, 1877-12-23
WASHINGTON.
Inside History of a Curious
Cabinet Intrigue,
In Which Conkling and Evarts
Are Prominently Men,
toned.
A Plot to Appease the Implaca-
b1es by 0usting Schurz.
Nothing Doing in the City Except Pre-.
pairing for Holiday Joys.

Specut Ds1dfch to TAe Chicago Tribune.
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Is wen understood oy alr' E'arts' friends that
ouc uf the conditions, and the principal one.
which Senator fnukl}np and hia fr;t.nd. havo
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support oi Tue ADMINISTRATOR Is the "lthofa"-
al Of Erarts from the Cabinet Since the suo-
cess OF Conktiug iu the Senate III regard to the
New Ynrk nominations. his trir,us mr. r,,r1
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p.oA'uA.e" t.'0" e'e4 III '"'te]"s' tn"' TUG ios'e
OF thc stua1lon' pe'ono all question, Is thai
Secretary Ev.irts should resign. The friends o&
Eyarts rccoruizc that Ut present the case ii
o''o' ,,z,., nu,.
They are also known to be exceedingly an1;ou.
in regard to the aspect which Conkline's Com.
ct.,s n..|o-t,,snt 3 T.. ,aa.s,, - 49,; ~
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They also understand very well TINT, after
Secretary Evarts, the chief aversion Of Senator
Conkliun and Of all thoso symnathizfnr will
t;,. ~, -. nar,v t. - sacra+o-t co,.,,-x. .ud
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some ot 1ne" na'e gone SO lar as 10 cla111' thai
Schurz' presence I'll the Cabinet was quite
Us obnoxious to Conkllng as that OF Eyar1.'
1,;n..,f and thar +, t,ct ro.onr;,;o+;,,> ,u..
hrnuobt nl,ont than to rrr1nri]c Senator Tank.
}ino =, ne nTesr,ce ri Sch,ry in ~ H,1,nirin.
trafion The nTrsent intri,1,,e hos in v;+w ~
nttcmnt m the nart nf Ey,rts, fr;end.- eren r.
y" h;,, s,.if ;s ~, n.rtr tn - =, sh9t ,,,1 ri
tho rrsnnns;hilitv for Whit hns bcen f1tsrastcfnl
to CnnEIinn anii Other Rcnnl,licsna ort;nt- With
Gi,o i; ,ha S"n"tc
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Thcv have ronc 81 far as to derlorr tn (,onk.
1ing's friends and even to print The fa1sr stute-
mani that Serr.taTv Schnr7 end nj II Exnrts
wos resnousiblc for the President,s sen,finr tha
NV Ynrk nominations in th. srconts time Th,.
intimatinn tn I:onSItnr,s friends Ina h-cn +hnt
Eyorts after thc result in thc Senotr wus or,trr
realr to ACCENT thr lopi of thr Situation md r.,
ov;se thr President t'ot II was Tia d,,tv IN hear
the v9;ca nf III. Senatt. an1 neither rr.ou;,,atc
tho dofe,tp1 Cnstnm-Honsr ann,,inteea
nor send in new names Thu
rcnresentation to ConklIne,s friends
t,at SrIurz had made himself nar1tcn1artv mr.
tive in inducing the President to Ienomiuate
those gentlemen so objectionable to ConElfntr
vas for the purpose >of turning Conkling'y uE,
tention to Schurz. Acting upon this a. basis.
certaiu Senntors hive been apnroached tnrInr
the past week by friends OF Evarts for,the pur-
nose OF ascertainipv whether it would not bo
possible to
BRING ABOUT AN UNDERSTANDING
between Eyrrts and Conkllpy, which should
have reference to all matters pertaining to New
York afFairs, and which should also inYolye tho
dismissal ct Schurz from tho Cabinet. as Il steD
taken by the Administration to satfsfv these
Senators now 50 bitterly opposing it.
Apothcr element enlisted in this attack upou