Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-03

New YORK, June2, Mr. Conk!ing left Al
bany tonight for New York, called away by
legal business. lie will return to Albany 4;
soon as the business is completed.
The GYayhic'S Albany special says: There
is trouble in the camp of administration men
growing out of the multitude of candidates
The difficulty is to state who cdn break the
Conkiing column. The Dcpew men want
Cornell Others want Crowley or LApha;n
There is intriguing IN each direction. Friends
81 Cuubling are holdcr this morning than al
any time during the contest The StalSart
urgAa calls upon Republicans 10 return Conk-
Jag rs the leader Of ;he party, and asks his
opponents to name their man who is To take
his place as leader. 1t is
in the failure of The halfbreeds
TO unite upon candidate that the staiwarts
see their opportunity. 1t is suspected Conk-
ling has had several members acting with the
half breeds, who are kept there for the express
purpose of preventing an agreement on candi-
dates.
A special to the Express Democratic says:
The half fbreed Republicans are in terrible
qgandary. In the beginning of this fight Sen
utor Robertson and his staff mapped out a pro-
gramme, which was not to be extended and
which provided for The defeat of Conkling.
That, of course, would also shelve Platt as
we'll Day and hour rolled around, when the
most sanguine of koscoe's friends were forced
10 acknowledge their leader was defeated. The
admission induced the half-breeds TO not only
abuse the eX-boss, but armed their first pro-
gramme by attempting to replace Conkling
ana Plat with two pronounced enemies of
stalwartism. It is this amendment that has
exhibited their first mistake and forced bolt,
which may inAict irreparAble injury. It is TO
get ont Of this unfortunate quandary that a
secret meeting was held last night. One
thing is certain, If the determination
TO land two half-breeis as winners ia the pro-
gramme it viii be futile, and for this reason
Conklng has thirty-fiye members who win
cling TO him until he retires from the race,
and after that to any two men who are in
sympathy with him. Besides these there are
thirteen members who are anxious TO cast
their ballots for Conkling, but dare not do so
and accept the sentence Of their indignant con-
stituents. This, then, makes total of forty
eight votes for the stalwarts, which is tWen-
ty-two more than is required for n deadlock
Should Robertson and Woodin, to break that
deadlock, extend the olive branch, and accord
the two, or even one of the vacancies to Conk-
ling's friends, it would be regarded as Il virtual
backdown and weakness, which would tend
10 rebuild the waning power of the opposition.
The Tclegram'S special says The balloting
So far leaves the situation as great puzzle as
ever. Should the stalwarts, acting like the
BOG at Chicago, keep up an unbroken front
from day TO day, there is no chance whatever
of administration candidates be-
ing elected. Silas B. Dutcher,
about the prospect for Conkling and Platt,
said: at is satisfactory enough to us as it
stands. We have sufficient votes to command
the situation, and developments expected to-
day and tomorrow will give us increased
strength. The votes for Cornell and Crowley
will not stay with them, but will come back
to Conkling and Platt, for the fist
break. The prospect is more hopeful
for the stalwart side than it has appeared since
the beginning of the canvass" Senator Foster,
speaking on behalf of the administration side,
said: "It is impossible to tell at this moment
who will be the choice of the convention for
our side l should not be surprised if de-
were such that the stalwarts and
half.breeds would consolidate. Yet it may be
Cornell and Depew, which would attract sup
port from both wings. I don't think the
stalwarls are so mad with Cornell as they pre-
tend. They would certainly rather have him
than half breed and the half-breeds are favor
ably diSpOScd to him. -