Smith Wins Out

After a recesa of 30 minutes the delegates to the Republican congressional couvention again assema few minutes after six o'elock last night and nominated H. C. Smith. tímith received 24 votes from Jackson, 26 from Lenawee, 1 from Monroe and 9 from Wayne. If anybody coulii teil Tuesday at the Cook house where all the want-to-be congressmen have their headiiaarters, just which rumored combine was to be the successful one today, that person would have powers that any soothsayer would envy. Last evening the Cook house presented a busy scène and the candidates and their lieutenants were hustling around joking at each other and talking upon general topics, and the preliminary had the marks of a love feast rather than a. desperate f'ght. Charlie Townsend was most in evidence. He had the big parlor and held a reception during most of the evening. Near him was Wedemeyer's headquarters and around the corner of the hall was Bishop's room. Hank Smitn, of Adrián, had a large room with choice refreshments to make his callers want to come again, and ín faot anybody who looked like a delégate was smoking some candidate's cigar while his pocket was fllled with thoje from the boxes of the other candidates. Bveryone of the flve candidatos expressei himself that it was gcing to be a goodnatured fight. No bitter or even aggressive feeling was manifested. Each was trying to outdo the other in making himself a good fellow, and during intermissions they hunted each other up and talked pleasantly :n general topics. If any sly work was being done the lieutenants are responsible for it. Townsend and Wedemeyer think the convention will make a cholee this afternoon. Smith thinks the session will run into the evening, while Bishop and Spalding think it possible that an adjournment until tomorrow will be r.ecessary. The following will make the introJii'jtory speeches that will place the candidates' names before the convention: Burton Parker for General Spalding; Ex-Congressman O'Donnell for Chai los Townsend; O. E. ButterfleU for . W. Wedemeyer; Henry M. Cheever for Mr. Bishop; Grant Fellows for Henry Smith. Today was the date set for the big Republican congressional pow-wow and the bell was rung on all button-holing at 12 o'clock when the delegates from all over the second district flooded into the court house like water through a sieve. The court room was very tastefully decorated, the chairman's desk and the secretary's desk being draped in American flags while the portraits of tne great itrinity - Washington, McKinley and Pingree faced the delegates. For fully a half hour the delegates waited when it dawned upon them thal the convention was going to be run on Standard time. When Harry Conant's watch pointed to the noon hour of St. Louis, he aróse and read the cali and then announced that it was the decisión oL the congressional committee to have Prof. E. F. Johnson, a Wedemeyer- Spaulding amalgamated delégate, act as temporary chairman and he stepped to the desk and started in at a rattling clip. His speech was a short one. Upon motion E. U. urosvenor, 01 Monroe, was made temporary secretary. The roll was called by counties and they reported their selectiüns for the several committees as follows: Vice-Presidents - Dean Spencer, of Jackson; B. E. Peebles, of Lenawee, Jos. Morris, of Monroe; Wm. Campbell, of Washtenaw, ana Chas. H. Mooney, of Wayne. Permanent Organization- Arthur McCabe, of Jackson; T. M. Joslyn, of Lenawee; Harry A. Conant, of Monroe; B. L. Hoyt, of Washtenaw, and George Hunter, of "Wayne. Credentials- A. Cottrell, of Jackson; John D. Shoup, of Lenawee; T. W. Bonds, of Monroe; A. F. Freeinan, of Washtenaw, and Jos. Girardin, 01 Wayne. , Resolutions- Chas. A. Blair, of Jackson; B. F. Graves, of Lenawee; C. VV. Scott, of Monroe; E. F. Johnson, of Washtenaw, and John E. Best, oL Wayne. Prof. Johnson then made the assignments of committee rooms at the Cook house and Burton Parker moved to adjourn until 2 o'clock. There was a kick from a Lenawee county man about the room being so small, but Mr. Parker was shrewd enough to see in a moment that if some larger hall was engaged ït would make place for those 200 Jackson rooters and the privates of Judson's Rough Riders, and Spalding's applause in comparison to the others would be like a zephyr rubbing vp against a repcrt from the Vesuvius' guns. So he commenced to compliment the decorations of the hall and said that as long as the people of Ann Arbor had taken this trouble the convention should appreciate it and remain there. Another Mcnroe delégate aróse and said that no matter what the size of the hall was there would be as many people to the square inch crowded in as there was in their present quarters, and by eliminating confusión the convention would be expedited. The afternoon session opened at 2:10 and the court room was crowded to its utmost capacity. There