The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-18

Democrats have remained at Albany q
great personal sacrifice, doing all in on
power 10 deieat the election ol RepublicN
Senators. Mr., Conkling 10 full Of egotism
and / think that the result Of the election
will be that he will be left high and dry
The people who have followed hin
through thick and thin will now deser
him, In order 10 protect themselves, l
would, ot course, have been better for tht
Democratic party II the Senators had beer
elected before Mr.. Conklipg's influence
was completely destroyed, for nov l
seems that the division In the Rspubli
can party will be Q very small affair"
There 10 3 story told quietly in politiea
circles 10 explain the change oil the vote
Of Speaker Sharpe. Vice President
Arthur reached this city from Washington
on Wednesday evening. Ex-senator
Conkling left the Fifth Avenue Hotel on
the same night and took the midnight
train for Washington.
1t 70 asserted that on the following
morning q man took an early train ioI
Albany, bearing letter from Vice Pres.
ident Arthur TO Speaker Sharpe, Within
. few hours, then, II began 10 be rumored
that the Administration candidates for
Senators would be elected, on the ground
that there was no possible chance for 70
turning ex-senator Oonkling,
The 1FtbanS'S Albany dispatches tonight
say the failure 10 elect Lapham today
causes Garfield Republicans Considerable
chagrin, It "a generally felt that with a
little more effort he could have been cho-
sen alter the election Of Miller, and the
Senatorial contest finally disposed Of The
friends Of Miller appealed ia vain to the
Joint Convention 10 take another ballot,
Some OF the Conkling members still hope
to defeat MI. LaphAm and make the aTRu-
ment with their associates that by persist.
entity holding out for Conkliug the Ad.
miniatration leaders will be forced 10 grant
2 caucus, wherein some man more satia.
factory 10 them 90 o successor 10 Conkling
might perhaps be choaen. Itis well known
that Lapham has been 0 loyal representa-.
i've Of the stalwArt wing Of the party,
still, he hiss committed the rdonable
hin Of permitting his name TO be used 90 O
candidate against Conkling. It is sx pected
that the movement against Lapham will
reveal itself more clearly at the beginning
Of the week.
The Administration leaders are not dis.
mayed by the threats OF the Conkling ir.
reconcllab!eS to continue the struggle.
Before Miller was elected certain OF COnk.
lng's. supporters said that while they
would vote Tor Miller to-day they could
not vote Tor Lapham before next week,
Their action accords with the usual course
81 members during the contest when
about to abandon their associates, First
'one leg over the fence and then the
other" has been the rule. Rarely has a
member deserted both Of his party candi.
1ates the same day. LaphAm lacks only
I've votes OF an election. The AdminiS.
ration men already have promises OF euf.
1cient votes to elect him.
There promises TO be Q small attendance
y the Joint convention OF Monday, 90 that
he Administration leaders may not deem
! wise to attempt TO elect on body on that
lay. From the present appearance Lap.
ham will be elected on Tuesday. Undoubt.
IDLY the Conkllng men will make des.
perate e1ortto defeat him, and they may
DO able TO postpone his election till the
after part Of the week.
The Administration leaders are deter.
mined in LaphAn'a case as 10 that Of Mr.
Miller, not 10 enter another caucus. The
lucceSS Of the policy In Miller's candida.
1y L. prophetic Of its success in that OF
Lspham. The coming week may be q
repetition Of the present one, beginning
With O sturdy resistance by the
Vonkling men, and ending In their com.
plete discontinue. But tie Administra-
lion leaders do not anticipate such
!ong resistance. Miller 10 United States
senator.sleot now, Q man In other words
ot great political influence; that In nauence
put forth heartily In Lapham's interest
ought to elect him, and Il 10 evident, de-
spite their brave talk, that the Conkling
men are hopeless Of defeating Lapham
The friends Of Lapham are so confident Of
nte election that they are not taking any
extraordinary pains 10 secure more votes,