The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-19
r,a. starvation in New York.

srho condemnation Of MI. nobsn'SoN
..a,..,,on 10 be followed at once by the
.s,oasumeus Of the senate, makes tue con-
a',,nn ~ Mr.. CoxxLIxs appear to he more
r,a,ea,ous than It seemed TO be on Monday
As the Philadelphia Inquirer says. about
Sf,y millions Of people may be heard 10 INA.
c,na,ion loading down the telegraph auu
se,enhoue wires with, cha! ma! na
There will be before next December w
r1ul,ed States senate 10 which his Va'uao'e
services will be needed, aud, therefore,
,hore can he no occasion for burryipg up
,,o a,ec,ion. As we showed yesterday,
,,o a., NJ Congress on the subject
il so worded as to prov'ac ~,
o,e.,,ous by the next Legislature OF
New York In case the present one snou'u
refuse or neglect 10 choose successois "
Ncssrs. Plat and CoSKLING. Bes'des'
when those designations were sent IN Tue
Legislature had already determined 10 au'
ionrn next week. Let 1t persist In lis de-
termination, and thus give the voters OF tue
Empire State an opportunity to express
their will In the matter. The Legislature
is no, required by any constitutional pro-
vision to adjourn next week ; yet as 1t bad
nxed upon that as the proper time Tor so
dong. we trust that II will pursue thar
course. Let the people be heard, ana
CoAWLlSG. like CARO-, retire TO Utica.
The Hali.Breeds and Administration men
have clear msjority even Of the Republican
members of the New York Senate-not OF
the aouse. The Democrats ought OF course
10 vote with the Half.Breeds and prevent
any election this spring. But was there
ever time when the New York Democrats
did not have on hand some petty local
schemes OF their own which paral, zed them
and rendered them Of no service TO the ma
tiona. organization Even this national
agair O: the election OF two United states
senators is mixed up with the bill providing
for the cleaning OF the streets Of New York ;
with the KELLY and TiLDEN quarrel; ana
with we know not how many other purely
local questions.
We may as well understand first as last
United States Senate. it will be by the aid
OF Democratic votes in the New York Lee
eislsture. II needs only the solid Demo
cratic vote and the votes OF twenty-sefeh
Administration men to defeat him. There
are almost, il not quite. twice twenty'sevtn
such in the Legislature. Clearly, then, u
the Administration men stand firm, as we
are sure they will, it will with the Dem
oera,s TO say whether Mr.. CoNKLING shall
ever again domineer over The United States
Senate. The Democratic journals seem 10
be anti-C oNKLING, but that is no sign that
Democratic members of the Legislature are
OF the same way OF thinking.
We say the Administration men are bound
TO stand firm. Mr.. ROBERTSON has now al
the patronage Of the New York custom
house at his disposal-tbe most powerful
machinery by long odds In the United
States. He-will use ii in the interest OF Mr..
GALyIEIp, and the Administration will oil
course Justify him in so doing. Mr.. C0NK'
LEG is avowedIy engaged 10 war upon the
Administration. What can the president
and Secretary of State do but accept the
gage OF battle and enter the lists! 1t Is
door use TO make OF the Government offices
bu, II is one "familar as his garter" to Mr.
CoAKLING, who has so often had the prima'
ries fixed up by the aid OF Government
officials Of high and low degree.