was a beautiful fringe of rooters and Democrats on the outside of the seats. The chairman of the committee on permanent organization reported in favor of limiting nominating speeches to 15 minutes and seconding speeches to 5 minutes. The committee on resolutions read their report. They reaffirmed the principies enunciated in the convontion of 1896, congratulated the Second district on its confidence in commerce and flnance; pledged its efforts to make every dollar to be coined to be of equal value of every other dollar; congratulated McKinley upon his maintenance of the gold reserve even in the face of a foreign war; upheld the president's statesmanship in the Cuban warfare; congratúlate Pingree upon his policy of state government; congratulated Congressman Spalding upon the manner ín which he has represented the Second district, and pledged the individual support of every delégate to the choice of the convention. Then came the presentation of candidates and was the first county called upon. James O'Donnell stepped forward and the Jaokson rooters raised an awful din whieh lasted for some time. He started out with a great Fourth of July speech. He not only started out, but his patriotic fireworks lasted for nearly the time limit before he got down out of the clouds and ïndulged In something about Charles E. Townsend. When he did mention the name the rooters cut themselves loosè again. He gave a brief fciography of Mr. Townsend. "We present Mr. Townsend to you today for his availability, reliability and ability," faid Mr. O'Donnell. Chairman Johnson notified the speaker that lus time was up. "The chairman informs me that my time is up and I move it to be extended three minutes longer. I think it is carried," said Mr. O'Donneil without putting it to a vote, and he went at it again. Lenawee was next callèd, and Grant Fellows stepped forward to place in ncmination Henry Smith of Adrián. The last candidate mentioned as brought out as a farmer. Mr. Smith is a farmer and I presume every candidate trotted out today will be a farmer candidate, but I will teil you what I will do. We will take them all out in a wheat field and if my man can't bind twice around the field to any other candidate's once, I will withdraw hii name," said Mr. Pellows, and the convention roared with laughter. Monroe was the next county called, and Burton Parker presented Mr. Spalding's name. "The gentlemen who have been presented to the convention and who will be presented are all fine young men and I expect to live to see them all occupying seats in congress, and appoint postmasters and having trouble of their own," said Mr. Parker. His speech was rather an appeal to the soldier sentiment, and he dweit upon Gen. Spalding's military record and his sympathy for the present war. He said that a pressing argument was brought upon Pres. McKinley to appoint Mr. Spalding a majur-general. "1 am well acquainted with Mr. Spalding's military ability," said Mr. McKinley, "but I need just such men as he to remain in congress," and the statement brought out vociferous applaust from the Monroe county delegates. Washtenaw's candidate, W. W. Wedemeyer was placed before the convention by O. E. Butterfield. The speech was biographical in character. Wayne was next called and Henry M, Cheever, a brilliant .Djatroit lawyar, placed in nomination J. H. Bishop, of Wyandotte. When the nominating speeches were through the chairman ordered the cali of the counties for secondary speeches, but the convention was rather wearitd and a Lenawee county man moved that they be dispensed with. This motion was earried rnanimousïy and cht convention proceeded to ballot. On the first baüot the only splii In any of the delegations was a Lenawee county man vho voted for Spalding. The result was Townsend 26, Smith 26, Spalding 18, Wedemeyer 23, Bishop 13. On the second ballot Lenawee voted Smith -24, Chas. Townsend 2, Spalding 1. The rest of the delegations voted straight. On the third ballot Lenawee voted Smith 22, Townsend 2, Spalding 3. The rest of the delegations voted straight. On the fourth ballot Lenawee voted Smith 18, Townsend 2, Spalding V. This made the ballot now stand Townsend 2S, Smith 18, Spalding 24, Wedemeyer 23, Bishop 13. Fifth ballot - Lenawee voted Smith 18, Spalding 7, Townsend 2. No change from the last ballot. Sixth ballot - Lenawee voted Smith 16, Spalding 9, Townsend 2. Rest were straight. Seventh ballot - Lenawee voted Smith 15, Spalding 10, Townsend 2. Rest voted straight. Eighth ballot - Lenawee voted Smith 13 Spalding 12, Townsend 2. The rest vcted straight and the ballot stood Spalding 29, Townsend 28, Wedemeyer 23, Smith 13, Bishop 13. Ninth ballot - Lenawee voted Smith 13, Spalding 12, Townsend 2. Same as last ballot. Tenth ballot - Lenawee voted SmiLh 11, Spalding 12, Townsend 4. This put Townsend ahead again. Eleventh ballot - Lenawee voted Smith