The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
IN ONE OF THE GREATEST BATTLES EVER FOUGHT ON
CONVENTION FLOOR CAMPBELL TOOK LEAD ON
TWENTY NINTH BALLOT AND THIS LEAD HE IS MAIN
TANNING ON SEVENTY-FIFTH BALLOT.
10 is and Houch fell to II 1-o.

On the twelfth Barnard gained one
and Franklin and Shelby went to Dav-
idson, giving him 80 10. Wayne
county is first.
On the thirteenth Shelby gave Bar
nard IS making him 35 1-6.
On the fourteenth Shelby gave
Campbell 16 making him AZ 1-6.
Fifteenth bailot-Hough IS 2-3;
Moore 1e 2-3; Barnard % 2-3; David
son 1a 2-3; Campbell % 2-3; Stivers
13 2-3.
Sixteenth balIot-CapopbeI gained
and Stivers lost one.
enteenth.-Hough gained one,
Barnard lost one.
Eighteenth balIot-DeadIock on in
earnest. Franklin county flirting but
no decisive change.
Dead lock continued from twentieth
to twenty-ninth with no prospect of
break.
Shelbyville, Ind. April a-When
one hundred and fifty delegates. wear
ing banners and shouting themselves
hoarse for the Rev. J. o. Campbell, ar
rived on the scene of the Sixth District
Republican congressional nominating
convention today. the Wayne county
candidate met them and expressed his
hal Of all
sured all that his prospects were fine.
The delegation which left Richmond
this morning at seven-thirty O'Clock on
a special Pennsylvania train was join
ed in this city by seventy-five other
loyal supporters of Campbell. who used
a little more haste than their brothers
and came to Shelbyville yesterday.
These men who arrived early on the
scene, put in some good licks for the
Wayne county man.
When the Wayne county delegation
came in this morning, it marched
through the streets of Shelbyville
headed by the Cambridge City and Ha-
gerStown bands. Shelbyville people
who had a sneaking opinion Campbell
prised that notwithstanding the report
of the break in the Wayne county
ranks, there was no more loyal bunch
of supporters of any one candidate
than the one which was backing the
preacher politician.
No Dark Horse.
The talk of a dark horse candidate
seems to have been all the Indianapo-
lis newspaper talk, as there was abso-
lutely no talk of any man as a dark
horse before the convention this morn
ing. 1t was not even mentioned in the
sessions which were held last night
among many of the delegates.
Big Crowd Present
Previous TO the convention this
morning. hundreds of interested repub-
lican workers and delegates from all
parts of the Sixth district, began to
pour into the town. Hotel Hobbies
were crowded. in fact. packed The
streets Swarmed with people. Early
in the morning people who wished to
see the next congressman from the
Sixth district nominated crowded be-
fore the door of the convention hall
When the doors were unlocked a mass
of humanity fought eagerly for admit
tance to the building. Every availa-
BILE seat set aside for spectators was
soon filled and many people stood up
awaiting the fray to begin The del
egates who had their seats set aside
for them were slower in entering the
hall
The hall itself is decorated in the
national colors. 1t presents a very
beautiful appearance.
Hall Rang With Cheers.
Men from all parts of the district.
who are not delegates early stationed
themselves in the hall and yelled them
selves hoarse for their respective fa-I
vorite candidates. The Henry county
delegation doomed Judge Barnard of
New Castle. When some lusty-lunged
Henry county man. in a burst of enthu-
s.asm. yelled the name of Barnard. it
was the signal for universal outburst
of enthusiasm and applause from the
entire Henry county contingent.
The Wayne county delegation how
ever. did not let these yells so unno-
ticed, and without an answer, and the
ringing cheers for Campbell complete
ly drowned the hub-bub of the Henry
county force. While the Wayne and
Henry county delegations were yell
ing themselves hoarse. however. De-
catur county men. boosters of Thomas
Davidson. created a noise as did the
Fayette and Union county delegations.
Old Hancock county. which has gone
down in history as not redeemsble