The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-24
PERSONNEL AT ALBANY.
HOW THE SENATORS RESIGNED AND
WHO ARE ON THE LIsTFoR s,
III SUCCESSION.
AN INDEPENDENT VIEW OF THE STU
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speciot Cyrr Springfield Reb,tbiicpr.. = I /
Arthur, largely responsible for the appall-
ing number or resignatiops, Is working y'g-
ortisly for Coakling, aud some ct the proni-
nent Stase officers Df lCorpeltis appointments,
notably s. b. butcher, CapalSuperinteudeot
eornell y dong nolling,e Neaber he nor
tue men who have beer lonqestln Coukiing's
sslvlee adsisedthe std. Il frIion Goter or
Cornell like a thunder clap, and In Tie Inner
circles ofthe machine he has made no pc
cret Of eendemninsit. Arthur appears u
have urged conkIifg and Plat to this suici-l
dal step, applying, ms he has done before, bis
experience In the " discipline T" and easy
management of the party In New York city
to the party In the State at large. /Conkliag
knew nothing of The Legislature personally.
He knew that lis nominations had been ma
nipuated by his friends. 1t bad elected
Plat. lie jumped at the conclusion that 1t
would re- elect both Senator'S. He consulted
With no one here. Arthurs advice was fol-
lived and there is an ominoss readiness,
apparent among the men WHO make up tie
core Of ConklIng's old machine to let Arthur
justify the wisdom OF his power.
Conkling Is not ready to go out OF politics.
He Is good jury lawyer. lie Ii good for
nothing else in law, and jury advocacy at
his age and with his standing Is IA secondary
line In the profession Conkling believes
that even his defeat here VIII leave him
strong enoughto make D fight on Iris own
account, and there is no c=aggetating the
dread with which Republicans see him pre-
pairing to act the part OF a free lance, andthe
satisfaction with which the Democrats wei
come the prospect Of near victory. No well
Informed Republican looks on the successor
his party as possible next fall and far-sghted
men, like Cornell, see no chance of electing
Governor In 1882. The split runs through
every district In the State aud a miracle of
party management will be accomplished IL IL
Is healed before 1854. Meanwhile ConkliDg's
small camp Is itself di idei. Ar
thur and Cornell have never liked eacho 9th
er, and Arthur has committed the fatal blum
der Of trying to force from Cornell not mere
an announcement that he would not accept
even II he were elected Cornell was Will
li0g to do one thing. He refused to do The
other, and Cornell's stubborn obstilacy is
proyerb In party ci,cles here. Coroell Is ia
no mood for putting up ligbtning rod aad
will allow noue to be put upfor him. Hts
friends are In acL,ye commu hieatt0n with
h.n az { ma la MI nt cell
fcai point IN his fortunes is wi bout the ac-
tive support Of the Governor whom he noI3-
mated. Cornett Is a narrow man, OF no
broad equipment In any direction; but he
has atl infinite patience about details, $50
Der Judgment aud an unusuafg;ft at holding
his tongue and sticking To his own way. lie
is the coming man In the present situation;
stronger to-day In NIL wings than ans other
man III tlle party, aud II he goeslto Washing
toa he Wilde the real leader OF the patty
I'm the State.
Chaunrey M. Depew, who Is linked with
Coz DELL ia the current prophecy of the day,
has the open odds OF Albany In Ills favor.
Robertson. the new Collector, aud Depew
have long been In the employ of the Central
Railroad together, Depew directly as It's at
toiney and Robertson as its COUNSEL. Tie
entire network of rail road influence Is work
ing in Depew's favor, and while 1t was con-
sidered doubtful last winter whether w. Ill.
Vanderbilt really wanted Depew 10 90 TO
the Senate, there seems to be no doubt nov.
The New York Custom House and the New
York Central are team enough to pull most
auyman through al Albany; but IL Is doubt
full whether Ii can carry Depew to. o msjori-
Nv. II IL does, II win be q hard wrench 10
the party. To one returning to Albany alter
an absence, the growing feeling against the
corporations Is one OF tue striking features
OF the situation. Ii Is In the air.. IL molds
every canvass. 1t affects every vote. There
Is no question as to the growing bitterness
Of The constituencies on the subject nor OF
their tendency TO make 1t stand and fall
question with their representatives. Depew
yea ago said to an inquising reporter here
that willie the railroads could pay well they
could never aiord TO pay mau the price OF
his political future, mud there are many men
here who, liz they vote for Cornell and De-
pew, must do so at the cost Of their political
future. ssEs.5 aaas1 r5#t.5ttEH IN ssssY
Poor Plat Is the most hopeless outcome of
this collapse. The man never looked inspir-
ing with his bald head and his struggling
beard; but now that he cannot 70 through
The lobbies OF the hotel without hearing
running "me too, Platt,' following him;
now that he knows and has known for a
fortnight that his reelection Is impossible.
and that his candidacy is merely run as part
Of Conkling's stock IN trade, he looks meek
er, moro depressed than ever. He has sold
out six years Id tile Senate to come here and
be guyed by the crowd Id public, and vigor-
ousiy coiidemged inpfivate by his friends;
but six years In the Senate would have had
their drawbacks TO q man whose family y
credited with reporting that-the belief at
Washington I'm Platt's being nothing more
than Conkling's shadow amounted 10 "social
L. #gg HF -
Tho other factors In the fight here have no
general Importance - Wheeler has hts local
backing and his national reputatiop-noth-
ing moe. Sherman s. Rogers Is clean,
able lawyer from Buffalo, who once dill good
service here In the State Senate. Chief JUS
tice Folger IL stalwart In his personal SYM
pathles. but broad enough TO be something
more, and by a.odds the ablest
man mentioned. II Warner Miller Is apapers
manufacturer with business connections In
New England. Elbridge G. Lapham Is
Congressman of some years standing, . TT
fie stupid and of no strength in The State.
The rest Of the candidates voted for, except
Evans, Fisher and Fenton, have no possible
Significance In the State or elsewhere, and
and the election OF two utterly unknown
men ID constantly predlcsedstFf rf5r
The Legislature has shown unexpected
independence In pitching Conkling and Plat
over, but this altogether the work OF the
older men. Nearly all the 35 who stand by
Conkling are young men. and the list In
GUIDES nearly all the hopeful young fellows
of education.
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