, 1877-01-20
George z, Hoar Elected SEN
ator in tho Massachu-
sets Legislature.
Bailey Elected to Succeed Andrew
Johnson by the Tennessee
Legislature.
A Prospective View OF the Sem
atorial Contest in Kansas.
SENATORIAL.
NO CHANCE or IMPORTANCE.


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, jan. lo.-At ~ O'clock
moon the two Houses rcasscmbcd iu joint con-
ycntlon for tile election Of Senator. There Herc
but two NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Leo and Morgan,
who Ind paiscd oT that Morgan might 70 ho1nc
to visit Ills wife, who Is dangerously Ill. Ilis
reduced the number Of votes necessary to d
es,utcc from l03 to 1U,, hut left tic Republicans
shurt Of the majority Of three, precisely rs be-
fore. Tie Democrats required, In order to
elect, the vote. nf the House INDEPENDENTS and
Of at tho Senate independents except one
Without my preliminary sktrinsshtng Of my
kind, the roll WIS called for
THE THIRTEENTH BALLOT.
The Senate yntt stood: Logan, 20; Palmer,
20; Anderson, Z; flaincs. l; far!stt, !. Thc
rcyrn Senntc Independents, as on yesterday,
vosel for Anderson. lia[ncs vntcd for Parish.
Onu Of tho Independent Senators, kchoc, voted
fur John c. iIaiues. Tho House vutc waa:
Loga.,, 70; Palmer. G7; Anderson, =;
Davis, 4; I1aincs, |. Young Wentworth,
who ycstcrday yotcd for 1)ayia, re.
lurnctl to Palmer. The two votes for
Anderson were Gust by Ashton anu Warren,
of the 1Iuusc independents The 9TH
CT 1louac ndcpculcnts-fack, plnncy, Allen,
ntll Clpycr-st,ick to Judge Darld Davis.
Hickey, vi Cook, as on yesterday, voted fur
Iinines. Tho joint vote stool: Logan, %;
Palmer 81: Anderson, O; Davis, i; Uance, .;
Parish,
FIVE MoHE BALLOTS.
On the fourteenth ballot, Jucl;, Of tho House
Independents. changed from Davis to Anderson.
Un the fifteenth, Allen, Of tho House Irtcpcnd-
cuts, iuale the like change. There WINS no
cl,angco tho sixteenth hullot. On tho seven
tccn.l ballet rinncy and Glover, the other two
House independents, went over to An-
derso1t and Davis was dropped,
his c.ittro strength having been transferred
to Anderson, whUsc vote was HOW, on joint
baiiut, ID. Tlu yute Of tue other candidates re-
luanetl unchanged, rs on the twelfth batlut.
There WIS tlu cElangn un the eighteenth ballet
It way nov . O'Clock. All utlIcr consltiera-
t:uns III the n!.lda tnd ssoulaclla Ut Repre-
sentat!ycs and Senators wern being rapidly
subordlnatcd to tlIat of gett(lly dinner, anI tho
Jufut Convention adjourned until tomorrow.
NO HOPE fon LOGAN FROM TIE lNDEPEND-
ESTs.
The independents might, II they chose, haYc
E.,.le over tu Loguu ut the beginning, But tIc
t.lans Ut d sort ol pr0prictury interest IN trr-
thin VI them, nnd thu assumption TINT tltey
WIRE playing the pyrt IT political trirkstcrs md
might, ucrllas, 10 tu s0l,,e ut.,er Ileulhlica.
Nobody knows, for noboIiy las brc1, 1,cr,uittrI
to ask si:em,-shat Is, nobuly wllo could pro,a-
Ire Republican votes fur any other Republican.
Ing to Logan, and they dtIIft tntcMl doIp. it,
TiIey tlon't intend Mnkiur any sucf, ark,,oxl.
clElllGut,-that ulI tins willie
1Uu.s OWNED THEM.
TINT all tho willie tl,ry wcrc II, covert co,n,nun
rutIon viii, lin. Such is ,lut thu fact, a,. they
do not Intend doing nnytt,Iny to riys cu!ur to
The rrport that sui, wis thu favt Lncat, stllts
however, insists 1j!at thc partv shali ss,rk r.
llItu, and still wlelis tho ra,,rus lash, lie Inns
defeated any and all attc1rpts ut rouittun with
the ludcpeuIeuts by culuntlIinl. tAe ait"rnat;v"
to b. nut to tho 1iitiercullcnts- -"'rako Lnran
or gu 10 the Democrats" Tic rnIlr,rpfI,,its.
however, layfnG elected thfs coalition am. llnr
ing druIpr, Jltdge Davis out Of tic contest. urr
MORE THAN EVER YANou1yE Tt,-N1G1IT
They rruort tint they n1c assured of some ac-
cesstons 1ru,n the Democratic sir tt.tnorruw.
u, at furt"Bt, by Mul..lay. und Will wait for il.
They arc uuIet but talk like tho ,nastcss of the
situnttun which they are. It llns so long been
rlaitnlsl BY Tho Logan men that Parish md
Glassf0rl, Of tho independents, were rcaIly
Logan men, that tbs elect lIas been to mako
them about tho last men N,lu aru liable. In tla
present attltndu Of affairs, to eo to Logan. even
II they desired ~ do ~. At the eanc timr.