The age-herald., 1898-05-20

fore adjournment for dinner yesterday, Miller obtained enough votes from Ward and Coleman to give him a majority of 1928 but an extra vote was put into the hat in some way, making 3S votes in all, and thus validating the ballot.
 The Big Fight Last Night
 The rivalry between the two factories became exceedingly hot last night and wound up in a scene of pandemoaium at 10:45 o'clock A fierce contest had been going on all right and relations were be- coming very strained. Haley moved to adjourn until 9:30 this morning. The Ward Coleman delegates all voted "aye" and the Banks-M men "no." Loud cries of 'di- vision came from the noes, for they had at least half of the delegates in the hall, but the chairman, who is a Coleman man, ran rough shod over all protests, the ''noes" claim and declared the convention adjourned.
 The noes say there was no excuse fol any such action by the chairman. At least ten of them were on their feet immediately in front of his desk yelling division like madmcn, but still no attention was paid to them. A scene of widest excitement fol- lowed in wl.irh curses and all kinds of abuse were heaped on the chairman's head, but he remained immovable. MT. Powell S friends excuse his action by saying that he didn't hear the cries of "division," and that even if he had he was justified in so doing because Chairman Cunningham had done the same thing in the county convention last month.
 Stufing the Ballot Box
 The voting yesterday morning was re- sumed at 9:30 on the 534th ha lot. Again and again during the morning extra ballots were stuffed into the hat making more than thirty-seven votes and thereby vitat- ing the ballot. This became a positive to far1r tfay,1 !, q to be made on every ballot before far one was obtained Several explanations were offered and numerous plans were sug- gested as a solution of the difficulty. but the "stuffing'' never abated. The climax came in the first trial of the 542nd ballot" when Miller got the nominating vote of 1928 but as total of thirty-eight votes had been cast in this "trial," the whole thing was void.
 The Miller delegates were naturally lit- tie sore, but they took it good naturedly. However everybody was disgusted and the convention adjourned for dinner.
 Ths .sstuning" Stopped.
 On assembling at 3:sO, an iron-c'ad method of voting was adopted compelling each de'egate's name together with his yot- ing strength to be checked off as he cast his vote on each ballot. This remedied the evil and there was no more "stuffing."
 At 5:3O a half hour recess was taken At o'clock Bowman withdrew Dark Horse Dickey's" name as a candidate be- fore the convention. MT. Dickey had been nominated Wednesday night and at that time had made a fairly creditable show ing. The 546th ballot was then taken and the convention adjourned until o'clock.
 Ward and Coleman vs. Banks and Miller
 At that hour Lowe (Coleman) read the last clause of the Musgrove resolution un- der which the convention is now working. with reference to the delegates being re- leased from all obligations to their candi- dats. He said that he understood that certain delgates, referring to the Banks and Miller men, still retained their unit organization and that fresh obligations had been exacted from each of these delegates. He said he understood further that sys- tenn of espinage and scrutiny of every bal- lot cast by these delegates had been es- tablished. Lowe argued that this was in direct opposition with the resolution under which the convention was operating.
 General Johnston (Ward) approved Lowe's remarks and moved that the can didates be called before the convention and that they there publicly absolve their delegates from all obligations for their support
 This little resolution precipitated de- bate which lasted for nearly three hours
 Porter, (Miller) said Lowe and Johnston