Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-10-04
THE CHARACTER OF THE ROCKIES
TER CONVENTION.


licans of the South and the terms Of humil-
iation he has put upon the lncumbents of the
Civil Service. The nature of Mr.. Conkling'
attitude is that Of true heroism and valor
There is no thought of what the consequences
to himself may be. His position is above
and beyond any mere selfish aims. He is
fired by that sublime passion which leads the
patriot to take up arms; which justifes revolt;
which nerves the arm of the faithful against
the traitorous. He is misrepresented, of
course. Having failed to defeat him by a
resort to the most despicable measures, his
enemies in and out of the commercial press of
New York have attempted to stigmatise him
as bully, at the same time denouncing the
Convention as body of subservient tools of
the Senator, backed by chicanery and seated
by violence and fraud. We call the attention
Of the readers of the MORNING APPEAL to the
following statement made by Rochester
correspondent of the New York Sum- regard
ing the character of the men who are thus
stigmatized: ''Outside of New York there are
an unusually large number of leading Repub-
leans Mr.. Conkling, of course, stands at
the head of the list. There are three or four
ex-Speakers of the Assembly, such as Lyman
Tremain of Albany, Henry Smith of Scho-
harie, and T. G. Younglove of Saratoga
There are several State Senators, among
whom are Cole of Orleans, Prince of Queens,
Tobey of Essex, and Vedder of Cattaraugus
There are some Generals in the late war, as,
for example, MAJ or Gen. John II. Martindale
Of Monroe, who has been Attorney General,
and Brig Gen, Hamilton Ward of Allegany,
who offered the compromise resolution in the
famous convention of 1871, when DR.. Greeley's
city delegation was shown the door Among
the Congressman and ex-Congressmen are the
venerable Judge A. B. James of st. Lawrence,
Ketchum of Dutchess, Merriman of Lewis,
Hotchkiss of Broome, and Ward of Alleoany
Then there is Chauncey NJ. Depew, John F.
Smythe, the late Insurance Superintendent,
and Charles E. Smith, editor of the Albany
Evening Journal, who is at this moment en-
gagged In drafting the platform. Mentioning
Mr.. Smith reminds me that journalism will
be well represented in the convention
Among the delegates are Reyes of the Albany
Express, Barnes of the Albany Reporter,
Farren of the Cattaraugus Republican, Martin
of the Newburgh Journal, Platt of the Pough-
keepsie Eagle, Cobb of the Lockport Journal, |
and Poole of the Niagara Falls Gazette |
must not omit Mr.. George William Curtis |
from the list of editors. 1t is supposed that |
he will introduce resolution heartily indoors
ing the Federal Administration, and address
the convention in its support If he does Mr.
Conkling will undoubtedly reply to him, and
his resolution will either be voted down or
laid on the table, or cut off by the rules. If
Mr.. Curtis comes in conflict with Mr.. Conk-
ling in the convention he will find his bril-
liant rhetoric of no more avail than would
have been an effusion of pyrotechnics on the
field of Waterloo, In my knowledge of State
Conventions in New York, which covers a
period not now short, | have never seen one
So completely under the control of single
man as this is. For the purposes of measuring
present results and calculating future conse-
quences, this statemant should be taken in
its broadcast meaning. Mr.. Conkling's !
OfSl SlSdt uldoo VI tiiIS llISIuy |
intelligent body of delegates does not spring |
from the coercion of strong will or the hope i
of compensation in favors to be now or here G
after bestowed under the Hayes Administra- [
ton He has nothing to give to his followers. t
Their support Is spontaneous and disinterest Z
ed as it Is generous and enthusiastic. l have n
often seen Gov Seward and Gov Seymour Y
received at conventions and other large assem- f
blies of their respective parties in this State.
| question whether anything ever witnessed 6
in their career under like circumstances, will .
'urpass the reception that will be extended =
to Mr.. Conkling when he enters the City n
Hall to morrow. One year ago his name was a
greeted with marked disfavor at Saratoga, and q
hose of his warm friends who ventured to a
enter that convention and aspire to any of the b
IF the honors it had to bestow were remorse- 9,
essly slaughtered. To-day, at Rochester, in a n
convention composed of intellectual elements, h
uperior to those in the Saratoga convention o,
'1r. Conkling is absolute master of the situa f.
ion. | am sure | ana not uttering the language a,
# exaggeration, for have witnessed the evil d
ences of truth of my statements all around II
ne throughout the day. / have conferred FL
rom time to time with those Republicans oil
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