Daily globe., 1881-05-30
BACK TO ALBANY.

Conkling and "Me Too" Platt Return to
the Battle Ground--A Quite and Unevent-
full Day-A Stalwart Committeeman
Vents His Spleen Against Blaine-The
Administrationists Seeing Future Trou-
BILE Through a Deadlock.
NEW YORK, May 30.-Tribune: Ex-Senators
Conkliug and Platt spent another quiet day
in the city yesterday, and returned in the even
ing by boat to Albany, to resume their efforts
to secure reelection to the Senate. To their
friends they professed to have no fears of the
result Mr.. Conkling had few callers yester-
day. He rose late and lunched with Mr.. Platt,
and at $50 P. NJ. lie started with A. B. John
son and Mr.. Platt for the Troy boat.
The hotel was deserted OF politicians dur
ing the day. E. w. SlaytOn and two or three
others called on Conkling, but they refused
to give any opinion for publication regarding
the contest. Vice President Arthur had only
a few callers, and there was no sign of con-
ference at his house or elsewhere. Henry E.
Knox, now United States Marshal, called on
Mr.. Platt Conkling told a friend Saturday
there was nothing to be gained by withdraw
ing now, and having gone SO far he intended
to fight it out.
A member of the State committee living
outside the city, who called upon Conkling
yesterday, afterwards talked with a Tribune
reporter. He was bitter in denunciation of
"that man from Maine" This committee
man said this fight was not against Garfield,
but against "that man from Maine. Garfield
is all right. The question with Conkling
is whether he shall allow Blaine to
Rsns had the not beea Bs able to ss ssnly ssa1s
Maine in September and then rushed over
here and interfered with Conkling, and then
went to Pennsylvania and made speeches and
attempted to undermine Cameron, and again
in Illinois he did the same thing with Logan.
he did succeed in defeating Carpenter in Wis
consin, and he interfered in some way with
Morton in Indiana. Conkling don't 60
about interfering with the leaders of other
States under the pretense of making campaign
Speeches He has always avoided goin out
of his own State. Now this thing m ust be
decided at Albany as to whether Blaine be al
lowed to govern in this State as in Maine.''
The question whether or not the legislature
will be compelled to remain in session and bal
lot continuously for Senator's
until successors to Conkling and Platt
are chosen, was discussed yesterday by adher-
ents of the administration and the ex-Sena-
tors. In case of a deadlock two courses seem
open. One is for the legislature to adjourn
with an understanding the governor will call
an extra session late in September or early in
October, when the balloting may be resumed,
or to have no extra session and allow
the vacancies to be filled by the legislature
to be chosen in November. The danger of
the latter course is that in many assembly
and Senatorial districts there would be two
sets of Republican candidates, and the next
legislature might be Democratic. This is a
contingency which the administration men,
bers do not like to contemplate and tits doubt
full if they agree to adjourn unless they have
assurance from the governor that he will call
then together again. Suggestions that re-
cess shall be taken for three or four months is
mes by the statement that it would endanger
the legality of the election of the Senator's,
and this is another risk that it is not deemed
advisable to take. A speech from Conkling is
eypected during this week.