Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-18


and when the votes were tailed, It
was found that the Carthage man had
received 65 votes, 81 being required
to nominate.
Judge Mack is master in chancery |
of Hancock county.>
There were AZ ballots this morning, |
and many of the delegates left for
their homes. During the morning
there was some excitement caused by |
a clash between chiperfield and Sea-
ator Berry over ore of the ballots.
Macomb, ILL.,, Aug. Especial y
At the conclusion of 1SS ballots, the |
republican judicial convention this af
ternoon had failed to make a nomina-
ton for candidate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late JUS
tice Guy c. Scott of Aledo on the SUI
preme court bench The deadlock still
prevailed and there seemed but little
hope of a nomination today
On the 1SSth ballot J. l.. Haas of
Rock Island was dropped, and the lead
was taken by Thomas WorthingtOn OF
Morgan county. with IL votes. There
had been much switching of votes, and
the larger delegations were distributing
complimentary votes about, but with
no seeming seriousness.
Browns strength was increased
OH the last ballot. his vote going to II.
The results on the 1SSth were as fol-
4.
Mcclure. Is; ChiperfieId, Is; Wall, IS:
Switzer, Q; Church. /; Haas and Jar
nan. o.
No Change During Morning.
Macomb. ILL.,. Aug. tSpecial.)-
The judicial convention recOnvened
this morning and promptly resumed
balloting for candidate for the SUI
preme court bench That the confer
ence of last night had been unavailing
and the deadlock had not been broken.
was quickly evident, and the voting
went on all morning with but little
change from yesterday. When the
noon recess was taken there was but
little change, l40 ballots having been
taken. There is some slight difference
in the votes on each ballot, but so far
no candidate has received nearly
enough votes to nominate.
AJjourns After 100 Ballots!
Macomb, Ill, Aug. 1.-THE repub,i-
can judicial convention adjourned to
night at $50 after taking 100 ballo's
without succeeding in nominating
candidate for the supreme court
bench. J. l.. Haas of Rock Island
county has been in the lead through
out, and on the ninth ballot came with
in is votes Of enough to nominate, but
on The next he was back again to "a.
AS bid for future favor Senate:
Berry gave his nine Hancock votes 10
Haas, and Morgan county gave the
Rock Island candidate 10, running
Haas up to As.
On the fourth ballot the 10 votes
from Morgan county were delivered 10
Mcclure, while the one vote from
Mason county which started with
Chiperfield joined it's four companions
in The Mcclure column, where the en-
tire delegation remained
lust to show that It's votes for Me-
Clure had no particular significance
Morgan county switched to Wall in the
sixth. then back to Worthington, and a
little later on spread it's votes out so
that each of the nine candidates re-
ceved one, Worthngton getting the
odd ballot
Switching of the Vote
As the balIoting progressed some VI
the delegations, particularly those
from Hancock, Morgan, Rock Island
and Henderson, distributed compii-
mentary votes where they would TO
no harm and as result nearly every
ballot showed some slight changes
Many of the delegates. believing no
agreement possible today, had hoped
an adjournment would be taken which
would permit attendance at league
baseball game which was billed for
the afternoon.r At regular Intervals
some one moved an adjournment, bat
the chairman ruled adversely.
Conferences Are Held
An attempt was made after the 23Sfl
ballot to force recess until Z o'clock
but the soberly inclined delegates
feared that the Illinois Missouri league
fans wanted to get out to the ball para
and defeated the motion.
After the 30th ballot a recess was
ordered until O'Clock. There was
bunch of conferences between the
heated delegates and campaign man
ayers, but without serious effects. 70,
when they got back they were at ths
same old stopping place, and after thu