Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-18
THE ALBANY DEADLOCK.


Work for an Albany Grand Jury
Ex-Vice President Wheeler on the
GrOund-SpeculattOn as to Men
and Events.
Especial Dispatch to the Epening Tarl
ALBANY, NY, June IS, ST. p.m.-The fac
tons In their hight over the Senatorial vacan-
cies are approaching crisis and are exhibiting
all the signs which In belligerents usually pre-
cede blows or the final clinchlng. Argument
is displaced by billingsgate. The half breed
organs lead the way In calling Conkllng and
warts retort what the half-breeds area "gang
engaged in work OF infamy and corruption
Blows must be near at hand.
AS to the money that has been paid on checks
OF T1li1nghast, Barber, and some OF the Others.
1t will be In the end shown that it was used
elsewhere than here That received on the
TilliDghast check was taken and used in rail-
road matt ers in the western part OF the state
and some OF the others have as little connec.
ton as that with the SeLatorship. Sufficient
has been developed by the Investigating CON-
tee, run in the interest. OF the stalwarts, TO
throw cloud OF suspicion upon the half
breeds. That Is what Mr.. Conkling has been
working for, his object being to demoranZe his
opponents by charges and developing enough
to convince the public that corruption Is the
half breeds main argument, and In that way
turn public sentiment against them.
The facts and suspicious circumstances that
have been brought out on the senatorship and
Indirectly on the passage OF bills has convinced
the district attorney here that it is his duty to
bring the attention Of the grand jury to the
Developments. He has sent Invitations to
the grand jury room on Monday next From
the class OF men who have received these invi-
tations it would seem to be the plan to get facts
than the lobbyist for bribing them. This has
caused commotion. and may bring the legIs-
lature to sudden collapse and cause the fight
OF several parties to Canada as similar move.
n rry1,n m
stew art commenced legal Investigations OF
bribery on the Broadway railroad bill
The haH-breeds are getting uneasy over the
grand jury Investigations Of the passage sS Of Of
one OF his bills, maue spe, ch at the half
breed conference last night. demanding ina,
their committee OF managers should notify
stalWart and any person that he would name
but himself. He fold his associates that they
had been fooliDg long enough; they could no
eject but one half-breed; they knew fu, and
might as well announce 1t and invite the stall
warts to compromise at once Others ar
becoming restless, and break In their lines Is
possible at any moment.
Ex-vice President Wheeler appeared here
yesterday for the first time since the canvass
opened, arriving just after Conkling and Platt
left for New York. he spent all the evening in
consultation with the anti -Conkling leaders.
and appeared to recognize the fact that COM
promise with Conkling would have to be made
before an election could be secured, and urged
SuS SouCtulIdllOD uI Tue SCdCUeTlO& vote on 8
single candidate for each term to force that
compromise. BE publicly stated that unless
such compromise was made Mr.. Depew
he and his friends had made this fight against
CoDkl1ng, and justice demanded that he should
be the man selected In any compromise as the
administration man.
1t is hardly possible that compromise can
be made on Depew. There are three men who
from present appea earances can hardly be made
the compromise candidates. They are Conk-
lfynrr I11ntf
precludes the acceptance of either In q combi-
nation for compromise. II an agreement be
tween the factions is made 1t is more likely to
De Crowley or Lapham .On the sualwart side
and Wheeler or Rogers on the half -breeus.
Governor Cornell has had it formally an.
nounced that he objects to the use OF his name
as peing voted for In the joint convention.
Next week VIII be the most exciting of all In
the remarkable contest.