Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-29
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. SESSIONS INDICTED. Held For Trial By the
 Grand Jury. A PROTEST FROM HIS COUNSEL. : His Trial Held Back Until
 October. OTHER INDICTMENTS APT TO FOLLOW. Members of the Lobby i'm
 Hot Water.
NEW YORK.

Indictments by the Grand Jury-A Case Presented Against Sessfons-His Trial Postponed Until October A Protest from His CounseI-Tsvo Thousand Dol lars Bail Furn1shed-Other Indtctme ents Likely to Be Presented.
 ALBANY, June 29.-One ballot was taken for Senators in joint convention today, re- sulting as follows: For the Conkling vacancy Wheeler had 42 votes, Potter 49, Conkling 31, Lapham IT, there being eight scattering. For the Platt vacancy Depew had 50, Herman 49, Platt 27, Cornell 9, twelve votes being scattered. After the ballot MT. Turck called up his resolution offered yesterday that the convention each day take not less than four votes until at least one Senator is elected. After little political debate betwe en Messrs. A1vord and Spinola the resolution was laid on the table. The convention then ad- journed by vote of 7S to 70, the stalwarts voting with the Democrats
 The indictment of Senator Sessions this afternoon by the grand jury has varied the political excitement in Albany, and given new subject to quarrel over. The indictment was a surprise There had been rumors that Sessions would be indicted, but no one believed them, and at midnight yesterday the stalwarts denied the rumor. This morn Ing aDOuG Il O CLOCK D1SGr1CC AUGOQr0y Her rick met R. W. Peckham, one of Sessions counsel, and without saying it in so many words intimated that the grand jury might present indictment against Sessions Peckham expressed surprise and said Ses- sions would appear with counsel at the 2:30 p. m. session of the county court ready to answer the indictment. Herrick said they need not attend, there was nothing yet positively settled about the matter and any how he did not think he would press it. Sessions appeared with counsel at the after noon session, when the district attorney stated that an indictment had been found by the grand jury against Sessions, charging him with attempt to bribe Assemblyman Bradley by giving him $2,OO0 to vote for Chauncey M. Depew for Senator. The in- dictment was handed up to the court. It was brief, containing but a single charge Sessions counsel said he was ready to pro- ceed to immediate trial The district attor- demanded that Sessions be permitted to prove his innocence as soon as possible Ses- sions' counsel protested that the grand jury investigation was one sided, that Sessions had not been heard and it was shameful that he should not be allowed an immediate op- portunity of disproving the charges. The district attorney replied that he would pro- ceed with the trial when he was ready.
 Counsel protested in hot speech that the delay was part of political scheme and cal culated to prejudice the public mind The district attorney replied that he would not be able to try the case before the next term of the court in October. Meantime he would insist that Sessions be held to bail in 3D. 900. The bail was furnished and Mr. Sessions released. The grand jury also, it is said, found indictments against A. D. Barber and Ed. Phelps of lobby fame. It is expect ed that others will be indicted soon. The indictment of Sessions destroyed all chances of an immediate compromise in favor of an election or adjournment, and the probabili- ties are that the contest will be indefinitely continued.
 Sessions in an interview with National Associated Press man tonight stated that he had been treated very unfairly by the grand jury, that he had been assured by the grand jury that they intended to take only formal notice of the bribery charges and not present any indictments, that he went before the jury for the purpose of making a counter charge of perjury against Bradley.
 Vice President Arthur arrived in this city to-day. He says the quickest way to settle the deadlock is for the Republicans to unite upon Conkling and Depew.
 NEW YORK, June Republican politicians are talking to day about a mysterious visit paid by Conkling few days ago to Mrs Sprague at the Westminster where she was temporarily stopping. The visit was known to but few and kept from the public at the time. Conkling's object in calling on Mrs. Sprague, it is said, was to advise her in re- gard to litigation in which she is involved. He was seen at the hotel by a number of per sons. MT. Schenck, the proprietor, was cautioned by gentleman not to say any thing about the visit.