Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-05-25
ARM|STICE DECLARED
contending Factions Of illinois
Republicans at Last Come
to Agreement.
RESOLVE TO TAKE A RECESS
Warfare Suspended Until May 81 AL.
most Unanimously - National
Convention Situation
Status of Delcga.
lions.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 81. = The
Republican state convention, after a
brief session yesterday morning, took
recess until Tuesday, May 81. The
last ballot thc tifty-eighth was sub
stantially the same as most of the bal
lots since the beginning of the dead
lock, Yates being in the lead, but lack
ing about 210 votes of enough to nom
mate him. Hopes were entertained
Thursday night, especially by the
Yates leaders, that yesterday would
end the contest; but with the failure
of the various conferences to effect
a winning combination the convention
opened its eighth days session tied up
as tightly as ever.
Candidates Agrcc to n Recess.
The sentiment for recess for a
week or more had been growing, and
the candidates faced the session with
hundreds of the delegates absent
While the convention was going
through the fornality of another bal
lot all of the gubcrnatorial candidates
held meeting and unanimously
agreed upon Il recess until May 81.
This was put through the convention
with practically no opposition, the vote
being-ayes, 1,414; nays, So.
Grand Rush for Home.
Candidates and delegates lost no
time getting out of town. Lowden,
Deneen, Warner and Pierce took early
afternoon trains for their homes. All
Of the headquarters in the Leland no.
tel were closed, and the hundreds of
Autographs which have lined the walls
of the lobby and the corridors were
torn down. The canvas cloth which
had protected the carpets in the head
quarters and the corridors above the
ground floor was taken up during the
afternoon, and the hotel began to
take OH its normal appearance.
| Yates Committeeman Confer.
| A meeting of Governor Yates com
mittee, consisting of one man from
each county in which lie has one or
more delegates, met and talked over
plans for the ensuing ten days. Moth.
ing definite was mapped our. 1t is re.
| ported that the governor is seriously
considering hurried canvass OF the
state, visiting the counties whose dele.
gates are uninstructcd. 1t is improba.
bic, however, that this will be done.
Combination Is Hoped For.
1t seems to be the general opinion
that there is no advantage or dis;ld
vantage in it for any of the cnn,li
dates. Their plans for the interim
have not been disclosed, but theil
energies, it is expected, will be de
voted chiefly to keeping their forces
intact, so that when the convention
reconvenes the deadlock is likely tic
continue, though many expect the per
| lection of Il combination which will
| end the contest. The final ballot was
as follows: Yates, 4S3; I.owuen, 302
Dcnecn, $50; Hamlin. 1l3; Warner, SO
| Sherman, 4G; Pierce. %.
Death Removes IL Candidate.
Robert l.. Fort. q member of the II
\ linoiS state senate and candidate fol-
| lieutenant governor before the present
| Statc hc'hpii'ah CONVENTION, is uclC
at st. Johns hospital i'll this city. He
came to Springfield few days priol
to the state convention and conducted
his campaign through the first days
of the convention. He was taken sicl
and was removed to st. Johns, where
his condition grew alramingly worse
| though i'll the excitement of the con
| vcntion few knew of his illness. He
had been in poor health for several