, 1881-07-09

tho Twenty.seyenth District, Ills majority
lii November WIS 34!0 In n tatnf v0tn hf
2s,170. 1'urlng their service III tho House Ut
Representatives they lfaru ncCiptetl n re-
sptctablc position. hut layo never attained
nlly particular prnlnfnrnce. 1}otli have
,l,a,lc frequent speeches. Miller Is n paiI,,
straightforward, colntl,ni,.setlse tinker. Ills
most l,otfeeaho appearance was 1T co1,nec-
tiun with tfe woot'ptlp agttation. lilo rtlts
q papcr-!nlll ut iierkiMcr, and took MT aett1e
stald to protect his interests Miller n
ll,al, Of considerable ability, s!rew,l, saga-
c1nl,s, n Qlifct worker, alli MI effective wire
pililer. lie Is II years Of nge, graduated at
Union College fn lS10, taktl,g II goott stat,tf
III his class, fought in the Wnr, and wns
clcctctt to the Assembly hero III 1874. lle
SERVED two tGril,s, acquiring n commanding
position in tho 1f0use. III 1877 l,e managed
thu campaign which resulted In tho election,
OF George j. Sloan rs Speaker of Tho Assc,t,-
bly nyer nit the old machine and ring ele-
lncnts. In this canvass
SLOAN HAS nEtN nnA1SISG sff.LEt,
from the stnrt. Miller wns ol,8 OF tho origt-
nal movers In tho antt-Conltllng fight Which
commenced scvcral years Ago, a,,l Inns now
resulted In wllat secsls to bu Ills cnllptete
overthrow. lie was also acttyu agat,lst Cor
rrli's nomination III 1si0, and against Grant
nntt Tho unit rnte Mt utlcn ft1 1881. IN Con-
gress Eo etljuyetl tho warm friendship of
| President f;Mrfiuld, anil lias heartily ap-
provttt his Administration. Miller WIS
ONE OF TIE ORIGINAL, CANDIDATES.
In the rlce for tho Senatnrs'ip. On
the first day ho received five
votes. 1lo continued as Il candidate
for tho first six baltots; ol, the third ballot l,e
dropped down to o',e; oil thu fottrt[l attained
his highest point, ten Yates; Oil the seventh
lis force was transferred to Depew, marking
the commencement of tho lAtter's boom. Ills
withdrawal ut tllut ttllo was among Tho rra-
sons which influenced Depow's friends 10
take him up to7day. Ills companion Tor Sen
Atorfnl llOtur5,
| El.l.I.1DaE 0E1lty LArHAsL
who Is III years Ut nge, Inns always been nn
| nr,!cilt adMrcr of 1sUsco8 C0nkl1ng, nild Is fl
every sctsa Dnck, though nut strolig-
| ly opposed to the Administration. lIu
rucelvcd u co,nmon.sclloal and ncaaem-
ic education. served as civil engineer
on tho Michigan Southern Hallway, WIS nj
n1tsctl to the bar In 1871. MD gained II s,,c-
ecssful practice. lie was specially effeciivo
as II jury lawyer. III 1857 l,o WIS IL member
| ut tie Constitutional Convention. liz WIS
elected to the FOrty-fourth Congress, sery-
NS u REPRESENTATIVE EfEt SIllEE4 ~ SLtUltH
objection to Laplianl Is that lle Is II very hard
hrlIlker, anil lndulges IN frequent privute tIe-
| bauelles. lilo WIS candidate iii january
asatnat Putt, receiving foHr votes. LII
tho prcscnt contest iu l,as beet sup-
ported OIL every ballot, At tito outset
liz wns Il candidate fur tic long ter1n, rgcuty-
Ing nfne yotes On tho fourth bnllut. On tho
next his strength was transferred ts the
short term. On tile twctty-sccun.l bullot fla
reached hfa highest p0int, with twenty-six
v0tes Neither lle tur Miller are ideal calltlt.
] dntes for Senators to represent the Empire
Stntc. but, after the long ard wcarls0mc
struggle, the election If n.,y two gnotl lte-
publicams will bu hailed Sitl, satisfaction
ulll delight by tho Legislature ind tile peu.
pic Ut tho Statg a,lI Nation. Tllu election OF
these two candidates, it Is believed, will take
| plAGu tu-nOrr0W.
TILT: lluCKS IOoKs vElsY GLOOMY
to-1Ight. T!lcy ara NIL ut sea yet, mil tlncer-
tain whether they will vote for the callclts
candidates Dr not. FrOn tho tnlksof soyeral
members, 1t wUultl sctnl probable TINT they
will submit to the will nf tho majority. Scs.
sio!ls. 1Iurl, anu At0rgan nre mentioned us
likely to drop Conkling. II tho Bucks stick
by their candidates In IL body, 1t Is runloretl
that tlio Democrats will absent themselves,
to lnsuru tl,o election Of Lapha,n and Miller.
PROCEEDINGS.
| =, To Tho lrftter7t kssUtAttnl Trt4s.
ALBANY, n. Y, July 8.-Tlle Republican
Legislative cal.eus iNet Iii tho Assembly
Clianber ut 4:GGu p. III.
Phillips called tho CAUCUS to order, and
nominated Alvortl for Ctlatfn,au.
Carried a.llt,l long continued applause.
Phillips briefly Mddrcssost tho caucus In be-
half Ut harmony alld unity.
Senator Lool.lis and Assomblyman Law
wers appointed Secretarcs.
Tho roll WIS called aud fifteen Senators
md forty-ninu Assemb'yIIlcn answered to
their mines.
Turck moved ttlat tho two candidates
cllusel bu take,l from tho two principal d.
visions Of the Republican purity.
Schroeder offered nil amendment that TIC
less tilnn tlfty-f0ur votes be required tc
noutnate q candidate; that the CAUCUS iirs
I'LL tho sllort-term vacancy, and. unless twt
candidates ara nominated. TINT llo nolnina
tion shall be binding.
4 division OF tho question was called for
nna thu first branch, requiring ifty-foul
votes, adopted.
Senator Pitts moved to amend tho second
branch by first voting for t's0 long term
which wins sgrecd to, with n further amend
lnent tlat tho nomination bo vlyn y0cc.
Tile other branch, rs to the nomination o
both candidates, was agrccd to.
Turck's motion Wua tllcn adopted.
Tlle caucus proceeded to nominate cantll
tate for United States Senator hi place o
Thomas q. platt, resigned.
Senntor Wo0d1n rea.l tho following to Tho
CAUCUS;
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