Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-16

SENATOR CoSELNG INrEEvEwED,-I In an
interview with a New York Herald reporter
last Thursday evening, Senator Conkling Of
New York freed his mind in regard TO va
riety Of political topics. He made no secret
of his hostility to the Administration and
some Of its supporters, and sharply criticised
a class of Republican politicians Of New York
as persons who believe themselves to occupy
the solar walk and milky way. and even up
there they lift their skirts very carefully for
fear even the heavens might stain them
This class he charged proved treacherous
to the party in the late election, and yot-
ed with the Democrats. His own district,
he believed, was carried against him. in the
election of Democrat TO the State Senate
by the concentration of the energies of Tam
many hall, combined with the lofty coterie of
the highly respectable three hundred republi-
cans of New York city, the latter having plen-
ty of money. He further said that from the
time Hayes came into Office and appointed
democratic cabinet, the principal labor of Mr..
Eyarts and the rest had been 10 withdraw re-
publican support from him.
With regard TO the Presidents Southern
policy, the Senator said there was no consid-
cradle element in the Republican party which
objects to the removal of troops from the
Southern States IAN that was required of
the President was TO take out the troops and
nothing else He had no right To make a
bargain or compromise with the Legislature of
the State in the interests of the Presidency.
His interfering with State by compromise
or bargain, was as much a violation of the
law as if he had interfered with troops and by
arms" He commented upon ''the conspicu-
Gus 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 elect
ed than Hayes, by three or four thousand
votes. You cannot present those returns IN
any form that will not give more legality TO
Packard as Governor of Louisiana than to
HAYES as President" Conkling charged that
1.-THE President has n Democratic Cabinet.
Devens always ran for Office in Massachusetts,
| on the Democratic ticket. He never was II
| Republican. Schurz took himself out of the
! Republican party years ago. Key is n Dem
! ocrat l am sure added Conkling, that no
| body counts Evarts Republican. The Dem
| ocrats were so certain of the contrary that
| they had proposed 10 nominate him for the
! Office of Governor in this State. l have no
| faith in a President whose only distinct act is
| Inpratitude 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 Mr..
| Hayes infidelity stands forward and challeng-
es him. 1t is felt by honest men all over this
country. He smiles and showers upon the
| opposition the proofs of disturbed mind. VI
| The conversation closed with some reference
TO GOV. Tilden as creditable governor and
to Gen Dix as revengeful against Conkinp
because Dix believed like little Roberts,
editor of the Utica Herald that he was re-
sponsible for his defeat by Tilden. Mr.. Conk
ling took especial pains TO vent his petty spite
against Mr. Evarts, referring to him, as wei
| as TO Mr. Roberts, as little" Evarts. Those
utteranees of 1.-THE great Senator fIom New
York" have attracted wide attention and evok
! cd much unfaYOrsble comment