New-York tribune., 1881-07-19

ator by Convention when the attendance was so
small 1t was feared might cloud the title of the Sem
ator elected or at least furnish the Democratic United
states Senate with pretext for rejecting his GER
tlhcate. Senator Robertson read ont the usual
formula: The Joint Convention will now pro-
ceed TO elect a Senator in place of Roscoe Ccnk-
llng resigned" Senator Jacobs repeated dreamily
III place OF Roscoe ConklinV, deceased Senator
Halbert started upon hearing Jacobas words and
said vehcmcntly. He Will be the livecst dead man
before you get through with him that you ever had
anything to do with" Senator. Jacobs laughed
and did not reply. The vote showed changes,
as was expected
PLEA FOR CONKIING.
IL. ii. TutlIi of Cayuga County, who profered
himself to the Bradley Committee rs a witness of
the corruption of the Legislature several weeks ago.
made speech in favor of adJourning the Lcgisla
turc without clectng the remaining Senator. Natur-
ally az a supporter of Mr.. Conklinr, he ascribed
the latters nnropuarity with the present Lcgisla
ture to the writings of "subsidized press.' An
appeal to the people for decision of the matter he
thought would be the wiscst course. Bis speech
was in part as follows
III mas been my clear conviction from the commence
cns me OF s contest 10 the present hour that caucns OF
thc Republican members of bOth houses of the Legisa
o'le should be regularly called that as Rcpubli-
tory cod be reached Without ' s i Troc"edina as
%eondit"n % precedent Tnia has been the mnal,crah!e
basis or my acton from the hCgnning. and there II
recorded incident IN lac political history of the Rcpnb-
onlzes the position thus assumed and consistently main
ohcd rms position has not been. nor can it he seri-
su1h c cNcnts OF the last seven weeks have certainly
Into this contest have been inr,dcd the moet un-
rcsohah" retcnces seeking To confuse the ssuc and 10
msreprescnt phusr of the pending controversy
We have been toI thn rcsiGiinc puposcly
threw the control OF the United states senate inso tho
HANDS or the Democrats, aid this foolish cry has bocoe
nauscaing by repetition. In calm dispasaiorate
vronins them ard in general hcir
shining That letter will remain to be read long
Il lei" fn gGG }n my e. "rrins cG & ana ten ,rs s
lean; II Is IN session; according 70 timconorcd USAGE
us. Il there anj thing wrong di>rcspcctful in
tia Not At al If they were persuaded by trusted
for vndication wherein have they embarrassed us 1t
noIl.c ny II !cli"u mn shncErd Hli true Hembca's
cv.ryWheic ny stubborn refusal 20 perform LIe only
ti,nr lou3r,d ms''c a',I nr,oiv =, ,,f its E 'it " " ~
When at the beginning i. couud tina; faction ruled
the hour was iimc to adoun. When vigaut and u-
the tch ad thousands of dollars traced from TIC
banks to he pockets Of their coaborcrs with AL utcnd-
ant suspicious circumstances II time to adjOuIn.
When the Grand Jury on ample testimony had relieved
an Investigating coImitec of all rainlu duty 10y inic
for OF noes punishable In stale Prison it time TO call
Iinn es so s,iriH n'is TX ~, YS M n't t .,
support Impossible and the trick OF IRREGULAR caucus
with The secret purpos" OF its withdrawal was planned
II time to adio0rn when two honesi member o the
House of Rcprrs,ut natives nnuicd whose election
would inevitably give that IioLsc Democratic
fatal progranmc was completed II was iimc To adjourn
aud before going further in that fatal dire ct"n IL
Time 70 can halt IL time t" adjourn This proceed
lug which seeks 10 give over ia" House % kcNrcs"It-
t'es Ia the control of th" Democrats il beyond question
ollr ,oS "f i w. ~ l'.' mSo'S' IL u tue
When this contest had completely dehnrchod certain
participants, aud ticS had bccoue low aud degraded
as to hc willing to allow hcm-clyc- be advertised as
scpladdcr sn axis and ransou pccplng pmps in order
to give color Of truth and currency 10 wicked invention
anu asc SANDER against M honorrd citizen. 10 time
to adjourn Ths infamy was never surpassed except,
peraps by those who pledged their word at Cica and
haitered Il at Chicago only mat they might their
spite upon the most ilustIous soldier 81 To. century,
tense common sense aud intrepid v8lor which enabled
nun IN the dark day o supreme rin to.De the saviour
OF ms colntry. while honor j. held In esteem by
mankind thcfe iniamcs VIII not down at
, men : nd'inR, WY. nos, ~OonTn Can You not
tii' your ',",crn"r I" cdll you together II need De-
after reason shall have rc9umc ,ts sway II not can
cannot trust them when dt you learn ;ha YOU cGuld
not trust Roscoe CoHAling Ia To the roplc Was IL
thc tIon nna sought 10 sirngc II Have forgotten
now IL that dark and pcrios period hs -utpassng
You lnrSo zen nc grand blows ," dealt and how Joves
huocIhuis Icl thick and last upon the enemy They
nave not forgotten II, II you have.
No attention paid to this speech by the Con-
vcntion; although AZ intervals ironical applause
was bestowed upon it, When Speaker Shnrpc's
name was called he did not vote Alr Conklng's
supporters promptly showed their hatred of the
Speaker, which ~ now ObviOus in all their talk Mr.
Evans asked ii the Speaker paired; aud upon
INC answer beng made In the Affirmative senator
iialhcrt asked with whom the pair had been made
Inc Clerk replied with " T.. A. Carpenter" 4 see
ond ballot was taken. hut the vote was tho same
Senator Baker had become 80 accustomed 10 voting
Tor ionp-term candidate that he replied: Warner
Miller " when his name was called. Great laughter
followed; and senator Strahan said: " move that
the gentleman bc iunrhcd with certified copy Of
Saturday proceedings" The vote was as follows
on both ballots:
THE FoKIY-NINTH AND rGF1IrTH BALLOTS.