, 1874-04-02
prec[ato tloHo faotH. as thoy will In tlmo II In,
tlnton gooH Oh, thoy will Gond diroront c1aaH
Of luon to CongroHH.


Of mon to ConUroaH.
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BENhT0R 00NKLTNG AND TILE p1IELPB-
DODGE CASE.
Whom pl,olpH, DolEo 4 Uo. woro btaol.matloi,
rimor abBcrtod TINT sonator Conkling was ono
Of tho parties to tho uoinrouB transaction. Il,o
rnmor waB not credited ut tho tin,o. II waB
known, OF oouruo, tint tho aonator was largely
responsible for tho cloico corps of roEuoa qs'ar-
tcrol OH tho Now York Oustom- House, but 1t
waH thought tint llo nBod thon, only to got him
Holf political powor. II seemed ilorollblo TINT
Tho lunlor Of tho 1lopublIonn party In tho groat
stnto of Now York should uso hs ponttlon to
holr blaohulai prominent nomborB Of Tint rnrty.
Tho rusnor, finding no orosloncoto to fced upon, dlctl
AWAY. tt Inns enough Of Hucll food NOW to 1.-Two
ntid grow upon. Judge Nonll Davis Testimony
boforo Tho Why's nnd Means Oommittoo first ro-
Vlyod It, Tho Judge statod that Conkling " waa
proBont" Mt tho conforonco botweon JnyMe md
the other roeucs, Whom 1t waa agrood to oanool
tho arrangement tllat lind boon mado with
pholpH, Dodyo X Co., aud Try to squoozo moro
money out Of tint unluclty firm. Not only waD
ho proHont hut 1t was l,y Lin ady[co tint tho I'M
rortors woro throatonod with tho forfeiture Of
tho whole amount OF tho invoices unloAs they
consented to fully glut tho grood Of thoAo hnr-
pics. Conlling's advice waB oauivatont to Bay-
ing: "plunlor t]lcBo mon rs mncl ~
you can; will stnntl bntwoon you md
hHrm." This would llavo boon bal enough.
jtnh La f,n.3 .f 4$s,rx
part Of tho p1undor ho advised lia Bubordinatos
to clutch. It il now charged, howdvor, that ho
Ind B.icl n hope ard TINT ho ronlIzol 1t. Tho
caao ngAinHt 1im stanls tillia: Tho robhors do
olarod tllor dividend OH Juno 30, 1879. On that
tay, Collector Arthur, Navnl- Oillcor Laliu, and
Surveyor Carroll pockolod 921 900 apioco, wlo
Jnyno md tho infornor 1Ioryo got botwoon
tllo,n S05,7t8. Juat throo woolsB afterwards,
Lonia ]. Phillips, private aoorotary Of Collector
Arthur, transferred to Senator Conlsling d piece
worth $18,0u0 aboyo all inc1lmbrnnccs.
Tho alleged explanation III that MI as-
BoBsniont was mldo OH all tlvo ro-
coiyors Of stolen property to pay Conkling.
Jnyno refused to contribute hiu quota bo-
cause ho Ind to ray Il. i. Butler, hin counsel
out Of tho pl,inlor l,u got Tho others lnally
lnndo up tho amount and tho clof conspirator'H
tla1lant!A woro sa!fBf1ed. When Mr.. Ethan
Allou, who was counllol For tho nfor1nor 1Iorve,
was asked wllothor Conkling stIarod In tho Apoll,
llo ntpwored tint tho Honulor waB o lawyor, and
lawyers usually got foon" in caHou Of a,lcl, nng-
nitut1o. Tha, with tho ourioup coincidence Of
tho conveyance Of tho real ogtato, formB protty
strong cnBo.
Tho Senator will, Of course, instantly demand
I'LL investigation! 11o cannot afford to rost un-
dor tho inputation TINT lle conspiros1 with mon
WHO ought to 10 behind tho willis Of 4 prison i'll
steul Of tl,oBo Of Custnm-1IouHo, to plunlor
merchants Of Hl,otleHs roputo. Tho telegram
will doubtloHs promptly come "sonasor Conlt-
ling de,naln1ol aa inBsant investigation into tlo
clinrgcH aganBt him." Tult is what Harlan did
whom 1t WIN cl,urgad tint Durnnt Ind paid lin,
s1N,000 out Of tho Union Pacific Treasury. II
hr. Conkling should provo too modest to occupy
tho Solnto with runttors TINT affect him porHon-
ally, perhaps somebody olao will DO kind enough
to move tho inquiry. lilo country takoB lively
interoHt in tho quontion wl,othor or not tho
senior Sollator Of ita groatcst State 11Bos htB po-
sltlon to oxtort money frcm merchants in the
clutches Of tic CuBtonl-IIouHo gang.