The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-04-18

to take the word for the deed and allow them
selves to be openly hoodwinked. You may
take my word for it, that this subject will be
thoroughly discussed at no distant day. and
then there will be no escape from the conse-
auence for either President or Cabinet There
must be a day OF reckoning tor all this evil"
Golden silence Better than silver speech.
"May l. ask you. Mr.. Conkliug, why you
have not spoken on the silver bill ? You know
that fault has been found on this point by the
political critics %
"Let me turn questioner and ask what was
the use of speaking on the subjecl? Before the
bill came to the Senate it was evident that it
wonld pass by more than two-thrds majority.
1t would be mere waste of ammunition to
stand up and attempt to argue against such an
array of votes, and would do nobody any good.
Besides, the New York dailies-tne Times and
others-had preclnded the use of all arguments
by their hysterical methods of attacking the
silver men. They thought they could carry the
day by calling. the. silver men lunatics aud
idiots and speaking of great popular move.
ment as craze. This was no way to do,
The men leading the movement are neither
idiots nor fools. You nor do not agree with
them, and yet we do not believe the financial
world is coming to an end because of their suc-
cess. But the New York papers have rayed as
if all were lost in that event, and the silver
men have merely smiled and pushed their fore
es on. Tbeg know-and we all know-that the
great dailies of New York are under the shad-
OW OF w All street. anu controlled by It's money
bags, and that they have the idea that nothing
is known about finance outside Of Wall street
and its immediate neIghborhood. Some of US
know better, and it is certain that the style of
argument mainly used by the opponents of the
silver bill has been of such a nature as to
strengthen the hands of the supporters of that
measure.
| The World Admits that the Publication
was in Spite of Conkling's Protest.
NEW YORK, April 1.-THE World tomorrow
says in relation to the authenticity of its report
| Of Senator Conkling's utterances:
"W We have the authors positive assurance
that on Friday of last week he wrote Senator
| Conkling, distinctly informing him that he had
prepared this document for publication and in
| tended to publish it, and that on Sunday, April
| ID, Senator Conklng telegraphed a. reply to this
| effect:
Your letter greatly surprises me, the CONVEX
sations were all in confidence, cannot consent
l to their violation.
| To this the author of the communication next
| day replied he did not consider Senator Conk-
| ling had any right to forbid the publication and
4 he should not be bound by his directions.
| Washia gtou Comments on the Intervi ew.
! WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE reported Conk
| ling interview, as published this morning, oc'
| casioned much comment everywhere, particu-
| larly in Congressional circles.
| MIR Conkiing Denies its Authenticity.
| The following paragraph is an extract from
| this evenings Star:
SENATOR said a representative of the Star
| to Mr.. Conkling this morning, 'you have seen
the reported interview with you as published in
the New York World, from its correspondent
at Utica. Is it all straight"
mo, l have not seen 1t and cannot give an
answer till do" responded the Senator from
New York. ''but have at this moment received
q telegram from New York informing me that
columns of a reported conversation with me
| appeared in the World, and that is the first in
formation on the subject that has reached me.
| Before having seen the article | cannot of
course pass judgment uponjt, but l can very
frankly say that from the tenor and spirit OF
the interview as briefly outlined by some of my
| friends, it is impossible for me to remember
when have committed myself to any such ut.
| terances.
If 1 have been correctly informed the article
purports to be the details of a conversation with
me recently by one of my friends aud after
wards written out by some party IN Utica.
have not been home for many months except
| on brief visit on the occasion of my Dephew'S
marriage. / had no conversation then on po
litcal questions, and have not expressed my.
self politically to any friends in ertenSo for
long time. You are therefore at liberty to state
| l cannot recall any circumstances within the
past few months t o warrant any such inter.
view as learn has been attributed to me- and
L feel perfectly sure that if there should turn
cut to be some plausibility in portions of il
some one to me unknown just now has beer
guilty of betrayipg private conversation