Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-20
Il NEWI HAVEN, CONN., FRIDAY MORNING.
fgournal alab Courier.
Friday Morning, May 20, 1881.
pHE STU ,TIoN AT ALBANY

The situation at Albany is decidedly inter- esting and rather surprising to some who be- ieyed that even if Conkling did not own the President of the United States and the Sen. ate he was at least in possession of the Leg islature in New York, and likely to continue so It now seems probable, to say the least, that his appeal to the Legislature will not be answered in just the way he expected.
 The New York Senate consists of 25 Re- publicans and Democrats, the Assembly of 61 Republicans and 47 Democrats Seven- teen Senators are majority of the upper branch; sixty-fve members are majority of the Assembly. Eighty-one is 8 majority of joint convention. The Republicans have 1O6 members in both branches and majority of 51 on joint ballot It will be seen that if twenty-six Republican members in both houses should refuse to vote for the ex-Sena- tors, the Democrats supporting with their full strength candidate of their own, the re. election of Conkling and Platt would be i'm possible.
 Unless there is change, which now does not seem probable, Conkling and Platt will not be reelected by this Legislature, except by the aid of Democratic votes. According to the best obtainable information, the Conk ling Republicans in the Legislature do not now number over sixty-five, while they must have eighty one to elect their men without Democratic help. Concerning an alliance with the Democrats, the gossip is that Sam uel J. Tilden has his agents already on the ground, but it is not believed that he can do much. It is also stated that, strange as it may appear, Tilden is anxious to be elected Governor again in 1882, and. if the question of filling the vacant Senatorial seats could be turned over to the next Legislature, he might furnish MT. Conkling material assistance in carrying Senatorial and Assembly districts next fall, and trust to getting his reward in the Gubernatorial contest the year after. So far as now appears, this is the only pro- gramme by which Tilden and Conkling al- iance can be made mutually advantageous, and it is cited as significant fact that many stalwarts have been suggesting the propriety of adjourning without filling the vacancies in the Senate, and remitting the whole controversy to the people next fall.
 It may be that Messrs. Conkling and Platt will settle the whole difficulty by announcing that they are not candidates for election, but if they do the announcement will be surprise to those acquainted with Conkling's character, his past conduct and policy. The best service they can do the Republican party, whose welfare they profess to desire, is to insist that their withdrawal from the Senate was seriously meant, and to decline any reelection. In that way they can put an end to contest in which they can hope for no higher or better success than that of di- viding the Republican party and contributing to the success of the Democrats. But if this is not their intention, and they intend to force upon the Legislature the question of sustaining the course they have seen fit to adopt, then it behooves the Republican mem- bers of that body to act for the best interests of the party by promptly electing two new and less quarrelsome Senators.