, 1881-01-18

alleged evidences Of party iniltelity. and the
rul w1iicl, they hnve hail lii pickle for Mr..
Reynolds Is said to have been well "brined."
WISCONSIN.
Eptttdt Dttpateh to Ihs uhteapo Tribune.
MADISON, WIS, Jan. 1T.-Thc Senatorial
situation 1t, Mnd[son over Sunday has been
reu,al,led on tic field Ut battte and slept upon
their arms. but most Of tho members who
could reacl, home by rail- went of to the
boso,ns of their falnflIes OIL Fritay night,
and are now returning TO the Capital largely
reinforced by their constituents WHO ltaye
con!u down to Madison to SEQ the sport MD
excitement incident TO the election uf q
United States Senntor. Mr.. Sawyer ca1ne oil
Inst week with lurgu delegation Of personal
and political friends, and Mr.. Reyes sccnlst TO
he tl.a choice of aLnust every olie ielu t,1
Madison, so that the blowers mid strikers
wcrc ubout evenly divided, although
the "Sawyer gang," US their oppo-
nenss eupho1liousty dubbed them, were
tho more aggressive md self
asserting. Tile Sawyer neil claimed tho first
blood because tile friends Of AteCord ard
Dratlfori-botl, Sawyer men-unitcd their
forces and elected the hitter Speaker over
Mr. McFctr1dgc, tho keyes candidate, nj
though 1t was st0ut1y denied that the aiics-
tiun Of the Senatorshfp entered ut all Into the
canvass for Speaker. That question was set
tied On Wednesday, ard there Is ITO denying
but tint It gives Mr.. Sawyer and his friends
good deal Of assurance In his ultimate sue
cess, 50 much so that they determined to
f0rce tho fighting, and ut once proposed to
hold the caucus for tlle nomination of q call
lidnto for Senator rs early as Thursday eyer-
inE,-n thing quito unprecedented III such
eases, but ,naifestly rs faIr for one side rs tho
othcr. This proposition was stoutly resisted
By tho friends Of Mr.. Keyes, WHO declared It
m attempt at bulldozlng, mud q postpone
ment until Wednesday evening noxt WAS
finally agrecd upon. The Keycs men now
suspect that tho pr0posal to hold tho caucus
Dn Thursday evening was simply Il fetnt OH
thu Wlrt Of their opponents to test their CUR
age, and they believe tllat, II 1t had been
agreed to Oh their part, the party Of the Sec
old part would have found spme good ex-
suso for postpontng It. As 1t vas, atid Is, tho
nervousness Of Mr.. keycs' managers Mt tho
prospect OF MI early caucus tended to f1lspirft
hlr. Snwyer's backers, At,l they BECAME lnUre
arrogant than ever. They then assumed tho
accommodating role, md graclously contle-
sce,ded to say TINT II the friends OF Afr.
Reyes wished for longer time fu which to
prepare for tho trinl OF strength Tint they
were In condition to grant nny extension
that was desired.
The feeling on tho outside of tho camp
Since the adjournment last Friday Is tlMt
sawyer Is not so strong rs he was last week,
and the same opinion !s held among tho best
Judges of the situation III regard to Sfr.
Reyes; III short, that there Is now much
better chance for third candidate than at
Any time since tho meeting of tho Legisln-
ture. This view Of the case Is Scouted by nil
Mr. Sawyer's adhereiIts, who perslstehtly
Insist TINT ho has votes enough pledged to
nominate him OH tic first formal bnllot, atld
llat they will be so cast. This Is what they
haye claImcd ull along, md oven before tic
session commenced, but tho claim has been
Just rs pcrsistcntly denied by tho sup
porters Of blr. Reyes. The Sawyer
NEIL go II step furtheE, md
boldly and opeifly assert TINT Senators
". I. Price, Of Jackson, mud Sum Fihell. Of
Ashland, both heretofore strong keycs mell,
hare aErendy given III their adl.erelce to tic
Sawyer ARMY aid enlisted under the bunner
of"0El Thiicto." Ii this is true,-and tho
story Is well authenticatrti,-ft will prove
damaging blow to Mr.. Reyes, as both l'r1ce
hd Flt!eld are nctlyo ind influential pol!ti-
clans who mover put their hands to tho plow
hal look bacG.
Thu figures Mt tho Keyes headquarters
elso TINT gentleman forty.two votes, q Claim
i1at Is laughed ut by the other side, who al-
Iaw lllm but thirty at most, md ilana tho
olly members, they allcge, who nro pledged
10 hin; but II there Is any substantial
foundation to reckon OIL forty-two or even
iorty votes for koyes OIL tic first ballot It
VII! play tho deuce with Mr.. Snwyer's calcu-
iations, and he Is In imminent danger of do
ieat after all. Tho whole number Of votes
N the caucus will be 103; necessary to Il
clloice tlfty-two. A1r. Sawyer claluts that he
nus hfty-slx; Kcycs, thirty; In favor Of a
t11Fd candidate yet to ba nalnetl, seventeen.
nlt II Mr. keyes has forty votes, rs Ills sttle
s!ailns, Mr. Sawycr'a votes OIL thu first ballot
tfe not likely to 10 boyonu forty-uight or ilfty,
10 wA'cl. case 1t might be easy to dofcat him.
oohle OF his frIe,lus freely adtlt tlat II Saw-
yes Is not nominated on tile first or second
torlnal ballot 1t will bH fatal to Ills election
ahd they arc therefore putting firth hercu-
~ dean Efforts 10 "whoop 'e,n 1lp" on the start
taa contest Inns got to TINT bitter pass already
e'a' II Mr. keyes Is not nominated lie will
prevent the election Of Sawyer II possiblo..
"heh, II not ylclory, ia yot revenge,
~ one OF Ailtun's defeated politicians said
oa notable occasion. Keyes will seek to
aictate thu nomination Il, case Of his own
as1eat. "and you bot your lifp." rs ona OF
!s n!s enthusiastic supporters said last night,
y. won't bo Old Sawloes."
III the event Of neither Keyes nor Sawyer
securing tho nomination next "Wednesday
asht four gentlemen have already beer,
PROMINENTLY .r named Us cai,lilatea,-ox-Goy.
rMashbaflt, Congressman Williams, OF thu
IN, stIst District, Judga harles u. Dyer. Of the
tvnAed States District Court, and John u,
SShssoday, Associate Justice Of the Supreme
t,o9E1 WaslIburn Ia slose, and declares ti,as
raf o ~ not IN the race, a,,l ul the others haye
.ssused to enter for the heat, although all al
.t,;'1 sn would, ITO doubt, glally accopt the po,
s, s,uoa II rendered to them. II Mr. Sawyer
s"oala iall, of which there is now apparently
Sn'y s.',,, slim probability, ho would undoubt'
t,s H.s 'hf0w hia influence ii, favor Of tie elec.
aa u Mr. Williams, for whose abilities alld
ns@a''hahs&'lp he enterta!ns profound uA
M n,ah.Io ~ end with whom ha has long bcc,l
le closest terms Ut intimacy.
oPseta' D1pasth 10 1As CAteago 1tsbuns,
FfH.