The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-01
The joint vote at Albany
this afternoon.
ConkIing carries his solid
thirty-iiye.
The aresnhaoksrs and their Meeting
THE VOTE.

Wheeler, 20; Rogers, IS; Fenton, 8: Pom
eroy, 2; Edick. /; Wadsworth, 1; Jacobs,
So; Cornell, IL; Crowley, 8; White, 2;
Bradley, 1; Folger, 2. Balance scatter
ing.
1t is rumoredIthat Governor Cornell will
not write declining to permit his name to
be used as a candidate in the senatorial
contest. Senator Mccarthy has not re-
ceived any letter from the governor re-
fusing the use of his name.
The vote to fill the vacancy caused by
the..resignation of Platt resulted as fol
lows:
Platt 30, Herman So, Cornell 12, Lap.
ham 8, Crowley 4, butcher 2, Wadsworth
2, Ward 3, Depew 90 Folger 4, DAVIS 2,
Miller s, Evarts 8, Martin /, Tremaine 1.
Rogers 1.
ADJOURNED.
The chair announced no choice and the
joint convention adjourned till tomorrow
noon.
MONSTER PETITION.
New YORK, June An Albany special
says, monster petition in favor of late
Senators arrived from Auburn, Woodins
district 1t is eighty feet long and con-
tains over two thousand signatures.
A PROLONGED SESSION.
NEW 4Ohh, MAY Ols--l18C 4c6cyTtHt .
Albany special says: A prolonged session
tinue to July f. The half-breeds are quite
as determined as the stalwarts and com
promise seems the only way out The
half breeds said Conkling, Platt and Ar
thur wouldn't return here. They were
afraid.
A leading state officer says: Those
men don't know Roscoe Conkling. He
didn't enter the contest without the appre-
citation of what he was to meet and didn't
go into it to be beaten. He will win and
don't you forget it." An assemblyman
who spent Sunday with Arthur, said,
"Conkling is in the race to stay, and if you
know the points I know you would agree
with me that his election cannot be pre-
vented and without Democratic help, too.
1t is nonsense to talk about his bargaining
with the Democrats.
A Conklingite to-day said he intends to
make and hold the dead lock and in the
fall elections personally canvass the whole
state more completely than ever, thus hav-
ing an even chance of securing the Legisla-
ture to re-elect him in January. Such sue
cess would lift him to the highest pinnacle
in American political history and put him
in the field as the winning Presidential
candidate for 1884.
1dtb S<s1O eAAAo A1O1 AlAlR bAdt uC
their chance of reelection more than good.
He believed they would go back to Wash
ington.
Hartzel says the i-Conklingitcs won't
concentrate until Conklings votes melt
away. Then, probably, they may have
eighty-one votes and elect two candidates,
although it is as yet too early to make
predictions.
Carpenter says Conklings iron-clad votes
viii stay by him to the end.
Robertson wouldn't be surprised if the
actual election is held before the week is
over
The Erpres. says: Should the deadlock
continue next week the Legislature will ad
iourn. The Governor says he won't recon
vene the Legislature, but let the polls settle
the dispute.
The Commercial says: The alf-breeds
boastfully claim they win elect two Sena-
tors this week They viii arrange a plan
before Thursday. They utterly reject the
thought of returning Conkling, although
some would have favored him if he would
drop Platt. Each half-breed has his indi-
vidual candidate, which is bad for them
The decisive vote on the winning side will
make them many converts. The ConkIlng
men say they win be able TO hold their
forces to the end and that the popular
Blaine, will turn.
The practical abolition of the caucus
which has taken place raises new diff
Guilty for candidates. In caucus hfty-four
votes would nominate and thus secure an
election In ballot without q caucus
eighty-one votes must be had to elect a
Candidate, and 1t is easy to understand that
this viii be uphill work for almost any
man unless there is genuine stampede.
r Al. A ,s,xsc& Hons cosd
terday that he thought that when any can
didate received sixty-five votes that would
settle the matter and the rest would follow
Immediately.
Governor Cornell has written letter de-
clining to be candidate for United States
Senator, to be presented to the Legislature
tomorrow.
The agent of the New York associated
press at Albany telegraphs that tonight it
is universally conceded that Conkling will
be entirely out of the race and that gen
tleman who had been closeted with the
leaders for an hour had no hesitancy In adj
mitting that it was but a question of what
candidates the party should select to meet
with unanimity among the Republicans
Cornell and Depew are names the agent
hears ON every side, but the letter Of dec
llnation, it is believed, puts an end to that
combination. Some are urging forward
the names of Cornell and Crowley. The
latter was Platt's antagonist at the former
election.
Inc Irt6unes special says: The best
political judges here are inclined to look
1or tne election of two Republican sena-
tors DeIore the legislature adjourns and
Ine democrat who was yesterday swimming
on bladders in summer sea of glory finds
hlmseH stranded to o-day on the hard prob
abiilty that the next legislature will not be
consulted regarding the successors to
Coan1kling and Platt. To-morrows ballot
1 pln De watched with much interest. II
- last shonld lose any of the votes he had
tp tb,uay It viii be only reasonable to expect
" ai.o cnoice OF one senator before the end
~ a. tne week Judge Robertson said to-day
Inat after to days disclosure of Platt's
weakness ne should look for the election
pl one senator Thursday, On the other
hano hailo some some members expect to-norrow's
IN pe much like that Of to-day.
GREENBACKERs
MARsHALTowN. Ia, MAY s1.-several
nundred delegates have arrived to attend
me Ine Greenback state convention incls,<3irrr
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