Show 1IotChoice Albany 20Iwo votes each resulting result-ing Lapham 72 Potter 49 Conkling 28 Woodford 1 necessary to a choice 76 On motion of Strahan the adjourned ad-journed Speaker Sharpe in voting today noticed a newspaper statement that he had been ungrateful to Conkling and said he never held any office by the assistance of anyone who has been a candidate for United States senator here or anyone else Sharpe said the letter refers to a certain member charging that ho has been unfaithful un-faithful to his candidate and was ungrateful un-grateful Dig President the suggestion embreced is that if a person renders a favor to anyone he prevents that person from having an opinion of his own and must not do anything except at the consent con-sent of his patrons I have always be lieved that a public office was a public trust to be performed for the public good and never believed that when a person did me a favor he put a mortgage on me nor did I ever think that 1 had morteaged anyone for whom I bad done such favor In this view of the case it wculd seem that the suggestion that I had been ungrateful must belong to the breath of politics In conclusion Mr President I say with deliberation that there is no person who has been or is a candidate for United States senator here or who has been voted for by whose advice ad-vice or assistance ever held office In the Senate Birdsalla motion for a sine die adjournment on Saturday was called from the table and Woodin moved as an amendmentthat the date for final Adjournment be fixed at December 31st In support of his motion he said he desired de-sired to show the people tbat the majority of the Senate proposed to remain here until United States senators should I elected Murtha believed the vexed question should be left with the people Woodin then moved that the resolution resolu-tion lie on the table Halbert in asking lo be excused from voting charged that those members of the caucns committee who refused to sign the call were obstructionists and criticised their acts at length Mills said the resolution was eminently in favor of the democratic party in or der to get control of the United States Senate EentA A motion to table was carried 17 to to 13 Adjourned If |