New-York tribune., 1885-01-14

HlscOck are in town, and seem 10 IIateIpi|o i''N
with the Evars than with the Morton men, en- ~ nen5 Il
will hold ten votes. Mr.. Hisc0ck mas 30 lai and md
opened headquarters but he is here in person. anu
friends think he may, yet turn out c,mer}s TO DC
the dark horse. One of the leading argunatims gunninss
made Of to prejudice country memoers SIotiYe
Mr. Evarts is that he argued before the legisiahi ISL. hi
committee and before the Governor against tne pia
prohibiting the manufacture OF oleomaigsiin'' ss
and therefore can be no friend Oh te issne that
Mr. Evarts IS the favorite everywhere atI STATE
dispatches from number OF towns IN the ,ns n,u.e
favoring Mr.. Evarts above all the o'her
FEW POLITICIANS LEFT IN NEW-YoRK.
Why SENATOR MILLER FAvoRs Mr.. EVARis-Mh"
PLATr CONFIDENT.
Most Of the Republican politicians big and little,
were off for Albany yesterday. Only Senator miiIer
and ex-senator Platt remained here Assemolvmah
Hendricks started by the morning train ana Con-
| gressInan-elect George West, fresh from coh-
ference with Senator Miller boarded the same train.
Mr. Hendricks said before leaving the Fifth Avenue
Hotel that Mr. Hiscock would be heard from at
| ALBANY IN no uncertain manner. The talk about
the hotel WAS that while Hscock had been daliying
with the Evarts leaders. the Morton managers nave
| been tamperng with his lienteuants ana nave
| secnred three or four of his votes. Last evening
Mr. Plat was the only politician to be seen a' INC
| Fifth Avenue He was in the best of spirits. ana
said that his advices from Albany were encourag-
| ing. ave have whipped the hght, he sa'u
.whether Hiscock and Russell stay IN OF go out
| We have votes enough to nominate on the hist
| ballot" When asked abont the sentiment over
the State he said the dairymen were counter bal
| orc;ro any sentiment that might have been worked
up for Mr. Evarts 1t is understood that large
delegation of dairymen will go TO Albany tins week
| to protest against the election Of Mr. Evarts
| OPINION OF SENATOR MILLER.
| Senator Warner Miller when asked about his
postion in the contest and his views, responded as
! follows:
| ~ have no personal feeling in regard to any OF
| the candidates They ARE all estIinabe ana aoie
| men, As Republican, | might well be satisfied
with any one OF them Looking at the matter
| purely from the question Of what is best for the
| country and for the pary-Or they are synonymous
| the emergency appears to exist, owing to onr
! being in the minority for the presence in the Senate
! of an orator of great powers such as MI Evarts
| The country would listen to him as TO no other man
We are about entering on the discussion OF great
| ouestions of international law in which Mr.. Evarts
! is an acknow lodged authority. We must adopt ana
| shape foreign policy in the next few years. 1t IL
| pressing on us. We have had none since the war
Then, too questions like that which arose yester-
day in the Senate. and grave matters oil tarih and
| finance are all coming to the front. for the dis
the services OF a man like Mr.. Evarts. My Ieason
for supporting him aside from these considerations
| is that information received by me IRON nearly
every county in the state sI%s ' Taters ne of the
| State-fully threc-fourths OF the party,
| think the sentiment 80 generally expressed ~
| spontaneous and not manufactured. IL there Is
| to he any success for the party IN the
future this sentiment must be recognized. Mem
have only delegated powers and must act their
constituents wish. suffer the consequences when
| the polls are next opened. near inc cry ,hat
| Sentiment is not q member Of the Legislature IL
reminds of another phrase tnat was
used some time ago. The Sunday School in poll
tics is PLAYED ont and also reminds Inc OF the dis
aster that followed the machine that uttered H..
Mr.. Evars is the choice Of the Republicans OF the
! State o. New-iOrk-an overwhelming majority OF
| them-and il will not do 10 ignore that fact" lhe
Evarts leaders Yesterday securen copies oi cIIcu-
lar sent out they claim, 10y the Morton men against
editorial from he fumes of January ~, IN which
| Mr. Evarts is attacked as Sunshine Republican.
| The Evarts men made good use of the circular by
| demau3 ne II tho other side accepted Inc Inas az
| Republican authority.
| POSITION OF THE UNION LEAGUE.
| A member Of the Union League Club said last
night " Mr. Morton has been gwen the credit of
contributing nearly all the funds raised for the
Republicans IN 1876, 1850 aud 1884. The men
who really paid the money are not satisfied wi
this claim. Much of the money was raised by the
| Union League II has within its mem mbcrship
majority Of the leading Republicans OF thc' couu-
try 1t always takes hold of every
campaign, State and National. Through IFS
| committees it has raised most OF the money needed
by the committees. In this matter of the Senator
ship at the present crisis in the party 1t is entitled
to respectful consideration and hearing. IL advO-
Gates the election Of Mr. Evarts. though Mr. Morton
is also member OF the club. lis mcmbcrs recognize
the situation in politics, and while they like Mr..
Morton, they prefer Mir Eyarts for the good OF the
| country"
A report came from Albany last night
that none of the Arthur men had ar
| rived there expected. Tx Senator
| Platt had received such word, and also tie addi-
| tiOnal information that none of them would appear
III Albany A report that the President hopes 10