Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-02

pulsion Of the Third warders. got down
TO business in a manner which indicated
that the AFFAIR soon would be over.
Walter f. Haas was selected chair
man, and in rapid succession II. Fl.
Younkin, A. T. Cummins, Andrew Hem
derson, u. s. G. Todd cld L. G. Jud-
klns were placed in nomination, while
the name Of Frank Bunger, who had
been thought in some quarters to stand
Q food show, was not even presented.
appointment Of tellers, distribution
or ballots ana the voting by precincts
were time consumers, and It was nearly
O'Clock when the first ballot was an
nounced, as follows:
YounlSin, SO Cummins, Is: Hender-
son, %; Todd, IA; Judkins TO-
After another wait for the second
ballot II was discovered that 1903 bal
lots, or one more than the total number
OF delegates, had been cast. The vote
was thrown out and the tedious process
Of repeating the ballot was gone
through again, with the following re-
suit:
Younkin, 30; Cummins, 27 Hender-
son, %; Todd, 16; Judkins Z.
Cummlns led WIFI 81 votes on the
third ballot, against 20 for YounlSin, %
for Henderson, IA for Todd and 4 for
Judkins.
After the announcement of the ballot
Todd and Judkins withdrew in favor
OF Younkin, which caused the Younkln
men to go wild with joy, under the
Impression that the contest would be
decided on the next ballot, but in this
,they were mistaken, although the ballot
showed that YounlSin eventually would
win. Younkin received 40 votes on the
fourth ballot, Cummins So and Hender-
son 18. Henderson then withdrew, but
nj In f.F
candidates.
Just before the fatal ballot was taken
a messenger from Chairman Black APP
peared, asking IL the Sixth ward side
snow would be willing to adjourn and
return to the main attraction The
Sixth warders thought at this stage of
the proceedings that their convention
was about the greatest show on earth,
and they returned an emphatic no.
Chairman Black evidently soon was
informed of the reply, as he was an
interested spectator of the final pro-
ceedings in the basement and saw Mr..
Younkin's friends gather about the
under sheriff when the last ballot was
announced, showing that he had re-
ceived the nomination by a vote of
Sc to 46.
A. M. Gates, at the request of Mr.
Cummins moved that the nomination
os Mr.. Younkin be made unanimous,
and this was done with a hurrah.
Two other Sharp Contests
Another interesting fight was that
in the Fourth ward convention.
Ferd K. Rule was put up at the last
hour against w. II. Gilbert and nearly
won out. George McLane made the
third candidate in the field.
The first ballot resulted in about an
even vote between the three contes-
tants.
On the second ballot McLane dropped
behind and he then withdrew. Mr..
Gilbert and Mr.. Rule were tied. The
third ballot resulted in the nomina-
ton of Gilbert by vote of 81 to So.
A. ]. Wallace defeated Seth Hart on
the first ballot in the Fifth ward con-
vention. The vote was A to 80.
Henry Lyon won out over Madear
in the Seventh ward, as Madear with
drew before the first ballot was COM
pleted.
Sidney Hitler won hands down from
Frank Ralph in the Third ward. The
vote was SO to Z.
Charles j. Let's had no opposition
in the First ward. e. A. Clampitt had
the same experience in the Second
ward and the same was true of Ber-
nard Healy in the Eighth and E. L.
Blanchard in the. Ninth.