The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-06-02
/ FIVE MORE BALLOTS ARE
! TAKEN At SPRINGFIELD
+. /. WITHOUT GREAT CHANGE
Little Prospect. Seemingly, of
: Breaking the Illinois Republican
/ Convention Deadlock,
THREE PLANS PROPOSED
.Two Rejected and the Third Will
/ Be Passed On by the Dele
gates This Morning.
YATES AGAINST FIELD
tOn State Primary Scheme-No
/ Secret Ballot-Proposed Re-
! lease from Instructions.

lElsD. III. June line hepuD-
1lican state convention took five more bal
slots to-day without breaking the guberna-
storiaI deadlock and without producing any
material change in the standing of the can
Sdidates. The ballots follow:
II Sixty-second BaIIot-Yates, 40; Lowden.
l404l1; Deneen 39liz; Hamlin, 116; Warner,
10; sherman, 50: Pierce, Is 49,
i Sixty-third-Y ates. 46a. Lowden, fO112;
tDeneen, S93hz; Hamlin. l2l; Sherman, 81;
HWarner. -; Pierce. Il.
xty-fourth-Yates. f4: Lowden. 4O7iz;
fDeneon. SSH; Hamlin. 116; Warner, 81
fisherman. 81: Pierce. ..
4 Sixty -fifth--Yates f7s; Lowden. 414l2;
tDeneen. SS!lz; Hamlin. III; Warner. 81;
sixty-sixth-Yate 474; Lowden. 411k;
Deneen, 3Sil2; Hamlin, l19, Warner, 30;
+ Sherman, 81 Pierce 20
II Three important propositions were pre-
sented to the convention during the day,
all designed to end the contest. but two
were rejected and the other is now before
athe committee on resolutions. These propo-
1sitions were:
4 First-To discontinue the roll calls and
1vote by secret ballot. This came from a
sDeneen delegate. II. III. Cross, of Chicago.
but was repudiated by Deneen and most of
= the other candidates
RI Second-To refer the governorship back
to the party through primaries TO be held
Son the same day throughout the State
tThis was proposed by Yates. but the other
candidates were a unit against the plan
Sand it was lost by vote of 2 to 1.
+ Third-That the candidates be requested
II 10 release their delegates from further OBJ
\ legations and permit them to vote regard
less of instructions. This proposition is
! pending before the resolutions committee.
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.
z The committee resolutions was in
session a good part of the day. The first
occasion for its meeting was the reference
! to il of the Cross secret ballot resolutions.
The committee was practically unanimous
8 In declaring the plan impracticable. owing
4 to the absence OF many delegates. but it
was decided to get the gubernatorial cand-
dates together and If scheme for end
ing the deadlock could not be agreed on.
Accordingly all of the candidates. by inv-
I ation. met with the committee in the'af
noon. Meanwhile the Yates and Deneen
4 advisors committees had separately de-
cided against the secret ballot.
\ AL of the candidates. except Yates and
! Deneen. said they were willing to abide by
i any action the committee might take. Judge
4 Hainlif made the suggestion that the can
dIdates reIcase their instructed delegates
4 Governor Yates said that only the con-
4 stituenis OF the delegates. the men who had
] Instructed them, could grant release and
he questioned the power of the committee
: 10 take any action in that direction.
MIR Deneen said his delegates had been
! selected under The primary law and that
i ne was not In position to release them.
IL The committee was divided in sentiment,
u but IL was finally agreed that Graerne
e stewart. OF Chicago. should draft
4 luton requesting the candidates to release
: their delegates from further obligations.
4 and that this resolution should be pre-
) sented to the convention and referred to
4 give the committee authority TO act on
the proposition. When the resolution got
II frnr he -
I was referred to a subcommittee, composed
I OF Walter Reeves, of Streator. chairman;
\ w X. Jewell. of Danville; Graeme Stewart
4 and Martin b. Madden, of Chicago, and
G. j. Doyle. of Greenfield. This subcom-
I mittee will make its report tomorrow
4 morning, when the full committee will
The secret ballot resolution upon being
reported adversely was tabled by the con-
The resolution to refer the gubernatorial
contest to a primary election of the Re
oy Handy Jones, a Yates leader, at the
opening OF the afternoon session of the
convention, The resolution provides that
the primaries be held day to be fixed
by the State Central Committee A motion
Z TO table was made by Mayor JON NJ. Ray
10 table was carried-yeas, 1,095; nays, i07.
MR. STEWARDS RESOLUTION
The resolution offered by Graeme Stew
! art relating TO the release of delegates was
as follows:
Whereas. This convention has been in
volved In serious deadlock for three
ing OF the existing conditions injurious
{ interests Of Of the anu delegates sue as s''xenI wel.
\ and whereas. the various suggestions
) as TO the means for ending the deadlock
4 have all appeared to this committee TO be
impracticable and probably without result:
4 Whereas The delegates to the conven-
: ton have obeyed their instructions and full
Il filled their obligation to the several candi-
dates for Governor with a faithfulness and
; loyalty unprecedented in the party history;
therefore. be II
Resolved. That for the best interest of
a the party we recommend that all delegates
i consider themselves released from instruc-
tons or other oolisations and that each
! scnal choice.
"Resolved. That nothing in this resolution
: Is to be construed speaking in any way
against the rights and interests OF any
4 candidate before this convention
The changes on the ballots taken to-day
were slight. While awaiting the result OF
the sixty-third ballot Chairman Cannon
angrily ordered the sergeants-at-arms
/. deputy sheriffs and police to put out the
minutes later he said assistant secre-
tary hak stated TO him that the smoking
was being done by assistant sergeants-at-
arms He called on Sergeant-at-arms Tin
ney To investigate.
This statement he said. should either
be affirmed or disproved This conven-
ton is strong enough TO officer itself with
men who will abide by its rules and the
directions OF the chair" IApplause.l
After announcement of the sixty-sixth
3 ballot the convention took recess until
1C a. tomorrow.
! The subcommittee OF the committee on
y resolutions. TO which was referred the
Stewart resolution releasing delegates
late so-night decided TO report the resolu-
ton favorably TO the full committee. The
Il latter hody undoubtedly will pass il out
! tc the convention. The Yates and Deneen
leaders. after numerous conferences, have
mutually decided TO offer no opposition In
. that case the vote In the convention for
the resolution Will be unanimous. The
T: prevalent opinion however Is that IL only
the expression OF an opinion or sentiment
IL viii be disregarded by the delegates and
= will have material effect on the dead
lock
WOodwOrkers n strike.