, 1880-12-16
POLITICAL POINTS.
Notes Of the Pending Senatorial
Canvass in Indiana.
Gen. Harrison Believed to Be
Certain of Walk
Over.
Inauguration nf tho Scramble for the
Federal Offices III Illinois.
No Confirmation Of tho Statements TINT
Foator Has Got Ont Of Sher~
mans Way.

NO uonflrmatlon OF tho 6tnt0ments that
Foator Has Got Ont Of Hher~
mans Way.
INDIANA
| srxetat nttpdeh to- The Ch!edeo Tribune
| 1sntANA1Ttls. 1nIf.. dec. 16..-The Senatorial
| cn,.eis to-tuy WIS attended, BY Il majority of
Republican aonnturs elect. At tho prelltntnnry
tncetlnH hold this morning tho question or sr-
gnnIzatton WIS considered at length. Tho senn-
turs present expressed themselves as decidedly
opposed tu my tcr,l-louks or other obstacles to
| ln,stHcEs, yNt t',oro WIS II firm determination
manifested tn stcrc their rights, treating tho
Democracy precisely rs they woulA t,o trensctl.
\ committee wis appointed to confer with
scnator Dayls. Int lIku tho Tnnnnny Chioftain,
they founl thas negotiations weru begun
TOO latc. liz IL pledged TO Jnmcs II,
1tlcc' FOR secEctHry. antl wnnts Wnr1,
whom hu supported two yensa ago. Inm1o Assist
I mt Hccrutnry. The DctnDcrncy have nccetud IN
his request. autt unless Uftc adu or tho otlior
hacks down iii organization will 10 dutAyel In
dc'1nltty..
sonator I'otn,extor, tho Grconback-1, -1,opubllc-
| MI from Floyd nnd Cinrkr,
| WENT tSTO THE i,ErUnL1UAH CAUCUS
md will vote with thofn Until It Is esidcnt they
cas,,lnt control tho organization. After TINT he
| Will tnRkc tho Democrats proposition which he
thinks Ill three parties can uxrco upon. Ito
does not doyolop his plum, hut 1t ID be-
| llosctl to DO in clllnl distribution Uf
tho Offices between tho tlirco parties, tho
.Grcenbackers receiving one -thrtlpf thun. r0In-
dexter. however, Will not support ]ice Under
1 my considerations llU t1telikcs him personally,
| md will resist h[H election, although eenntor
t Dnvis IL doing his utmost tn hGa mp tho trouble
existing between them. Dcsltics bctng Sccre-
tury Of tho Democratic Stnte central Cnmmittcc,
| ltteu fs OthorwIso unacceptable To RCpubttcaus,
/ IN I'm ittaiu ia
election Ii ttead-loek is almost suro to result.
HIT 1t Is believed thAt Sp1ntor Vfehi tho Domo-
| crnt1 leader lii tho Senate, wilt lonve tlce, Aad
vote for nny fair compromise achcmc rnthcr
than suffer u lcad-lock for tho spnco Of twenty
| foltr hours.
THO Sct,ators present nt tho conforonco wero
EOT1CEAuLY YOUNG MEN,
| averaging not to exceed II or u years Of nge,
| AMI 1nUat OF thonl are lawyors prominent III
| their prufossotf. A Ecnt1emun who wl,s revson-
| nliy acquainted with ncnr1y all OF thoM ro-
! marked this oren!ng that 1t will bc ono Of tho
! youngest mud hhlcst Sonatea In tho history Of
thu Stntc. a quiet cAnvass Of thclr Senatorial
preferences showed TINT neary NIL Of thom were
looking toward Gen. Ilnrrison ns tho coming
man. 0He Of tllem ro1narketl Tonight that very
| slight acquaintance with tho General WIS
sufficient to put TO flight nll reports Of Ills coi
ncsH and ynnt OF a0unbty. Thosc, too, who
hnvo hccn claiming TINT hu was only Il poll
t!cIan, hnd tho Ilea Jorktd out Of thon lust
night and tu-dny In II very expeditions manner.
Tho Streight caucnB Inst night hna hccn tho
days topic of conversation III political elrcles,
and gentlemen nro not SLOW to pronounce tho
| uilAlr
0nEAr r1zzLE.
Tint tito cngEGd III It also so regarded It is
evidenced by tho fact tint thoy nro very
| eHrhest III tllolr denial tint anything was
sn tnuctitnF tho personal morlta Or ,lcinrrlts of
tho Senatorial cnnddntcs, ur TINT tho mcotiuK
| VIII called with nfly Intention OF advancing OF
h!n,lcrng :. tho interests Of my caMdl,lato.
Waesli9r ih!s bo BEL trne % or not, T. is sertMn tl.t
Ecndng mt his invitations h0 nrerntetl on tho
pEinplPlo that hccnlisc f,,cn wcrc fronlly to hts
Gan1hnuy for Governor Lust s.l'r1tlct thoy world
low JUL. him III opposing such SunMtnrfnl can-
tlntcs as ha proposed to leut When they
~ Of dea ih arrs snS epa 95
nlnnitH those friendly 10 his pwi! candidacy six
lnpnas s g ana shat they ", w1,'l @ @ not on!y not
| icrtnft themselves to Ge compromised by 80
nMci, ns llssenl,iE to h!s plum Of operations. In
sIriy share tho. prr4usllccs OF t1sr frlc.uis.-n
fAut which Is usnlnently truo IL ulItlcs. As inA-
sntsh % ! u theso a dispatches ast nIsht strc'shts
AZ MANY CANDIDATES Az POSSIBLE,
and tho1', aftor orcat!ns Il hoated contest, to
prnE.so Il conpronliso candsnte who shlll bo
liiat any division IL tho pSrty over tic HenHtn-
rlal question 4 wa! lose tao State IL lSg knowl;
Porter u used III tho ftvnniblo dirk iiorso. sir.
rortcr has been ,,r ,r,erorte%a % ~ 70 , fnr tayorlnE
purity. This argument il without the stisht.
5 wssn. ss s,aco ssMss'F Or for asHesscas ssss Il
over tho sauatorlul question. and nouo
iikfsy TO- Gr!ss Eprtlof T. 70 A. Coy ior,er was vsry
4, which hG would porplLt tho uso IT hls uatlu.