Nebraska advertiser., 1878-01-03


newspapers.
There had been handsome conces-
sion on either side, and the next day.
Saturday last, when Conkling was
standing in front of the Secretary's
desk in the Senate, Blaine approached
him and off red his hand. Mr.. Conk-
ling accepted 1t with great cordislity,
and Mr.. Blaine thanked him for his
courtesy. There was no mention OF
the long fued-there was no making
up" but merely an acceptance, not
spok u. but implied ,ofthe olive branch
of peace.
Now that Morton is dead, the
strength the Republican party must
be led by these two men. The most
serious weak ness that existed in its
ranks consisted in their personal en-
nifty; but that is healed, and both
will take care that there shall not be
another rupture.
Since Morton died, Conkling is the
hardest working man in the Senate.
Since the session OF Congress began
he has given eighteen hours out Of ev-
cry twenty -four to labor. His CORES
pOndence is more vOluminous than
that of any public man except the
President alone, and besides the hun
dreds of fIetters that he answers with
his own hand every week, he employs
two private secreta ries. who are both
continually busy. At his seat in the
Senate COnkling Ia almost uninter-
rUptedly engaged in answering letters.
He generally comes into the chamber
with his hands full, aud, while busi-
ness is progressing, he reads them one
by one, and as each Is finished makes
a memorandum on the back for the
use of his secretaries in framing the
reply. When the Senate adjouIns he
gets into his buggy, generally alone,
and enjoys a short but rapid drive af-
ter his horse Douglass, a large black
geldlng with coat like mirror, and
of this animal Mr.. Conkling is very
fond. He returns to his rooms, dimes
about 6 O'Clock, and works till long af
ter midr hight.
He lives this winter in couple of
rooms in house adjoining Wormley's
Hotel which he formerly owned. His
quarters are neither sumptuous nor
spacious, and merely come under the
term comfortable. Here he spends
his evenings, debating to shorthand
writers. writing himself and enter
tanning company. He is quite exclu-
sive, as so busy man must be, and it
is difficult to see him ; but an hour in
his society is a pleasure that a great
many people envy. AS conversa-
tionaIist Mr.. ConkIing has no equal.
His recent visit to England made him
famous there. and the London papers
were full of his brilliant bon n1OtS and
repartee. In his habits he Is as tenn
perate as a monk, making tea his only
stimulant, and eating only the plain
est food. He uses tobacco only in the
form of what is known as "a dry
smoke"-that is chewing the end of
an unlighted cigar-a habit General
Butler Is also noted for During the
midst of his writing at night he often
stops TO swing pair of thirty-pound
dunn bells for a few moments, and
will put on a pair Of boxing-gloves
whenever he can find an antagonist
willing to stand up with him. At Ut
lea, his home, he is frequenter of a
gymnasium, and has a great reputa-
ton as an athlete. If Gordon had
challenged him, and if Conkling had
accepted the challenge, the choice of
weapons would have been his, and he
would have chosen small-swords, with
which he is an expert.
Conkling makes no attempt to con-
ceal his dislike of Evarts, but is never
heard to say a word of contempt for
President Hayes. He crit cises him.
of course, but always in respectful
language but he never speaks Of Ev
arts or Schurz respectfully. When he
wants to be particularly severe on the
Secretary of S tate, he calls him "the
Presidents head clerk" and pro-
nounces his name with a strong en-
phasis on the first letter--Ee-varts.
Schurz he alIudes to as a political
tramp" and speaks of 1.-The oddities of
our Teutonic Secretary"
Blaine is rapidly growing old. The
last two years have worn upon him
seriously. and his hair has entirely
changed its color within three years.
He has gone to the Hot Springs, Ark,
to try the objects of the baths upon his
system, which he thinks Is full Of ma
larial poison. He is not exactly i'll,
but enervated. and, as the phrase
goes, has lost his grip" But there
Is stuff enough left in him yet to
make forty great men, and If the Hot
Springs waters affect him as they
have other people know, he will re-
turn a month hence rs good as ever.
CURTIS.
A Mean Swindler Exposed.