, 1877-01-25
Davis Comes within Two Votes Of
Election, but Hickey and 10.
hoe Say May"
The Olnlurate Members Vainly
Battered with Storms Of
Prayer, Etc.
Gov. Palmer, in Ferment Of Sour Dis
appointment, 8mites an 0pposer.
How the NcW Jersey Republicans We're
Cheated in the Senatorial
Contest.


ECHTjUEH CUEEH 0FEHAffOHHs
specfa. Dtposea 10 7ae Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Jan 23.-The break that
was predicted whcu Logan was out Of the way
came US soon as he had got out OF tho ,say. Tbs
change Of front on tho part Of the Republicans
completely ilankcl the Independents. Had the
contest remained between Logan and Anderson,
that ls, II Logan l.ad been kept in the ncll,
there could Lave been but one result. though
TINT might fUr 4 few days longer have been
delayed. That result wnuld have been the
election of Anderson. But wien Judge law
renee was put In ,lotnination neither Democrats
nor Independents daro hazard forcing the tssuc
10 Anderson or Lawrence. Senator Hanna and
uthcr Democrats lad annoul,.cd that Il forced
to 1. thcy would vote for Lawrence. So, despite
the CAUCUS nomination OF Anderson by tho
Democrats last night, the Independents this
morning
nAsrEEED TO TAKE HIM OFF THE TRACE,
md presented the name ol Judge Davis TO tho
Democratic caucus at its session this morning.
The result WAS the unanimous ratification of
tho nomination by tho Democrats.
Tho whole sznalzed the success Of tho House
Independents detailed to 90 out and bag the
Senate independents. The House Indepcnd-
cnts vent out to capture tha voters Tor Judge
Dayis. Meanwhile, tho Democrats, Under the
Is
cd tho Independents by voting for Anderson,
They thus closed the door against the abandon
mcnt Of Anderson. lie could not 10 abandoned
while SO near an election as he seemed. Mean
while, too, thu action Of the Logan men In pcy-
elstlng In keeping lin on tic track prevented u
break among the Independents. Logan was
the one Republican they could not nntl would
not 70 to.
THE INDEPENDENTS nEnErr or THEIR rowsn,
After tho action of the Republican caucus,
last hight, the independents werc left only this
alternative: They could dtsband "a party aul
as individuals 20 over to the Republicans, or
they could make q nomination which at least
would saye them from the entire sacrifice Of
their position, by putting up a. their candidate
somebody less obnoxious to tho Democratic.
party than Anderson. They could not regain
the mastery of the situations; they could
at least save appearances. They did 80 by
nominating Judge Davis, whose nomination
was rcally dictated by the Democracy. Tho
nomination vas ratified by tho Democratic
,o,.,,. on1v oho,,t m honr 1,cforc ,hc onentrv
~, 49,! Apo.S =" Io". "e'ee ~ tpsu"'f
" 1nt lo1nt sGssiotl' ~ .ne ne"s elteu'a'ea'
THE DEMOCRATS HOPES Ran H1oH,
and Hcrringtun, and Ashton, and ths others
who have been engineering tic Davis move
',"<,+ ,r.r. ,,o,a1ont - .nc,,s. M 49, nts
''4e''.' "e.0 .o. "1.e,. 7,' .as wy ~. w.
hseAA h''I1 "e&s "'<'i0"a~N' AtAs wac 4'"AaS8i
the Independent Senator whose Senatorial a.
p,ratlous the independents hau pipped in thu
ri Tisu ,of, fnro,,ttcr Jauc. I'M Ifo,n,.
"Aa' ..! .ss. 49, .s's' 1a'" as ..,I'~ %'
noa not !oskotto" lneH1. A"o purity "Aiea III
had built up for hisnsell, consisting ot senator
II insufficient to elect, q sufficient balance Ut
,,,,xor n fefeut fhs 1ndenen,]entaf nnxy rnruf.
Po"S& ~ t4It>~s 49, ~" '"'''
nee. lnat ID "nat HMlea olas ana III uolHX II
hc cnmn ,rftftn f,ak1inE distance 80 tn sneak of
,t..te H.,
s"o 1sl"s4 ~~s"' '~''
Wn5 called on tQA uF&k Datlut LQ.u1g, WQlcn was
TIE rufnrY-PiPrlI uAf.LOT
o.,.,,r ,ha n.nocrat. ]cd ~ .rcor,,no >,
WI ee"ss1'' eas 1.,..s n..,. 49,. -
caueuk ploera'na'es !os '"uso ua''7' p"t nehos
stuck to lIalnes, and when tho House roll was
,o,!et1. m did Hickey, al. without the votes Of
f,oth Kehoe and Hickey, it wus impossible for
uotI 'N."0 ~, .1.s..a Tho p.r,,i,.... s-ss'.
DAVIS ~ oc c'ee,eo ~ spao'e*". "Ie
quick 10 SEQ tue peri! thcso was In tue
possibility OF ktlloe anl ItIekey's tcsertlng
1I,,nes md going to Davis, To sil In keeping
4a-',ss .s.s '.s.e,n.,i. rs snrourao5nv K.hou M
up tno aeao!"sA .,..'e Ns"V1 49,.
Hickey to SLICK. senntols n9eneF anu Jos!3A
anA lteufeseatatses NGeu 4Mu 4a3!1P; ~ SuoA'
sotGu tnt s'ar Ie,o. ~ a.tntnnt i".so ~ svni"s,,
Ills vote. ~ Hateu tn ~ t"s p4aee ~ taetsa
KNaFd ranks. es Nsy uA ~ ny 1etscai ttoln
Moscow. ne shoa!a e1ye hls gole ios Lofan.
slonohnn atso yottt !9E Logan. hcs:des, ~ y 70