The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-07-19
ALBANY.
The Republican Caucus Nominates
Miller for the Long Term and
Lapham for the Short
Term

tive caucus met in the assembly chamber at
43O p. NJ. Phillips called the caucus to Or
der, and nominated Avord for chairman.
Carried, amid long continued applause.
He briefly addressed the caucus in behalf of
harmony and unity. Senator Lewis and
Assemblyman Law were appointed secreta-
res. Roll was called, and fifteen senators and
forty assemblymen answered to their
names. Turck moved that the two candi-
dates chosen be taken from the principal can
didates of the republican party. Shredder
offered an amendment that no less that fifty
four votes be required to nominate candi
date that the caucus first fill the short term
vacancy, and unless two candid tes &re nom
mated no nomination shall be binding. A
the first branch, requiring tifty-fotlr votes,
was adopted. Senator Pitts moved to amend
the second branch by first voting for the long
term, which was agreed to, with a further
anne ndment that all action be uira roce. The
other branch, as to the nomination of both
candidates, was agreed to. Turck's motion
was then adopted. The caucus then proceed
ed to nominate candidates for United States
Senator in place of Thomas G. Platt, re-
signed. Senator Woodin read the following
| to the caucus:
ALBANY, n. V, July 8, 1881.
| To Members of the Legislature, arho haze
roted for me for United tates Senator:
Gentlemen-I propose to decline the further
e T
cannot retire from tl.is canvass without ex-
pressing to you my reasons and my thanks l
lake this action with the advice Of trusted
friends who fully concur that at the present
! iuncture sacrifices and concessions ought to
be made on all sides. | entered upon this
campaign at the earnest solicitation OF large
proportion of the gentlemen who have since
sustained me against the wish of my business
associates and friends. As deliberately quit
public life many years ago when it was full
of promise, for economical and prudential rea-
sons, so had resolved now upon surrender
irg professional relations to devote whatever
ability or experience possessed to the public
service. You have been fruitlessly balloting
for five weeks. and for four of them | have
had the support of a majority of the republic
can members of the legislature. In the midst
of calumnies and animosities, unusual even
to political warfare, this confidence has re-
NAMED unshaken, but l am convinced that
feelings have become so embttered in this
protracted struggle against those who have
| been longest and foremost in the fight, that
yentiOn can this question be settled while
thev remain in the field. Neither the state
nor the party can afford to have New York
unrepresented in the national councils. A
great crime has plunged the nation into sor-
row, and in the midst of the prayers and tears
of the whole people supplicating for the re-
covery and weeping over the wounds OF
the President, this partisan strife
should cease. A contingency not contempla-
ted when the state left the Senate renders the
presence of New York representatives inper-
erati,e should Congress be called together.
To those who have sustained me SO long with
such hearty loy.lty and earnest friendship,
words are poor indeed to express my feelings
Their devotn will be the price of my life
and the heritage of my children. To the
q eat party so indissolubly connected with
the most glorious and beneficial events in oul
couutrys history, embodying in its primer
pies, purposes and organization the frnitior
of promises Of what the republic is in the
present and needs in the future, shall CON
tribute in private station my best and most
energetic support.
Yours very truly,
(Signedl {. NJ. DErEW.
Senator Pitts and Assemblyman HustcC
spoke of the patriotism and sef-sacrifice o.
Depew and of his qualifications and noble
public and private character. Cropper ant
Hamilton spoke in like terms.
) Senator Mills spoke in behalf of Warner
Miller.
| The caucus then proceeded to vote to Ill
the long term vacancy, with the folluwin!
result, combined vote:
Wheeler ~, Cornell ,, Miller 27, Crowle.
l, Rogers 8, Tremaine |. Eyarts >, Davis :
Conkling l.
E. A. Carpenter being in the room his nam
: was called and he voted for Roscoe Conk
l ling.
? Another ballot was had with the following
, result combined vote:
Z Wheeler 2S, Cornell l, Miller Is, Crowle
|, Rogers 10.
The chair announced that no choice, ,unde
the resolution of .he caucus, had been made
o it requiring "a votes.
Another vote was then taken-combine
vote: Wheeler, %; Miller, %; Rogers, IL
no choice and another vote was taken. Th
: following was the result of the combine
IS vote: Wheeler, 2S; Miller, 80; Rogers, II
r no choice, and another vote was had. .
this vote so many changed from Wheeler |