The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-09

The Now xOkR
!. wou,a NOT he ssfe to undertake 70 iore'
-, Tho rexuIt OF the legislative squaoo'e
now going on In Albany. One thing now.
ever. seems 10 be certain, and this IS tna'
Mr.. CoSxLrSc Is so highly exaspera'ed ee.
csuse Of tae treatment be has received AZ
Tho hands of the Administration Repuoh.
cans that he cannot hereafter be looked
upon as a reliable Republican" kepuo"'
can ;, and " Administration man" being
as VIC have several times said tne ss'ne
thing under existing circumstances Nc'-
er,beless. II Is reported that Mr.. CoSxidNa
has discouraged the attempt 10 make one
whenever his friends have suggested an a'-
lance with the Democrats, The latter 10
have one senator aud Mr.. CoSKLING 10 DC
The other.
OF course Mr.. CoSKLrNG cannot agree 10
Srop Mr.. PLArr. He would be guilty Oh
nnn,rdonabIe ingratitude and OF acting IN
had faith, and would prove himself traitor
20 his friends, II he should bargain away
NJ, plArr's chances for reelection. We
su.peet that II is this consideration that
governs Mr.. Combines conduct rather
than an invincible repugnsnce to forming q
coalition with the Democrats. We do not
think that he Is so deeply grounded In inc
Republican faith that he cannot conscien-
tiously take his revenge upon his enemies
in the Republican party. Indeed nc Is
said 10 be more OF Democrat than ne
publican in respect Of protective tar'n'
concentrations to rivers and harbors, and
imposition to monopolies. In 1876 he came
very near separating from his patty and
denouncing the counting.in OF Dir. HAYES.
One Of his friends has gone so far as to inti-
mate that he was induced to forbear re-
nouuclpg allegiance to his party, so far as
this grand scheme Of stealing the presidency
was concerned, not by any partisan OF pa
triotlc considerations, but by the persua'
sions Of lady.
The present policy of the Democrats as
well as the ConkliDgites, seems to contem'
Mate an carly adjournment OF the Legisla-
ture aud the submission to the voters OF
New York State of the question OF return
Ing Messrs. PLAT and CoNKLING TO the
Senate. 1t was said week or two ago that
Governor CORNELL would recall the Legis.
la,uro as often ana as sooH as 1t should adj
journ: but bis mind appears to have under
gone change. He knows that even II the
Democrats should elect majority OF The
members of the next Legislature, he would
20 onnUOpinN no nl1
Legislature in November, seeing that the
new one cannot convene before the lst OF
January next, and New York ought not to
he unrepresented in the United States Sen
ate during the entire month OF December.
Resides, Governor CORNELL knows that II
the Democrats should succeed in securing
the next Legislature, that fact would render
II almost certain that the Republicans OF the
present Legislature would unite upon him
and some other Republican not particularly
Objectionable either to the stalwarts or TO
the Administration men.
We are inclined to think that the dead
loci: In Albany will come to an end as sud
denly as did the recent deadlock in Wash
ington. There are no imperative reasons,
or as Senator FoOTE used to say, imperious
reasons, for elec,ing United States senators
during the present session OF the Legisla-
ture. As we have said, the election OF a
Democratic Legislature next fall would not
prevent the Republicans from securing az
forwards the election OF two Republican
senators at the hands OF the present Legis-
lature.
All these facts make 1t the duty OF the
Democrats Of the New York Legislature to
act with tue utmost impartiality, clrcum-
specton, and wisdom, and with an eye TO
the future. One Democratic senator from
New York would give the Democrats two
majority 10 the United States Senate. The
vote would be 80 Democrats to 81 Republic
cans. counting DAVIS as a Democrat and
MALONE as Republican, or 3S Democrats,
80 Republicans, and DAVIS and MALONE.
There is a prize worth fighting for. We
have confidence that the Democrats at Al
bany know what they ought 10 do, and
how TO do il. II was a Democrat that saw
so far ahead as TO know that it was good
policy to have Judge ROBERTsON's nomna-
tion approved by the Legislature. This
was unanimously done on motion OF Mr..
JACOBS, one OF the Democratic candidates
for the United States Senate. Trust him to
do the right thing.