New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-10
President, even from this fanatical and muir
THE EONKLTNE EOI.T

| Mr.. Lapham and Mr.. Miller received yester.
| day the entire vote of the caucus which nOmi-
mated them and one or two votes in addition.
being over three-ffths OF the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature. The ono lacked seven
| and the other eight votes Of an election. Mr.
Conkhng's faithful servants stood in the
pitiable situation where his harsh orders placed
them some months ago, voting solidly for him
Tor the short term, and throwing away their
votes for the long one. They did not all vote in
that prudent silence which has been their
| refuge heretofore. Some of them made speeche,
to sustain their treachery to tho party,
which they will one day be heartily
ashamed to read. Some friends of Mr..
Wheeler, nettled by his failure to receive the
caucus nomination, made remarks in very bad
taste and temper, threatening to bolt at some
future time. 1t is to be hoped their angry pas
sions will be quieted by their Sunday modita-
tlon, or that the sterling statesman in whose
pe''tlI they are getting so unnecessarily ex-
cited will exert himself to soothe them.
Altogether the result Of the Convention was
what we foreshadowed yesterday. The bulk
or the Conking men have apparently made
up their minds not to vote for any Republic
cans, but to follow their leader if he requires
1t, ont OF the Republican party. They made
They had probably all prepared speeches
against Mr. Depew and had not agreed upon
the hbels which are to be invented hereafter
upon Mr.. Miller. Mr.. Lapham is one of them
selves and they have therefore, of course, moth.
ing to do in his case but take orders and vote
against HIM. The afternoon, however, was
mostly wasted in insinccre explanations, and
only two ballots were taken.
we but ono course ONCn IF, tbo Il,
or the Administration, and that is to stand by
their cOlors and make a summer campaign of
it. If the weather grows warm in Albany.
and the cares of legislative lifo wearisomc
they may reflect that their leader lies in an
upper chamber of the White House in far
gravcr discomfort than they will ever know,
and some little effort is due from them to him
10 I'LL the vacancies in tho Senate with MEM
bers OF tho party which elected him and must
stand by him III the four years to come We
Will not try to make party capital out of q
great National atiliciiop. But it ought to Offend
no one OF any party if we say that as New
York has Legislature Republican by large
majority, ana two vacancies in tho Sen
ate, 1t Is right thaS the Legislature
should elect Republican Senators to those
vacancies and that any ono who works to pre-
Vent this Is committing an act of treachery to
his party. The seventy Republicans who de-
sire to elect will merely he doing their duty if
they refuse to adjourn until the thirty who do
not wish to elect como to reason or go over to
the Democrats. They cannot keep their pres
ent attitude and remain Republicans, and a
vote to adjourn will mako their adhesion to
tho Democracy complete. But when tho time
comes for this decisive act of secession we do
not believe that the whole thirty can be carried
over. The Senators therefore are secured if
the friends of Garfield will stand firm.