, 1874-04-11

TWENTIETH. BALLOT. l.
Tho twentieth ballot resulted hs follows: /
Whole number Of votes cast, 260; necessary to
cho,co, 1856; Dawes. 50 Hoar. &c Curtis, Y
Adams, Is; Bullock, =; Sanford, =; Wash
burn, Banks, 8; Whittier G.: +: noar, ,,,1saa Me
ben Noble, and Afre Mary A. IiVeImore received
zach one vote. Discussion onHued.
Correspondence Qf Tho Chicago Tribune.
. BrnNaF1ELD, MaaB., April 4, 1874.
Tho members Of tho Massachusetts Logs!a-
euro have assembled in tho uouso Of Reprosont-
ntivoa at Boston daily for noarly fortnight, |
answering to their names called by tho OIerk,
under the pleasing delusion that thoy arc eloct-
fne succoasor to Charles Sumner in tho United |
States Senate. Tho story is growing old and |
somewhat tedious Tho people arc gotting to |
look languidly ut tho daily bulletin giving tho
results Of tho voting tho newspapers aro re-
laxing bit In their discussions Of the subject
tho Legislators themselves seem to be somewhat |
bick Of themselves. There has been
NO IMPORTANT CHANGE |
t7nca the contoas began. Dawes, for example,
got 81 in tho frat joint ballot, md 80 to-day on
The tenth; Hoar got 81 tho first timc, and 75
to-day; Curtis got * the first day, and o. TO-
1ay while Charles Francis Adams has received
ia or 15 every day, and Gen. Banks 9 OFT. It
sas thought that, about Tuesday Of THIS week,
thoro would be break somewhere. but It didn't
M ana overyeGdy + predicting tac {Ed@s tnet t 1s
extremely uncertain. The latoat is,- that . CON-
.mittee OF six Dawes men md six Hoar men arc
to bo appointed, and that they will select q
thrtsenth tho bners err 40 dozon to ps sn0 h'aos
AS the caso Stands, the hopuplfcah party Is
hopolessly
HPI1T m TWO
on Davoa and Hoar. THO Democrats cling to
Curtis nnd thoro arc not enough scattering
votes to elect any candidate, oven il tloy could
Ibo concentrated, tho whole number Of mombors
being 2so There is nn % prominent 9a9 oanddsto @
probability tint uoar can be elected is very
Slight indeed. In tho first p1ace, ho ia not
popular man and in tho second place, party
worry vol. IT q party.caucus can bo made 70
roncentrate votes anywhere, Dawes will very
7ikoly bo the man, for Dawes Is the last repro
tentative Of tho bottor elonont of tho Nopnb,
3icap party in Massachusetts, and lie iB the KIND
OF man to draw votes ...........
When tho raeo commenced Dawes "aB sup
posed to be full length nheal Of every other
man; for ho had not only Ills own Legitimate 1ol-
lowers, but tho Butlor men.
BUTLER WENT INTO THE CONTEST
with all his soul, wishing to giyo Dawes boost
nut of the House Of Koprosensattyos into tho m
Lower HouBs., The contest bus been losing ita
Butler tono from the first, however; and no
body now has anything to say about that gentle:
man In connection with tho affair. Ho settled
down in Boston aoon after the death Of Sumner,
md, having fixed things to suit himHelf Us
nearly as possible he loft for Washington, where
he has been ever since: It is doubtful after all,
10 Dawes, and ho may have done him positive
harm by throwing o certain diareputc upon his
rauBe. Nothing iH ever quite 80 clean after no
has touched it rs it WaB before.
THE DEMOCRATS
arc casting sevonty-avo votes a day tor Judge
Curtis; at excellent man; but their attompt to
oloct him would seem to be about as quixotic s aa
anything conceivable. Whoever is elected must
DO o compromise candidate. and it is obyioua
enough that no compromise will bo made on an
out-and. out Democrat. Probably neither Dawes
nor Honr would make better senator than
Curtis. Hc 10 lawyer Of e1ceuont ability and
reputation, was one Of the counsel for Andy
Johnson in tho 1mpcachmant trial, and was q
Judge OF the United States Supreme Court hyo
or ex years. He cannot go to tho Senate, though,
for tho Democrats arc not running things IN tue
State Of .{nssnchuRotts just at present. 1t seems
strange, under these ciroumBtances, that tue
Democrats don't drop their candidate anu Try to
concentrate vote on
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
They might get themselves considerable glory
by taking tho lead in such d movement, and tho
rauromont, rang might accomplish their darling
object Of beating Dawes, and, at tho same time
obtain tho credit Of aohievl1 70 victory, nnt
putting in the best ;a man for rat. the piacs
usany other reasone why this would be goot
moyemont, ono Of which is that Adams is o mar
Of the Summer atamp,-the only man tn th'
Sas 1er Place. aS Is ss sss RfeR1 aRsnd
cut iucorruptibo. Thoreo Is danger that the
Bonatorahip will fall into tho hands OF
MERE POLITICIAN,
- man who hungerB afteri it, aud will turn oVor
ytone to secure it.. Adams keeps himHe1f aloo
from the contest; he has no wire-pullors a
work, no honchmen running h,thor and yon, n
very similar to that Of Sumner in tho contest G
1851. II his admirers have ascnatorshlp to giy
him, he will tako Il, Perhaps and perhaps no
but he ~ Tqn WORK 1of M on tue soasar
for tho prize with might and main. Dawo
men, particularly, are moving heavon and earth
and Dawes isn't particular who helps him, so
81 Butlerlsm," iusoparab'e from MasHach,
sotta politics. Dawes is lottipg Butlor Bcrate
Ills pack this spring, and there IL danger that
will either 20 little scratching n roturn nc
or keep himself out OF butlor'n way, and lot hi
Nln tlo victory.
AN OLD WARRIOR
in tho sennto-once the horo Of nofl River,
who is now distinguishing himself by votl
daily for John G. Whittier poet. Not TINT dc
Banks thinks Whittiot has tho s'tghtost chan
= vote cast for lin will do him no harm by be-
Inc elect somebody oBo not N. r. Banks.
wouldn't ho the stranqeat thing in tho wo
uftor all II BankR should bo elooted for tho eht
torm.. Tho legislators hayo got to pounco,
somebody, aud 1t may bo Banks. or, for Il
matter, It may bp srcalter Sanford, Of ex-g!
Emory Wasl,hnrp, or Wendell Phillips. 7
Legislature nay boon hecomo 30 weary Of yoti
Tint it will put In 4 man with the understand
tlat ho Hatl remain only during tho rnoxpl
mart Ut Summons term,
LESS THAN YEAR,
In ordor to give tho members chance to RI
aro,lnl two candidates for tho long tornl.
This nrolractod voting Is no now thug
Massachusetts, for it took about three mon
10 elect Bunner+'e first time; and threo mon
would ne we'll spent In thlh Case II 1t slo'''d I