Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-18


or policies 10 the District of Columbia, has
passed both houses Of Congress.
The COnkling Interview.
Alr. Conkliog, 10 reply to question by
reporter for The Washington Star yesterday, 10
reference to the correctness of his reported 10
terView with q correspondent Of the New \ otk
World, said /:
Il have not s'eu it. and cauoot give an
answer ill do. But | have this moment re
ceived telegram from New York informing
me that columns of reported conversation
with me have appeared 10 the World and that
is the first Information on the sui Jet that has
reached me- Before having seen the Article |
cannot, Of course, pass judgment upon it !; but
cao very irspkly sag that from the tenor and
spirit OF the interview. as briefly outlined By
remember when [ have cnmuited myself 10
any such utteracces. Ii have been correctly
ioiorpcd, the article purports TO be the details
Of a conversation had with me recently by one
of my friends, and atterTard written out to
some party 10 Utica. Now, have not been
at home for macy months, except on a brlet
visit on the occasion OF ny nepheRs
marriage. had 90 conversation then % politl
cal qntstion5, and have cot expressed myself
politically to any friends 10 exteDso tor long
time. You are thereftr. at liberty TO stale that
| cannot recall any circumstances within the
past few months to warrant any such Interview
as | learn has been attributed to me, and l feel
perfectly sure that if there should turn out TO
be some plsuslblIlty 10 portions OF it, some one.
| to me unknown just now, has been gully OF
| belraying private conversation.
The New York World to-day says in relation
to the authenticity OF the report yesterday OF
Senator CoDkog' utterarccs I'VE have the
| author positv, assurance that 90 Friday OF
last wctk he wrote to Senator Conkling, dis
tncty informing bin that be had prepared
this document for publication. and intended TO
publish il, and that on Sunday. April 18th,
Senator CoLk!ing telegraphed him reply to
tins eff CT: Your letter greatly surprises NE.
The conversations were all in confidence. | can.
DOT c)oscnt to their violation" To this the
author of the communication the next day re-
piled that he did not consider that Senator
Conklng hal any right to forbid the pub lea
ton, and that he. tho author should not be
bound hy bis dictatioD.
The Washington correspondent of the BaIli-
more Suo says:
1t is generally understood here that the arll.
Gle was written by Mr. John +. Mines.
former editor Of the Utica Republican,, and
who has been on friendly terms with Senator
Conklng.
The associates of Mr.. CoukliDg 10 the Senate
expressed themselves as ofthe belief that there
was much cXaggeration and establishment IN
the article, although it is perhaps not to be
questioned that 10 the freedom of what be cou.
sidered private AMI confidential intercourse the
New York Saoattr may have, 10 suostalc, at
least, given utteraDcs 10 some OF the views
with which be is credited. Mr.. Conkling was
approached on the suffice this afternoon, with
the following result:
81 have only this to say: | have reason to
be1iave that the interview il the World was
written by discharged employee Of the Utica
Republican.
Mr.. CorkliDp's qu5siou:r mentioned the
telegram from Utic. to which aIIu:on has al
ready b-cn made, ADD which appeared to leave
no dou5t tu. that the interview was written
by Jobu F. Mioes. The Senator resumed:
IF that is SO it agrees with what | have
heard. lie was not long ago discharged by
the managers Of that paper, with which l bad
nothing to DO. He has soce that eveot cher
ished feelings CT great inveteracy to them and
to me. / am informed that be sold the article
which appears to day for a large SUN. How
ever this may be, be pretends to give 10 It con
vsrsatoDs which were protected not only BY
privacy but by hospitality. | invited him to
my house. | talked with him 10 Confidence
He took 10 pote, DO meuoranda, in roy house;
be Dev;r used paper or peGc!l. | was oct
aware that any uo!ts w2re taken. Months
after be attempts 10 reproduce these
conversations. He has mi:quoted me 10
many things: be has ulscopcsived me 10
others. The six columns in the World, which l
have just finished reading. abound in mistate.
mcDts and taken as whole IN their connection
are untrue. They do not give my utterances.
do not know tina. have anything more TO ssy."
Informally, and with no design to commit thu
Senator 70 responsible denial. NJ. Conkling's
attention wes called to significant passage, in
which hs wss charged not only with promoting
ard perfecling, but Of originating the act con-
shutting the electoral commission. He said -
masters as they were. His account of my COL
yer: alton with Gen. Grant is all upside down."
There Senator Conklngs denial ended,
though passing remark followed tina. be could
not 20 into particulars dealing with tissue Of
misststements extending through six columns.
This Was not Mr.. Conkling's preciss phrase, bu!
it expresses closely enough his attitude towards
among men by every rule of personal honor
and professional obllg cation. 1t does not leave
unchanged public knowledge Ct the fact, how
ever Obtained, that Senator Conkling, as man
in politics and out Of politics, has an utter and
unstu1ie1 contempt for the origin, the act; and
the achievements OF an administration with
which he keeps no relations and for which he
has no respect.
Capt Harry Ward, Of Sac<etta Harbor, aged
lOl cam, to WATERFOWL, n. Y, to-day, to
complete papers applying fJr goveroment