Daily Republican., 1881-06-02
FIFTH edition
CONKLING's FORLORN Ham,
The Ex-senator Again Waho
Depew TO Lead COnklinp To,

o" Aos o"AAihg To-day
| ALBANY, N. Y, June 2-As tbo ~,
approached yesterday for the patboulll Slle
of the joint assembly the AssSamaII9lg AuaI9
Chamber became again crowded my my
audience Tuesday was a large onO iN
that of yesterday seemed to he J0,,%S Wy
in size. Men thronged the gaIio.iO IniOaOe
and ladies fringed the circle of memLos oiIss
seats and all the spaces bJJgts bpbirtns
the rail separating the lobby 'vnlna ga,
the area reserved for membrrs NVn
sorts of people not entitled to tbS NJ; A!l
leges of the floor scrambled ir,p %iEl' "
most available places they con,S Iae
crowding members, sitting on chai,ssfI
the aisles and upon the low Stems s III
mark the rows of seats for ml,nt' tN"'
The Sergeant.at-Arms and his a'sts' ay'in,
ants brought i'll chairs for the San"tS @no's'
which was arranged in two ,enici.0''
lar rows in the space before thr snaoI.
er's desk, and at twelve, cn,r,";,
tees from each house ba,.;nn ;",''liII'
nounced that the Respective 2oi;u Gn,
were ready TO 90 into io,nt con,'a, 'uH
ton, the Senate, led by the Ijeuton,,m,tt
'ho'' ~" oIi iSc"lt-at'ArmS, and
Clerk, marched in and occunipd +%o tna
places provided for its members a, ~,
the Speakers desk were Ljrut CO..
Hoskins, Senator Robertson. and Snea,,
er Sharpe. Mr.. HoSkins leaned unnn
his cane, and looked weak and fotigr,oG i"roi
with the slight eXertion nf the mnmnM,
He was not equal to the task of nro
siding over the convention, 50 the preS.
ident pro tenn, Sen. Robertson, raIlo tL,
Joint convention to order, and calIaJ
for the reading of the Journals Of hoth
houses containing the record of th.
separate vote tor Senators to succepd
Roscoe Conkling and Thomas G, Plat
A comparison was made, and the prpsi.
dent announced that, as no candidate
had received n majority of the votes of
the Assembly and Senate, the Joint as.
sembly would proceed to a ballot.
Clerk Vrooman called the roll of the
Senate, and as he did 50 the Senator,
and Assemblymen, and nearly every
body in the audience compared the vote
with that cast yesterday, to note the
changes. Senator Davenport, who YES.
terday voted for George H. Sharpe in
place Of Platt, voted this morning for
Judge Folger. Then Senator Forster,
abandoning Joseph II. Choate, voted
for Alonzo b. Cornell. Senator Schroeder
who yesterday voted for Rogers
for the long term and Cornell for the
short one, reversed the position of his
candidates, putting Cornell in the LONG
term. Senator WinSl0w substituted
Warner Miller in place Of William A.
Wheeler as Platt's successor In the
Assembly there were L. changes. Mr.
Baker voted for ChaunCey NJ, Dep9w in
place'of Folger. Mr. Boardman, who
yesterday voted for Cornell as Platt's
successor, dropped him and voted
for Hamilton Ward, and Mr. Brad.
ley of CattarauguS followed his
example. Mr. Duguid voted for War.
ner Miller in place of Eyarts. Mr.. Der.
rick, who yesterday gave a complimen.
tary vote to John NJ, Francis, voted for
Crowley. Mr.. Potter voted for Depew
instead of Cornell, as yesterday. Mr..
Seeley dropped Cornell for butcher,
Mr.. Sheehy gave up Evarts for Dcpew,
Mr.. Sheldon substituted Ward for Levi
=. Morton. Mr.. Tuttle named Cornell
in place of Folger, and Mr.. Wariug vot.
ed for Depew instead OF Chodte.
The result was announced after much
time spent in counting upthe score OF
the various candidates.
The first ballot taken was to fill Conk.
ling's vacancy. Conkling got 81 votes,
one less than on yesterday. Jacobs,
the Democratic nominee, got %, Wheel.
er got %, Rogers followed with ID and
Cornell polled l. Folger, White and
Pomeroy got each, Crawley and Fen
ton 3. and WadswOrth and Edick l.
On the ballot to fill Platt's term Plat
received %, Depew %, Cornell u, Fol"
ger 4, Lapham and Miller S each,
Evarts and Ward 3, Noah DAVIS
butcher and WadswOrth 3 and Nor
ton, Tremaine and Rogers /. The bal
loting will be resumed tomorrow.
In the half-bceed conference at mid.
night Hamilton Harris urged thoSepre'
sent to concentrate their votes 50 ilS to
place two candidates ahead of ConklinS
and Platt. He favored Depew and
Wadsworth. In doing so he stepped
on Wheelers and Cornel's cornS
Wheeler. Cornell and Deoew will I'M
gain to-day and it looks as
though Depew's vote will exceed thaI
of Conkling.