, 1877-01-16
The Springfield Senatorial Con-
= test Without New
.. Feature.
Logan Cannot BE Elected Witll-
out Three Intlepcnd-
:. cnt Votes.
The Balloting to Begin To-day.
After Thursday Logan Can
not Win.
Probability Of Full Attendance Of
j. Members Despite The Storm.
Complete List Of tho Standing Committees
:. Of tho Illinois senate,
frtttat isrtst of The Senatorial Struggles in Aas
sethasstts and Tennessee.


.,cen dono thus far has been to maintain the
status Of the three part!cs-Rcpublicau ncro-
tratic, and Independent. Tho nomination Of
Palmer holds tile Democratic party together.
The nomination OF Luca,, hollis tho Republican
party together. II seems 10 he ass,1mci here
with calm assurance, as tho established fact,
that money, II enough be used, will settle the
Senatorial question. Whether that bc 50 your
correspondent Inns no ,nraus Of knowing, but,
leaving that phase OF The 1nnttcr out Of the
question, at1 assuming tint the Scnatorsh!p is
hut for sale,
NEITHER LOGAN Non PALMER CAN lie ERECTED
WITHOUT INDEPENDENT voTns,
40 the Independents arc rs much masters Of tho
situation as they wcro ut tho beginning. They
have nominated Anderson for the sakc OF lloI-
Ing together. The result Of all tctr caucrs!ng,
carried on every .!ay and every evening, was to
develop TINT lle was tho only man upon whom
thcy could unite, and 1t was only aftcr forty bal.
lots, and when their lttLo orgattza-
lion wus about TO, full to pieces,
that, WITH no moro time to te
wasted In calirrsing. they nerccd uron Andcr-
son. Notwithstanding their proscstattons that
they arc for him first, last, md oil tho time, the
fact Is that, upon
rn1RTY-oxr CONSECUTIVE BA1LoTs,
he rccctvcd but two vptcs on each, to two for
Alexander Campbell, and thseo for John {.
HaIncs. Jones, Brown, aud Frantz, cla.fcu rs
Democrats, hut Ginning tn be independents,
:wcro among those voting The fact Is, the two
independents who wero for Anderson tirtt,
last, and all tho tin,o arc allowed, for the
present, 10 have their own way. The
Others mar after a timr, elaIm 10 lave
their way, aud, II they agrce upon II, can tarry
It by huld!nE together, or. II they sec ctantc
to clctt him, they Will not throw It away. That
chance can only CONC 70 them Wien thu pcmo-
Gratis In body 70 over to hin. Sonic Ut them
arc In temper to an that now, hut tho MN
rho control tic Democratic CAUCUS are
DETERMINED TO THY FOR WHOLE LOAF
before they acsept ths l,asf. Easls til"y look
All effort ~ sct.tsre his election. II they could
not Eet him. AMI the question were reduced
to Anderson ar nothing. tltuht1css they would
accept An.lcrenn; but III prescrt ltwonjtl hc I'M
lsossil'le to uhttc the party upon Ant!crsou, lc-
cause Of
TIE ANCIENT ASpEnsos.casEr-MAnsnA rErn,
which, tears TN thu Nineteenth Congressional
pstf ba # IT, ana tss cFs Mh1 tue @ ssst ~aaa .
that the Democrats we're reduced to thu alter
> nat!vo Of Anderson or nutfing, With tho peril
bcs!drs that An'lcrson nlIcllt bc withdrawn or
tho Independents ap!it, lnay caaily 10 ron.
.tctturcd.
still claim for lin tflat II u ret the splil re-
n
tsnnnt vo.cs r,,'I.%d ~ s't s'u a"!Se 'us'
indcncmlents shI,lI,l n1irs,Jt tic cYty,nn,JnoTv
course of refusing to yutc for Losan tluis fur,
"n,a VI joining i'll The nomination Of nl!-
Hsae' eanaaate, t1ey t"fa1 20 vote
r1nfareJ a,,,,,% ,,,o,' IN to, ~, f ~ . .tS
md tic Kcpublicans wu, staytyl mt OF In, ca,,s
cns Eiya their votes fnr him. ticn, il he dies not
'teratc the Independent VOTE, hu will ho CONT
nsHso ~ nsse't'"s rtou' ia ,'"n I"uKs 70 "ttl-
lin ami 1.,nninr H., r,ntrst " ,'vrr ; H., ncyt
week, hut that progra1n,1,p cppnot be vaTrIcd
tut, and
~ HE ia NOT kf.cTEp fr TuuRsbAT,
from present inaieailons, no must gttu way TO
sotae so % oi'cs candidate: Whether Logan will ret
Iho tnli hGiilrca Mcpan!lvan yntcs remains
doubtful. Senator hncher', of Cook, says lie
small vote tor Nahhb!'re. E,ahton, II. .tssun.lcr-
stood, viii ynso Tor Milton II lay. John
=. ila1nea has not announced himself,
hlk u u believed nc Will feel In homer
pntlnd TO either voto with tho independents
ur IL cast Ills aD!ttary yotc ns nh Independent
Tor some eandtdate u ny Own na'ninR, Thu
nnH!lnation OF LnEan vii! tc natlc IN s!Ie Scl.-
sse ty whiting, md tn the ilousu by Morrison.
koerner viii 10 honinntcd III tile Hc1late by
Dearborn ahA In the llo,sae by fierrinytu,i.
IN t11rfn Nfnf I'm hun t,rI Ifrn