The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-24
Nominated for Judge of the Kan
sas City Court of
Appeals.
SIXTY-OnE BALLOTS TAKEN.
Crowlcy's Withdrawal Narrows
the Issue To Rroaddus and Tim
mnnds-Field and Wood
Drop Out Earlier.
BY a STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

HdSttHE from EtSifTGty dILtEHooH. "UlEe
Broaddus was nominated for Judge Of the
Kansas CITY Court of AppesIs. The end
came or the sixty-sixth ballot. and was
precirita'ed by the Withdrawal OF Crowley.
leaving the issue to Broaddus and Tim
monds.
The delegates were anxious 20 get home
to-day. and several departed early this
morning. Others went this evening. hut
those who did go left binding proxies The
LAWYER delegates remained at the guns end
the convention settled down early in the
session FOR a struggle. 1t was a question Of
endurance only. and the friends Of the dele
, gates wer. watchful.
After the withdrawal OF Judge Field a
break was expected. but it failed TO raate-
rialize. On the twenty-fourth ballot Judge
Wood withdrew. but the contest was IN TO
wise changed. The three leading caliiiA-es
did what they cculd TO keep each other IN
line. All were afraid OF a break. They
maintained an unbroken front all lay iong.
and the proceedings were wearisome and de-
veloped no excitement.
At 1.3o o'clock Adair County. a CriwIe"
county. the first on the list. attempted to
switch for Broaddus.
The Tfmmonds and Crawley followers
made a supreme effort 10 prevent d STAN
pede. John Carroll of Unionvilie smOo5hei
TIE CulNtntiGn p( agreeing 10 a .INA-ttI u
the five votes OF Adair between Sravley
and Broaddus. A stampede was thus na.r-
rowiy averted. and when b~allotins was re-
sumed it showed l.;tle change.
In the Convention.
The delegates were slow in arriving at
the hall this morning. 1t was 10 O'Clock
when Chairman Williams raped for order.
Immediately the sixteenth roll call was
ordered. The result showed little change
from the fifteenth ballot the night before
Broiddus, 12i. Tfmmonds. SIS: Field. 81.
After the nineteenth ballot, Mr.. Pulliam
OF Boone County offered a resolution TO
suspend the rules and drop the lowest can
didate after every three successive ballots.
1t was amended SO as 10 drop the lowest
candidate after each ballot L, was tabled
Judge Field was recognized by the chair
man, and in a short speech he Withdrew
from the race. banking the delegates Tor
the support he had received.
The next and twenty-irst ballot resulted:
Crawley, 81; Wood. q: Broadcus. $50; Tim
.ir. suddath of Johnson withdrew tho
name OF Judge Wood from further consii-
Grafton The delegates from the southern
end of the State cheered Justify.
on. the next. or twenty-fifth. ballot the
result was: Crawley. los: Broaddus, 10:
Tmmonds. las. Bates. Cas-. Henry and
johnson counties threw their votes to Tim
monds.
Several more ballots were taken without
material change, and at { p. m. the con-
vention took a recess for an hour.
ON recovering the delegates were ap-
parently refreshed. and considerable enthu-
Siasm was displayed. The tweuty-sixth bal
lot shovel little change, except for Craw-
ley, waO passed the hundred mark at the
expense OF both the other candidates. on
| the rhirty-secOnd ballot Saline County went
from TimmonGs and Broaddus to Crawley,
casting eleven votes. On the thirty-niuth
ballot Henry County threw Crawley five
A facetious Crawley delegate from Chari-
ton County got the floor and moved that
the two highest candidates be dropped after
the next ballot The CrawIey men voted
aye with viCor.
No change took place In the ballo,ing un-
vi the. torty-scond ballot. when Kansas
City tried Ia vary the monotony by casting
six votes for Crawley running his vote mn
TO l". On the forty-seventh ballot Lafay-
~ Ghahseo SIN votes from Crawley to
Eroaddus, and the Broaddus delegates
cheered.
After the forty-eighth ballot. which stood
tra"Iey. %. broa!dus. !3a: Timmo;ds, I56,
the convention took a recess until 80
o'clock.
Evening Session.
When ballctins was resumed after supper,
II was apparent no candidate had .ecured
an advantage during the recess. The RIM
monds forces. as well as the Broaidus
crowd. We're afraid of the result should they
al. II was a game Of politics by expects.
and both sides realized the precari5dsness
Of their positions.
Howard County ief, CrawIey on the .ortr-
ninth ballot. and on the ffty-second Henry
County broke away from Tfmmonds and
cast five votes for CraVIey.
Some excitement WAS caused when Police
Commissioned Hugh Ward of Kansas City,
a Timmonds delegate. voted a proxy Of Ber-
Young o; Kansas City declared that Corri-
gan had instructed Ward to vote first. last
and all the time for Broaidus. Mr.. Ward
promptly subsidized.
when the sixty-frst ballet was ord cred
Atair County cast five votes for BroaddIs.
The Timmonds men realized that a break
for Rroadius from Crawley might result
disastrouslv TO them. For q Few minutes
the convention was In an upr1ar.
Parks of Henry, Clark Of Bates. md Lu-
cas- of St. Clair got on chairs and shouted
vigorously for Timmonds. Conkling Of Car
roll. Chapman OF Caldwell. Esstili Of Noda-
way and Scott Miller of Livingston made eff
forts to have the vote stand.
NJ r. Campbell of Adair challenged the
vote. Joshua Alexander, who occuoied the
chair owing to Judge Wiliiams's absence.
ruled that the vote could not be challenged
after the roll call had commenced Feyion
Parks of Henry appealed from the decision.
Senator Morton got on a chair and de-
clared that under the rules CT the Missouri
LEGISLATURE nothing was In order after a
roll call had been started.
John Carroll obtained recognition of the
| chair and declared the Adair delegation had
agreed To division of the vote between Craw-
lev and Rroaddus.
The ballot resulted: Crawley. 1884,: Broad
dus, Iisi3; Timmonds. Us.
Crawley, 81; Broaddus. IA: Timncnds. liz.
The latter lacked l9 votes Of nomination.
After the roll Gail on the SlNtS-Slkln TAI
lot had commenced and the clerk had
reached Carroll County. Virgil COnSling
asked the chairman for a stay until Car
roll County could hold n caucus OF the Sec
ond District. The caucus was held outside
the hall. BY unanimous consent of the dele
gates. It was agreed to withdraw Judge
Crawley's name from further considsrd-
ton.
Mr.. Conkiing. at the request OF the dele
CATION, visited Judge TtmmOnds and asked
him to withdraw. Charles II. Morgan sd
vised him to stay in the race to the finish.
From the platform Mr.. Conkling withdrew
Judge Crawley's name. and the voting was
resumed.
Carroll County cast seven votes for
Rroaddus. From hat time the race was
neck and neck. Timmouds lacking ten
votes OF a nomination and Broaddus TWEEN
weight. Lafayette. Linn and Randolph
fell in line. and Broaddus's nomination was
effected. 1t required some time TO cast the
vote. but the BroadGus men went wild and
cheered continuously.
After the result was announced. Peyton
Parks of Henry moved that the nomination
be made unanimous. II was carried with a
- out.
Judge Broaddus, who was at the hotel.
was sent for. He took the platform for a
short speech. He said he was tired and
would not talk long. He thanked the dele
gates for the honor conferred upon him
After the nomination was made. Perry
RAIDER was elected chairman of the Judicial
Committee. The convention adjourned at
f:30 o'clock. Most of the delegates left town
on the early morning trains.