New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-02

The State Senate and Assembly met yesterday
in joint convention and balloted for United
States Senators. Mr.. COnkling received the
same number of votes as upon the preceding
day, and so did Mr.. Plat. The supporters OF
Mr.. COnkling. while admitting last night that
the defeat of Mr. Plat is assured, professed
TO hope for the Gnal election of Mr.. COnk-
ling. A TRIBUNE correspondent discusses the
foundation for their hope, and points out the
ACCESSIBILITY of the union of the Administra-
ton men upon candidates, and also the dill
culties in the way of snch union.
CONKLING MEN HOPING AGAINST HOPE.
OPEN confession THAT Mr. PLATT CANNOT BE
PULLED THRoCGH--THE MACHINE ENCOURAGED
BY TIE MEASUREMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
MEN UPON CANDiD.TEs-pIrFIcULrIE TO BE
OVERCOME BEFORE VICTORY CAN De Won.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO TUE TRIBUNE.i
ALBANY. June 1.-The politicians seem to 10 los
ing interest in the contest here Assemblvman
Trmblc left for home to-day, following large
number who went last night and tho hotel corridors
show less excitement and hustle than are often to be
seen in the dull stages of an uncvcntful session.
dead calm seems TO have come over this little pOlit
cal sea- There are signs of open personal can
vases. Mr.. Conkng himself seems to have re-
treated permanently in his room at the Dclavan
House and pulled the room in after him. There are
no crowds in the hotels none of the earnest disputes
often TO be heard at such times, and the lisiess
few who sat about to-day in these hoSpitahlc oung-
ing places watched the rain through the windows
with profound and impartial indifference Ia all
subjects.
OF course underneath thisquiet surface Influences
are steadily az work which will have an important
effect upon the future Of the Republican party in
the State and Nation 1t is apparent that tn, fol-
4. ...s. a. Il
were last night. The same men who were then al
init ing in private talk that they could not adjourn
the Legislature. that they could not maintain
deadlock and that the crisis would probably bc
reached by the end of the week, said to-day that
they believed their state to BE- less desperate They
intimated that the end was not 50 near they had
supposed. and even nj 80 far T. say there was
possibility that Mr. Coukliug might yet be elected
Mr. Plat they threw OveTboar entirely, and they
conceded that there was no probability OF Mr.. Conk-
lng's election. but seemed to cherish the hope
that by sacrificing. Plat some arrangement
might pcrchance be made To save Mr..
Conkling after all The source Of their encourig"-
ment was probably donhle one. They had been
able to keep their men firmly IN line and they saw
no consoli laion Of their opponents npou candidates
and no tendency toward consolidation. One Of the
Conkhng managers said tonight, "Our men are not
When however the cry>tailil1tion of the fol-
lowers of the Administration begins the
mood of these men NAY easily change.
When Consolidation has begun il will s"on become
apparent that the eX-S majors, who. after promising
in the letter of resignation 10 make room for
Others now refuse to 90 IT, although the LEGISLATURE
plainly prefers their room to TIA II company are tn"
real obs acles To an election and Adjournment. The
members who are now supporting them may feel far
differently then and the maintenance Of deadlock
will become a much more difficult matter.
The chief ground of the confidence OF the
Conkling leaders that there will not I've
election 10 soon as was expected. Is undoubtedly
their belief that the Administration men cannot
unite The history Of past party fights makes 1t
easy for them 10 believe this. The antimachine
Republicans have not been in the habit of agreeing.
They could not consolidate upon any one candidate
for Governor in the Convention of 1879. hut went
into II in half a DOZEN different detachments. all
| fighting each other. The same thing was seen in
| the Senatorial contest last January. There were
three or norr ani-machnc candidates and the friends
Of each insisted upon their man. There WAS no union.
! and the result was prompt defeat. The Conkhng
men think they the same thing in this contest.
They saw the anti-Couklirg vote Yesterday and to-
day divided up among twenty cayddatcs for the
two terms while their vote. small rs it Is, is
fixed upon two candidates They believe they s'c
| the same irreconcablc elements in the Adminisra-
ton marty that have existed there in times past.
They count upon failure to unite. This would. Of
necessity. proOnP the struggle perhaps until tine
| came when an Adjournment would he welcomed 10y
| men who would now oppose II. II * safe 10 say
that an adjournment is the lest they hope for in
| their most sauglnc moods. and that is hoping for
more than they have any right TO expect.
There seems to he no possibility. from the present
| outlook that they can make an alliance with the
Democrats. The Democrats believe that two Demo
cratic senators in the bush better than none IN
hand. They know that whatever COnkng might
promise them. ne could not deliver the goods.
There arr ty-fvc Republicans in the legislature
with sufficient courage to stand up and vote for
Conkling and Patt in defiance Of public sentiment:
but there are not five who would dare TO vote for
Francis Herman or JOHN {. Jacobs unless they
pected to take the first steamer for Europe. There
is excellent reason for believing that Ovcrturcs 10
the Democrats were decatcy and tentatively made,
bnt they seem to have met with little encourage
! ment. The wise party policy of the Democrats is
to keep out Of all such barter, and for once they
seem wise enough to be wise.
| The question Of q union on candidates mn
doubt, div presents difficulties for the opponents Of
| Conkng and Platt Many diverse elements and
influences are repr scented among those seventy Re-
| publican members. EX-Nicc-lTcsidcn Wheeler has
! The strength of his locality; Chaunccy W. Dcp"w
| has the support of a considerable element which
have learned through his many years of active ser
| vice 20 the Republican party To regard him with
| strong personal attachment. Mr. Depew is the
| most popular candidate personally now before the
| Legislature. Sherman ;. Rogers - ElhIidge !.
| Lapham, Warner Miller aud Theodore NJ.
Pomeroy are all locality 'andidsieS hay
| ing friends sincerely anxious To see their
| favorite chosen and not Ia give way Ia
| another. There is then the element which has been
voting for Governor Cornell 1t is without organ
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