a ma
iOrity a. second ballot was taken.
Before the roll was called for the second
ballot w. E. English moved that delegates
not present when their precincts were called
should not be allowed to vote. The motion
was carried The number of delegates had
Increased with the second call of the roll
This time there were 567 votes cast, 2S5 be-
ing necessary to a choice. 4he vote showed:
Tamm, l621e; Allen, 13S Scanlon, 1879;
Shinn IA. No candidate had received a ma
jority of the votes cast and third vote
was necessary.
The clerks did not agree on the result of
the ballot there haiDpy a dicCrpnanCN
merely a few votes. Secretary Stuart an
nounced, however, that the clerks agreed to
the fact that there was no nomination by
more than one hundred votes. The ballot
as agreed to by four of the clerks. was as
follows: Number of votes cast, 562; neces-
sary TO choice. 2S3; of these Tamm re-
CeiVed 49, Allen 100. Scanlon 147 and Shinn
JIG. A fourth ballot was taken. A slight
diversion was created by the first precinct
OF the First ward. which cast four votes for
J. Hunter AcCaslin, the defeated candidate
for the nomination for treasurer. He got
coming from the out townships. The fourth
ballot showed: McCaslin 81, Tamm 1S4, AL
len 80, ScanlOn 40 and Shinn 81. There We're
662 votes cast. No candidate having the 2S3
votes necessary to nominate a fifth ballot
was taken. During the process of the roll
call Mr.. Bemis, who was defeated for one
nomination before the convention was on
the floor pulling wires in the interest of his
favorite The Ninth ward started a kick
Order was restlTed until the offending
EemiS was ushered out and Chairman
Span had threatened to adjourn the con-
VeEtiOn sine die.
While the Eighth ward was being called
Joe Gates, of the Sixth ward secured
recognition and withdrew the name of w
g. Allen from nomination. Mr.. Allen few
minutes afterward came to the platform
He said he understood that his name had
been withdrawn. The act was without au-
thority. he said, but he would now with
draw. thanking his friends for their faith
ful support
SCANLON ON THE SIXTH.
It was nearly o'clock at night when the
fifth ballot of the afternoon was completed
This did not result in the selection of a
candidate, but it came so near nominating
Scanlon that his friends grew boisterousy
enthusiastic With three more votes Scan
lon would have been the nominee on this
ballot The vote stood: Tamm, 212ia; Allen,
9; Scanlon, ga; Shinn, 5Sls; McCaslin, Z.
The total number of votes cast was 553.
During the fifth ballot a commotion among
the delegates from "Bilr' Flynn's precinct
in the Fifteenth ward caused a delay. The
ward has fifty-two delegates, but one was
absent yesterday. Flynn wanted to cast
hfty-one votes Tor Scanlon. A German dele
gate who was loyal 10 August Tamm OBJ
jected to this and demanded that his candl-
date be given at least two votes out of the
this, but the German became disguised and
left the hail. IL was necessary for Chair
man Span TO again threaten to adjourn
the convention before quiet could be re-
stored in the Fifteenth ward. Candidate
Shinn before the convention started in on