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Show FIFTEEN BALLOTS I WITH NO RESULT I Illinois Republicans in I a Deadlock. State Convention at Spring-field Spring-field a Large and Turbu-lent Turbu-lent Gathering. i Seven -Aspirants for Governor Aro Besting on Their Arms "Until ' This Morning.. ! SPRINGFIELD. 111., May 13. After , sitting for more than twelve hours and taking fifteen ballots in which jH none of the seven aspirants gained or lost materially, the Illinois Rcpubll- H can convention adjourned at 10:23 o'clock tonight without nominating a man for Governor. H The fifteenth ballot resulted: Yates, : 408; Lowden, 405 3-22; Deneen, SSI 9-22; , '.' Hamlin, 111; Warned, 3G; Sherman, 51; Pierce, 61. Two attempted stampedes and sever- ' ai conferences failing to break the dead- j , jjjjjjjjjjH lock, the candidates for gubernatorial nomination, at the suggestion of Chair- IH man Joseph C. Cannon, agreed to rest on their arms until 10 o'clock tomorrow. jH While the balloting went forward the party leaders tried In fruitless efforts to get a compromise, but all of their ef- 1 forts went for naught, and there Is nothing ln the situation tonight to war- "jjjjjH rant the prediction of a break tomor- "jjjjjH Was Turbulent Body. j! The convention was large and turbu- "jjjjjH lcnt- Armory "hall was packed with ' H 10,000 parsons during the session, and at times, when scenes we're most tur- i )H bulent, Chairman Cannon threatened J H good-naturedly to adjourn the conven- j tlon to the State capltol to exclude the , public. "It Is the damdest crowd I ever ( saw," he declared. He called the con. ventlon to order through a great mega- ' "jjjjH phone. r H Organization of the convention wat j effected without difficulty. Yates and ' Lowden were ln control and the oppo- , sltion decided to make no fight agalnsj ; I tho seating of Yates and Lowden dele- J ; "jjjjjjjjjH gates. "HH There was no dlscusEion over tho. ' 1 platform nor the delegates at large to jl the National convention. Senators .Cul- lorn and Hopkins, Speaker Cannon and ii Gov. YateB being selected. The alter- i nates are Lleut.-Gcjv. W. A. Northcott. ( v Hon. Asa Matthews, Paul Morton and I Samuel Inshull. Electors at large, Lot'. lH Brown and William J. Moxley. '1 The platform commends the attitudo j of Congress and President Roosevelt i regarding the anti-trust legislation and such further legislation, State and Na-tlonal, Na-tlonal, as may bo required Is recom-mended. recom-mended. The administration of Presl-dent Presl-dent Roosevelt Is praised and the dele- , ates to the National convention aro instructed for him, and to uso all honor- ( able means to secure the nomination of , Congressman Robert R. Hitt of Illinois, IH :ir Vice-President. A compulsory prl- rnary election law and a civil service 1 law "for the State are favored. Wild Scenes Repeated. IH The wild scenes which characterized IH the convention last night were repeated today. A daring young Yates adherent , IH scaled one of the stringers on the roof of the convention hall and from his , perilous position suspended portrait jH of tho Governor. Immediately, a fol- , lower of Dlnen duplicated the perfor-mance perfor-mance with a half-dozen pictures while Warner and Hamlin men, even more doi-ing, carried groat canvass banners to other points of vantage above the jH heads of the delegates. |