S, Spalding 13, Townsend 4, blank 1. Townsend and Spalding tie with 30 epch. Twelfth ballot - Lenawee voted Spalding 11, Townsend 4, Smith 32. The ballot now stands Townsend S0, Spalding 28, Wedemeyer 23, Bishop 13. Smith 12. Eighteenth ballot - Lenawee gave her Bishop ballot to Wedemeyer. Her vote was Spalding 15, Smith 5, Townsend 6, Wedemeyer 1. The ballot now stands Townsend 32, Smith 5, Spalding 32, Wedemeyer 24, Bishop 13. Nineteenth ballot - Lenawee save Smith 5, Townsend 7, Spalding 14. Wedemeyer 1. Twentieth ballot- Townsend 34, Smith 4, Spalding 30, Wedemeyer 24, Bishop Twen'y-flrst ballot - Towrsend 36. Smith 3, Spalding 30, Wedemeyer 24 Bishop 13. Twenty-second ballot - Townsend ( Smith 2, Spalding 28, Wedemeyer 25 Bishop 14. . When the convention adjourned Wednesday on the 143rd ballot it stood- Townsend 39, Wedemeyer, 37, Spalding 30. Then the delegates went to the Cook House and there was a great hustle foi any possible combinations. This morning it was conceeded that Wedemeyer ■Kculd make some gains. "I look foi Wedemeyer to get up as high as 48 oi 50 and then he will starve to death.' said Secretary Grosvenor. "It will oni take a half a dozen more votes to nomínate him if he gets 48 was suggested.' "Tes, but where he is going to get them I cannot see," reported Mr. Grosvenor The gain that was conceeded to Mr. Wedemeyer was to come from Lenawee but it did not materialize to any such extent this morning as was anticipted by those who were fearful of what the "Vestal Virgin" might show when the ballot was taken. Lenawee with its 27 votes seems to be the one county on which Wedemeyer, Spalding and Townsend are counting upon feasting. Lenawee has been split from tLti0tr&rt and has cast as many kinds of ballüts as possible. The one man in the Monroe delegation who has been voting so persistently for Wedemeyer is a delégate named Clark. The other Monroe delegates say that he Is looking after an office under Pingree and hopes by his action in voting for Wedemeyer to secure Judson's support.. The Monroe men labored with Ulm to get him into line: "Gentlemen, I will do anything you say, but I eannot vote for Spalding." "Go fall ofï the bridge into the river," suggested a hot Spalding man. He refused to take the hint. One thing seems sure, and that is it Jackson will hang on to Townsend 1 a crap-shooter would to a rabbit's fc and at the very last Mr. O'Donneü sing out "Twenty-six for Townsend" matter what the rest of the dolegatif may do. The following is an account of balloting for a congressional candidatetaken up at the twenty-third ballotthe point where the Times left off in its last night's issue: Twenty-third ballot- Townsend 39 bmith 1, Spalding 29, Wedemeyer 24 Bishop 13. " Twenty-fourth ballot- Townsend 38 Smith i, 29, Wedemeyer 25, Bishop 13. ' Twenty-fifth ballot- Smith gained. one from Wedemeyer. Twenty-sixth ballot- Smith gained one and Bishop gained one each Trom Townsend. At this point Lenawee asked to be allowed to withdraw for a conference and the convention took a recess for ten minutes. Twenty-seventh ballot- After the recess Lenawee came in and voted Spalding 15, Townsend 9, Smith 2, Wedemeyer 1. The ballot stood Townsend 35, Smith 2, Spalding 32, Wdemeyer 21, Bishop 14. The convention then look eighteen more ballots but the result was no different and an adjournment was taken until after supper. Shortly after 7 o'clock last nighc the convention was called to order and the 46th ballot was taken. Forty-sixth ballot - Lenawee voted Spalding 13, Townsend 13, Wedemeyer 1. The ballot stood Townsend 39, Spalding 30, Wedemeyer 24, Bishop 13. Mr, Smith dropping out of the race. Forty-seventh ballot - The cnly ehange was that Wayne county sent Mr. Bishop to the "barn and gave her vote a follows: Wedemeyer 12, 1. When this was announced the Washtenaw delegates arose to their feet and cheered unmercifully. The ballot now stood: Townsend 39, Spalding 31, Wedemeyer 36. Prom the 48th to the 122nd ballot there was no ehange and then the convention took a recess for 30 minutes. Everybody expected to see someihing happen when they reassembled, and there were a lot of delegates who breathed a sigh of relief when it wa? found that Lenawee had not changed its mind again. Things continued on in a very monotonous manner until the137th ballot. For the preceöing four ballots a Monroe county man wm seei. to talk with Burton Parker very earnestly. Mr. Parker looked very wrathy and acted very argumentative, but the Monroe delégate insisted, and on the 137th ballot Monroe had a sliver takert off it, her delegation voting Spalding; 16, Wedemeyer 1. When this was announced the Judson Rough Riders gave a war whoop, and after another bailo Chairman Johnson showed lus haa' very plainly. That he had stron Spalding leanings there is no doul whatever. He arose and said that i was very evident that the dclegatiol would vote the same results indeflnitel unless an adjournment was taken. , other words he did not want any more Monroe men to break away from Spalding to Wedemeyer without givmg Harry Conant and Burton Parker a chance to whip them into line. His course was altogether too plain and Bllly Judsoa saw it Mr. Judson arose and said: "I guess we had belter taKe a, iew more ballots," and Prof. Johnson ?aw that the great leader of the RoughRiders was on to him. It was agreed to take five more ballots and ai the end of that vote it stood Townsend 39, Wedemeyer 37, Spalding 30. The coaSL adjourned until this momlad led all the candidates. No change until the 153rd ballot. 