Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-07
FIGHT STILL ON.
Republicans at Auburn Unable
to Select a Sheriff.
After Casting the l0Oth Ballot Con-
vention Adjourns Until Monday.
No Change in Situation, but One May
Come, Next Week.

Auburn, Me-, June 6.-(SpeciaD.-
When the delegates to the Republican
county convention had cast the 1S0th
ballot for Sheriff, just before o'clock
this afternoon, Hon. J. +. Boothby of
East Livermore, addressed the conven-
ton. He called the attention of the
delegates to the fact that for four days
they had been balloting and We're no
nearer Il settlement of the perpleXing
question than they were on Tuesday.
He therefore moved that the conVen-
ton adjourn until l o'clock on Mon
day next. The anti-Cummings dele
gates voted in favor of the motion, as
the matter had been arranged by the
leaders Of the Googin, Dwelley and
Shackford forces and the Cummings
men did not vote. Judge Boothby's
motion was carried.
All sorts Of rumors are flying around
as to the reason for this adjournment.
one Of Googin's strongest supporters
said shortly after adjournment that
between now and Monday noon a
solution Of the difficulty will be found :;
that the Googin men would work upon
the DWelley ana the Shacllford forces
ana try to bring 10 OF them over to
their candidate. Mr.. Googin, himself,
said, this afternoon, that he should not
withdraw ana that his 81 supporters
would stand by him to the last.
Hon. Henry W. Cakes, the leader of
| the Cummings men, is equally insistent
| that the supporters OF the Auburn
clergymen will remain steadfast and
IN l,iS candidacy until nIl1
They will not finch nor will they con-
sent to any plan to compromise on any
other man than Charles S. Cummings
The Dwelley delegates from East
Livermore are standing by their can
didate Loyalty, although in one ballot,
today, six of the seven voted for
| Shackford and swelled his vote to an
even dozen, while DwelIey only re-
ceived one vote. For two or three bal
lots the Dwelley men helped swell the
vote of the man from Poland, but final
~ they went back to their favorite and
| remained with him until the last.
! Hon. 3. NJ. FernaId and Hiram w.
Kicker of Poland, are the leaders OF the
| Shackford contin2elt--r-saslaaaRe-ss ilx-
| ious 20 compromise, but the do not feel
/ like uniting their forces with either the
| Cummings or the Cioogin crowd. Sena-
| tor Fernald was ready to make the
! proposition, today, and in fact did 90
! SO. that the matter be referred to one
1 representative Of each OF the three op-
posing candidates and whoever two OF
4 those representatives agreed upon the
| Poland delegates would support. But
the leaders of the various factors
would not listen to any proposition Of
Il, INV ~. T..
horse. The Cummings and the Goo@in
men have faith to believe that when
the break comes, rs come it must be
I fore long, their candidate vii! Win.
Cummings only needs four votes 20
! go with his g. loyal followers to make
! IL, which is the number necessary for
J Il choice; but during the $50 ballots
which have been cast once only did he
succeed in going above 81. That was
The first day of the convention. Then
| he got 90. The men whom it is under
stood east these votes were from PO-
/ land and when they come down to Au-
\ burn they were determined to support
Mr.. Cummings after the first few bal
/ lots But now it is asserted they have
| been wcaned Of their love for the Au-
| burn candidate and are just as stub
| bornly opposed to him now as any man
on the Googin delegation from Lewis
| ton.
The Googin contingent numbers 81.
| OF this number Lewiston send ~.
! Webster and Leeds each and Wales |.
| All the week these 81 men have march
cd up to the ballot box and deposited
their votes for Googin; and, as each
day went by ana still no break of Tia"
deadlock took place. they grew moro
determined in their allegiance to their
| candidate and more bitter toward all
who oppose him.
Many believe that if the rule had
been early established that no substi-
tutcs should be allowed. the fight would
no he over. Since the first day there
has been constant changes going on in
the various delegations. and it is pretty
hard for the chairman of the larger
ones to keep count of the delegates who
are to act. one man comes into con-
else takes his place in the afternoon.
This is generally true of both the Lew
iston ana the Auburn delegations. 1t
is believed that not more than one