The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-15
4 THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATORSHIP.
| DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS FOR UNITED STATES sENA-
ToBsHHwALLACE NoMINATED-A VERY
CLOsB ELECTION EXPECTED

DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS FOR UNITED STATES sENA-
ToRsHnAwALLACE NOMINATED VERY
CLOsB INJECTION EXPECTED.
HARRISBURG, Jan. IA, 1875.
The democratic caucus for the nomination OF q
United States Senator assembled this afternoon.
and the issue was precisely as has been all along
/ predicted In these columns Wallace. from the
earliest stages Of the campaign. has been the
popular lavorite, ana secured for himself to-day
| without anv difficulty, 100 votes out OF the 1872
present In the convention Cymer received four
teen and Black eight. As soon as this result was
made known and Mr.. Wallaces majority was seen
TO be 80 great six OF the eight votes cast for
Mr.. Black we're transferred to Mr. Wallace, giving
him In all 100. The Clymer men, however, all
stood firm. motion was then offered TO
make the nomination OF Mr.. Wallace unanimous
by reclamation. This was objected to, and anothe
motion was offered to make it unanimous by call
ing the yeas and nays. This was agreed to, and
when the names OF Mr.. Bedford of Sullivan
county MI. Rowland, OF Pike county, and Mr.. Nc
henry, OF Columbia county, were read each Of the
three gentlemen responded may" Mr.. Wallace's
unanimous nomination became impossible. As
soon as the issue was decided Mr.. wallace put IN
an appearance, earnestly thanked the caucus Tor
the personal honor preferred, ana assured those
present that II success crowned his campaign he
would never forget his obligations to his party or
his state. Everybody save those lew VINO knew to
the contrary. felt conflden: that the caucus would
be vehement and stormy, but everything passed OF
in more'than customary good order Strange to
say. Mr.. Buckalew, a candidate who has been here
for long time past lighting Mr.. wallace, utterly
abandoned the field at the precise moment of the
struggle and earnestly begged his few constitu-
on whatever Of his nams HIS wish was erati
fed. great deal OF interest was centred IN the
refusal Of Hs,a three gentlemen NJ
majority Of their party and support its
nomination. Nothing could induce them, how.
ever, to abandon their prejudice and they openly
insisted that Mr.. Wallace was disagreeable to
tnem. This seems ike q very grave matter. The
The total number OF votes to be cast is 247, or
which 127 are democratic and l2O republican,
giving ON joint ballot democratic majority OF 7.
or an Independent member, who may favor the
republican nominee IN which case the democratic
majority on Joint ballot Will be only 8. TWO dem.
ocrats are lying seriously ill-Fagin, OF Philadel-
pnia, and Ryan, OF Columbia county-and neither
This reduces the majority to three votes. and
in case severe sickness or death should
circumstances OF the campaign as far as Wallace
IN concerned Will be exceedingly critical. AT all
events the democrats claim only four majority,
and this includes The vote OF Mr.. wallace himself
and that OF the Independent man as well as the
votes OF the three parties who sternly refused to-
day to make the nomination OF Wallace unanl-
nous. 1t will be seen from this that the democrats
clam great deal, and 1t is an exceedingly DIM
cult matter tor them to discover what they
sure Of They seem confident that Wallace will be
elected, however, though they admit that the
republicans are quiet like tigers waiting their
time to leap. They Will nOd their caucus at the
last moment Their candidate, in all probability,
Will be Mr.. John Allison, Register Of the United
States Treasury, whose name appears upon every
greenback in circulation. Indeed, his nomination
may be regarded as almost certain lie is resi-
dent OF Beaver county, that great republican
stronghold which In the past few years has placed
80 many men In prominent positions, among whom
may be mentioned as an indication OF Allis0ns
strength, Mr. Rutan, state Senator; Colonel Quay,
Secretary OF State Mr.. Shurock, late Clerk OF the
House, and DR.. stanton, deceased, elected Auditor
General
Harrisburg Is sure before the coming OF Tuesday
next to be very live y; and though regret to say
It, there seems to be every indication that all
those powerful agencies brought to bear in the
Cameron-Forney contest Will be used IN this one.
Mr.. Walace's election, involved as 1t IS already in
many complexities, cannot at all be regarded as
certain, though two OF the three men who took q
desperate stand against MIN to-day have assured
me that they will not vote tor any republican. II
the republicans can control in any manner few
democratic votes Wallace IS sure OF defeat, and Ii
remains to be seen whether there are among the
democratic legislators or Senators those lew who,
tor any consideration whatever, Will repudlate
their caucus nominee and effect his overthrow.