New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-03
A BREAK FOR LOWDEN.
VOTE JUMPS TO 6sI re.
Tide Again Turns in Yates's FGUor
-ErcitiRg Scenes.

Springfield. H. June "a desperate effort on
the part OF the leaders to break the deadlock IN
the Republican State Convention failed today
and at S O'Clock this evening the assemblase
took a recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. without having nominated a candidate for
Governor.
The attempt to bring about the break was
spectacular. Ex-COngressman Walter Reeves
chairman Of the committee on resolutions. aud
Chairman Cannon engineered the plan, which
was made possible by the action OF the com
mittee on resolutions in reporting hack the
resolution offered yesterday that the delegates
be released from Instructions. When the COM
mittee report recommending that the resolution
be adopted was presented. Mr.. Reeves called on
the candidates. one by one. to come before the
convention and express their opinions regard
ing it.
Each declared in favor Of the resolution sDoak-
ing in the order named: Frank o. LoWden. Gov
ernor Richard T. Yates. Charles S. Deneen, AZ
torney General Rowland ]. Hamlin Lawrence
Y. Sherman. Congressman vespasian Warner
and John H. Pierce Then Mr.. Reeves yielded
portion of his time to John ". Parker. the a.
thor OF the resolution. who urged its adoption a
letter and in spirit as well.
Chairman Cannon then demanded the attan-
ton OF the convention and eloqusntly pleaded
with the delegates 20 break tho deadlock He
declared that the delegates must compromise
and called attention to the fact that thu conven-
ton by it's inact1on was injuring the Republican
party, not only IN Illinois, but IN the entire ma
ton. Lets adopt this resolution" he said.
and then nominate a ticket and let's DO It
to-day"
There was not vote against the resolution.
but when the roll was called on the sixty-sev-
enth ballot there was no substantial change
from the ballots OF the previous day. On tbs
next ballot taken. before the noon recess. a num-
Der Of the uninstructsd delegates voted for Judge
Lawrence Y. Sherman, whose speech before the
convention had made good impression, and he
received so votes.
When the convention reconvened for the az
ternoon session the long expected break from
Yates to LOwden came, and LOwden got the
vote OF Speaker Cannon's district. as well as the
votes Of several other counties. and some scat
tering delegates. For several ballots his vote
increased. until he reached a vote OF 63135. Then
the tide turned. and on the closing ballot. the
seventy-eighth. his vote had dropped to 5321z.
1t requires T52 to nominate. Yates's lowest to-
day was 362. and his closing vote was 4O5. There
was no material change in the vote OF the other
candidates
Much excitement prevailed in the afternoon
session. LOWden shOuters started several de-
mOnstratiOns in efforts to stampede the cOnven-
ton. and they made a great din When LOWden
began to fan back. the Yates people began a
demonstration and let down from the Orders
great banner bearing the words Hold the
Chairman cannon. ordered IL taken down and
n dozen ready hands led by Sheriff Ben Brainerd.
tore it from its fastenings and threw the wreck
age among the MCrgan County delegation or
Yates men. A free for all fight was prevented
only by the interference OF the police. The
banner. after it had been rescued by the Yates
men, was hung up in the rear OF the platform