The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-28
CONCERNING CONKLING.
The Gossip of Hotel Corridors.
MANY SURM1SES BY MANY MEN.

ALBANY, May o. Noon. Tho Conkling-
ties are fighting strenuously for caucus, and
declare emphatically that the fate of the party
in this State rests upon such action. To go in
to the election for Senators without first hold
ing a caucus, they say reduces the party to a
mob, with no head no tail, no organization.
1t will break up bopelessly and necessitate
recognizing what has required years to per-
feet Their argument is that the Republican
party of this State owes all it is to the ma
chiGery it has now in existence and to break
it is to turn the State over to the Democracy
for many years to come. The usual recess
till Monday night will be taken by the Legs-
lature and the Conklingites hope in the inter-
val to effect the object they have in view by
securing the requisite number of signers to
the call. Owing to the absence by sickness
of /. S. Carpenter, there are only 105 Republi-
can Legislators. These are said to be divided,
AZ for Conkling and Al against him leaving II
doubtful. majority of 1O5 is So and the
Conklingites need moro to make that ma jor-
ity. 1t is said they will get those and call
caucus for Monday night. Then if the admin
istration wing will not go into caucus and
will not make the 3d. 81, in the election they
will have to take the responsibility OF turning
against the party of the State, and the Conk-
lingites will have to devote themselves to
breaking the deadlock. How this is to re
done it is too soon now to indicate.
The latest count shows that of 105 Republic
cans in the Legislature the Conklingites have
Conklingites the right to call caucus. or
would give them that right if they had 90
signatures to their call, but they have not got
the signatures. Conkling and Arthur will
leave the city to-day for New York, where the
conference will be continued. Their friends
insist that everything will be settled before
Monday next. There is evidently better
feeling among the stalwartS than yesterday,
while the ants are by no means respondent.
The Assembly and Senate adjourned to
o'clock Monday evening.
By O'Clock this afternoon the hotels pre-
scented a comparatively deserted appearance.
train Tor New York, %figfts II q sa, t ths o
vass will be continued. 1t is thought they will
return here Monday and remain during the ex-
| pected long siege; as it is now understood it
will take weeks to break the dead -lock.
| No change whatever has taken place in the
| situation. Each section claims about half the
Republican members, and the real division
| will not be known until an informal vote is
taken Thursday.
| New YORK, May 27.-An Albany despatch
to-day to the Mail says among the rumors is
| one that the two ex-SenatorS are trying to see
| if they cannot withdraw their designations and
are taking legal advice on that point.
In New York.
Ex-senator Conkling and Vice President
Arthur arrived from Albany this evening.
| An authorizing mass meeting was held in
Cooper Institute Tonight. The resolutions
expressed confidence in President Garfield and
| urged the election of Senators in harmony
| with the Administration.
Fidus Achates Speaks.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-President Hinsdale
OF Hiram College, an intimate personal friend
| of the President, has written letter here up
on the situation in New York, in the course
of which he says that the Presidents course
entire country. but that he hopes that he will
not pursue him (Conkling) into his own State.
President Hinsdale says: .'The President
would no longer be supported as he has been
thus far by united people. Of course there
are plenty of men in and out of Washington
who will advise the following up policy, but
that changes the whole matter at once and
brings up a new issue. Thus far any man
could see that the President was defending the
powers and dignity Of his Office but to take
an active part in the Senatorial question in
New York is nothing of the sort" The gem
tleman to whom this letter was addressed read
it to the President, and says that the latter ex-
pressed approval of the sentiments, and said
that it was not and had never been his purpose
to beltte his Office by waging an offens i've
warfare against Senator Conkling or any other
Senator in his own State affairs
Advices from New York.
Senator Plumb, who has returned from New
York, says he does rot think it possible that
Mr.. Conklng can be reelected. George Cor
ham, in telegraphing from Albany, predicts
that the Conkling-Platt faction will hold a
caucus Monday morning. and that the caucus
nominees, Conkling and Platt, will receive
the support of all who are not willing to be
classed as boilers when they seek reelection
the coming fall
Gen. Grant to the Rescue.
Mr. Conkling received dispatch from J. H.
Work of Now York, law partner of U. S.
Grant, Jr., as follows:
MEXICO CITY.
hope the Legislature will sustain our Senators.
u. S. GRANT,