The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-13
C0NKLlNG'S GREAT VICTORY.
A CRUsHTv0 DEFEiT FOR ETfRTs AND
RETURNING hoard HdYES.
The senate Refusing to Confirm the NominN-
lions of Roosevelt and Prince by - Vote Of
sJ 60 81, amer - session OF six Hours.

| - W OIL " session OF SIX Hours.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Ncarly month
AFRO William Maxwell Evarts in reply to friend
who asked him II he was certain that Roosevelt
and Prince. tho two New York Custom House
appointocs especially obnoxious to Senator
Conkng. would be approved by the Senate. he
replied dennnty; Yes. they will be confirmed
in spite Of his spiteful opposition. lie will nnd
| out that he cannot run the Senate any more than
he can run the President" To- night at o clock
| Mr. Evarts and Returning Board Hayes learned
that. by vote OF 81 to 2j. tho Senate had deter
mined that they could not at their pleasure vo-
late the Tenure of Onlco at and remove off,
cersand appoint their succcseors with out assign-
| Ing therefor satisfactory reasons Thetriumph
OF Senator Conklng Is IA complete ns the defcnt
OF Evarts. Hayes. and the fraudulent Admins
| tration Is crushing.
This second great personal triumph was won
10y Senator Conkllng chiefly because no made
| himself great leader at the Rochester Convcn-
tion. When all the otherwould be leaders of tho
Republican party hcsitatcd to assert their man
| hood and give voice to the sentiment Of the mil
lions of voters they were too faint t-hearted 10
represent, he uttered tho clarion notes that
rallied dshcartcned and disgustcd following
But holdncss alone might not have won: II re-
quired other qualities Of leadership Hero.
also. Mr. COnkling was equal to the occasion
Assisted by the ablcst parlamentarian in tho
Senate. he so managed the party tactics In the
fight on tho admission Of Kellogg and Butler
that he solidined the Republican side In the
Senate. and rallied their party in tho North on
the old-time issues The Democrats beaten ON
the ground OF their own choosing. were. Of
course. angcred and disposed TO strike back at
Conkling. hut the Administration failed them
in the critical moment; and. as they had moro
right TO expect Hayes TO bo consistent than thoy
had TO expect Conkling TO be Inconsistent. they
could not b" made to vote as a unit.
The regular session enabled Mr.. Conklng to
add one more friend to his Committee on Com
to supply any R'publicnn Detection. ho deter
mined To- force the lghting and give tho Admin
siration n SURPRISE tht would lust It through
Hayes and Evnris Thought they were strong
enough to welcome the fight with Conkline nni
Down Ia o'clock tn-dny werc quite confident
TINT they would uul through Roos volt was
waiting n tho White House in expectation Of
receiving the tidnss Of his continuation Tho
N~l,, on tno mpt"n u noh-cOntur III the nOni-
nations was as follows:
ik"-M..'rs Allison Anthony pianr Roo,h Bruce.
ys II por-y. Eaton lmnni. ferr, li,niin How.
Mlsh,i Mslrn osls,h,, ralacct r.i,rr.on rianS
hns-M,, bailey. Barnnm BaSsrd I,cck. chn.
VIZ, ii,r,h o. D.n'firT p,we- tasu. Garland, 1orion
nan. Lamar; M.creery. Matthew'S. Morgan. Ranioiph
rNRs-Nc-.rs Barn-ii' Ruuer. pau-w VA voor
MNt, Ws.nn n' WhN, h"o.,T, sTn wi S pen"' N'pon"id
Nor NoIIse-N,-.r- Arm.trone Cockfeu Grover. Mac
Fhrfs'n' Ncrrinon. ani Thurman.
