The Portland daily press., 1877-11-10
SENATOR CONKLING.
Sharp Criticism Of the EAdminis-
trati0n.

Goodwin, Democratic State Senator, elected
from his district, was an honest Democrat,
who voluntarily Joined the rebel army in the
war, and who upon election this week said he
owed it to supporters of the National Admins
tration. Mr.. Conkling said he believed his
district was carried against him by concen-
tration of the energies of Tammany Hall COM
bned with the lofty coterie of the highly
respectable three hundred Republicans of New.
York city, the latter having plenty of money.
Tammany Hall has 1900 Office holders to
draw upon, and even assessed the two thou
sand notaries public here $25 apiece. Ellis ID.
Roberts voted the Democratic ticket, and the
Hayes interest in Utica uniformly and openly
voted with the Democratic party. Mr. ConE-
ling stated that Republican tickets were sent to
the polls in Utica in the morning, but nearly
all were thrown into the canal, and only at a
late hour was supply obtained.
He further said: From the time President
Hayes came into Office and appointed Demo-
cratic Cabinet the principal labor of little
Evarts and the rest has been to withdraw
Republican support from me. Mr.. Evarts told
a gentleman some time ago that the reform
movements of the Administration, so far as
New York was concerned, were to break up
Craftsmanship; and among the official acts OF
the Administration in the last election were
removals of the principal Office holders in New
York, whom 1 match them to duplicate, much
less excel. Was that chivslric behavior toward
Republican seeking to xtricate this state
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Hayes vote in New York, or even fair por-
tion, the state would have been Republican
to-day.
OF the civil service order Mr.. Conkliug said:
Undoubtedly that celebrated reformatory order
was factioDal 10 its inteut, made in the interest,"
; of presuming little men. Sherman goes out to
Ohio and makes speeches in defiance of it.
McCrary goes to Iowa and manages a conven-
ton despite the order, and finally Devens, who
is pretty good sort of fellow, or has been in
the past, writes to Massachusetts and says
that the order meant itself to be disobeyed,
and that the way to obey it was to violate it,
The Massachusetts Election.
"What is your opinion of the Massachusetts
election, which the Hayes men are claiming as
victory for the policy"
"That election shows only how well real
party men behave. The men who dislike the
policy and could see NO honesty in the Piesi-
dents position on the Southern question, never
theess walked to the polls and cast their ballots
for the Republican candidates The Hayes
men also voted en- n1dSSe. But in this State of
New York charge that the Hayes element was
not only Indifferent to the election, but voted
the Democratic ticket by hosts. The State of
New York is Democratic to-day by the act of
the supporters of the President"
The Republican Party.
'Mr. Conkling. is there any good reason for
dsbanding the Republican party at this timer"
'If there has been any time within the past
ten years when the party was worth preserving
in the interest OF taxpayers particularly, it is
now. The Democratic party has three elements
in it. First there is the South-arrogant and
advancing-driveD only by Southern constitu-
ents who have lost everything They were
compelled to repudiate the Confederate debt
and to strike off pensions to their soldiery.
Why should not they take as much as possible
from the North? In the light of bnman ma
ture they are hardly to be blamed for looking
upon the Federal treasury as something which
has been used to their disadvantage: but can
now be employed to liquldate the balance
Then we have the East, of which New York is
the Democratic citadel. Here it is Tammauy
Hall, John Kelly and the Canal Ring. This is
other predatory element. In the last place
the Western Democracy is composed of two
great wings-lnhation and agrarlanism. The
Republican party alone at such q time can
properly represent the property-holder and the
taxpayer Don't you see that the Southern ele-
ment, being powerful in the Democratic caucus,
can compel the whole party to support their
measures? That is why look upon the wealthy
men of New YorkEassfoolish. They are to be
the sufferers if this nation passes into the
hands of party controlled by the South, and
is ruled in the North by evil traditions and SO.
cialistic elements.
The Southern Policy.
Relative to the Presidents Southern policy.
Mr.. Conkling said: There Is no considerable
element in the Republican party which objects
to the removal of troops from the Southern
states. have made no objection on that
score. But all that was required of him was to
take out the troops, and nothing else. He had
no right to make bargain or compromise with
the Legislature of state in the interests of the
Presidency. His interfering with state by
compromise or bargain was as much viola
ton of the law as if he had interfered with
troops and by arms"
Nevertheless, Senator, a large element of
the onnOqiti0D IN Mr. HavnQ from the
radical Northern element"
"Very probably" said Mr.. Conkling; "all
through the North are substantial people, who
are like Miles Standish in their devotion to the
original inteDts and sympathies of the Repub-
lican party as free Northern party. These
people do not object SO much to Withdrawing
physical force from the South as they do to
the conspicuous contrast OF Mr.. Hayes in the
Presidency by the vote of Louisiana and Mr..
Packard turned out Every man knows that
on the face of those returns Packard was more
elected than Hayes by 5000 or 1000 votes You
cannot present those returns in any form that
will not give more legality to Packard as gov
ernor of Louisiana than to Hayes as President.
People say this man assumes all the virtues of
reform in the office which he has gained by
the simple reputation Of the ladder that lifted
him. 1t is the general record of usurpers.
Though sustained, they do their favors to the
other side. The President has Democratic
Cabinet"
Show do you make that out?'
A Democratic Cabinet.
"Devens always ran for office in Massachu-
sets on the Democratic ticket. He never was
a Republican. Schurz took himself out of the
Republican party years ago. Key is Demo-
crat. / am sure" added Conkling, "that no.
body counts Evarts Republican. The Demo
Gratis were so sure of the contrary that they pro-
posed to nominate him for governor of this
state. L have no faith in President whose
only distinct act is ingratitude to the men who
voted for him and the party which gave him
its fealty In the domain and forum of honor
that sense of President Hayes's infdelity
stands forward ard challenges him. 1t is felt
by honest men all over the country. He smiles
and showers on the opposition the proofs of
disturbed mind.' The inevitable logic Of
Democratic ascendency in the country will re-
suit in excessive appropriations He instanced
the passage of the river and harbor appro pria-
ton bill at the c,ose of the last Congress,
amounting to $5,000,000, which President
Grant signed because there were good things 10
it; but he embargoedI$3 100000 Of the expen-
diture. ''Now," said Mr.. Conkling, 81 am
told these 100000 have been put out since
Grant left Office The Southerners are poor,
clamorous for office and clamorous for money.
Their rivers levees, harbors, public buildings