The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-29
BLISS FOR GOVERNOR
THE COLONEL SUCCESSFUL AFTER
NUMEROUS TRIALS.
Nominated by Michigan Republicans
ON the Nineteenth Ballot mt the
Close of a Warm Fight.
FERRY'S FRIENDS STUBBORN
REFUSED TO MAKE THE HOUGHToN
MANS CHOICE UNANIMOUS.
Nominations by Minnesota Republic
ans-Ticket Named by Vaughan
Faction IL Alabama.
FERRY's FRIENDS STUBBORN
REFUSED TO MAKE THE HOUGHTON
MANS CHOICE UNANIMOUS.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, June 2S-The
Republican state convention to-day nomi-
mated the following ticket:
Governor-Colonel Aaron T. Bliss. of
Saginaw.
Lieutenant Governor-O. W. Robinson. of
Houghton, renominated.
Secretary Of S~tate-Fred NJ. Warner, OF
Pennington.
State Treasurer-Danie Mccoy. of Grand
Rapids.
Auditor General-Perry F. Powers. of
Attorney General-H. NJ. Oren, of Sault
Ste. Marie. renominated.
State Land OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Will
dey. of Pawpaw.
Superintendent of Public instruction
Delos Fall, of Albion.
Member of State Board of Education
James H. Thompson, OF Osceola.
The convention wound up it's work at
dusk tonight after an almost continuous
session since 10 o'clock this morning by
placing the above ticket in nomination. AS
soon as the nominations for the principal
offices were completed a motion to consider
the report of the committee on resolutions
at once was put and carried. The commit
tee on order of business had left the plat
form to the last. but as many of the dele
gates would have to remain in the city
over hight QlltSS THEY COulQ NdlSn IL
early trains the platform was read before
nominations for members OF the State
Board of Education were made. The report
was adopted as made public yesterday
without a dissenting voice.
The convention reassembled at 10 o'clock
this morning. Seven more ballots were
taken before the noon recess, and when the
results had been recorded one man at least
acknowledged that he was beaten. He was
Dexter NJ. Ferry, of Detroit, the man with
the strongest delegation and most perfect
organization behind him. He had his own
pledged delegates and had gained some
forty or fifty from the lesser lights for the
time being and lost them again. He was
not popular with the mass of delegates,
and his workers knew II. So they cast
about for some means of defeating the can
didate who was their most bitter oppo-
nent.
The first ballot this morning stood: Ferry.
2S3; Bliss, 279; Stearns, 202; Osborne, 35;
O'Donnell. Is. and Campbell. IL. The sue
Ferry and equally steady gains for Bliss.
A stampede to O'Donnell was attempted,
and II looked for a time as though the
move would be successful. But an unlucky
break came, Montcalm county switching to
Bliss instead of O'Donnell. The Wayne
county men caucused when they saw their
forces were not intact, and mace the mis-
take which defeated their. aims: they de-
cided to stick to Ferry Had they not done
SO O'Donnell would have had within thirty
seven votes of Bliss total. and might have
beaten him out The eighteenth ballot
stood: Bliss, 329: O'Donnell, l9i: Stearns,
loI: Ferry 1856; Osborne. 81: Campbell. 13.
The next ballot was the fatal one. The
l-ong-expected stampede had come, and no
name was heard but that Of Bliss. He was
nominated before the call was half COM
pleted. and a Jackson mar interrupted with
q motion to make II unanimous. The Ferry
leaders were still stubborn. however. and
demanded that the roll call be finished. The
Wayne delegation alone cast their votes for
Ferry. the few counties which had stood by
O'Donnell changing when the final result
became apparent.
When Wayne county was called a MEM
Der of that delegation rose and announced
that the ninety-fve votes would follow the
others and recorded them for Bliss. But
there was apparently some discord in the
delegation, for he was dragged back to his
seat and another man clamored for recog-
milton. This precipitated a wrangle, and
several of the delegates were instantly on
their feet. many of them assuming a
threatening attitude. When order was re-
stored a member of the delegation de-
manded a roll call of the county, 1t re-
suited in a unanimous vote for Ferry and
was so recorded.
were withdrawn and the remainder OF the
nominations were made in comparatively
quick time.
Colonel Bliss has been a candidate for
Governor at every convention since 1892.
He came within fifty-one votes of Pingree's
total on the deciding ballot in 1896. He
was a member of the Tenth New York Cav
airy during the civil war, and won his way
from private 10 colonel. He came to Mich
igan in 1865. and has amassed a comfortable
fortune in the lumber business in Saginaw.
He has served as congressman from the
Eighth Michigan district in the national
House of Representatives.