153rd ballot- One Lenawee Spalding man changed to Wedemeyer amid great. cheering f rom the Washtsnaw men. 154th ballot- Another Lenawee man changed fram Smith to Wedemeyer. 155th ballot- Smith dropped out of the race again. The vote now stood Wedemeyer 40, Townsend 36, Spalding: 30. No change until the 160th ballot. 160th ballot- A Lenawee Spalding man gave his vote to Jas. O'Donr.ell but h& changed back the next ballot. 162nd ballot - Wedemeyer made another gain of one vote from Spaldin's votein the Lenawee delegation. This made the ballot stand Wedemeyer 41, Townsend 36, Spalding 29. 168th ballot - Wedemeyer made a gain of 2 more votes in the Lenawee delegation they coming from Townsend's streng-th. The vote now stood: Wedemeyer 43, Townsend 34, Spalding. 29. At the conclusión of the 169th ballot Lenawee asked for five minutes in which to caucus. The request wa granted. noth ballot - Lenawee came in and ri ported the following vote: Spalding li Tcwnsend 10, Wedemeyer 5. Wedf meyer thus lost two votes. The balie, stcod: Wedemeyer 41, Townsená 3S, spalding 29 and this continued untll the 248th ballot. 248th ballot- Wed emey er g-ained a Townsend vote in the Lenaweee delegation. 271pt 'ballot- Bishop gat hLs name before the convention again by getting a vote away from Townsend in the Lenawee delegatton, and the conventionadjourned until 2 o'clock this aflernoon. Shortly before taking the adjournment Mrs. Mary C. Whiting appeared and brougfct in a boquet of flowers and placed them on the chairman's desk. The convention yelled and called for a speech. SaJd she: "I brought thi& bieath of Heaven her so that ït might clarlfy your persplcasity in resolving upon a proper candidate." When the convention got tDgether in'. the afternoon the first thing done was l to resume balloting. 272nd ballot - Lenawee voted Spalding 10, Townsenu 13, Wedemeyer 4. Wayne gave its solid 13 votes for Wedemeyer„ The ballot stood Wedemeyer 41, Town-' send 39, Spalding 26. 276th ballot - Wedemeyer gained one away from Spalding in the Lenawe' delegation on this ballot. Lenawee th' asked for flve minutes in which to ' tire an consult. It was granted. 277th ballot - Lenawee came back ( voted Wedemeyer 11, Spalding 11, To send 4, Smith 1. (Terrino cheering fr the Washtenaw delegation.) The ba' then stood Wedemeyer 48, Towrsena 30, Spalding 27, Smith 1. Wedemeyer now only lacked six votes for the nomination. Jackson then asked for ten SMITH M OUT. (Uoutiuued from ürst page). minutes in vvhich to caucus. 278th ballot- Jackson voted 26 for Townsend as usual. SpaUlins gained one from Townsend in Lenawee. 282nd ballot- The Smith man in I-.fr nawee voted for Townsend. Th bsüot now stood Wedemeyer 4S, Townseml 30, Spalding 28. 289th ballot- Wedemeyer mad-3 a ga;n fo one vote from Townsend In Lenawee. Lenawee's vote stood Spalding 12, Wedemeyer 12, Townsend 3. Wedemeyer now only lacked five votes of a nomina tion. At this point the balloting was gomg on at the rate of four ballots to the minute. Secretary Grosvenor had reduced it to a science. The balloting kept along and when it had passed Gardner's Third district convention record of 333 ballots there was considerable cheering. 340th ballot - Spalding gained one from Wedemeyer in the Lenawee delegation. 375th ballot- Wedemeyer 48, Townsend 28, Spalding 29. And the convention took a recess for 30 minutes. During the recess it was rumored that the scheme of Lenawee was to give 20 votes on the next ballot for Genernl Spalding and then see if Jackson wanted to turn in and renominate the present congressman. . Then if they did not they would give 20 votes to Smith again and see if Jackson wanted him. If not then Lenawee would decide to turn in and nominate Wedemeyer. 376th ballot - Lenawee voted Spalding 17, Wedemeyer 10. Townsend was shut out. This made the vote stand Wedemeyer 47, Spalding' 33, Townsend 26. Spalding could not hardly stretch it to the 20 votes. Balloting continued with little cbange until Jackson threw her 26 votes to Smith on the 392 ballot and he received 52 votes. This was a surprise to the convention as Smith had been out of the race since the day before. Jackson then asked for a conference which resulted in Smith's nomination.