The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-20

Died a Sorning--After TWenty-nine
Ballots the Convention Adjourned
Until This Morning.
Springfield, ILL.,, May 16.--When the
fourth days session of the convention
was convened at 2:06 o'clock this af-
ternoon "a cry went up from the dele
gates of How long, o Lord" Then
they settled back into their seats to
wait and vote when the roll should
be called
At the opening of the session Chair
man Cannon made a statement of his
understanding of the rule allowing
the members present to vote the full
strength of the delegation they rep
resented. If only one member was
in his place, he said, that delegate
could cast the full vote of his county
or district, but where there should be
two present and they were not agreed
as to whom the vote should be given,
they would have but their own votes.
If more than two, the majority should
decide. Today's proceedings gave no
occasion for the chairman to enforce
his ruling, but one may arise before
the dead lock is broken.
Five ballots were taken during the
afternoon, but not on one of them
was there any manifest action of a
desire to break by any delegation.
There were the few slight changes
on each roll call, for in the whole
30 ballots taken there are half dozen
individual delegates who have never
voted twice in succession for the
same man.
On the last ballot but one, the 2Sth,
States Attorney Deneens vote ran
higher than it had ever been before
reaching S92. On the last roll call
however, it fell back to its customary
level, 3S2.
Governor Yates lost total of five
votes by the days switching, Low
den gained 6, Hamlin lost 10, Warner
l, Sherman picked up and Pierces
Il stood steadfast.
There were five minutes excitement
just after the conclusion of the first
ballot of the afternoon, when rumors
went flying about the chairmans
platform that the long expected break
was about to come.
Governor Yates called dozen ser
geants-at-arms into the Western I'm
ion companys Office and barred the
door. In a few minutes they were
scurrying about the room, and one of
his lieutenants gave out a statement
that he was notifying the chairman of
the So delegations that are pledged
to him to hold themselves in readi-
ness to report to the governor at a
moments notice.
After the next ballot had been taken
there was a big Yates demonstration
and the hurrying of the messengers
among the delegates was thereby ex.
planned The Yates band the only
one left at the convention, played
Methodist hymn tunes, Hold the
Fort" to which the partisans of the
governor sang a verse Of doggerel
that has been distributed through the
room, and Almost Persuaded"
The Deneen delegates were up wav-
ing their placards and trying to drown
out the Yates forces, but most of Col. !
Lowden's followers sat still.
The Cannon boom was started on
the Goth ballot but 1t did not grow
large nor last long. A delegate from
Cook county gave Uncle Joe" one
vote and took it away from him on |
the roll call.
When the result Of the 28th ballot |
had been announced, the chairman |
stated, "the chair is advised that |
something else will happen If you do |
not nominate this time" Then fol- |
lowed the goth ballot, which resulted |
as follows. Yates. 481 Lowden, 404; |
Deeneen, 1882; Hamlin, lis; Sherman,
81; Warner, 81; Pierce, 20.
There was no nomination and the |
something else that happened was |
recess until 10 o'clock on Tuesday.
The motion for the adjournment |
was made by j. II. Burke of Chicago
a Deneen adherent, but one OF Gov
ernor Yates first lieutenants, e. ]. |
Murphy, was on his feet to make the |
same motion. When the motion was
put the Deneen and Yates delegates
for once were In accord. They all |
voted AYE" while the Lowden dele |
gates kept still. The adjournment was
taken ten minutes before o'clock