The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-06-14
DOG FAT DOG"
How the Radical Ring Robbers
Are Preying upon Each Other.
MISTAKE OF MORTON MINIoNs

MIS- TAKE Ot MOhlON mlNlONO.
THEY ANTAGoNIzsD THE FRIENDS OF
BLAINE, AND NOW THE HYENA WILL NOT
MAKE Terms HOW BRIsTow WORKED
THE OLD WAR GOVERNOR.
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times OF yesterd " sums up the
situation: Pierrepont's interview with
Morton has caused a genuine sensation
among politicians. Morton has heretofore
pretended to be so confident of an &C.
emulation of strength at Cincinnati, and
mas turned so dealt an eartO all warnings
of failure, that mis- willingness to listen to
PierrpOnt's advances is taken as a sign of
final weakening. Pierrepont has hereto
fore been understood as a supporter of
Bristow, and claims to be bis warm per-
sonal frie nd. He has alwayspresumed to
belong to the better wing OF the Republic
can party and has been given to q dsnuncis-
ton of the leaders of the Morton stripe. His
sudden accession to Conkling's interest Is
understood as the result of a bargain
betwixt himself and Grant, by
of Conkling, he (Pierrepont) shall
have his choice Of the English mission
or the secretsryship of state. The
latter place has always been given to New
York, and since Fish mas held the position
with reluctance during the last four years,
ne Will, IL Is dssumeOs SL0p GOWN ana out
eomplscently as soon as Conkling's adj
ministration Is inaugurated. Whether
Pierrepont made use of this part of the
compact in urging Morton to seiZs his
opportunity to. become king-maker, in
stead of permitting
THE CHANCE TO SLIP OVER TO BLAINE
or any of the others of his sdversaries is
not knowD, but those who have seen Nor
ton to-day bear testimony that he is not so
confdingly exultsnt as heretofore, nor
does he count with such confidence upon
carrying on the third ballot, as his friends
have been grotesquely claiming. Pierre
ponte played very skillfully upon Morton's
vanity in reminding him that it would be
no desparagement of his fitness for the
place If other men sounder in health were
elected to the presidency. He had worn
himself out in upholdlng the war and
that record added to the sacrifice
which it was now within his power to make
in the intere st of his country, and his party
would forever make him an important
factor in the Republican party and in the
Republican administrations which shall
follow Grant. PierIepont made an elsbor-
ate showing of the chances tor and against
Morton. He enumerated the delegates
pledged to him, those opposed to him, and
those pledged 70 his opponents. He proved
conclusively that the Morton delegations
had reached their utmost development;
that his vote from the very nature OF
things would decrease on every ballot from
the very first; that in this condition pru-
dence, policy and craftsmanship all point TO
one thing. By entering into league and
COVENANT WITH CoNKLING,
whose forces were about equal to his own,
but whose reserved strength is incslcu-
lably larger, he could secure the nomina-
ton of that statesman and make himself
q second figure in that administration.
He further delicately suggested the i'm
possibility of carrying New York on such
q record as Mr.. Morton has left in the
Senate on tho currency question. New
York, he declared, could only be carried
by Conkling, or possibly Washburne,
whose position on the currency question
had long been known, and was acceptable
to all classes OF that commercial
common wealth. He reminded Morton
OF Stewards slaughter at Chicago, when he
had a compact, W ell drilled and sdventur-
Gus army of delegates who were so con-
fident OF mis- nomination that they secuted
alliances, and affronted those who would
have, with a very little Cancellation, helped
them as friends. Bristow's interests were
also Morton's interests. Bristow would
not be obstinate. He would readily step
aside, and yielding up such forces as he
of the party and the country, be would
accept the second place on the ticket, pre-
senting an irresistible combination 10 tie
electors. 1t is only by taking advantage
OF the present opportunity of combining
instantly with the forces OF ConkIing and
Bristow that the dangerous
POSSIBILITY OF BLAINE CARRYING THE DAY
can be averted, but what Is equally as
venturesome, the selection of some un-
tried unknown who will peril party in
terests and dIshesrten the organization
through those elements of magnetism
which arouse the impulses of the people
and carry presidential contests. This talk
of Pierrepont's has made Profound i'm
preston on the Morton psopie. Many of
them are angry with themselves now for
carving on the contest against Blaine so
vigorously. They express the feeling that
had they not antsgonized Blaine so iercely
AGAINST Morton and his friends In the pres
ent copjuncture OF circumstances, Blaine
seeing himself an impossibility as a candi-
date, would very gladly have turned his
forces over to Morton, whose ways and
methods are so much more In keeping with |
Blaine's character than any other candi- |
date IN the field. Blaine hates Conkling |
cordially, and the dastardly conduct of the
Bnstow people leaves him no other alter |
native than cordial deteststion Of that |
gentleman either as q candidate or as |
man. Hence oil and vinegar will be as |
easy of admixture as Blaine and Bristow. |
While Morton's rivalry against Blaine, 1t |
8 now stated by his friends, has not taken |
Ignore offensive form than that of legisi- |
mate party solicitation and urgency, the |
Bristow alliance Morton recognizes as of |
very little consequence, but since Bristow |
made overtures, his friends have never |
felt like refusing it. 1t viii be remem-