The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-04-24
From the Cleveland Hsrald.i
THE MASSACHUSETTS AGONY

The long agony in the Massachusetts,
State House Is over and successor 70
Senator Summer has been chosen The
long and closely contested struggle be-
tween Dawes and Hoar ended fn the with
drawal of both and the election Of VII
liam B. Washburn as a aeompromise can
didate.
Last Tuesday the Hoar men decided
to abandon the hopeless struggle II there
was any chanceo of the Dawes party doing
the same. Propositions were made 70
the Dawes party for q general conference
and compromise of some new candi-
date. Committees were appointed and
correspondence exchanged In the
meantime the hour for baIloting came
and six ballots taken instead of the Gus
tomery single ballot. Hoar's friends.
sent part of their force feeling around
fora new candidate and thus inviting
the Dawes men to do ths same. But
whilst the Hoar vote ranged from II
down to 81, the Dawes vote got no lover
than SO and the day closed with nothing
done. AT the closing ballot Adams
reached 81, the highest vote cast for him
Nashburn entered the lists and crept
wednesday the answer of the Dawes
party was made known Elated by their
success In keeping together, and misjuig-
ing the spirit of the Hoar men. the An
swer was a fiat refusal of the nronosifkbn
ior conference and eompromisa- The
sSI OF the document is contained IN the
1onowlng paragraphs; -
,ha. me nle readily agreeing to his suggestion
INA .lat we should unite with other nernRe-si ~
.l-e t1ePunhcan party In econference for the
PHiPOSe OF comparing opinions and harmo-
rmlZIng the views Of all, the supporters ofMr
Da"es are not authorized to vithdravr NJ.
name, as u Is OF their own free win. and no,
~ a. ms Dle0lng, that they have hitherto Riyen
IN IN .nell votes speaking in their name,
we are not aware Of any reason WIN
should abandon that one Of the persona hith.
erto voted Tor whom We believe to be ia
most Mt; who upon the first and every me.
ceeding vote IN the JOINT assembly has NJ.
ceived larger number Of votes than anv
other person; who has thus received The
plurality in twentyeight successive VOTES
already had, larger number, we believS
than has ever been necessary to effectk
choice in any previous Senatorial contest h
this Commonwealth; who on each Of tie
successive votes lacked fewer of the number
necessary OF choice than ct the first, unfil
proved, we believe ian allowance being
made for the known preferences Of the few
members then absent) to be the choice off
clear majority of the whole number of MEM
bers elected as Republicans to the present
Legislature.
Tc abandon Mr. Dawes under such cir
cumstances, in compliance with the request
of another, whose vote has never been 80
large as il was at the beginning and which
has diminished from day to day until il has
become less than half the vote thrown by
the Democrats and maintained by them for
their candidate with almost unwaverin9
would certainly be contrary 70
usage and establish precedent entirely sub;
versive Of all party organization.
That sent the Hoar men all back to
their old standard. On Thursday the
Hoar vote was SS to 90 for Dawes, and
on Friday the Hoar vote was SO to 90 for
Dawes, Mr.. Hoar, for the first time, hav-
ing the lead. They were now In a posi-
ton to dictate terms to the other side, /,
and there was no difficulty in obtaining
4 brief conference and a compromise on
Mr.. William b. Washburn, who was ac-
,ordingly chosen for the short term. For
The long term, the contest has been trans-
ierred to the general election, and Dawes
enters the field as candidate. The elec-
ion of the next Legislature viii turn up
on the Senatorial question.
Senator-elect, William B. Washburn,
s native of Massachusetts,, hfty-four
Tears of age, a agraduate of Yale College,
md a manufacturer. He was in the
State Senate in 1850, and in the House
N 1854; served as a Representative from
in the Thirty-eighth,
Thirty ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first and
Forty second Congresses, representing
he Greenfield Destrict.