When the result of the first ballot was announced, Jacobs had sixteen votes, Williams, sixteen, and a third man had one.

Several ballots were taken with the same result, when, with the consent of both sides, a recess was taken until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The one delegate that refused to vote for either Jacobs or Williams made no effort to conceal his identity.

To the contrary, he was outspoken in his determination and decision that he would not at any time or under any circumstances vote for either.

Strange to say, this man was also a colored Baptist preacher, the Rev.Noah Buchanan, from the Washington district.