The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-02
The Situation At Albany.

A8O 0AAUAGVM ~ A1U0Uy.
The New York. Herald, which is
strongly and very decidedly for
Conkling, has interviewed the men,
bers of the New York Legislature
on the situation, and it finds the
sympathies OF the members to be as
follows: Observation-Disclosures
IA, nti-administration 9, on the
fence Q; Observation-Disclosures
80, anti-administration 10, on the
fence "a; total administration 46,
anti administration %, on the fence,
26, not found 8. Administration
men are jubilant over the accessions
to their ranks; among them was
Senator Mills, of Utica, who last
week held aloof and would not state
his position. Messrs. Garsline,
Boardman, ]. M, Palmer and
Gales, members of the Assembly,
who have been classified with the
stalwarts, are now placed with the
administrationists. Other changes
are also anticipated, and the ad-
ministrationists claim that the
vote for Conkling will show him to
be in a minority, in which case they
say he will be abandoned entirely.
On the other hand, the stalwarts
say that he will never be abandoned;
that his true friends will stand by
him to the last, as firmly as the 300
did by Grant at the Chicago Con-
Iyention, DISPATCHES state that
Fssthe suggestion is made IN some
quarters that the Legislature take a
recess until after the November
elections, and then come together
again and vote for two United
States Senators. 1t is said that
the members can then vote more in
dependently of the influence which
now govern them, for the reason
that they would know the DISPOSE
ton of their constituencies to-
wards them. If they were re-
nominated and re elected then they
would understand that their respec-
tive positions now on the question
were approved; if they are not re-
nominated or not elected they can
vote accordingly. This plan is at
tributed to the stalwarts. Admin
istratiou- supporters laugh at this
proposition as entirely insufficient.
They say they do not want to con-
slider any plans just now; all they
want is to vote in joint session; no
caucus, no plans, no machine con-
trivances whatever. Conkling and
Platt cannot get the now requisite
eighty votes, owing to the absence
of j. S. Carpenter. They say they
will accept their defeat. They do
not claim, as yet, that there will be
eighty votes against the resigning
senator's; the fact is no one knows
certainly how the vote will stand.
The administration section claim
every member who has requested
that his name be taken from the
callufor a aucus as an opponent OF
Conkling. The stalwarts at the
start put down some ninety names
of members on their call for a eau
Gus, and these names crumbled
away until the list contained only a
minority, or some fifty names, but
those who withdrew their names, or
most all of them, never signed the
paper ostracising Conkling and
Platt."
The Democratic members of the
Legislature met in joint caucus in
the Senate chamber Tuesday, Sen
ator Fowler acting as temporary
chairman. Assemblyman Murphy
was made permanent chairman
Senator Jacobs was nominated Tor
the short senatorial term, to succeed
Conkling." There is hardly a pos
sibility of electing a Democrat, but
they hold the balance of power, and
it is more than probable their votes,
if not their influence, will be thrown
in favor of Administration men.
No telling what the news of to NOR
row may disclose.