New-York tribune., 1876-02-02

ing the flag of the Tree TO the mas', VIZ"
spikes one size larger than the mast, Mr'
william Blaikie opened the exercises with the
announcement that Association Hall had been
engaged for the club at $50 per month uni"
after election. There must have been applause at
this, but it is not mentioned by the reporter.
Then began oratOry. We know not VINO
arranged the evenings programme, but we 10
say that the order of the addresses was an
inspration of genius. They began with Judge
Bacon and ended with Mr.. CoOkngham How
subtle the alusion to Cincinnati, ana now
delicate the. compliment conveyed! surely
the city of the Convention will not give 10
such a club the cold shoulder. Judge Bacon
was of the opinion that New-YOrk should
have a candidate for the Presidency; that she
sbould have an undivided pledged dele
cation for him, and that his name
should be Roscoe COnkling. " New York
should march to the Convention" ne saia'
in n rare and beautiful figure of speech, q" with
"a banner on which the name OF Conkling ~
" inscribed" He believed the sentiment OF the
entire state to be setting like Niagara, IRE
sistibly in one direction, and that 1t was lde 10
oppose it, lie dhl not "ignore the fact that there
g. are some, who if not decidedly opposed to the
movement, are cold and lukewarm,' but he
did not believe anybody could afford to op-
pose it. and he was certain that mo KepuD-
mican paper could afford to do it," He closed
with the prediction that "before many weeks
"haye rolled away, at least before many
"montbs have passed, we shall see united
"course of public sentiment setting III IRE
"sistibly to place Roscoe COnkllng III the
"PresdentiL chair than which no throne In
"the universe is greater and was followed by
DIR. Watson. DR.. Watson had watched Mr.
Conkling's career with admiration for upward
of twenty years. There were men in the audi
ence. he said WAC had known him longer.
They had seen him coming to that city al
" the early age of seventeenth stripping In
wears. but even then q man in intellect"
they had seen him admitted to the bar; seen
him elected District Attorney, Mayor, and
member of Congress seen him fighting an ar
rogant. aggressive, and powerful party in a
period crowded with great events; seen him
contesting every inch of ground from Lake
" Erie 10 Montauk Point in the campaign OF
1872 1--WE suspect the Doctor Overstated this
by one or two incbes); seen him decnning
I" to wear tho judicial ermine as CHIEF Jus
4" tice y seen him refuse the position OF Minis
ter TO England and the high office of Secre-
tary of State and now" he says, I'VE be-
"hold him in the full maturity and the plen-
." itude of his powers, with most COM
"mandiny presence and robust physique,
fortified and preserved by a lie OF tenn
"perance, possessing the eloquence OF Choate
combined with the personal magnetism OF
Henry Clay and the massive strength ana
skilled logic of Daniel Webster. standing III
"the fore front of the Senate chamber OF the
United States, the acknowledged leader oil
"great party, its most sturdy champion and
"its ablcst and most uncompromlsing de-
"fcndern From which it may be gathered
that DIR. Watson feels friendly to the cause.
Seen him ~ said Western orator; we seen
" him come to Chicago two years ago thout
ga rag To his back an we seen him 20 away
yesterday all covered with rags
Then they passed some resolutions appropri-
ate to the occasion, and Mr. VIM. Blaikic read
an article from q newspaper. supervisor
Daniel Bachelor being called out, read letter
from two persons who presented the club with
flag. and Supervisor Daniel Bachelor pre-
dicted that "ten thousand men would march
cup Rutger-st behind the flag next November
with victory perched upon their banner
| men MI. n. Y. toAt Tttib Ht h"' wv" Wv
icsed because he was a relation Of Mr.. Conk-
ling and nj tho same time Secretary OF the
club Without resigning either position, he
read hymn entitled "IIurrah for COnkling,'
which was first published in 1864, and con-
sisted of five stanzas. Ii opens with an ex-
hoitation to the men of Oneida TO falter not,
but stand by their guns, and "roll the Union
victory up like Oceans myriad waves" and
closes with the statement that "in Gods and
" Freedoms name, with Roscoe Conkng in
" the van, we'll wipe away our shame" Then
Mr.. Cookingham closed the entertainment
with what is called "brief address, which
i, not reported, and the Utica Conkling Club,
proudIy conscious that it had put Mr..
Conkling " in the forefront for nothing
short of the forefront would satisfy
it-camly drizzled to the sidewalk and
diffused itself through Utica. Do We need to
say that the movement was success Prob
ably not. The men who turned out to see
him enter Utica at the early age OF seventeen,
and who watched him when he contested
every inch of ground from Lake Erie to Mon
tauk Point are in earnest about it. They
have formed club, got flag, and hired
hall. "Now by st. Paul, the work goes
"bravely ON
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