New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-03
ASPECTS OF TIE CoNTE T.
CoNTLING AND FLAT N srCLrsipN -SrfcrAUoNs
on GoVERSOR C0RNFLLS Pr sPt, Ts-IMPOE-
TANT TRANSFERS ENPECTED TODAY.
lKi-ILLL.kArM ID III fAIhl MI

on GOVERSOR CORNfIL'S Pr ~pt, 1s-INPOk-
TANT TRANSFERS INFECTED TODAY
lBY-rLLEGKAPH - TuE tEBLNEl
ALBANY. june 2.-There are twenty candidates
for the senate IN The field and not headquarters.
The absence of all the usual marks Of canvaes il
peculiar feature Of thlS contest, which Is conducted
so quietly and with apparently such good feeling
that the word contest seems almost missioner. Mr..
Conkling and Mr.. Plat, ~ far from hav.aga head
quarters after the manner Of candidates. have fairly
become invisible t. the naked eye They
cluded in their rooms from which they rarely
emerge. and are oul, seen by their most intimate
friends 4 number Of the who still faith
fully voting for them in the Legislature have ceased
TO visit them.
The canvass Of the two claimants began with n
splurge. and IT supposed that It would be a cam
paig1l of great noise but the steady rail Of rcmon-
strances from the con>ti'ucncirs all the way from
BROOKLYN I" Buffalo soOn killed that. and there has
been profound stiffness since. The change in
their prospects must have been kccny felt by the
two men, especially by Mr.. Conklng. Who never
seems to have had any hut political ambitions. The
contrast between his position year ago, or even six
months ago, and his position to-day has hardly a
parallel in American politics, and there is every
reason to suppose that, with his intense pride, he
is quite as conscious Of il as any one else A
gentleman who has known MN MANY years saw MN
here the other day and SPOKE of being struck bv
change in his personal appearance" His face seemed
pinched and Older. and his Walk ana hearing seemed
more like those OF man who had Just come through
a severe Illness Ii must Toe SAID. however that Ia
others he has appeared unchanged. His active po-
liical workers have taken more or 'SS To vanishing
also: even the PctiVe COnklng workers not cor
spcuous nowadays. EX-MarShal Payn and 5. Is.
johnson, of Itica, are rarely visible.
CANDIDATES IN ABUNDANCE
The other Senatorial candidates on the ground
are more in public but they make attempt AT the
work usually seen on such occasions. Indeed il all
the candidates set mp headquarters there might not
be parlor suites enough to go around There are IA
MANY candidates in the main hall " the Drlavan
House. even when it is only half filled there we're
brigadiers on the sidewalk in front Of Wizards
during the war. All this time, of course. there is
much work in progress underneath the surface and
all this time. strangely enough persons who see Mr..
Conkling in his tree moments represent him as
speaking even to his intimate friends with the Mt
most confidence that lac will vet be- elected
The large vote received by Governor Cornell has
naturally Heightened the gossip and speculation
about the relations of the Governor aud Mr.; Conk-
ling The former has now become the latter's
strongest competitor for his own scat, ami II al he
Governors votes were Jumped togcihc he would bo
ahead of Mr.. COukiiug. IL u naturally SUPPOSED 10y
the public that with the latter peculiar tnpera-
ment this stare OF things could not long continue
without altering their relations Their" are wheels
within WhcelS, however. Every one wh" knows the
affiliations OF the meu in the l. stature knowSt that
the members whom the tyuNeTnOf can tcailN cohIoI
are either not voting for him or are voting Tor tohk
ling that Uen yho are voting for Cornell are not
anxious 10 elect hun ~ they are 10
brat COnkling aud Plat, and use Cornells
popularity to carry their own favoritcs
through. This is at least the explanation given 10y
some of the Governors frieud- IL is stated as one
reason why there is rupture between the Gov
efnOF and Mr. Conklng, that If Mr.. COnkling could
have his own way he would like nothing better than
to see Governor Cornell elected To tue Senate with
him. though he might not De willing 10 take any
steps To that end, II is further said another rea-
son for the continuance of good relations that there
II reason To believe that the Governor would ac-
cept the election TO the short term over Mr. Conk-
linR-that would be, of course, direct act of hos
tity 10 his friend. His intimate friends say posi-
lively he would not mint IL. Lastly II is stated
most excellent authority that exactly II OF the
"a votes Mr. Conkng has left arc votes that were
gwen to him by Governor Cornell. and are votes
that would leave Mr. COnkling the instant the Gov
ei1iur lecane "a candidate.
There Is 70 doubt the substantial correct
ness Of this statement. Every well informed
observer here can put his hand n number ut men
who are known Ia be Governor Coruels stAnbchest
fr:ends AID 10 Dc personally desrous OF seeing hum