The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-31
THE CONTEST IN ALBANY.
A NECK-IND- Week RACE ron THE
SPEdK ERSHIP.
both Hustcd md sioan Claiming Majority
Pledged 10 their support An Armv OF Place
Huuters-t;overuor Il obtn-on's Message.

both Hu-tcd md sioan Claiming n Mrioritv
Pledged 10 their support-AnA rmy Of Place
Huuters-t!overnor u obin-on's Message.
ALBANY, Dec. 30.-As yet not one-third
OF the members Of the Legislature have arrived
here, owing TO the blockade " the railroads by
the storm ~ yesterday. Among the
prominent legislators in town tonight are
S ieakor Hustled. O. d. sloan, Thomas @.
Alvord, Judge Hogeboom, Hamilton Fish. Jr.,
H. II. Strahan. and I. " II .ker. Jr. There are also
sever d 81 tho raw members here, hut the total
number does not exceed thirty. Hut while there
IL n scarcity OF law makers. the army " place
seekers who fought In the late election for the
success Of the Republican party and now claim
their reward ar door tenders, serceants-at- arms,
and clerks Of committees, are on hand in large
force, though 1t is said that half Of them have
not vet arrived. Some of them have walked In,
few came nv railroad on last years y ssss.
while the majority came on skate up tho Hud-
son. by the Ere an Champlan canals. They
all have promises Of a place, and to night are
happy; but next Tuesday ninetv-nine ont OF
every hundred OF them will leave by the swear
ing { ain.
down to Geo. u. Sloan OF OswegO aud the bild
Eagle ~ wcstchester, Gen. James W. Hustled
sure to be elected. The Had EARLE has
sharpened his nil and talons for a
nght, and II is claimed tonight that he
has from forty three to fOrty-seven votes GER
| tain, and tina, before the vote IS taken he will
have city. l. is noticeable that the recent at
tacks upon Hustled IN some of the leading Re
publican newspHp'r. do not have very
m rked onsct upon the few members
now here. This ~ more especially true
Of the older members who RENE Iber the SINH.
| lar attacks made upon him In former vears,
and how the newspaper; have -uhseqnen,li
speaker aud comiug man. hut the cham.
pions of Mr.. sloan are no less confident
! quite 80 demohsttative. 4 glance ut their
! tally list shows that he. too. is absolutely GER
man Warner Miller q Herkimer county.
who is conducting SIR. sloan's campaign,
o oss ,ns, s,ys Posd u nrS'ss
J Is che ltlng. he l. sure 4 sloan, election. but
| There Il just where the rub Is. There never has
| been close canvass for speaker IN Albany with
| out - good deal of Wing 10y men Who are looking
! for good vi ices on the best committees
and by promises 81 their voic'. cxncct n return
| the promise Of a coveted place. and until after
| the vote Il ken neither ndida'e can tell Just
h0w nan" ns BE- he. been Tn,e5snlps
suspicious 81 such men Is evidenced by
the foet nat IL !; sEid t. nis ht,,o ,9 hat
| Speaker taken viva voc". having. a. they claim,
the promise In writing of fory-thlee
pont tM"fY be n i%So.. IL carry f5yr hs
tricky ones - play them false. Hut as liusted's
friends also Claim In have the promise Of over
forty in writing, u Is very donhtfu whether the
| movement for viva voce vote viii succeed, rs
| III u.
| sides. IL rs without precedent.
! MIR. sloan aud Mr.. Hustled have taken up their
headquarters at the Drlavan, r. ais has Old
| salt. and as members arrive theS are seized ~
| the pirtisan- u each and conducted to head
quarters. While the onondsgt giant - reckoned
out u the race. vet he take lively interest In all
that l. going on and hus a few foil overs who will
close contest he ween So an and Hustled, Alvor,l
| NAV be able 20 decide who shall bc tue man,
and in that event 1, T. not hard to guess who he
will be. old salt and she Bald Eagle have
rL.l ftNa. haEn In la
| tn be sepir ted nov.
The venerable Judge Hogeboom. who has
been mentioned fpr the place. II uui ~ the race,
aud his ambition will now doubtless he 10 ~
ere the Chaifmauship Of the committee 10 re-
| apportOn the Senate and Assembly Districts of
the state. IN which position lie distinguished
himself last winter by preventing areapportion-
mont. thus cheating New York aud kinas clun-
ties ont OF iair lci rrs"niatipn ~ tue Legisl -
ture ma saving the iva members 10 hi county.
Su h distlng isl cd service viii without doiD'
De rewarded by his pnrtv.
Nv tomorrow nrht It is pr b,ble that enough
memhers Will have arrived to enable If guess
as To wno l. ahead Tor the SIe ik-rshn. unless
the ratio of liars is eeat up In that event the
ballot alone will decide. While hus'ei has I,
contend with the opposition of a few Of HI.
! party newspapers. Sloan. who j. a nigb-toll man
Will. II IL said. be opposed bv the represent
tiycs fom the banks Of the states ditch
es. and TINS viii cOunterOalance the en.c
of the newspaper attacks. II is an
n"unrcd int a nImbc- ~ New York pol
EXct-e Commissioner Iacub Patter-ln and .luhi
j. q lirleu. viii be here IN the morning & tske
hand IN the hlhf for the Saedkcrs alp, ami thril
arrival is awaited with some Anxiety, a. TINS tri'
| are laid To have Il vluniug way. whether ~ poll
| tlc- or AZ some othof gAiu-.
| Gov. Robinson Will send his message to th'
| Legislature n soon rs thai body org luizes. /
| VIII he very hr ei. ana urge the carry M out o
the r'fOrms inluglrat'l hy GOV. liideu. an
continued reireuchmeut m eAucnditures wit
a view To the red 'cunn ut taxation, aud areturi
| to more .rnSIcrO.s ft'urs.
Mr.. L. l.. oltott Will bee appointed ~ IN IN
vacancy m the Camp tolief~hip ocris-innea b
! IT., election of toy. Robinson, and ,hs seem
To meet with general approval