The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-29

ed slight change. On the thirteenth ballot
Gillian lost four which Wooslard gained.
and the fourteenth was exactly like it.
The fifteenth ballot Gillian got back
his four votes from Woodland and on the
sixteenth ballot he added two more Of
Woodlands votes. Thus il Swung along
until the nineteenth vote when Lenoir
gave Woodland % votes TO the hurt OF
Gillian. The ballot then stood, Woodland
50. kitchin "A. PEBBLES &c. Gillian G4. On
the next ballot Wcodard lost fifteen votes
which went to Kitchin by a change in
Lenoir's vote. On the twenty-second bal
lot Lenoir took twenty of her votes from
kitchin and gave them to PEBBLES. Re-
suit Of the twenty-ffth ballot: Woodard
=. Kitchin 20. Gillian ?. PEBBLES Co.
On the twenty-eighth ballot the NayEe
county delegation retired for consulta-
ton. Quarter of an hour later The dele
gates came back. but their balo1ing
showed that the consultation had no, re-
suited in any material change. The
changes were minor ones until the thir-
ty-seventh ballot was reached when Lee
noir gave Gillian a large slice OF her
vote. sending Gilliam's strength uo TO s
NN O'ASiAio oidl " /. bul On the
next ballet Lenoir shifted her vote 30
PEBBLES, making his vote 81, and cutting
Gillian down to 81. On the thirty-ninth
ballot kitchin got Lenoir's vote. giving
MN a total OF 81, the highest vote vet
received. On the fOrtieth ballot .pncir
cast her solid vote for Woodland AMI the
result was: Woodland 80. Kitchin ~
PEBBLES GA, Gillian 60.
On the roll call for the fitch ballot
the vote was Kitchin 10, Gillian a. Wood
ard GG, PEBBLES 60. On the ffty-frst BAL
lot Warren county went TO k:tchi,. with
its IS votes, making his vote 80. The
fifty-third was the first ballot of the con-
vention in which there were no frac,ions
IN the totals. 1t began to look like ..at-
ting dcWn TO business. kitchin led with
81 votes. On the next ballot Woodland
and kitchin got exactly the same vote
1312; Gilliam's vote was IS. The Six
tieth ballot, taken at y o'clock. Gillian
IS, Kitichin "A, Woodland 70. Peao1es c..
Notwithstanding the late hour there is
still a large number of ladies in the sai-
lery. 1t IS just a question of tiri1g out
the convention before any nomination can
be made.
Later in the night the name Of j. w.
Granger, OF Lenoir will be put before the
conventions. There is a suggestion that
the convention adjourn until after he
August election without making 4 noml-
nation, but only two counties. Wilson and
Wayne, are willing to it.
On the 18th ballot Warren brought
in the @ret dark horse by cast
ing four orr. FOR Captain Swift
Galloway. On vaoes III ballot Gal
loWay received Il V ON there vas
al attempt to stampede GOV, ton
fer him: bat on the next ba.- me
failed to vote for him. and ne STEP. out
of the race. TIE Kitcnin and Gillian
delegations now set Up a counter demon
stration. and the race for awhile seemed
to be entirely between them: but on the
S3rd and S4th ballots Lenoir brought
Woodland and PEBBLES to the front again
by giving them alternately its 80 votes.
The convention now became disorderly.
Delegates crowded the aisles in confer
ence. At 100 Lenoir and Greene coun-
ties were allowed to withdraw for consul
tatiOn. This was understood to mean
that LenOir would place the name of
Granger before the convention. The vote
now stood: Woodland 5S. Kitchin II.
PEBBLES 90. Gillian g.. The Lenoir and
Greene delegations concluded their con-
ference at 1:50. and the S5th ballot was
called. No change was made in the
votes of either Lenoir or Greene. but
Warren cast 3 votes for Thos. w. Mason.
At ? o'clock. during the calling Of the
roll for the Seth ballot, the Chair recog-
nized H. E. Shaw, OF Lenoir. who placed
Jesse w. Granger in nomination. The
nomination was seconded by Theo. Ed
wards. of Greene, and T. C. Wootten, of
Lenoir. Again Wayne county asked time
for consultation: all of which made the
friends of the other candidates feel pale
to the gills. and at 2:35 the bolloting
was resumed. Granger got LenOir's 50
votes and from Wayne 3 votes.
The 95th ballot, at 5 o'clock, shows
Woodland II. Granger "a, Gillian SO,
PEBBLES 81, Kitchin 6S. The best opin-
ion IS that there cannot possibly be a
nomination tonight, all the dark horses
brought out having failed to develop any
considerable strength. Several of the
ladies are still in the gallery watching
the proceedings.
FRED L.. MERRITT.