Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-29
CoNKLING AND TIE FRAUDS.

How the Senator from New York
Has NurSed investigation" for a
Year-A Flood of Interesting
Truths.
To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW
YORK WORLD: / see that the at
tacks made upon the World by the
personal organs in the Republican
party for its steady instance that
the true history of the alleged frauds
in Florida and Louisiana should be
inquired into and brought to the
light have redOubled since the in
sistance of the World has been
crowned with success. Now these
organs charge the World and the
Democrats with attempting to
"MeXicanize" the Government in
the interest of Mr.. Tilden. At the
same time they all with one accord
cry out that there were no frauds.
1t is not easy to see how the cOun-
try can be "MeXicanized" unless
there is something to "MeXicanize"
it with.
But letting that pass, it is perfectly
certain, if to raise Il cry Of fraud is
to "MeXicanize" the Government,
that Roscoe COnkling is the chief of
MeXicans. Whether the leaders of
your own party first Obtained light
as to the alleged Louisiana frauds
from him | cannot, of course pre-
tend to say. Perhaps you are better
informed on that point than / am.
1t has struck many other Republic
cans, however, as well as myself, as
a curious and interesting circum-
stance that so much should have
been said in Democratic Journals
about the Louisiana case in cOnnec-
ton with Senator COnkling while
the country was passing through
the great Presidential crisis. Drop
ping this observation merely by the
way, let me come to matters within
my own knowledge.
On the 18th of October, 1877, a
newspaper entitled the Daily Re
publican was founded in the city of
Utica, Senator COnkling's home, for
the avOwed purpose of advancing
the political fortunes of the senior
Senator from New York. One of
its circulars, as sent out to the pub
lie, began with this pregnant line:
"This paper is published in the in
tereSt of Senator COnkling." Its
editor received instructions for his
editorial guidance from that gentle
man i'm person, and the quotations
/ purpose now to make are from az
ticles written after two private inter
views with that gentleman, and
after one or two conversations in
the presence of Others.
During the Christmas recess / was
told by Mr.. COnkling that he very
much feared the charges made by
Mr.. Chandler, of New Hampshire,
involving the President and some
of his personal and political friends
in collision with fraud, were true,
and that movement for investiga
ton would be made as soon as Con-
greSS convened. He thought it
''likely" that Gen. b. f. Butler
would set the ball in motion in the
House, as he had been held back
hitherto only by his anxiety in re-
gard to some appointments in Mas
SachuSettS. This was said very dis
tinctly and specifically, so far as
concerned the probabilities of an
inquiry from the Republican side of
the House being set on foot. Ac-
cordingly, the Republican of De
ccmber 2S contained the following
editorial paragraph: LAS soon as
the House cOnVeneS General Ben
iamin +. Butler will rise in his
place and proceed To tell all he
knows about tie Louisiana dicker.
He has a whole canal-boat load of
bricks" The issue of the 10Th of
~ II
General Butler is to be Chairman
of the House Committee on Nentil-
alton. His scope will include both
the Capitol and White House."
Such a movement was eagerly
looked for day after day by Mr..
Conkling's friends in this city, and
they could not be made to under
stand why campaign so boldly
pIanned at home came to naught in
Washington.
II WAS at this time that the Re
Dublican began TO insist upon an
Investigation of the charges of fraud
made in connection with the Louis
lama count, measure which IT
dressed alntil the Radical leaders
Seemed to have lost their courage
entirely. Its language is as strong
ne any Democrat who now faVors
investigation desires to use, ana II
took the ground assumed by the
democracy that no war was 10 De
made upon the title of Mr.. Hayes,
hnt that the charge was too grleVous
and too direct to be reached IN any
other manner save by thorough IN
vestigation. Dooon,
The Utica Republican of Deem
her d said: "There is abundant ev-
idence furnished by the Preslden II
himself as to his bargain with the
South" The ground assumed was
that the President appointed South
ern democrats to Office from lear