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Hyde Rarh, TT, april22, 1874.
MI. Summers Successor.

Summers successor. This result Is a great
sunrise and was not dreamed ofby a sIn-
gle member Of the Legislature when the
Joint convention began the work Of the
Jav. but there was a feeliug'that that the
end of the deadlock was nigh, the major
ity of the Dawes aud Hloar men declaring
their desire to have done with the struggle
and secure an election Of somebody. The
victory is with the friends of Judge Hoar
and the opponents of Gen. Butler. Inc
Dawes men were ia secret conference dur
inf the forenoon and up to within a few
moments Of the drst r%oll.call at noon on
.,he 18th, and so also were the Hoar men,
ami messages passed 'mystcrlously from
one to the other, but no accurate report
could be obtained Of the proceedings OF
the factions before the business OF the con-
ventiou had begun. As the voting ou the
first ballot proceeded, it was evident that
% things had been Exed' to bring oat the
ornaments of Hoar ln solid column, but he
rot for TIE first time a plurality over all
other candidates. A recess was taken un-
I'll . o'clock, and the Iloar and Dawse
meu proceeded Immediately to the couier'
cuce.room, and went into secret session.
In the Dawse caucus there was a very an-
;matcd and rather hot discussion on the
rcport of the committee recommending
that their candidate be dropped and a
new one selected acceptable TO the friend;
of Judge Hear. Tho report was finally
accepted by a vote Of 80 to - and the[
on the question Of selecting a new canai
late there was fresh discussion and very
little progress was made, the caucus being
divided between DR.. Lo!ing, Gov. Wash
burn, and Ex-Goy. Bullock. Several bal
lots were taken without any result, bu'
DR. Loring led 10 each instance, the bal
lot, it was said showing 80 out OF 20 votei
Tor him. On the announcement at th'
Iioar headquarters that Loriug was thu
leading compromise candidate, a decided
opposition to him was expressed, and |
was unanimously agreed to vote solid TO
Judge Iloar again on the next ballot ,
the faction went into convention after tb'
recess at 2. The vote showed 70 10
Hoar against ~ for Dawes. Then a sec
ond recess was taken aud other cnnfnron""
had. 1t was reported to the Hoar me
that many Dawse men were dissatlShc
with their leaders, aud if they (thc Hoa
mcn) would throw their strength for Wash
burn, enough Dawes men would join the'
them to secure his election. This, it wa
further urged, was necessary, as a stron
Butler element had developed in th
Dawes caucus, and ssch q man as Wasl
burn must be decided upon to prevent i
success. One proposition was receive
from the Dawes men that Loring be take
as the compromise candidate, but 1t W;
promptly rejected by the Hoar men, al
another proposition, which was also n
iected, vas that if the Hoar men wou.
pass a complimentary resolution upon Il
life and general character of Dawes, h
friends would withdraw him as q caud
date. The convention met again at 81
and the roll was again called, when,
about half the names had been called,
became evident that there was at least
understanding that boar and Dawes we
both to be withdrawn and Washblrn su
stituted. The result proved that Was
burn had received over 100 votes, a
vixen this was discovered there was
great desire to be on the winning side /
fore the official declaration ofthe vote "
made. IF either Dawes or Hear had be
elected a large fraction would be sure
be angercd. But through Washbur
election no tender lines are broken, and
scores are run up for future settlement.
William B. Wkhburn, the Governor
Massachusetts, aud the newly-elected 81
ator from that State, was born in Wine
ondon Mass, on Jan. 81, 1920. lie gri
uated at Yale College in the year ia
and has since been engaged in mauufactl
ing pursuits. lie has for nearly a quar-
Of a century taken an active part IN I
State aud National politics. He serv
as a member Of the State Senate in is;
aud of the Lower House in 1854. He
served three terms in Congress as a :
rcsentativc from Massachusetts,. He Y
first elected to the Thirty-eighth Congr,
and served on the COMMITTEES on lnya
Pensions and roads and Canals. lie
reelected to the Thirty-ninth Congr'
and served on the Committees on Ola
and Revolutionary Pensions. He
elected and served as a delegate to
Philadelphia " LoyaIists' Convention
1866. aud was again reelected to sc
iu the fortleth Congress. In 1871
was elected Governor Of his native st
and was re. elected in 1872 to the $
position. In 1873 he was again re-ele'