Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-20
DESPERATION.
Lapham Must be Defeated at all
Hazards.

Lapham Must be Defeated at all
Hazards.
But II Elected, Conkline Will Turn |
the State Over to the Dem
ocrats.
Special to the Cincinnati Commmrcial |
New York, July 17.-Ex- Senator |
Conkling arrived 10 TITS city from
Washington this morning and went |
Immediately to the Fifth Avenue
Hotel During the day he displayed
unwonted &C ivity, and kept the
messengers and telegraph boys busy
His friends said that he was now
engaged in the greatest effort Of his
life, and that was to prevent the
election of Lapham as his successor
in the United STATES Senate.
Mr.. Conkling, in his looks and
manners, bore out the truth of this
assertion. He refused to be stopped
for moment by reporter, but went
about with the air of man who was
engaged in desperate ruggle for
.xistence, and who, at the same time,
was determined to wreak vengeance
on his enemies. Soon after his ar
rival at the hotel Vice, President
Arthur called upon him, ind re-
manned with him good part of the
day. A few other trusted workers
were admitted by the private en-
trance, and sort of consultation
was held. From one of those pres
emit something of what took place
was learned. Conkling declared that
he was not beaten and one final de-
termined effort must be made to
adjourn the legislature withou,
electing his successor. But at ali
hazards" he Sd d, that man Laps
ham must be prevented from reap
ling the reward of his perGdy by al
election to the Senate" Conkling
referred to Senator elect Miller in a
sneering way according to his
friends, while he. did not deign
to notice his late supporter, speaker
Sharpe. The confer. nee with
Vices President Arthur put at rest
the rumors that the Vice Presidsnt
was party to the election of Miller
In fact the Vice-President took occa>
sion to say that he g did all ne could
to hold Sharpe and the other desert
ers." The Vice President and ex.
Senator took counsel together as to
what course should be pursued to
prevent the election of L4pham
They went over list of stalwarts
who voted for Mr.. Conkling. Satur-
day, and concluded that twenty
seven of them could be absolutely
depended upon to do anything that
Mr. ConkliDg wished in the way OF
voting for him or any other person,
or for adjournment. Two of the
stalwarts who voted for Conkling
Saturday, Cullinan of Oswego. and
| Hurd of Erie, We're marked as doubt
full. Conkling said that if he could
hold these two men he would have
twenty.nine votes, which he thought
would be enough to force adjourn
ment without an election. He then
dictated telegram to Thomas Mott,
d rich banker of Oswego, who il
supposed to control Mr.. Gull
Imam, and another one to
James D. Warren, of Buffalo,
who is said to control Hurd, to the
effect that all Efforts must be made
to hold these two men firm. Tele-
grams and messages were sent to
various other stalwart leaders in diff
ferent parts of the State in order to
"brace up" their members of the
Legislature in Conkling's interest.
The Vice President is said to have
undertaken, as his part of the work,
to see that ali the Democrat mem
bers O. the legislature are in at
tendance, in order thar be number
Of votes necessary to elect may not
be reduced below the number re-
quired by Miller on Saturday.
The Tribune says: Whatever
effect Conll ng's efforts may have it
is certain that his own followers in
the city have no faith in them. Conk-
!, ling himself was the only one of the
stalwarts who tonight expressed
belief that Lapham would pe de-
feated. Even he admitted to his
friend that "the unexpected might
happen. He still hoped to adjourn the
Legislature without electing any one,
and make a vigorous Canvass r
himself in the State at the coming
election, and thus secure his own
return. Should the Administration
refuse to sanction his return, he
could then, friend said, turn the
State over to the Democrats
/ One thing was noticeable in the
= talk about the hotels yesterday, aud
that was that no word of d-trdction
was uttered about Senator NJ ller or
Mr.. I.apham. All admitted that they
F: were worthy men and would make
= good Senators. A prominent Cork
) ling man said: g L think it probable
that MIR. Lapham will be elected,
but the contest will be in the next
: State convention, and in the organ-
{ ization of the next State committee.
Conklinp's future lies in his own