Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-06-10

ColllDiLdllOu Will SudIleS .. DC-
neen, l.. Y. Sherman Rowland J.
Hamlin and John Fl. Pierce, Governor
Yates yesterday broke the deadlock
in the republican state convention
and brought about the nomination OF
Deneen for governor. The nominal
ton was made on the seventy-ninth
ballot. which stood:
Io"den ...... ............ .o-z
Warner .......... ............. Il
The combination was the result OF
series of conferences which were
held Thursday night and yesterday
morning and which were participated
in by Yates, Denecn, Hamln, Shcr-
man and Pierce The agreement had
not been contaminated when the cen
\entiOn met at 10 O'Clock yesterday
morning and tho Yates and Drneen
people forced Il recess until p. IN.
Then the parties to the combna-
ton met and finally agreed upon De-
neen as the candidate. When the
convention re-cOnNened Yates, Hani-
lin and Sherman withdrew their
names from the consideration of the
delegates and urged their friends to
vote for Deneen.
When the seventy-nEth roll call
was ordered and Adams county led Off
with lone vote for Yates and nine
teen for Deneen,' the widest excite
ment prevailed AS the call proceed
ed it became evident that the new
combination in Illinois politics would
win, but the original kowden men for
the most part remained firm and went
to defeat with him. When the call
was completed Lowden moved to
make the nomination unanimous and
Chairman Cannon declared the mo-
ton carried. ALL Of the pentup en-
thusiasm of the delegates manifested
itself as Deneen came to the platform
and briefly thanked the convention
for the honor. In response to the de-
mands OF the assemblage, Colonel
Lowden made an address, pledging
his support to the ticket
At the evening session. the making
up of the ticket was rapidly proceed .
ed with. l.. Y. Sherman of McDo- ,
nough was nominated for lie,,c nant !
governor; James A. Rose Of Golconda +
(present incumbent for secretary of !
state; Len Small of Kankakee for
state treasurer; James S. McCol-
Tough OF Champaign (present incum-
bent) for state auditor: w. H. Stead |
of Ottawa for attorney general. This
was the slate agreed upon by the |
Yates-Deneen combination.
SHIPS ARE DISABLED.
Che Foo, June 1O.-A Chinese, for
merly an employee in the machine
shops at Port Arthur, who arrived
here yesterday, says that only five of
the nine largest Russian ships at
Port Arthur are capable of going tc
sea and that steam is kept up on
but three of the five sound vessels.
All the guns from the damaged Ships
have been removed to the forts and
tho sailors from these ships have
gone to the front with the troops. The
Russian warships. which formerly
were painted black. are now painted
gray as arc the vessels of the jap
aneSe fleet. Russian torpedo boats
leave the harbOr occasionally for half
an hour, but the larger warships can
not get through the entrance The
Russians are refusing permission to
skilled WOrkmcu to leave Port Artn-
nr bat many are escaping. Little
work is being done in the machine
shops because of the confusion among
he workmen each time firing is
heard. One shell recently wrecked a
machine shop building. but did no
lamage to the machinery. Another
she'll wrecked the Offices in the doc,-
yard. Three hundred and fifty mines
nave been laid in the rOadstead and
many others have been placed around
he shops in the naval BASIN Some
If t|le latter were exploded last week
lone.