The frat thing in order when the oxocuiivo
session opened at half past two was tho adverse
report upon the nomination Of Koos .,elt as
Mr.. Conklng. Chairman Of tho Committee on
Commcrr opened the debate with brief state
mont 81 NE r"as"ns. why in tho opinion of tho
mW"rity of that committee. the two frst-namrd |
nominations should not bn confirmed. These |
,Wrrr, IN hr,si mat no charges. either Of corrup
tlon or IN hrmri"n,y had been mad" against the |
III uiNb'itS, ilt tnn' the contrary they
con "ird a. '", faithful. honest. experien ed |
senator Bnyari followed in short earnest |
Sper,h ot some ten or fifteen minutes lie |
haSed his argument, which was addressed ior |
stood. upon tho necessity ~ reforming aud |
purifying The evil Hministraton Of The Cow |
engaged in Investigating the New York Custom
House. He hsd found it rotten y the
that it still continued so A sharp Interrupt
ilon ms To his present source OF Information
refuge 20 his career and character M boy and
man, He consdered IT IA sound rule to hold the
MIN ana when they were known and existed
no charges were necessary. Public report
ought TO be enough To- lead 10 new nomination.
and an earnest desire to reform the public SER
vice ought to lead every Democrat to vote for tho
confirmation OF these new men. whose chara' ter
was abnve reproach. He maintained the right
oi the Executive TO make changes, which in his |
opinion would be for the benefit Of tho public
service. no being responsible Tor the execution
subject to the CONTINUATION of tho Senatc~but
without being obliged 10 furnish to the Senate
Mr.. Herman then spoke at lcngth on the same
side Of the question. defending Hayes's action.
=. senator ,C.onk ing followed in the speech OF
the day He skltully parricd the charges Of
a member Of the .SSenat.. fie made a long per
tion to the fact tina, the old officers and the now
homlnn'lon- were alike OF the same political
parry parry pels, piedsG,d To- ne same policy, save in one
t? father no such personnl ends by votes in favor
Of A. measure no,gIs Of doubtful pabl,c policy; ,
@ppTSasGinE roll aSii Mr. Gordo1 ipi1wSG qp2a SSI
i o some If not all the Chamber. it wi- known
That Republican senator had come to him with
twS had EN- t5'9Ss S 6c nys Gss %n1 WITH nn
u9n VA; given II lull brief of the grounds upon
whl,h ,hiEe- Wished his nominations 10 los de-
dealing first with tho innnlrion of tho pres"nt
New York Custom House oilirinls quoting from
past inv stigiitions From the r6nsi,lrrntion of
Arthur and Cornell he passed to Corncll's Der.
pahy with the effort, Of Hnyos To- tnke the
the ioehcsicr GonVchr"n and sn,e 1 otc3psh, cotnn IN
's9'ns, a xnIsS fIgnknF- snsrs in la" gaiS"r
feature Of his speech was his "npI nppenl
% the southern members to vote 30 support an
Admin istratiOn which had begun TO do Justice
BY the South Here Gordon was following an .
mpassioned speech from Lamar ut the caucus
he day before. in which Lamar reviewed Conk- I
ing : course at length. and declared that he had +
'teadtastly suggested. supported. and pressed
he extreme measures of the party from which q
he Adminisi ration had revolted-a weak revolt 1
might be, but better than nothing. and to be 4
encouraged on that account. ,
Toward the close OF Gordon's energetic do !
once OF Roosevets nomination, upOn the 4
;rOund that II was essential TO the proper and n
economical administration Of the New York /
lustOm House. Blaine cut across the current Of d
lis remarks with the sharp question whether
II case the country had tho misfortune to i
hooso a Democratic President IN 1880 II could $
eel assured that Roosevelt would be- retained |
"a Collector? O
Mr. Gordon declined to answer the question c
IS irrelevant. but II manifestly weakened the q
lsct of his argument and braced party lines. d
This was matter Conkling carefully avoided Il
loing, and while the speeches of Gordon and I
3ayard were extremely strong in language and 5
manner. not to say violent. Conking was singu- O
aarly calm ana avoided any personal attack on u
iayes or any party alu-Ons. His share in 4
lie debate turned upon his personal de-
ence, he assigning 10 Edmunls the legal
ide Of his cnse. Bayard had insisted that The
wishes OF the Executive must be first consulted.