New-York tribune., 1867-01-01
ALBANY.

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hIpaNy. Dec. 31.--Last night and this morning the
trains brought large additions to the number OF
.,members here and still larger ones TO tho lhrd
SJouse. which is on hand in good force
The question as to who should be speaker was soon
-, Iyndiv,, No chance whatever Mr. Littleohn
,dotern,ined TO withdraw, and his example was 1ol-
Sowo1 bv Mr.. Wood of Onondaga thus leaving the
eli olar for Mr. Pitts. The fight for the cleTkship,
So,or crew more bitter and increased in inter
and did not lose any of its intensity as the hour
Sor fbe caucs rrrived Cushman's friends were very
active and seemed to be more concentrated than
those of his opponents
Ouite number Now-YorkerS and Kings County
men came ND in the morning tram, many of whom
are delegates to the State Union League which meets
here ON Wednesday. Senator Hairs was moving
around the Delavan House quite actively this morn
ing Noah Davis is at the some house. Oneida poll
ficans ore here in ,mOTe force shan from any other
county This is natural as the county seems anxious
TO I'll cyery office that to be filed or created during
the next two years. ItiS a standing joke when
candidate is named TO ask if he is not from Oneida
County.
The nomination of Nfr. Pitts places yonng man at
Sbe head of the Assembly as wen as the Senate He
e. about thirty wears of age and has obtained his
stion by the ability he displayed during the time he
has been member
TbeJegislature viii not do more than organize to-
morrow The only contested seat is rom the Putnam
County District Lewis Ii. GregoryS. He received
1884 votes Stephen Baker. the cOnteScnt, 1850, ;.
Baker. 5. Col Baker 1. The contestants claims that
the latter six were intended Tor him, claim which
will probably be allowed.
The Governor viii be inaugurated at II o'clock IN
fbe office of the Secretary Of state The only display
will be that of the Albany 2ouayes, who Will do es-
cort duty. After the Inauguration the Governor VIII
receive New-Year calls.
THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republican caucus met at : o'clock this eyen-
ing in tho Assembly Chamber. The withdrawal OF
Mr Littleohn secured for him the position of Chair
man, which was unanimously given him on the mo
ton of Mr.. Parker of Cayuga Messrs BeTy1nan and
TarSox were appointed Secretaries. On taking the
chair Mr.. Litteiohn thanked the gentlemen for their
kindness, and then announced that the caucus was
Teady for business.
Although the pace was crowded with members
and spectators it was remarkably Quie and each one
present was anxious for the next movement. This
silence was soon broken BY Mr. Wood of Onondaga
arising in his sea- and moving the unanimous nom
ination of the Hon T. l. Pitts of Orleans for Speaker
which was seconded b. Mr. Gridley OF your CITY and
carried in a few seconds aftcrward
No demonstration whatever occurred after the Sc
lection The motion that the caucus proceed to nom
lnato candidate for Clerk carried, and Mcssrs
YOuuglOve Of Saratoga, and Kimbau Of Franklin
were appointed t,lorS Mr.. 1Ounglove then placed
In nomination Waldo NJ Potter of Saatoga, Editor
OF The &arotogan urging in his behalf that he came
from strong Republican county, and iroH a section
which gave larger increase for that party than any
other portion of the State he had been Secretary Of
the Central Committees and was one Of the deCapi-
tated pOstmasters. In yielding TO the West on the
Speakership the North pressed its claims for recOgn-
ton. because no candldate Tor any Such pOetloh hdu
over before been selected from that section.
Euther Caldwell of Chemung as entitled 10 the
position, both from his services To the country,
having been in the army in which he rose from
lieutenant TO major and 30 his party he beng one OF
User For two years ne has been Assistant eTk, and
therefore understood the duties Of the oitlce.
MIR Bioknell. 81 Lawrence put IN nolhualon Mt
a. h. Parker of the same County. lie t,9 had been
a Postmaster whose removal was effected because ne
would not prove rccreant 70 his former Ie1ncp pies
old Lawrence roll up the Republican majority to
1900.
John NJ. Parker Of Cayugo presented the name Of
Cornelius G. Underwood of thc same County.
MIR Parker stated that the detection IN the kepnb-
lcau party bA the efforts Of man irol Cay
who went to work with viii ana increased their
majority. Mr.. Underwood had bee" one o. thes,
workers, aud was entitled 10 Iecomtiop. lie h3i
been journal clerk and was well acquainted ith the
duties Of the office.
Thele was pause Of some minutes new, an many
PXpectpd that an the nominations had been lO-cd.
This was soon dispelled by Nj Haycns OF rs 4. ris
ing and moving the denomination OF JoSerh ~ it,h,
man Of that county. five yeaIs "Apereic had
pade him thoroughly acquainted with the eii LED ot
ths office and his remarkable abilities dispid} III IN
1863 while acting 9s me>iGiiQt olrcer 70 n itonse
equally divided the floor and almost IN lHn iatcd
by NewYOrk rOughs IN The galleries entitled gi 70
the place as long as he chose 10 I'LL H. a n Fthef
cUOgistic remark that u was necessary for p unpt
legislation that he should be selected brought OrtA
che question BY MT. Parker o.. 10 what q ons"
would do if Mr. Cushman should die, which VI not
Mr Bigelow Jefferson at the risk Of dsg ting
Nr. Parker. seconded the nomination Of Cuel lan.
The nominations being closed, the caurG8 pro-
ceeded to take an informal ballot, resulting CUsh-
man. % Caldwell ~; Potter -; Underwood, 3.
No choice having been made a motion was caI led
to proceed to formal ballot and majority shD nd
elect resulting: Cushman, 81 Caldwell, II Pot er
II Parker, Underwood, T.
Mr. UnderwOOds name having been withdrawn
the third formal ballot resulted thus CushmaIl ii
This next ballot resulted: Cu,hman. -; Caldwell,
b.: Pntter, Is; Parker 3 The next ballot: Cushman,
~; Caldwell, "a Potter, %; Parker, g.
Cushman's friends began 20 look blue. as 1t wss
evident his'OppOnrut could concentrate enough votes
60 defeat him if they chose.
Another ballot was taken, and before ST W g
announced it found that - votes were ca .
and only 80 members voted. This Decc,siiat,d a. .
other pOl-whch, on being counted, showed 81 vote
cast. whereas only 20 members voted. The Cha undi
again decided that il not q Legitimate ballot
Mr. PaTkers name was Withdrawn, and the next
ballot TcSuted Caldwell Al, Cuslmau q, Potter %
which secured the election Of Dir. Caldwell 1t was
subsequently made unanimous.
The caucus next proceeded 10 ballot for Sergeant
alarms and j. A. Kempes of Wayne was nominated.
The caucus then adjourned.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Democratic caucus cOlad not have been worse
managed If II bad held its sitting, i'm the Fourth Ward
of your city. Contrary TO expectation the session was
able members prevented 1t from brcaking up i'm one
of those peculiar 10 assenblages in districts
where the Democratic element predominstcs. For
two or three days the wlre-pullers gave out
teeleTs the shape of promising nominate Little