Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-20

GLOBE SATURDAY NOR
COMBINES BLAST.
Tho Sensaffon Il Produced -, Washington,
---1he Senator's AOOD aud Aghast---Conk-
ting Makes very Thu. Dental but Claims
u scas Betrayal Of Confidence.
A Washington special of the 18th says:
Nothing in the way of q political sensation
has begun to equal the effect produced by
the five and half column article in to-day's
New York World, purporting to be an in
terview with Senator Conkling, in which he
attacked the President in the bitterest terms,
and INDUCED in enough personal charges
against fellow Senators to shock that august
body to its centre with holy horror of oat-
tagged dignity. If in the middle of an open
session Conkling should have yelled out
right. and then set to pulling noses and spit
ting in the faces of his associates, there could
have hardly been greater shock to senator
lal decorum than in this sprawling mass of
personal spleen and vindictive ag-
gressiveness. brief abstract of this
article had come on in advance through the
agency of the Associated Press, SO that the
public was in measure prepared for the
detailed statement that came in the New
York mail that arrived at O'Clock. There
was mad rush for the full interview. and
after it was circulated it became the one sub
ject of conversation in every quarter of the
capital. Conkling was in his seat as usual,
and betrayed no difference in his manner
from that of ordinary days. His immediate
friends said that he denied its authenticity,
| and that it was made-up affair from begin
| ming to end. This was the answer made
during the afternoon to all inquiries made
| of Senators as to what they thought of this
| remarkable interview, but it was said later
in the day that Conklings denial of the in
terview was guarded one, and that it was
not sweeping enough to disarm criticism.
| Furthermore, it was gossipped about that it
was one of Conkling's pleasant ways of
making an attack through the medium of a
newspaper interview, so that he could Judge
the effect of all that he felt called upon to
say, and then deny such parts of it as he
would not care to indorse. The EueAinQ
Star printed this afternoon
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT
as coming from Conkling: When asked
|
piled: "No, have not seen it and cannot
give an answer till do, but have this mo.
ment received telegram from New York in.
forming me that columns of reported con.
versation with me have appeared in the
World, and that is thu first information or
the subject that has reached me. Before
having seen the article cannot, of course
pass judgment upon it, but can very frank
ly say that from the tenor anc
spirit of the interview, as briefly out
lined by some of my friends, it i.
impossible for me to remember when
have committed myself to any such utter
ances. If have been correctly informed
the article purports to be details of con
versation had with me recently by one Of
my friends and afterwards written out by
some party in Utica. Now have not beer
at home for many months, except on brie
visit on the occasion of my nephew's mar
riage. l had no conversation then or
political questions, and I have not expressed
myself politically to any friends in extenst
for long time. You are therefore at liber
ty to state that cannot recall any circum
stances within the past few months to war
rant any such interview as learn has beer
attributed to me, and I feel perfectly sure
PLAUsIB1LITY IN PORTIONS OF IT,
some one, unknown to me just now, ha.
been guilty of betraying private converse
} tion." There was only enough denial il
this to make the public believe the inter
view was genuine and some were unkint
enough to say that the New York Senator hat
written the interview himself and had i
published with Utica, N. Y. date line to i
| RI rJo1oJ ha nof1 ,11.,.
ions to Senators with whom he is daily as
ISOLATED were the only things that made i
believed that the interview was really on
intended for publication unless Mr.. Conk
: ling had suddenly parted with his senses.
IN AN INTERVIEW
this evening Mr.. Conkling, after reading tn
entire five columns and half of the alleee
interview, said: IL have only this to say
have reason to believe that the interview il
the World was written by q discharged EN-
, ploye of the Utica Republican, Mr.. Conk
r ling's questioner mentioned the Telegram
) from Utica, to which allusion has alread
been made, and which appeared to leave n
doubt that the interview was written b
John F. Mines. The Senator resumed: 81
J that is 80, it agrees with what l have hearc
I He was long ago discharged b
/ the managers of that paper with whic
r had nothing to do. He ha
since that event cherished feelings of grea
), inveteracy to them and to me. I am il
! formed that he sold the article which ar
pears to-day for a large sum. However thi
: may be, he pretends to give in it conve,
! sations which were protected not only b
privacy but by hospitality. invited him t
nv house and talked with him there in cor
, fdence. He took no note, no memorand:
in my house. He never used paper or per
Gil; was not aware that any notes wer
taken. Months after he attempts to repro
duce these conversations. He has misquote
| me IN many things. He has misconceive
me in others. The six columns in tn
World which have just finished readin
3 abound in misstatements and, take
as whole, in their connection are untrue
They did not give my utterances correctly
! do not know that l have anything more
7 sry.' Informally, and with no design t
commit the Senator to responsible denia
3 Mr.. Conkling's attention was called to sic
/ niticant passage, in which he was charge
not only with promoting and perfectins
but of originating the act constituting til
electoral commission. He said: ssNov
, that is all wrong. He has not stated mat
tiers as they were. His account of my cor
, versation with Gen. Grant is all upsid
down.'' There
SENATOR Combines DENIAL
ended, though passing remark followe
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