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ALBANY
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD
UNION.
JOINT CONVENTION HELD.
No Choice Yet for United States
Senators.
VIEWS OF IX-PREsIDBNT HAYES.
The Reason Why Garfield Nominated Rob-
ertson.

! The Reason Why Garfield Nominated Rob-
ertson.
ALBANY, June lst.-The Senate and As
sembly met in Joint Convention to-day to
ballot for United States Senators. The first
vote in joint convention was as follows: For
short term-Conkling 80, Wheeler %, Rogers
10, Fenton 8, Pomeroy 2, Edick /, Wads-
worth l, Jacobs 5, Cornell IL, Crowley 3,
White 2, Folger 2. The balance we've scat
tering
The vote to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation Of Platt resulted as follows !:
Platt %, Depew %. Herman 5S, Folger 4,
Cornell Il, Davis 2. I.apham s, Miller s,
Crowley 4, Evarts 8, butcher 2, Morton l,
Wadsworth 2. Tremaine l, Ward 5, Rogers l.
The Chair announced no choice, and the
Joint Convention adjourned until tomorrow
noon.
THE RIGHT OF PETITION.
NKw YORK, June 1st.-An Albany special
says a monster petition in favor Of the late
Senators has arrived from Auburn, Woodin's
district. 1t is so feet long, and contains
over 2 600 signatures.
THE GOVERNORS POSITION.
ALBANY, June 1st.-It is rumorsd that
Governor Cornell viii not write declining to
permit his name to be used as a candidate in
the Senatorial contest. Senator Mccarthy
has not received any letter from the Gov
ernor refusing the use of his name.
COMING TO THE RESCUE.
New YoRK, June 1st.-The World and San
come to the rescue of Conkling this morning,
against what they term the efforts Of the Ad-
ministration organs to make scapegoat of
the sense of the Republican party.
Ex-PREsIDENT HAYES ON THE SITUATION.
CHICAGO, June 1st.-The Journals Gin.
c.nnati special says: Ex-President Hayes,
in an interview yesterday, expressed himself
very freely yaboutex.Senator Conkling. He says
he believes Conkling is a monomaniac on the
subject of his own Importance. " 1t is
serious thing to say" said he, but am per-
fectly confident that Conkling is not at times
a rational creature. He has become so in
fused with his own Importance that it has
grown into a monomania." Mr.. Hayes says
Conkling has made three attempts to de-
stroy the Republican party, the first in 1876,
when he did all he could to defeat the Repub
icans in New York, the second time during
the session of the Electoral Commission,
when he had speech prepared to overthrow
the action Of the Commission, but was pre-
vented from delivering it by Senator Morton,
and the third time in favoring the abortive
Potter investigating committee.
WHY ROBERTSON WAS NOMINATED.
CHICAGO, June 1st-The Ti75uRe'S WASH
the President to nominate MIR. Robertson as
Collector has at last become known, and it
must remove the doubts of a large number of
those who have questioned the policy of the
Presidents first step, even while supporting
him since against the course taken by Conk-
ling. 1t appears that it had been determined
upon to appoint Robertson to some promi-
nent office in New York, and this conclusion
had been reached before the first batch of
nominations for that State was made. Just
at this time the President was given to un-
derstand, in way which admitted of no
mistake, that Conkling would insist upon
controlling the Customhouse appointments
whenever a change should be made. As soon
as the President became convinced of this, he
decided to make change in the Custom
house at once, and have the fight out on the
threshold of his administration, rather than
have'it injected into the middle of his term,
as it would have been had he waited until
Merritt's term had expired.
ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH THE Ex-PEEsIDENr
ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
| CLEVELAND, June 1st.-The Herald pub
fishes an interview with ex-President Hayee,
in which he says: "Mr. Conkling is mono
maniac on the subject of his own Importance.
He is so impressed with his own greatness
that it has become more than an eccentricity
it is monomania. This is quite COM
mon phase of insanity, and the malady takes
that form that the patients often imagine
that they are some distinguished character or
superior being. There are over fifty Presi-
dents in the insane asylum. Some think
| themselves Napoleons, King, Gar, Christ
or the Almighty himself. ConkIing is drift
| ing that way. Men who do his bidding
he considers in a state of suhjection
to him, and those who refuse to obey
his dictates he considers his most bitter
enemies. He thinks they are trying TO hu-
initiate him. Humiliate is a favorite term
| with him. In 1879 General Robinson asked
Conkliug to come and make speeches in
Ohio, and the reply was, Why do you ask
me to come to Ohio, when they have insulted
me there p Insulted you, how@ asked
General Robinson. Why, have they not
indorsed this man Hayes administration,
thereby making direct drive at me?' Gen
eral Robinson assured Conkling that he
was never thought of by any one in
that connection, but Conkling could not
be persuaded that such was the
case. Conkling's downward tendency
dated from 1876. He then tried in every
way possible to defeat tae Republican party
in New York. Governor Morgan, candidate
for Governor in New York that year, was well
satisfied that Conkling did all in his power to
defeat him. Conkling made three attempts
to betray the Republican PARTY. This was
one of them. The next was the Electoral
Commission. He had speech already pre-
pared to overflow the action of the Commits
sion relative to the returns from Louisiana.
Senator Morton discovered his plan. and sue
ceeded in defeating it. There never would
have been Potter investigation committee
| but for Conkling. The Democrats were 10th
to go into it, and only did SO at the earnest
solicitation of Conkling I will not say he
falsi6ed in this case, for l think he really be-
| lieved that men on the Louisiana Returning
Board had entered into bargain for the sale
of that State, and Conkling assured the
! Southern Senators that | would from shame
leave the White House in thirty days after
the investigation began"
| CONKLING AND MALONE.
| ALBANY, June 2d-A. M.-The following
was sent last night:
ALBANY, June l, 1851.
| General Malone, Richmond, Va: Your
| every effort for the true advancement OF the
South, and to make elections real and fair,