New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-15

The Wings chose fourteen Senators, their
opponents nine, at the election last September,
and there are eight vacancies, mainly caused
by Maine Law distractions At the assem-
bling Of the Legislature, the Wings, having
clear majority OF all the Senators elect pro-
ceeded TO organize the Senate by choosing
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Secretary, and latter a delay caused by the re-
fusal of the Democrats to vote, leaving the
body without a quOrum) Samuel Butman as
President
Now came the critical job of filling the va
csncies in the Senate and, as the House con-
sisted of n Democrats, TO 62 Wings, and
Free Sellers, il would have seemed q one
sided business. But there are often wheels
within wheels, and so in this case. John c.
Talbot Of Machias had obtained the nOmins-
ton for Speaker in the Democratic caucus
and thereupon been elected by Is majority,
though a bitter Wildcat or opponent Of
Gov. Hubbard and the Maine Law This ia
yored the ascendancy of the Wildcats in
the councils Of the Democracy
The first four seats in the Senate 70 be
filed were those from Cumberland County,
where an anti. Maine Law ticket had taken off
minority OF the Wing and a large majority of
the Democratic vote, so that Only ttco Of the
regular Democratic candidates, (who were
also on the Maine Law ticket ,eere eoHstitH-
tiOnaiiy eligible to jill tie raeaneies. The Maine
Law Democrats were forced 20 the alter
native Of voting Tor two boiling anti-Maine
Law candidates withholding their votes, or
voting for two Wings The result was the
election of the Maine Law ticket, consisting
Of two regular Wing candidates and TWO regu-
lar Democrats There we're l73 votes cast
81 necessary to a choice Mann and Dunnells
maine Law Dem. had li3 and l42 respec-
lively; Vinton and Lowell Maine Law
Whg) ~ and -. This secured a Wing ma.
jOrity In The Senate, nhieh IS to choose The
GOrern0r
The next business in order was the election
of three Senators for Waldo County, where
the regular Wing and Maine Law Democrats
were the Constitutional candidates. Whole
No. of votes 10: Necessary to a choice SO;
Nelson Dingley and John 7 Rowe (Wbigs)
had q each ard nere e,ect,d MlnOt Gre
hOre (Whig) and David Yinal Dem. had
- each. A second trial was had, the party
screws frightened, and yinsl chosen, having 92
votes out Of l6s.
The next trial was for vacancy in Hancock
County. Whole No. 10: Necessary 20
choose So: John Bridges Dem had just Sc
VIM. GriEnell, Jr. CWhig) %, and scatter
ing.-So the Senate was filed gp, and stands
l. Wings 10 - Democrats. For the Maine
Law, "a against il, Z.
The question Of Who viii be Governor T.
thus acquires new and piquant interest
Should WA G. Crosby (Whig) be sent up by
the House as one of the two highest, the
Senate viii Of course elect him. Should Hub
bard Maine Law Dem and Chandler wild
eat be sent up, the Wing Senate must choose
between them. And there is a L. :. Sena-
Tor to De chosen this winter
Up 10 yesterday, the antagonist wings Of
the Democracy who hate each. other far
more intensely than either hate the Whigs)
were caucusing and considering in quest Of
way of escape from their dilemma, but had
not yet found it. Whatever may be the imme-
date result, il is pretty evident that the
Wildcats vii take control Of the Demo