Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-01
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
BALLO3ING FOR SENATORS.
Opening Of the Election at
Albany.
POOR SHOWING FOR The Stall WARTS
The Half-Breeds Scattering
TheirlVOtes.
Cornell Master of the Situation.
Interesting Uncertainty As to His
Position.
Cornell Master Of the Situation.
NEW YORK.

NM sanarorial Coutest-The Ants
showing Up strongly The Stalwarts
in a Hopeless Mfnorfty-Story of tho
BaNoting-The Conklingites i'm a Des-
perate Strait.
ALBANY, May 31.-This morning the CAM
paign opened with the Conkling men for the
most part respondent. The fact works to
their injury that after a weeks hard labor
under the lead of Superintendent butcher
they could muster only eight Senators and
thirty Assemblymen last night in caucus
called by the Conkling majority of the As
sembly caucus committee. Most of the stall
warts consider tho calling of this caucus the
worst blunder that could have been commit
ted. Another moro aggressive fact gives
them still greater anxiety, and that is the
conference of administration men held at tho
same hour, wherein dfty-seven Senators and
members of the Assembly pledged themselves
to vote for neither Conkling nor Platt, with
assurances from thirteen more that their
sympathies were with the administration.
This positive committal against the machine
gives the administration men degree of CO.
herence not heretofore possessed, and while
they will concentrate upon no new names as
vet the moral effect of the opposition to
Conkling will remain the same. They will
attempt no concentration until after the
Conkling votes melt away. In such case it
is probable that the administration may have
eighty-one votes and may elect two candi-
dates, although it is yet too early to predict
any such result. E. A. Carpenter says that
Conkling has forty iron-clad votes that will
stay by him to the end but the fact is that
after the first ballot his followers will gradu-
ally desert him. Senator Robertson says he
should not be surprised if actual election
is had before the week is over.
Nothing unusual occurred in the Senate
chamber this morning, previous to u
o'clock, except that Mr.. Madden made a
speech in presenting circumstances against
the reelection of Conkling and Platt. In op-
posing their reelection he did not spare criti-
;ism of President Garfeld's withdrawal of New
York nominations, but blamed the ex-Senators
or resigning in the face of the enemy, and
ae said that although he had always acted
with MIR. Conkling hitherto he could not do
50 now. A crowd of listeners hocked over
from the Assembly to hear him, but aside
from this not more than the usual number of
visitors were present on the floor, although
the galleries were well filed. Lieut.-Gov.
doskins arrived soon after II o'clock, and
although very weak assembled the steps and
took a seat beside Senator Robertson, presi-
dent pro tenn. From the moment the doors
were opened this morning crowds surged into
the Assembly chamber, and soon filled every
available space in the rear lobby and CALLER
ies Many ladies. ex-menbers and Senators
and State officers obtained seats on the floor
When the hour of noon arrived the Senate
proceeded to vote for United States Senator
in place of Thomas G. Platt. The vote stood
foil