The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-06-09
CONTEST AT ALBANY.
Hard and Personal Struggle Over Those Rules.
Balloting Alice SSmee.

ALBANY, June THE joint convention recon-
vened at u o'clock to-day, Robertson presiding
Woodin called up the joint rules offered yes.er
day, and the question was moved on the adoption
Of the frs rule. Speaker Sharpe (stalwart) said
they had the right to expect that WoOdin would
inform the convention of his reason for offering
the lules but he had not The fact was the con.
vention was governed by statute parliamentary
law duly defined by ret Of Congress. He could
only speak for his own eide, but the stalWarts in.
tended to remain until the Senators were elected
Any motion 10 adjourn was by law from day to
day and the rules were super legal.
Sharpe referred at great length TO the effect OF
the rules which he said was merely the re enact
Ihent OF law Of Congress, and he moved the
adoption Of the first two rules, but opposed the
third that neither of the rules should be sus.
pended or resGn ed except by two-thirds vote.
He criticised sharply the articles OF Ellis H. Rob.
erts, OF Utica, and the editor of the Albany Eve
ming Journal for Swapping at the heels" of the
party great st leader. WOodin, in reply said he
mao no purpose In Offering the resolutions except
to define the word adjourn" when used in mo-
tions OF a joint convention, He agreed with
Sharpe In the Interpretation OF the law, and was
determined there should be no question as to the
title OF Senators elected. But the trouble was he
could not tell what the court OF final resort to
which the dispute must be relegatt d, namely, the
United States Senate, would do, as 1t had been
made Democratic by the great calamity Woodin
said that he hoped that the third rule would also
be adopted; the two others were useless with
Quit
Total official joint ballot for successor to Conk.
ling: Wheeler, 22 Jacobs, As; lremaine, 4; Fol-
ger, l; Crowley, l, COnkling, 81; Cornell l5 Lap
ham, .; Rogers l5 Bradley, j total, lac. Erastus
Brooks, (Dem), denounced the insnuations
against the Democratic Senate, and denounced
Conkling, saying his resignation was an insult to
the people Of the State. He hoped the Demo.
CRATES would not heed the stalwart's appeal,
Conkling had resigned to crafty whim, and he
should be rebuked, The Democrats should vote
solid for adjournment in order that the people
themselves could settle the question at the fall
election.
Official total of joint ballot for Plats successor:
Platt 29; Cornell, Ia; Folger, 4; Lapham 4; Tre,
maine, 2; Depew, AZ; Kernan, 46; Wheeler, /;
Crowley, a; Fenton, l; total, 146.
Raines, replying to Brooks, said the Democrats
would never have chance TO initiate the act OF
Conkling The only time when the Democrats
ever resigned was when they resigned by the
wholesale and plunged the country into war.
Fowler Dem l,spoke to the same effect as Brooks,
adding that Democratic United States Senate
would seat any Senator who went there ia the
right. spinola denied the alleged relationship
bttween the stalWarts and Democrats, and said
that the only thing in which they were alike was
that they drank whisky straight He further sup
ported the Idea thOt the Democrats should force
an adjournment. Woodin accepted Sharpes pre-.
amble and the fret rwo rules were adopted In
order to prevent debate Woodin moved that the
third rule be laid on the table. Carried Ballot.
ing then begun. Two absentees asked to have
their votes recorded after the actual ballong for
Plhtts successor had ceased, making the official
vote to more than the actual vote. AT 1:50 o'clock
the convention adjourned,