Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-19
YATES PEOPLE
ARE STANDING PAT
That Their Policy Until the 0ppO'
SitiOn Exhausts All Efforts
AT Combinations
GOVERNOR WILL NOT WITHDRAW
Effort to End the Deadlock Fails
Fftieth Ballot Taxed and no
Result.

Springfield, ILL.,, May i9.-Delegates
to the Republican state convention eX-
pected no nomination for governor to-
day Conferences held during the night
had for their purpose combination
TO nominate Hamlin. This movement
is said TO have the influence Of Senator
Cullom back Of It, and to have had the
moral support Of Speaker Cannon. The
combination contemplated the union of
the Hamlin Sherman forces
with accession from Lowden's country
delegates sufficient to nominate. The
most strenuous efforts, however APP
parently Jailed TO secure enough dele
gates to assure the success Of the plan.
As a result It was thought improb-
able that shift to l,amlin would occur
today
The Yates people decided merely TO
stand pat until the opposition eX-
hausted an efforts at combinations.
When asked today regarding d state
ment published this morning TO the
effect that he would withdraw today,
Gov Yates said:
My only answer is that the atate-
ment Is absolutely false"
When the convention assembled Con-
gresham Fuller offered resolution
providing that II the convention did
not acknowledge q nomination for gov
ernor at the present session, the rollcall
OF governor be suspended and that che
convention proceed TO nominate the re-
mainder OF the ticket
Yates called his men about him and
In the confusion shouted "All vote no."
A rollcall was demanded by nearly all
of the Cook county delegates and a
large proportion OF the Yates delegates.
The resolution was lost, yeas 2Ol. nays
1901.
In making the motion designed to end
the deadlock, Congrt ssman Fuller said:
This convention must recognize one
fact above every other, and that is We
are here as Republicans. Nineteen
years ago today on the 10Th Of May,
the greatest deadlock IN he history OF
the state Of Illinois was broken and
John A. Logan was elected sena tor Of
tho United States, (Iheers) Let us
do as well today ana act here regardless
Of personal preferences"
The 4Sth ballot resulted:
Yates, 4SG; I.owden, 397h; Dlneen,
432lR Hamlin, 1l2, Warner. II; Sher-
man, 2; Pierce. 81,
At noon, after the nfteth Intellectual
ballot, showing no material change,
had been taken, recess was had until 3
o'clock.
CAL, REPS. ADJOURN.
C,o,v,,,,,,t. ~ A.. IN mt $3.50
Republican convention, on re-assem-
bling today adopted the platform as
reported by the committee on resolu-
tons. 1t declares in favor of continued
protection TO American industry and
labor sound system Of finance: the
building up OF an American merchant
marine, that our carrying trade be
under our own flag; "A navy ample for
all purposes OF offense and defense and
It's construction in part at navy yards
the lmemdiate construction Of the Pan,
anna canal, The continuance of the
policy of Chinese exclusion; the com
plete protect] ~ Of every American citi-
zen In his q Institutional rights every
where. the q Improvement of the nayiga-
Bile streams ~ the United States and
all necessary appropriations therefor.
and the policy Of national expenditures
Tor the preservation Of our forests and
the reclamation Of the arid lands and
TIE work now being inaugurated by the
national administration to that end.
The state and national admnlstra-
tons are endorsed ana the delegates to
the Chicago convention are instructed
to vote for the nomination OF Roose-
welt.
The following were chosen delegates
at large:
Coy. George G, Pnrdce, John u.
Spreckels, George A. Knight and Judge
j. w. Mckinley,
After naming the district Delegates
and the appointment OF a state central
committee, the convention adjourned
sine die.