Daily Republican., 1881-05-28
CONKLING,s CAMPAIGN.
The StaIwarts Fig hi ting for a eau.
cus-Eaoh side equaI In Number,

ALBANY, May Z.-lnc COnklinpitc
are still fighting strenuouSly for a eau
Gus, and declare emphatirally that tn
fate OF the party in .4(s State rest
upon such action. TO 90 into the elec
tion for Senators without first holdin,
II caucus, they say, reduces the party t,
Il mob with no head, no tail, 10 urgani
zati0n: it will bre TX il up hopclessl,
and ncCcsSitate reorganization of wha
has required years toperfect Their ar
gumcnt is that the Republican party o
this State owes all it is to the ma
and to break that is to turn the Stat,
over 20 the Democrats for many years t,
| come.
The usual recess till Monday nigh'
will be taken by the Legislature, an,
the ConklingiteS hope III the interval t,
effect the object they have in view 10y
securing the requisite number Of sign,
crS to the call. Owing to the absence
by sickness of |. :. Carpenter, Of Dutch
cSS county, there are only 100 Rcpubli
can legislators.
These are said to he divided in Il
for Conkiing and II against him. leay
is -, and the COnkliigitrS need siX
votes to make that majority 1t is said
that they will get those and call the
caucus Monday night. Then if he Ad-
nimiStration men will not 20 into the
caucus they will have to take tine re-
sponsihiliUy, the StalwartS say, Of turn
ing against the party OF the State, and
the Conklingtes wiit' h&,' to devote
themselves to breaking the deadlock.
How this is to be done it is too soon now
TO Indicate.
The usual resolution for recess ON
Monday evening was offered in the As
>emhly this morning, but, n the re-
quest Of Speaker Sharpe, il was laid
aside, he said there ought ~ b" some
consultation before actlOn. At ll.3O
the resolution WAS calledup again, Mr..
kaiues suggested that it would be bet
ter to adjourn to Tuesday morning.
Speaker Sharpe said this would require
u concurrent resolution and the Sruat"
had already objected to such IL rrSOul-
tion. MIR. Niles (DemocraD moved to
amend by adiourninG till tomorrow
morning. This WAS voted down, and
the resolution to adjourn to Monday
evening was adopted. II is under
stood the Assembly will then meet and
adjourn till the next morn
ing.
Conkling and Arthur lett this city To-
day for New York, where the confer.
rncrs will be continued. Their friends
insist that everything will be- settled be-
fore Monday next. There was evident
ly 1t better feeling among the StalwarlS
this morning, than there was y oStrrday,
while the Garfield men are by no
means deSpoudent,
Several petitions were presented in
the Senate this morning from various
towns and cOIntieS against the re-
election Of COnkliug and PIatt
Mr.. Mills presented II petition of citi-
IrnS Of Oneida county, asking for the re-
election of the N-ScnatUrS, also Il pctl-
ton from the same county calling upon
tue Legislature to sustain the Admins
tratluu.
\ rcmnnStrancc was presented from
business men Of New York city against
the reelection OF ConkIimg and Platt.
WHAT "SPECIALS" SAY.
NEW YORK, May 26.-Thr Albany
special Of the Evening Commercial
strong pro Conkling) says III" chances
IRE that the caucus will BE- held ON next
evening, and as there are
SHOWN t. be d Siguers, the call will !
Jc binding ON all who desire - rc-
main in accord with lhercguiar itopub-
lean organization. say there are u
,jgncrS, because this number is knCwp |
'ur there will probably bc nearer 50
when the call is issued.
The Express Albany special says the
Of Democrats here ar" Of the
opinion that the Democratic caucus will
cttle upon Ex-Governor seymour and
ilarkSon y. PUtturas the men who shall
pCCive the Democratic caucus vote,