, 1876-06-13
THE SPRINGFIELD FRAUD,

IL now appears Tint 1HE tribune was
right when it assumed that the Springfield
platform was nale to fit some other person
than BLAINE, antl that the refusal to instruct
for BLAINE was intended to enable the man-
Agcra to transfer tue vote of the Illinois del
egation to some other candidate, 1lr. CoaR-
LING was tho man who was tho ''unknown
at Springfield. There aro several roasons for
such a result. bfr. CoNKL1sa, through his
friends, has immense wealth ut his disposal
his chief representative at Cincinnati is SEN
ator JONES, the millionaire Of Nevadn. hIr.
CoNE11xo has also tho whole patronage Of
the United Statea at Ills disposal. He can
empty all the Custom Houses and Internal
Revenue Offices in tho United States, and Ill
them with his friends and the friends Of his
tho proprictors of impccunious aud starvcliug
newspapers. and upon office. seekers, aud up
on Senators md Representatives whose
friends hive boon put in prison or aro over
in Canada, can well DO understood. To this
lattor class Mr. CoNK11so's 3 friends can prob
ably offer pardon in caso Of his nomiua-
tion.
While it may provo true that the willy
managers uay deliver tho Illinois delegation
to CoNKL1so in tho Convention, what thon ?
Can they give any guarantee that the Ropub-
licans of the State, betrayed md sold out in
Convention, will ratify tho fraud ut the
polls? The pcople of Illinois have worry lit
tle knowledge Of CosKL1so, and that little is
by no means favorable. The people Of Chi
cago and ali Western cities romombcr the
mnlignity md perseverance, With which lo
importation Of goods and their shipment to
the West in bond. Mr.. CoNKI1No labored
hard for the New York Custon.-1 House, aud
for the pcrcmptory payment Of duties there,
| instead Of at the place Of their destination.
| The merchants Mt the Wost had suffered long
/ under tho depredations, spoliations, aud
| blacknail of the New York CuHlom.H House
| nppointees OF alr. CoNE11Na, and whom they
asked for roliof ho for d long timo SUCCESS
fully opposed it, and at last it was carried in
| defiance Of his earncst protest There il
| nothing iu h1r. CoNKL1No'B record or in his
| personal career in the least sympathetic with
the Great West. Ho ia man Of ability, but
apoor statesman for these tinloB. IIo Ii litor-
ally machinist, rules md governs through
an army Of official dependents; men whom
| lto can dIauliHs at tho least sign Of iudepend-
cnce or characterization. In this respect hc
III OF largo clasa. and it Ia Of tho rrlo of
tllat class TINT tho people Of tho West are
heartily tired.
Now it appears that Senator LOGAN md
tho Assignee of tho thieves organ Of thia
city arc ut Cincinnati, laboring to deliver to
CoSkL1so the delegates appointed to vote
for BLAINE. This they may succeed iu part
accomplishing, but WOO be to those who per.
potrnto tho fraudl we have objected tc
Mr.. DLA1NE's nomination OH tho ground that
HOMO other candidate might be selected whe
could DO more certainly cooted, mud Whose
nomination would DO equivalent to an oloc
tiun from the start. But as between DLA1Nl
aud CoaKI1Na wo do not understand how
any Western, or Illinois man especially
could think Of rejecting blaine for tho pur
posn Of nominating CoNKL1Nu.