The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-28
J. FRANK HANLY OF LAFAYETTE, ON FIRST
BALLOT is NAMED BY REPUBLICANS TO LEAD
STATE TICKET TO A VICTORY At THE POLLS
Tenth District Statesman Wins -Four Co,uered Race
Gathering One of B,ret6n Sessions in History
of Par1y--Harm0ny PveUa1b
BALLO7ZNG SPIRITED TO LAST
Self Named for Reporter Of Supreme COu11 and
Stubbs Chosen for State Statiuiciar--FOM
Ren0minated BY ACclamatlOn

ticket, and authorizing the chairman OF the
state central committee TO NIL any va
cancies that might occur, was read and
adopted.
Animated further by the desire 20 get 10
the contests, the convention speedily dis
posed Of the nomination of the candidates
who had no opposition. On motion OF for
mer Mayor Charles A. Bookwalter. of In
dianapolis, these candidates were all placed
in nomination at one time and their nom
ination was taken by acclamation.
Then the delegates settled themselves for
real business the candidates the stage
pulled themselves together, and their floor
managers got ready for action. Governor
Durbin announced that the nomination or
candidate for Governor was next in or
der, and read that portion OF the rules
providing that there should be no nominate
ing speeches and regulating the manner
of voting.
Secretary strohm called the roll of dis
tricts for nominations. Frank l.. Little
ination William l.. Taylor on behalf OF
the Seventh district. Senator VIII r..
Wood of Tippecanoe, presented the name
OF j: Frank Hanly, the Tenth districts
candidate Warren G. Sayre. Of the
Eleventh, was named by l.. l.. Carpen-
ter. chairman of the Wabash county del
Allen county, did the honors for William
l.. Penheld the Twelfth districts can
didate. The roll call of counties was
dered, but IL was several minutes before
II could be taken up, for the supporters
OF the four candidates insisted yelling
themselves hoarse before they permitted
any balloting.
HANLY NAMED on THE FIRST.
But the one ballot was required to give
the coveted nomination TO Mr. IIanly
When. the vote was totaled he had 701s. TO
S7354 for Taylor. 2l214 for Sayre and 1888.
for Pcnfeld, but before the result could
be announced the chairnen of several
counties clamored to change their votes
Madison. with forty-four votes. threw its
entire strength to Hanly Wayne followed
with twenty-six. Randolph with twenty
two, Fayette with ten, Franklin with eight
and there were others anxious 10 get on
the band wagon, which was then sure
| enough band wagon. but no more votes
! were necessary. Mr.. Hany had gained
| nifty votes by the changes made and
| had enough for the nomination. with eight
ana Traction votes TO spare. Mr.. Sayre
was recognized TO make the motion that
| the nomination be made unanimous. and
| his motion was seconded by Judge Pcnfeld
| ana by William /. Taylor. The motion
| prevailed with tumut of cheers and Mr.
| Hanly was the victor-his victory had been
i won by his great strength in all parts OF
the State by a splendid Organization and
| by the shrewd work Of his mana gers on the
| floor of the convention.
Three ballots were required TO make
| Hugh Th. Miller the NOMINEE for Lieuten-
nomination by District Chairman w f.
| springer. of the Fourth. Congressman
NJ hhaison, Son, from POSITION in the midst OF
the hush county delegation. did the honors
Tor L. +. Newly, in the name OF the Sixth
district. while Walter L. Balls name was
presented by James bingham, Delaware
county Tor the Eighth district.
THE RACE FOR SECOND PLACE.
Contrary to what had been the general
expectation up to until the last few days
OF the a1te-convention fight. L. p Newly
| did not lead on the first ballot Mr. Miller
| led. receiving $50 &c votes Ball came sec-
ond with 1876 1-6, while Newly was last
MIN MIN 4oz 20. The strength displayed by the
Miller forces showed conclusively that the
victory would be with them but two mole G
ballots had To be taken, consuming almost
| two hours of time. On the second Miller
! increased his vote TO CS5, while Ball ie-
ceived $50 and Newly ga On the third
seats on the bandwagon were IN demand,
ana Miller rolled up total OF 957 l-s 10
| the motion Of MIR. Ball. seconded BY Mr.
! Newby, the nomination of Mr. Miller Was
made unanimous, and another jollihcation
was In order.
The race for reporter Of the Supreme Court
was another procession with bandwagon
| in the lead-the George w. Self bandwagon
And Self had enough votes when Wander
| burg county haG been reached on the sec
ond ballot. he led on the first with 5Seis
votes to 29i1z for Ben +. CoFwin. OF New
/ Castle; 3lele for Frank NJ. Smith. OF
Brookvile. and SiSiz for Leroy B. Nash.
| OF Upton. When the vote of Vanderburg
had been counted on the second Self had
| 1871 votes Corwin had 13S. Smith 13lk and
Nash 226 Mr. Corwin made the motion.
onding. 10 make Mr.. Sells nomination
unanimous
| STUBS WINS HANDILY
II apparent before the first roll call
had proceeded very far that there was
nothing to the race for state statistician
but Joseph II. Stubbs. of indianapolis. the
| baldheaded man" Stubbs got off well in
the lead and there would have been no ex-
| element TO the contest had not the vote
| OF Marion county been challenged and a
| tedious polling OF the delegation necessi-
! tated When the figures were compiled II
was found that Stubbs had s4liz votes 10
| 1884, for b. +. Johnson. of Fowler. and 80
/ for j. w. Egnew. of Lagro. The nomina>
| ton was made unanimous on the motion
| of Mr.. johnson, seconded by Mr.. Egnew
The convention was az an end Five hours
| and half of strenuous work had passed
/ had been named. There were many vacant
seats in the galleries. on the stage and on
/ the floor of the convention at the end. but
| scores of the spectators and most of the
delegates had remained to see the conven-
| tion through.
| During the session Representative T. d.
| Crumpacker. of the Tenth. Francis T.
| Roots, OF Connersvlle. Representative Elias
/ S. Holiday, of the Fifth. and John G
| CLANCY. of Sullivan. Republican nominee
/ for Congress I'm the Second. in addition 10
| Governor Durbin. had a turn at welding
| the gavel as the presiding officer OF tie
/ convention. but at the close Representative
/ Watson was again in command. He de-
II clared the convention adjourned sine die
after three hearty cheers for the ticket
| and Tor the hepuDllcan party had been
| given.
THE FIGHT FOR GOVERNOR.
| j. Frank Hanly had received sufficient
votes to win him the nomination for Gov
| ernor in yesterdays convention before
dozen people in the convention, outside
| of Mr. Hanly himself and his close Iieuten-
| ants realized that the race was all over
| Mr. Hanly knew IL and his managers
| knew It. for their organization Pas so per
| feet that they knew just where ehey would
| get the votes, and when they you'd come,
| to give them the prize. They .ent into the
| convention expecting 90 nominate Mr..
| HanIy on the first ballot, and they encom-
| passed their plans.
! total OF SSl votes had been pledged 10
Hanly TO be delivered when called for be-
fore the convention opened yesterday morn
ing However, the men who had charge
| OF the aght decided with wisdom not TO
| call ont their entire strength on the first
| roll call They planned TO get 7i3 votes as
| the roll was called. holding in reserve az
| into the fight by changing the votes or
| certain counties before the result Was an
nounced. and thus clinch the nomination
| on the first ballot without the necessity OF
| showing their entire strength. Two dis
| tricts turned the trck-the Sixth and
| Eighth. Union II. Hunt. of Winchester.
| and Harry Z. Starr. OF Richmond. two OF
1 the shrewdest political generals I'm In
diana. handled these districts. and ther