New-York tribune., 1885-01-17
MIR. EvARTS IN THE LEAD.
w,rHnRAwAL OF LESLIE W. RUSSELL
sR. NoRToNs MANAGERS ALARMED-AIlIioDN ~
THE MEMBERS FROM NEw-YohA oA
inv 1v, v,saRAPH TO rHE TRIBUNE


p,an .nso s.~,or and the transfer of their votes
-. 10 in the opinion of most politicians here'
-. NJ Fvarts n decided lead in the contest Ior
- canatorsbip This is not conceded by the lriehos
AZ Mr.. Norton now the only other remaining can
6idste for Senator. They aeknowedee .ha' WI
Evarts has made gains, but they say that MI Moi-
ton has still the most votes and that before MohuaS
nicht the fact that he is actually the stronger o"
s;Sote will be perceived. But Mr.. Mortons mana
"lu" - ~ No oaius and are unwilling to state
Eha+ votes are at his disposal. Upon the other
han5 the Evarts managers freely expose their iist
90 his supporters. thus enabling any person WIZ
.a core 10 do so to test the truth of their asser-
items. ,rTrrp
George B. Sloan and RoyalB. Stearns al noon
made public the following letter:
To mn supporters in the Legislature', A..
The time has come in my Judgment whe1 & tie
friends of the Republican party IN tseos tnis Saa.e
should sinking all immediate personal ds William NJ
happy if any effort of mine will contribute 10 onaI
"pngIf have from the first, aside from personal
result IeJeratons favored the election of Mr. Evarts
becanse of his great ability as lawyer ana states
nan Sn SW on nS mart would be in the nature of fac,
tons opposition and It's only possloie eneS' w9u b
he TO hold from Mr.. Evarts votes he wouiu o'hei-
"TSaEng you for your kindness and preference
am very truly yours, LE9LiI '" ~
Atbdny Jan. 10, looos
CarefuI ;nvesticat,on by house TO house " in
-ostioation among the members proves that the
claims of the Evarts managers IN most instances
have a solid basis. A large number OF the mem
hers of the Legislature are actively ana openly Gu
caoed in seeking for votes for Mr. EVuts' Ah"'
s,ot6ment cannot be made of the Morton canvass
To-day also the tendency of the crowd TO seek
the Evarts headquarters and desert the morton
baadoparters was more observable thah
detect the winning side 1t is not an infalllbie
sion but still IT is true in nine political conflicts
ont of ten that the winning candidate for Speaker
or Senator is revealed first by the presence OF the
largest crowd in his headquarters
NJ Fvarts has been most materially strength cned
nv the withdrawal of Frank Hiscock and Leslie
w. Russell in his favor. but the rush OF members
of the Legislature to his headquarters hrst pegah
IN any number when the news went flying ABOUT
at @ o'clock last night that Senator 'lpos anu
Assemhlymen Windolph, Smith and Rockefeller e1
New-York had announced that they should've lor
Mr.. Evarts.
c.ISs FOR EyARTs EXPECTED IN NEw-YoRK
One of the weaknesses of Mr.. Evarts's canvass
was that ne did not have more nome support
Waiter Howe the Assemblyman from the Alth Az
sembly District, 1.-The brown stone distrlct, was
his soe snpporter in New-York the city of his home,
nm to the time of the bolt OF senator
Gibbs and Assemblymen Windolph Smith ana
Rockefeller from Mr.. Morton. Now that ths mas
taken place the Evarts leaders hope for the vote q"
Assemblvman Van Allen, of New York. III ne also
.honld come out for Mr.. Evarts the sole remaining
sunuorter of Mr. Morton New-York would DC
Assembvman Barnum, of the XXlst Assembly
District who has declared that he would not vote
for Mr. Eyarts even If requested to by two-thrdso Oh
the Republican voters in his district. MI Barhuh
is therefore considered bomb-proof to any Evar's
petitions.
when the news was reported that the New-York
mon had decided 10 vote for Mr.. Evarts. 1t was
oain of only votes, but it set the direction
of the tide Several Senators and Assemblymen
who had been OIL the fence at once jumped down
on the Eyarts side. At midnight another Impetus
was given to the Evarts movement by the WIN
drawal of Congressman Hiscock as a candidate iOr
Senator All along there has been an offensive ana
defensive alliance of the Hiscock with the Evarts
men, but still the Hiscock contingent has been kept
separate from the Evarts force.
EFFECT or MR. HIsCoCKs WITHDRAWAL
Asseublvman Francis Hendricks. Of Syracuse
the manager for Mr.. Hiscock was constantly i'll
communication with the EvartsleGders aud Ill fact
was actually one of Mr.. Evarts's heutenants whlle
avovedlv working for Mr.. Hiscock. Uuquestionably
this was done with Mr.. Hiscocks consent
His letter withdrawing as candidate lor
Senator is dated January 49, so that it is PLAIN that
its publication was delayed in order &c and Mr.
Evarts Mr. Hiscock was withdrawn at just the
moment when the action would most help MI
Eyarts. If he had withdrawn before some OF the
men he was holding might have wandered off into
the Morton headquarters. When he did
Withdraw eight votes were claimed as at once
added to those of Mr.. Evarts These were
the votes of Senator Mccarthy and
Asselnblymen Hendricks, Shoemaker aud Tappan,
of Onondaga, Andrews of Cortland Farnum OF
WAYNE and II. C. Howe and Sweet of Oswego. 1t
Is unnecessary to state that the claim OF these
votes caused jubilee in the Evarts headquarters
which lasted to the early hours of this morning.
Daylight had hardly come before Henry G. Bur-
leigh the manager of Mr. Evarts's canvass was hard
at work to obtain still votes Early IN the af-
ternOOn word came to HIM from the headquarters OF
Leslie w. Russell that the latter thought the time
had come when he could aid the movement for Mr..
Evarts by casting for him the Russell votes. Mr..
Burleigh was rejoiced to hear this, although
he knew that Mr.. Russell was hostile
to the candidacy of Mr. Morton and friendly to
that Of Mr.. Evarts. Upon January ~ he had re-
ceived the following letter froia Mr.. Russell which
is now for the first time made public:
No. 60 EAST FIFTY-sIxrn-sr,
NEw-YoRK Jan. IL, 1885.
zee that some newspapers are stating
that my candidacy Is lii the interest Of
Mr. Morton. This Is not true. L have
NOT peen at any time am not now actively con-
tingentiy. have some votes Tor me which might
snpport Morton were out of the way, but they are
the minority of my supporters and adhere to me be-
canse they prefer me TO Morton. Very truly yours,
@""'> ''' LESLIE w. RUSSELL.
ME- RUSSELL AIDING MIR. EvARTs.
Mr.. Russell has only remained in the field as q
candidate for several days for the purpose
Of preventing any of his supporters from pledgng
their votes TO Mr.. Morton. His managers, like
those of Mr.. Hiscock. actively aiding Mr..
Evarts Mr. Morfnnis managers seeing that they