Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1881-06-06

/ There was no choice and the joint conVen-
ton then adjourned until II m. on Monday.
The agent of the National Associated Press
interviewed leading stalwart, who gave the
following as the opinion of Conkling,- Ar
thur and Sharpe as expressed by them in a
letter from New York received to-day. The
voting will be resumed to-day at IL o'clock
with about as thin an attendance of members
as there was on Saturday. In fact the vote
will be taken only in order that the law re-
quiring a convention of both houses and a
vote daily shall be complied with. Every
vote, even if the Legislature were to remain
in session for months, will be mere matter
of form There will be no election by this
Legislature. The first vote taken in the
joint convention was given as follows: For
Conkling 80, Cornell TO- Crowley 8, White j,
folger 2, Tremaine 8, Fish :; total So. That
is the stalwart vote. For Wheeler %, for
Rogers ID, for Wadsworth 1, for Evarts g
for Alvord 2, for Fenton 2. for Chapman 1,
for Pomeroy 3, for Edick 1 total 49, That
is the administration vote For Jacobs
the Democratic vote of So Cor 81 if he votes
himself). This makes grand total Of 15S
with Democrat and a stalwart absent
through sickness. 1t requires only 81 to
prevent an election ever taking place, and the
stalwarts have more than double their mum
Der, while the administrationists have nearly
the same surplus. Does anyone believe, he
asked, that the stalwarts will ever allow the
vote of Mr.. Conkling to be reduced to fig
ure below twenty-seven? And l may also
ask, he added. does anyone believe that the
administrationists will allow their forces to
go below the same number. I repeat it, this
voting is a mere matter of form. There is
to be no election. Both sections of the Re
publican party are determined upon this and
he Democratic members are powerless in the
matter. They have only fifty four votes
and it takes eighty-one to elect. They can
not get even one Republican vote for their
candidates, nor will they give one OF. their
votes for either of the Republican candi
dates. I say there will be no election and
why should there be? Why should not
Nessrs. Conkling and Platt be forced to go
back to their seats. They have rendered
their designations. it is true. but the resigna-
tions have not been accepted and cannot be
accepted until their successors are elected
If the Legislature fails to elect successors it
will be equivalent to refusing to accept their
designations and they will be required to re-
sumo their places in the United States Sen
ate: No one doubts the power of
rhe Legislature to adjourn sine die
while the vote is going on A
vote is to be taken in joint
convention of the houses and the vote is to
be repeated daily during the session of the
Legislature. The law does not require the
Legislature to con time its session one day
for the purpose of going into the joint con-
vention, but it does require that being in ses-
sion it shall vote daily. Hence after voting
day after day until it is shown that the effort
to elect is fruitless the Legislature not only
ian, but it is its duty to adjourn sine die, and
it being thus shown that majority will not
elect successors to the resigning Senators 1t
says virtually that it will not accept their
designations and as honorable patriotic citi-
zens they will return to their places
and their designations will be with
drawn. This, continued the gentleman, will be
the result of the matter. In answer to the
inquiry as to whether Messrs. Conkling and
Platt understood the matter in this way, he
said they so understood it most clearly. They
rendered their designations, expecting of
course that the Legislature would pass on the
question whether they should be accepted or
not The only way to accept such resigna-
tons is by voting for successors to those re-
signing. The resigning Senators became
candidates for re election in order to give the
Legislature Cor rather the majority of the
Legislature) the opportunity to say whether
they should return or not, and what
is the result They find that the
majority will not elect successors to
them. and they are thus forced to
resume their places This they will do next
December and New York will be represented
in the United States Senate again by Messrs
Conkling and Platt. Hence those who have
taken such deep interest in the voting, and
noted with SO much anxiety and excitement
the changes from Mr.. Tremaine to Henry
Ward Beecher, from Henry Ward Beecher to
Mr.. Rumsey, and from Mr.. Rumsey back to
Tremalne, or to some one of the other like
candidates, may as well "possess their souls
with patience" and let the circus go on. In
the end, though the ''vindication of Messrs.
Conkling and Platt may be like Scotch YER
dict, not proven, they will be back in their
seats again all the same.'