The Russellville Democrat., 1881-06-02
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.

Up to the hour of going to press nothing definite has been heard from the attempted election of United States senators at Albany yesterday. The relative strength of the eontending forces have not changed in the last few days, and it may be accepted as true the predic- tion that if the stalwart leaders are not reelected a final adjournment will follow, There will be three tickets in the field. The stalwarts will present Conkling and Platt; the half.preeds, Cornell and Depew, and the democrats, Herman and Jacobs. The following telegram contains the most interesting points from Albany up to date:
 ALBANY, N. Y, May 30.-A sug gestion. is made in some quarters that the legislature take a recess until after the November election, and then come together again and vote for senators. It is said that then the members can vote more in- dependent of the influences which now govern them, for the reason that they would know the disposition of their constituencies toward them. If they were renominated and re-elect- ed then they could understand that their respective positions now in question were approved. If they are not renominated or not elected they can vote in accordance. This plan is attributed to the stalwarts.
 The administration supporters claim this proposition insufficient. They say they do not want to con- sider any plans just now. All they want ia vote in the joint session. no caucus, no plans, no machine eontriyances whatever. If Conkling and Platt cannot get the now requi. site eighty votes, owing to the ab- sence of Carpenter, they say they will accept of their defeat. They do not claim as yet that there will be eighty votes against the resigning senators. The fact is no one cer- tain!y knows how the vote will stand. The administration section claim that every member who has request ed hls name to be taken from the call for caucus is an opponent of Conkling. The stalwarts st the start put down some ninety names of the members on their call for a eau GUS, and these names have been re- duced until the list contains only minority or some fifty names, or at least most of them never signed the paper ostracising Conkling and Piatt.
 Conkling, Platt and several other leading stalwarts arrived this morn ing and are at the Delavan. There are very few members of the legisla. ture in the city, and no excitement.
 The democratic members of the legislature met in joint session this evening. EIastus Brooks, assembly, man, who was absent delivering a decoration-day address, sent letter stating that the first duty is to in- sist upon an adjournment without the choice of senators to congress, whose places have become vacant by the voluntary acts of those elected to represent the state. The present legislature is appealed to to fill these vacant places, and the appeal is made by the two gentlemen who, af- ter abandoning their places, now de. mand new election to fill the very places which they voluntarily sur rendered. When the legislature of 1881 was elected DO such result was considered within the range of hu. man probabilities, and it is, therefore, an act of justice to the people Of this state that an opportunity be offered them to choose members Of the leg is!ature who in the choice of it's sen