New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-24

soyr MEMBERS LIKELY TO WAIT FOR NE '"M"''-
rrr REPORTS DELAY INEVITABLE PMElNG
CONDEMNED.
laY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRTDUNE.l
.,p.vy June 23-lt is not expected that the
.,oaa Of the investigation will he the hn-
,,odiate cause Of any important changes
,n the baloting While 1t is true
that several members have made the lnyestiea-
t;on prctext for delaying to give their votes 10
Nr DepeNy. who they admit, is the candidate
NJ the majority, it is believed that they
will continue IN this attitude, at least
until the report OF the committee comes IN. ms
cannot be until some time next week IL VIII
take several days TO get all the testimony
;rto n-int and no one need expect the
conkling members of that committee to make up
tbe;r minds for this case until they have got all the
testimony in print and pored it for some days
at least. 1t Is expected, as matter OF
coursc. that the four Conklng members, MeSSrs'
Car,eptor. Draper, Scott and Boarman. the two
latter being nominally anti Conkling men will make
soms kind of q majority report sustaining
the bribery hue and cry so far as possible
Considerable curiosity is experienced among
the Administration men to know now the
majority will manage this. Bradleys as-
sertion is entirely unsupported by evidence
Of any kind and the other stories that have been tou
before the committee are the merest cha including
the alleged MarShalslIip bribery, which MI DaVeh-
port blew all away to-day. Mr. skinuer'
the only Depew man on the COM
mittoe. said tonight that no was ready 10
refort now and considering the utter failure OF the
attack upon Mr.. Depew it is easy to imagine what
his rcnort will be. The Democrats will also proha-
bly draw up separate report, so that week may
elapse before all are ready.
Opinions differ among the Administration men as
to what may follow the presentation oil the reports
Some believe that Mr.. Depew will Immediately gam
half dozen votes among men who nave peeh ue ue
tered by the charges of bribery, but Will
feel when the official announcement OF thelr
failure has been made that they cannot tairiy WIN
hold their votes from him any longer On the otheI
hand. some beove-and this view has it's repre-
sentatives among Mr.. Depew's friends-that there
will be no immediate change. These gentlemen
saw the great question is whether men who
are voting for Conkling arc prepared
to vote for him. as he plainly believes, till the
crack of DOOM or whether they have held them
selves together TO make terms for their own
future place in politics without regard to him. III
the latter is true a solution Of the difficulty VIII be
reached when these men reach the conclusion that
the time has come for a compromise If the former
theory is true the solution cannot bc reached at all
The situation cannot he clearly decided until 1t IL
known which Of these theories respecting the real
purposes Of the Conkling men is the correct one
The Administration conference Tonight was well
attended. but no important action was taken The
bur,len of the speeches was against pairing
which was disapproved Oh all sides, and
yet it is evident that the usual weekly
pairing has begun. Whether or not 1t
reaches tho same figure usual it Will certainly re-
suit in a diminished attendance on Saturday. There
is an unfortunate impatienco among some Of the
Administration men. One of them, prominent
manufacturer from the northern part Of the state
who says his interests are suffering by his absence
has been threatening for some days to make n pair
until January after the manner of Senators forster
and Asfor Thus far he has been dlssuaded by ms
associates; should he persist lie would find himself
in an unpleasantly conspicuous position before the
people of the State.