New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-26

PLATT-GOvERNOR CORNELL WORKING IN
HALF-HEARTED WAY FOR THE EX-sENAToRs.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
ALBANY, May 20" Imperious Caesar, dead and
turned to clay Might stop hole to keep the wind
away" Roscoe CODkling. who has had two unani-
nous denominations to the Senate. is here in the
forlorn attitude of a candidate who will " never
withdraw so long as he has vote" This Is the
prediction now of his supporters. They say he Will
not withdraw at any time and he could not If he
would. because they insist that he shall stay
in the field. In fact. he took the same
defiant and yet hopeless tone today IN
telling friend that he should he
candidate before the caucus if he had hut ten votes
The possibility of his election Is no longer discussed
This is apparently to be the policy of the followers
of the ex-senator. Mr.. Conkling having had cX-
pcrcncc in dcadlOC ks-OnCc at Chicago and once IN
Washington--will try it again. If his supporters
know his plans aud mean ali they say the names Of
the two ex-S,nators will be put before the caucus
and the legislature and they will bc kept there an
Ill the Legislature is tired out His supporters will
show the country that his sirends party standby
hlIn and sustain him. Such il the tenor of thcir
talk. One of them said to-day when asked how
long the followers Of the ex-Scnat0rs would stand
by thcm They will sit in the Legislature and
vote for them until the new members come in Oh the
first If January TO relieve thru..'
Don't you expect combination with the Demo
Gratis. for an adjournment" be was asked.
"No sir. IL the Legislature adourns the Governor
will instantly call It back and MFR. Conklirr'S
friends will never make any arrangement with the
Democrats for an adjournment II the Legislature
is adjourned it will be- done by the opponents OF Mr..
COnkling'
This amounts, Of course. to the prediction of
Pennsylvania deadlock. for the reason that the
friends of the Administration are fully rs deter
mined as it's enemies and the Democrats acting
alone are powcrcss. but the question Of Immediate
importance is the caucus
Long before the Assembly Caucus Committee had
received the letter of the Senate Caucus Committee
declining to take measures To call caucus. the
friends of Conkling and rlatt had begun to circu-
late n paper among the individual members Of the
Legislature calling caucus for tomorrow evening
1t is difficult for those who have been accustomed TO
deem the machine nvincible 10 realize the hard
work the managers have had to get signatures to this
paper after the number had passed a certain point.
| Ii is a fact that in the twelve hours between md
night last night and noon to-day the paper only
gained three signatures. q o'clock, this evening.
the managers announced that they had hfty-four
signatures or q majority of the Republican members
Of the Legislature. but Trustworthy person. Who
saw the list at o'clock. saws there were only thirty
SIX names il. Then, of cours without
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Mr. Conkling's canvass would end amid
burst Of rdlculc. There is absolute and desperate
need Of the ffty-four signatures and no one need bc
surprised therefore, if they are obtained. Some Of
| the frank men among the machine managers say
! they must be had at any cost. aud it is plain that
they do not propose To be- delicate to the means
used. But this is not the whole story The call.
mcagre as it is, is sham. Their arc a number of
mcn whose names are attached to IT who will not
and cannot vote for Mr. Coni,liny and some who Will
vote for him. hut viii not vote for Mr. llut. 4
single group OF five IN one locality might be named,
two Of whom will not vote for Conkllng and one Of
whom will not vote for Platt. Othcr instances of
the same kind might lie mentioned. Facts Ike
the sc make IT difficult to understand Mr.. Conklings
persistence unless in "a blind belief in his destiny.
He thinks time and the pressure of the Influences
he can invoke will Subduc all those rchciou- spirits
To his will II il true that he could not retire now
without humiliation. but II l. certainly question
whether hc IS not pushing ont worse fate.
The suspicion Ia. been naturally aroused that he
is staying in the field simply 10 hold his party To-
g"ther and make ready o' the election OF two sen
atOrs who shall hc known 10 the world as The lcga-
tees Of his hatrcds and policies. To send such men
10 the Senate would bc the next best thing from his
point of view to going back himself. II IL denied.
however. that any such plan is Oh foot. The TWO
claimants II is reiterated with great c,tncss,
are " stick" All the signs seem to show tins.
STIMULATING ENTHUSIASM
Measures were taken to-day 10 begin the nanufac-
ture Of "public sentiment in favor Of the two
men, The Conkling managers have had control Of
the State Committee so long that their lists of local
managers cover every district of the State. Tcc-
grams have been sent TO many Of these to-day.
telling them to have dispatches forwarded to their
members and Senators urging them To vote for
Conkling and Platt. Some returns havc already
been received. A member Of the Assembly received
a batch of half "A dozen such kilograms, all reading
ali 10 IIp ia lrli n Ia ltfu sfr
with the unanimity Of sentiment in h-distric. Let
tcrs were also dispatched IN great numbers Ia all
quarters calling upon the local workers IT, get mp
petitions for the return of Cunkllng and Platt Ia
the Senate and to forward them with all possible
haste. These intended as an offset to the r.
monstranccs against reelection which have been
pouring in upon the Legislature for days past.
Lastly letters were sent out calling for petitions 10
various members requesting them tp abide by the
usagcs of the party and go into caucus upon the
election of Senator's As result Of these efforts the
public may expect TO be soon told that lhcIc IL
great uprising Of people to vindicate the resign
ing Senators. Such a demonstration can be used ot
10 Justify the COnkllng men III standing Their
ground i'll the Legislature
STRONG ANTI -COMKIING SENTIMENT.
Meanwhile the real sentiment Of the State contn !
ues to make itself felt more strongly every day. |
Judge Robertson has received from his district five
remOnsrances against rcclectOn-One with l,IOO !
signatures, one with 500 and three more with 100
each Judge Robertson says he does not believe !
Republican. putting himself before the people of
Wcstchestcr County on the platform of Conkng's |
reelection, would get 800 votes. The interest shown
outside of the State III the contest il remarkable
Judge Robertson gets letters nowadays by the hun |
dred. The writers in other States have great eager
to know how the battle is going, and all sympa-
thize with the Administration. The letters Of this |
character in his mail this morning ranged through |
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Ncw-Jcr-
sey, Connecticut aud Rhode Island. The pre-