The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-20
The Latest Political Sensation.

A correspondent Of the NesC York
lForld has interviewed Hon. Roscoe COnk-
ling, al his home in Utica, New York, or
rather has had series of interviews with
the Senator, at intervals, during the past
few months, and published, on Wednesday
last, in the n. Y World, the report of
these interviews which spreads over six
columns of that paper.
The substance Of it all is that Mr.. Conk-
ling reiterated the report Of corrupt bargain
between the friends Of Governor Nichols, of
Louisiana, and President Hayes, and that
STANLEY Matthews and Sherman were privy
to it." The facts in the matter, Mr.. Conk-
ling thinks, will probably soon come out, and
s'the result viii be that the whole country viii
be appalled, by the dishonor of this Admins
tration.H ~ tell You, SIR the New York
Senator is reported as saying, "that never in
the history of this nation has there been in
the entire four years of an administration so
much corruption, bartering Offices, rewarding
of political favorites, traffic with political
leaders, and bargain and sale of the electoral
franchise, as during this past year. People
will not believe it until the proof is shown
Mr. Conkling then reviews the history Of the
Electoral business, and shows that there was
imminent danger ola civil war in consequence
of the middle, 'sthe point of peril being
mot in the South, but in the West" Presi
dent Grant twas at his Wits end, and con-
fessed to me Mr.. Conklingl that he did not
know what to do" The outlook was gloomy
and the army could not be depended on. II
appears that Mr.. Conkling declined to be the
President pro tenlpore Of the Senate in the
emergency, but that it was be who suggested
to President Grant the idea of a Commission,
which was adopted. The Senator's bad
opinion Of the Administration is repeatedly
expressed in the interviews. He is sure the
President is wholly in the hands of the South
ern Democrats, and is positive that SO far
from there having been any reform in the
civil service, ssHayes has distinguished him
self by making the worst set of appointments
that ever disgraced the nation Further on,
Mr. Conkling says he has ceased to have any
expectation of bringing the President into
accord with the Republican leaders, and he
thinks the result will be that "when the peo
pie knew him as well as Che Republican SEN
ators do, the party will be thoroughly united,
leaving out the administration.
The World, while publishing the cor
respondents statement of the several in
terviews and the utteranees of Senator
Conkling, excOriates that gentleman in n
twO-column editorial which presents his
conduct to view, in reference to the Elec-
toral Commission, in no very Aattering
light.
Senator Conkling, on Wednesday, gave
sort of quasi contradiction to his Utica
reporter, but the World of Thursday says
in relation to the authenticity of the re-
port, of Senator Conkling's utterances
'swe have the authors positive assurance
that on Friday of last week he wrote TO Seua-
tor Conkling distinctly informing him that he
had prepared this document for publication,
and intended to publish it, and that on Sun
day, April IA, Senator Conkling telegraphed
his reply to this effect sc our letter great
IL surprises me. The conversations were all
in confidence; cannot consent to their vio-
lation. To this the author Of the communica-
ton the next day replied that he did not con-
slider that Senator Conkling had any right to
forbid the publication, and that he (the au
thor) should not be bound by his direction"
Thursdays Washington dispatch to the
Baltimore Sun, says.
II is generally understood here that the ar
ticle was written by Mr.. John +. Mines,
former editor of the Utica Republican, and
who has been on friendly terms with Senator
Conkling.
The same dispatch gives Senator Conk-
ling's denial as follows:
'sHe was not long ago discharged by the
managers of that paper, with which | had
nothing to do. He has since that event cher
ished feelings of great inveteracy to them and
30 me. am informed that he sold the arti-
Gle which appears to-day for large sum.
However this may be, he pretends to give in
it conversations which were protected not only
by privacy but by hospitality. invited him
to my house. ] talked with him there in
confidence. He took no note, no memoranda,
IN my house; he never used paper or pencil.
] was not aware that any notes were taken.
Months after he attempts to reproduce these
conversations. He has misquoted me in
many things; he has misconeeived me in 9TH
ers- The six columns in the World, which
| have just finished reading, abound in mis-
statements, and taken as a whole in their con-
neetioD are untrue. They do not give my
ntterances. / do not know that have any
thing more to say.