, 1881-01-18

in tho field aro tho Hon. +. W. Koyes md
l'h!letus Sawyer, either Of whom would |
horse would b0 brought Into tho field, l,nt to-
day n petilEon was circulated, n,Ml stgie. by
tho leading Republicans Ut this city. nskine
TINT Tho SclIatc amt Assembly Gust their vo.u
ani use their influence fur tho election
ut ex.t'oy. q. T.. Wasliburn, arul tIlls
wns autographed to tho Hon. II. +. Wing At
Ma'lis0st. What Its effect will bc ts hardly
known, but It In saltl t;nv. WnshlH,rI, Is IL
ca'nll'lntc. and, as hn Is Int recently brought
out, although Ills caMttttncy Inns been sevcrl
ttincs announced, will make strong show
ing antl receive considerable support. lilo
Republicans Of tlI1s city and county prefer
keycs 10 Sawyer, but would prefcr Gov.
WhshlIlrn To either.
TtutM AxtlTITF;It CORRESPONDENT.
5pfefdt Dtspateh to The Chtedoo Irtbunt.
MADISON, Wiz, Jan. 17.-.rle call for tho
Republican Legislative cai,clls to nominate
n United Statos Senntor llns not yet beu,.
rlssnCl by the Committee, but thu under
stumbling Ut Inst week TINT II will be held OIL
Wednesday, evening will doubtless bo cnr-
led Into effect Tho kcycs managers, who
Insisted On tho pnstpolicment Of tic CAUCUS
their Judgment, rs tho delay has notoriously
strengthened him, md tho most sngacious
observers now declare that tho result will bu
cose ai,tl doubtful. wloreas the llrst lturra!l
last week WIS exceedingly
FAVORABLE TO sAwYEis,
md gAye all nppurent pNusibiltty to the
clnIlu Df Ills supporters tint le would be
notilinnted ut MI curly staEe 0f tho ballottnq.
X prominent Senator Tonight stated u your
correspondent that liz did nut believe cailtlI-
date would bc nominated at tho first cn,cus
Wednesday evening. II this judgment IL
correct 1t negatives tho claims OF bntll candi-
tlntes rs to their expected strength III ea,l-
Gus, AMI foresl,ad0ws long and spirited
contest. The delegations from various cou,l-
ties who }lnvo appeared III the lubbfcs today
iit tho interest of Mr.. Keyes nro
vEny NUMEROUS,
and consist Of leading working Republicans,
Including businessmen, farmers, niut others,
iroln tho various localities. THESE tlelcga-
tlnlls are large and numerous from 1sock,
Wa1wortll, Waukcstln, Sunk, and Buffalo
Coulltlus, and their presence has llad u
marked effect OIL tho votes heretofore re-
gardcd NJ doubtful. Thu ,nemburs OF the
Legislature who remained over Sumlapin In
the city friendly to 3lr. keycs held Il confer
[h%V At Al0 uEAAtlU&kttClS LNlba
Among those present weso Senators l,yland
Of tsrant, Qnarlcs OF KenosEa, Blackstone Of
lafayette, Burrows Of Dare, n.ld Assembly
men Dlngstul,. Newcy, HIVE, Dunt,, and
others, numbering twenty-five Or twel,ty-slx
In ull. They entered upon
a T11olouull COMPARISON OF. VIEWS,
and completed tnlly-tists showing tho names
certain for keyes. and classifying others Nc-
cording TO the best available Information rs
to tic facts. AIr. keyes WIS present, ulltl tho
entire li!Ri Of tic campaign wNs considered.
Those present at the CAUCUS expressed thu
best Of fcellnE, and degrees Of confidence IL
apparent In tho keyes catnp which las not
Eeeti before exhibited. II, iii interview with
A1r kcyes tits evening, lle stated tllAt he
certainly expected to by nominated nfter n
few ballots, anh that lie was no party to II
dark-llorse movement. aud did not expect
tlaat any sucli movement would work.
sF:itIoGs pItOGi!Ess.
Alr. Sawyer, his sotl-t,-lnw Mr.. Goodwin,
Mr. pufsfer, a1lu u few others Of his atlhe-
rents remained III tho city over Sunday.
Tlsey llnye not as yet held u formal cullcuy,
but Invitations lavn boon Issued this evening
to tho number Of sfxty-four for CAUCUS To-
,norrow cyoning ut tho Agricultural roun,s
in tho Capitol building, and tile number who
Aeeept tlo ihsll4tlol'S VIII iulW something o1
test OF Air. Sawyer's strength The Sawyer
lobbics returned III largo force this evening,
Including tic milwaukee, delegation, consist
!ag VI Ea"Mra oan1erso1'; fostmaster taync'
Hi1al'es " Aosets' ht'a hllsWo1ti', eo''ectoF
'eat'' HUI ~" o'nefS' MI oa"yet HIS
made
An ACTIVE PERSONAL. CANVASS
OF tho members remaining over atia arriving
during tue day, visiting Tor That pur-
pose tue senate anu Assembly chambers,
anu gong from seat TO seat soliciting the
support OF hicfl1Ders. lte wears a graver
aspect to-tlaS, aaid inc SERIOUS part OF tic
campaign Is evidently telling OH hla physical
not npate any OIL TIER ctAitns, Willie Otllcrs
uNIctiy give q considerably lower figure
us tho l1n1!t to their expectations.
For Instance, Postmaster Payne still
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