The Washington herald., 1913-02-09

smile and a slap on the shoulder. Tha
third delegate detained him longer
and once, as he argued with him, the
slightest shade of displeasure crossed
Baldwin's face, but in an instant tho
smile replaced it, and he talked-con-
vincingly, il seemed. Before Baldwin,
returned this man to his delegation, ho
shook hands with him.
The secretary was calling the wardS
and Nolan had announced the result in
his delegation The Fifth Ward was
long while in preparing its ballots
There was trouble of some sort thero
among the Underwood men. Nolan
was urging, expostulating, cursings
commanding. The air was tense. le
seemed to Underwood that il must in
eyitably be shattered by some moral
cataclysm in the soul of man. Grogan's
brow was knit, as he waited, hat in
hand. The delegates voted, Feverishly
with trembling finger, Grogan opened
and counted the bits of paper. Then
he sprang to his feet, with a Wild
glad light in his face.
Mister Chairman he cried, "the
Fifth Ward casts twenty-five votes fos
Conway and four for Underworld
The three boilers in the Fifth Ward
delegation sat with defiance in theif
faces, but they could not sustain the
expression, even by huddling close to-
gether. They broke for the doom
wriggiing their way through masses Of
men, who made their passage uncer.
tain, almost perilous. A billow of ap-
plause broke from the Conway mem
and submerged the convention, Dele
gates all over the hall were on thein
feet, clamoring for recognition, bus
| Malachi Nolan's voice doomed heavily
| above all other voices. His fist wa1
in the air above all other fists.
"Misther Chairman he yelled, 7
challenge that votep
"Misther Chairman yelled Grogan
"a point OF order! The gentleman
isn't a member OF the Fifth Ward
delegation and cannot challenge its
yoteT'
The point of order is well taken.S
promptly ruled the chair. The gent
tleman from the First Ward is out Of
order-he will take his seat.
Men were screaming, brandishing
fists, waving hats. coats, any thing
scraping chairs. pounding the foot
with them. There were heavy, brutal
oaths, and, here and there, the smack
! OF fist on face. In the tunult, thu
| FIVE Simmons votes went to Conway.
Muldoon was beating the table with
his club and crying:
"Order! order! order"
ITO hell with order" bawled soma
one from the First Ward delegation.
'On this ballot" Muldoon was call.
ing, there were sixty-nine votes cast
necessary to a choice. thirty-hve
James P. Conway has received fort
votes; John ". Underwood twenty
nine, and George w. Simmons
paused, as if to decipher the vote
none. James X. Conway. having -
ceived the necessary number OF vot
is therefore declared the nominee .
this convention
Underwood was stunned. He sti -
gered through the horrible uproar
ward the door. He longed for the 40
Clark Street, where the people sur !
along under the wild, dazzling pro So
sions. His head reeled. He lost HI
sense of things, the voices about -
seemed far away and vague, he fels
/ himself detached, as il were, from all
that had gone before. But as he pressed
his way through the crowd that block
ed the entrance, and plunged toward
the stairs, he saw Baldwin, mopping
the red band on his white brow. Bald
win recognized him, and said, with his
everlasting smile:
Sorry, my boy-next time"
Copyright. 1913. by the BO6os Merrill CoupnyJ