Show C I I N G C anin I t EIN C E the tile ex senators mean to o be reelected by ily W U telegraph to the biers id 11 YORK may 23 the question of the intentions of ex senator conkling and platt endeavoring a to induce the legislature to return them to their seats in the U senate which the they volun voluntarily taril relinquished a wel cek ago was definitely settled yesterday the t two wo bentle gentlemen began an all active aati campaign in in albany for office and v indication vindication conkling was consulting with his friends informally until a very late hour yesterday morning etwas it was well on towards sunrise when the tile distinguished ex senator sought repose and when he did so his plans lor the campaign on which he 13 is about V enter in behalf of himself and platt were thoroughly matured at atone one besten yesterday I ay morning conkling and platt entered a coupe and were driven to the residence of vicc vice arthur here they were met by the vice president assemblyman Awni blyman carpenter speaker Seak cr of the assembly police commissioner r french charles dennison and arthur B johnson of utica john P F smythe of albany ex U S marshal louis P F payne of new york and columbia counties and senator john P jones of nevada and the anxious anxiously 17 expected conference wa w as bield this conference w as suggested and arranged by gov cornell who find promised to be present himself and personally to urge conklin conkling to again become a candidate he ife was expected on the 11 train from froin albany but failed to appear and the conference proceeded without him one of the gentlemen present however assured a times reporter that gov cornell was heartily in favor of the proceedings and they were taken with w ith his full knowledge he lie could endorse them in in every very e pa particular rt artur ur conklin conkling announced personally he be preferred to retire to private life to again entering upon the duties of senator he ile had bad served his state in the senate to the best of his ability for many years and lie was ready to step down and allow some other man to take ills his place but noth his personal feelings inga in tho tile matter he lie felt etwas as du due to his friends to take their advice in a question of so great importance and lie was ready to sacrifice his personal feelings to dibir demands he wanted it distinctly understood however eliat in case of I his i again a becoming a candidate for the senate cn mr platt must be united with w ith him he ile would be a airty arty to no arrangement by which he lie should be returned to the senate and platt be sacrificed the u cause lua of tile younger man mail was his m own and the two must stand or fall together he would countenance no combination which should send to washington as ills his colleague any other man than the one who acted with him in demanding his state should be respected by the president pointing to the hat of one of the gentlemen lying on the tile table he be r eaid ai suppose S s c a man sho should uld come in here aw and af attempt attempt to take that hat an and A one of you gentlemen should say dont do that the hat flat is not youra yours and mid a squabble should arise and then suppose the man who was trying to take it should accuse the man ili who was endeavoring to prevent him of being a thief and assert he lie was the man mail who was iva doing boim wrong that is exactly a I parallel caw to my trouble with the Pre president Adent I have not tried to steal the I have tried to keep keel it in the hands of the man mail who lias has a right to it until hia his term ex expires pirus but I am the man accused of behia being the thief I am accused of grubbing for patronage I ha have e simply tried to prevent another from succeeding in a grab for patronage I jt it was the opinion of vice clebit arthur and all the gentlemen present r ant eliat both conklin conkling b and dlatt platt should go to alba albany ily a at t once and mid personally e ally engage i in 11 the con beford ee fo n the legislature this scheme was soine somewhat what dist distasteful a to I mr conklin conkling I he CIO I am in L the hands f my frim friends now and I feel bound to defer to their wishes I but I do not like theider the idea of going to albany on this mission however however it shall be as you decide A very careful canvass of the members of both houses of the legislature le was made during the dolfie conference lr and the result was that the gen gentlemen tiemen came to the unanimous conclusion that both conkling and platt could be elected platt announced that lie had received letters from a great number of members pledging themselves to vote for him and conkling has received the assurances su from many more some sonic of whom are claimed as pledged against him by the half breeds it was wits urged too that the republicans cans and especially tile administration republicans cannot afford to bolt the ca caucus and the election will undoubtedly be determined in the caucus the conference ended about six conkling g and platt went vent dai directly erectly to the fifth avenue hotel and vice president arthur and john I smyth myth went to dinner at the st james as guests of S senator benator J P jones and speaker sharp and assemblyman carpenter and marshal payne started for f or albany to begin the campaign for foor the election reelection re of conkling and platt the tribune stays sy s senator conkling in answer to the tile inquiries i i of friends said he lie was in the hands of liis his friends and would do what they thought best he did not think his state approved of the cause of me men n who proved traitors to gen grant at chicago and the state would how its senators did right in protesting against rewarding them notwithstanding the confident talk of the conkling men last 64 night they were willing to admit that ft a liard fight w would have to be made at albany by extraordinary precautions they have taken to prevent a disclosure of their tl acir i plans imis they admitted vilification that any ally vindication conkling conal should s h uld receive would not be of much m benefit to him the previous talk of conkling resigning i to practice law woe was never ao ho much I i h as referred to the offers were not mentioned it was not a question any longer aa as to tine the candidacy of the bai senators aton but could they be elected A number of administration republicans public pu alic ans were about the fifth avenue hotel last evening but they were not in the least cast down by the announcement of the candidacy of the ex senators the antiCO anti conk Ilk ling men claim that fifty rift two republicans public ans in the legislature legislature are pledged against the ex senators y may 23 speaking of the republican gat lfering at vice president arthurs arthur s house yesterday to endorse conkling the tribune says there was some comment that no word was received from postmaster general james that fielde lie declined to take part in the consultations it was also remarked that cornell lid did not accept the invitation to be present postmaster pearson was reported to have been at the vice house but he lie said last night that the report was untrue and that lie bad not had bad a lot or parcel in any of these th m consul to eions A number of other prominent persons who were expected did lid not fiot come or send any word the gathering gat berin seemed confined wholly to the t he officeholders office oace holders and ex office holders who owe their political existence to the fact of their being subservient followers of conkling |