The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-16
SCORE ONE FOR CONKLING.
BICkED ny HfYEs IN THE BUFF1LO
COLLECTORsHIP russ.
Leaving no Picking- for Either Evnrts. Fem
ton, or Anybody Eise-Fenton Calling upon
MA sherman aud Making Explanations.

WASHINGTON, March 1j.-Mr. Conkling re-
mains master Of the situation. Haycs's capitu-
lation to the senior Senator has been Tor some
days n matter of fact. To-day he made it mat
ter OF record. respectable delegation from
Buffalo called on him to-day to ask the reap
pointmcnt Of Collector Daniels. Daniels may
be remembered as n strong Conkling man, on
hand at Gin cinnat and every State Convention
where service could be done for Conkling or
Cornell for four years past. during which tlme
he has held the Collectorship. Last February
he criticised the Electoral Commission bill
pretty severely and the morning after
tho electoral count was completed his
successor was confirmed and Grant signed his
commission, the vacancy not occurring untu
this week. Tho delegation showed what the
records of the department prove. thnt Daniels
had boen a good officer, and as III removal was
due solely to ocitude for Haycss election
and counting in by the President ot the Senate,
they begged to have him rcinstatcd aud charged
Major Tyler Conklings new app2intee; t,,ssn, WIN
ing nothing but the Mathews interest in Erie
incs t ind Sn ooSsnFb NH ibrdmsR @R asHe3 HH3s
few questions. which showed his familiaIly
with the casc, and then gave his answer. He
that Dnniels was n faithful ofliccr in whom no
fault was found and who deserved 70 be REIN
stated but he was forced to draw the line some-
where and he had determinedto draw it at noon
March 4. Tho nets " his predecessor before
thut date he should not rcvicw or rcNlsn, ana
hard as II seemed in this casc Major Taylor
shout hold until he himself gave cause for his
own removal =.
OF oursc this outspok"n decision settles half
n score of important cases in which COnkling
disposed of the patronage in New York some
months ah cad. and left no pickings for Evqrts.
! Fentnn. or anybody else anxious To- try their
| hands at distributing patronage. and 1t is AL
| the more important because Hayes reaches II
with his eyes open. some kindly friend who
| has ear and knows New York has explained
| how Fisse went out and Payne wont in how
| Smyih was succeeded at Albany. and a pine"
| found for \. B. Corn 'll how frrrnl at Batavia
| resigned to mako a vacancy anu was Nlppntfl
| 10 I'LL II. what sort ot a reward cunt M"Dnugnll
got with suniry other cas- -. all which llaVrs
| has pronounced highly unusiiiluhl - hut ht
! has decided to MODEST none of them. and thr
few y " Ynrkers hyrrto PICK NJ OH rs through
! Wheeler. I,nrt-. or frnt1n. have gon homo.
| The last NAMED las discovered That is too
| early 10 hcgin IN n'ia"k on CouklinS, and ne
| called on ; scrrtlry sherman to assure him that
n newspaper report that frnt'n was trying io
| rot Sharpe ont anl Merritt IA WINS "a 'alunnv.
| lle hni 40 wish ip int.ri 'rc with "a 'iorm "i
| thnc.Nil -nrVinI'0n which ID" lr Hw iNft Tho :" o.
| r'tnry was h'ut ly pressing personal claims.
| Tho Secretary said hc WIS anxious i"r reform.
and pa 10 old follow orkol tn" nihlr in tue = es
and knew the other man I'm he WIS blnS