New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-19

He was defeated In HIS effort to elect president of
the State Senate aud the reelection of Hoar is a
very bitter pill II is safe to that the signing OF
Senator Hoars commission will be the most humili-
at,ng act that General Butler will be called upon
TO perform.
SCENES IN THE CONVENTION.
lGESERAL PRESS DIsPArcH.l
BosroN, Jan. 1S.-The most important event OF
the morning session at the State House was the an
nouncement that a telegram had been received from
w. w. Crapo. in Washington. Withdrawing his name
from the contest and requesting his friends TO give
their support to Hoar As Crapo had received
twelve votes and Hoar REQUIRED only seven or eight
of that number to secure his election the excite
ment was considerable. The crowd this morning,
like that OF yesterday, was large, and those COM
prsing II began gather in the corridors an hour
and half before the joint convention was called to
ORDER Those upon whom the labors of the conven-
tion deyolvei seemed far less concerned than did
those who came as spectators
The Joint convention, President Crocker in the
chair assembled at IL o'clock and at once proceeded
with it's special work As the first ballot was being
taken it became evident that H0ar would be re-
elected.
The scenes In the convention during roll-call were
the most exciting Of any that occurred since the
voting began. Before the convention assembled
committee room. Word was received from Mansion
AMI Clifford Crapos New Bedford friends that IT
was Crapos desire to yield and hava his friends go
over to Hoar. 4 unanimous vote was taken. and it
was decided to leave Crapo, but a New Bedford
man refused to vote for Hoar. One Grape man was
absent.
The roll-cal began soon after ~ o'clock, and the
first Crapo man on the list was Boardman,
of Boston. He replied to his name George
81. -
those present. Five names further down was
the name of Brown, of Boston, another
Crapo man. He voted for Mr. Hoar and again the
whispering ran around the room, for the policy of
the CrapO men by these two successive votes was
clear. As their names were reached the Crapo men
voted for H0ar, and long before the r0ll-call was
ended it was evident that hoar was to be elected
on the 1rst vote. The New Bedford Crapo man who
wasabsent voted for CrapO and two Democrats also
voted for him. During the voting twenty y-nlue
changes occurred from the second vote of yesterday
and after the roll-call, before the voting was
nounced, four other changes were made. Hoar
gained from Long Baker. Of Lynnj Clark, OF
Boston; Fuller, of Ludlow .RobinsoI,, OF New:
Bedford; Sierbrd, OF Lowell. and VaInnm; Of
Lowell. From Crapo he gaint Boardman. of Boston;
Brown, Of Bostonj Dennara, of Now Bedford; Fisk
q Dennis Of Of Fe' ss.S of
Johnson, OF the Cape District, and Small. of Prov
incetOwD. Bowernan gained from Long: Dolan, of
Lawrence; Senator Drake, Of Biist0lj Senator Free
man, Of Suffolk; Mellen, of Worcester OConnell,
Of Worcester Senator Parker. Ct Essex Senator
Steele of Essex, aud Sullivan of Lawrence. Crspo
Bowerman Long gained Bowker of Boston, from
Bowerman; Honnb of Plympton from hoar, and
Sesysll, of New Bedford. from Crapo ,,.
yention was in confusion. The Hoar lcad-
general rejoicing among the Hoar aud Grape men.
Senator Bates Of Worcester. the leader Of the Hoar
forces, was the centre OF happy company. Before
the voie was stated, Senator Seeey, Of Southern
Rerk RI HOgr.
Barron. of Worcester, who was the only absentee
on the roll-caii. voted for hosr instead @
from Crapo TO Bowertnan and Senators
Crowley of Niddlesex changed lrom Long to Bower
man. The result was then announced. No out
burst of applause followed, but there was deep
feeling OF Satisfaction among the hoar and Crapo
men, a bitter disappointment among the Long men
and content among the Democrats. The latter had
been ready to 20 to Long or any other Republican, to
beat Hoar, bet the antl-Hoar men could not muster
tion aud so they stood in the main by their candi-
date. Crapo gets much credit among Republicans
Tor withdrawing In Hosr's favor.
The vote as announced Is as f0l0wsi ". L. HoaI,
l4si J. ID. Long 35; :. W; Bowerman' Ss; Crapo'
81 scattering, 2. Total, 277
Eveaing-A private dispatch from Washing
ton, received here tonight. indicates
that forgery has been committed
that resulted to-day In the election OF sena-
TOR Hoar. There was published to-day an al
legged dispatch from Congressman Crapo which
was circulated among his supporters In the Legs
!ature to the effect that those who voted
Tor him and friends of his should
vote for Mr. Hoar. An intlmauon
70 this effect ia an evening paper caused much com
ment, aud 1t fs DOW known that Mr. Crapo never
sent out or authorized such dispatch.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-S.enatOr Hoar received
seres Of very hearty congratulations upon his cleo
ZION today. When the information was received
osnstoks crowded around him by the dozen to shake
ma hand. The result was an unexpected ono TO