The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-01
.LOWDEN WILL
 END THE FIGHT Says He VIII Start Something
 in Illinois Today DEADLOCK STILL UNBROKEN Governor Yates Comedies the PossibiL lty of Only Small Number of
 Delegates Going Over
 to Lowden.

Springfield. H., May s1.-At late hour tonight there Is no substantial prospect that the gubernatorial deadlock will end tomorrow. It is reported that Lowden will make another attempt tomorrow to break into Yates forces. It is said that he expects to get 100 from Yates, 30 from Hamlin, 50 from Sherman and enough scattering votes to swell his total to 500. hoping that this will be sufficient to loos- en enough Deneen delegates in Cook county to nominate Lowden.
 The Yates managers admit that at some stage of the baloting Kanewill and De- Kalb may go to Lowden as they did when a stampede was attempted two weeks ago. but this would mean only 62 votes, and that is near the limit of the number that Yates people will concede as likely to go to Lowden from their camp.
 There seems probability that either Hamlin or Sherman will now shift their votes until 1t appears reasonably certain that by so doing they will be able to break the deadlock All of the candidates held their forces together today. and 1t ap- pears likely that tomorrow's ballots will | show no material changes.
 Convention Takes Three Ballots. The republican state convention, after a. session lasting an hour and half, and after taking three ballots for governor. adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow nom ing without having broken the deadlock. The convention after a eleven-day recess reconvened at G:1G this afternoon. There was a manifest falling off of enthusiasm. l Governor Yates was cheered as he en- tered the hall few minutes before the convention was called to orde}, but the eptry of tta other candidates was unob- Chairman Cannon opened the proceed 1 ings by having read the rules of the house 1 of representatives which. among other l things, prohibits smoking upon the floor l of the house."
 1 Gentlemen" said Chairman Cannon, l you adopted thatamongst other rules. The chair cannot enforce that rule without the cooperation of the delegates, and the chair desires 10 show what the rule of the convention is.'
 Then he put to a vote the question of enforcing the mo smoking rule" liter ally everywhere in the hall. The af- frmative vote was practically unani- nous and the chairman then gave peremptory instructions to the assistant seargent- -at-arms and the police to see that all smoking fin the hall was prevent ed, delegates who do not cease when re- quested to be reported to the chair for the action of the convention, and per sons not delegates who perslstently vio- late the rule, to be elected from the hall.
 Laugh Is On Speaker
 How about the chewing?" inquired a delegate amid laughter. Chairman Can non, who while refraining from smoking, has been chewing tobacco pretty freely during the monotonous deadlock answer ed gravely, "The resolution Is silent on chewing" Qaughter).
 The roll was then called for the fifty ninth ballot.
 The changes on the fifty-ninth ballot from the fifty-eighth, the last one taken before the recess. was as follows: Six teenth ward, Chicago-Deneen lost one to Lowden; Edwards county, Warner lost one to Yates; Jackson, Yates gained 2. Lowden | Hamilton l, all from Warner; LaSale. Sherman gained 1 from Pierce; Madison, Hamlin gained 1 and Sherman from Lowden; Mason, Iates gained from Warner; Menard, Hamlin gained 1 from Yates; Peoria, Hamlin gained and sherman ? from Lowden; Richland, Ham, lin gained 1 from Warner; Union, Yates gained from Warner; Woodford, Lowden gained from Hamlin.
 The ffty-nlnth ballot resulted: Yates 4s7, Lowden, 396I2: Deneen, 3S3Ia Ham, lin, 1l6; Warner fl; Sherman, 5O; Pierce. 8
 The sixtieth ballot resulted: Yates, ASA; Lowden, s9SIs Deneen, 383D2; Hamlin, 1l3; Warner, 42; Sherman, B; Pierce. 2S.
 The sixty-frst ballot resulted: Yates, 4s4; Iowden 69sIa; Deneen, 3S4Ha Ham, lin, 11G; Warner, 40 Sherman. 5l; Pierce, 2s
 At $40 p. m, on motion of J. H. Burke of Cook, seconded by F.. J. Murphy of WILL the convention took recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.