The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1878-04-26


say that | thought then alere wa
something not exactly Straikht, abou
that Louisiana business, butI believ
that when the whole truth Is knowl
it will sink the administrator, Presi
dent and all, to the ,lowest depths c
| infamy.
You think, then, Senator, that th
President is wholly in the hands O
the Southern Democrats
"I am sure of it," said Senato
Conkling.
Mr.. C0nkling said that 5hrre lat
| been 10 reform under Hayes. not ever
in the civil service; and said his list o.
! appointments were the wbrst eveI
| made. If Hayes should send in q
message on civil service reform a list
of some of these appointments Will
be published, and it viii make suqh an
astounding commentary upon the
Presidents words as would diseohcert
n more philosophical Cabinet than
that in which EvaTIs and Schurz ar
que as reformers.n
Further on in the iateyview the cor
respondent asked: ado you tsee no
hopes of bringing the Presid3st into
accordance with the Republican lea
ders?n
Senator Conkling replied: "I must
confess that | have ceased to hSVc any
expectation of it. opportunity for
harmOuizing matters i given bS The
President. In my opinion, il !3Nxat
possible to speak in tFq eeXtreme nahy
,Her of this administration. LaOk 1t
1 = JIsEEsf,Atitsfas or pow -, IuS C1iie4 il
openly dictates the election of Il Uni-
ted States Senator. In order to- do
this it bargains with a man to whom
the succession properly belongs to step
out of theway, promising to use its in
flucnce of an army of SJfiicC-hOltlers
and their pOsitiOns-to make him
Speaker of the House. People don't
stop to think what this act really is
A President who holds the veto power
of legislation promises to interfere in
legislation and control its course by
vino shall be Speaker ofthe
House of Representatives. Fancy tie
sovereign of England pying any such
game with the House of Commons
There would be such an uprising as
there has not been since Charles ].
lost his head. Yet the people are
quiet and say that Hayes is
4 good man, etc, and at the very me-
ment he is attempting to place inpOw-
eT all of his personal friends. If Grant
bad ever attempted any such usurpa-
ton of authority the wkoie c9Lnuy
would have rung with it, and hzi|Nigl |
not have escaped impeacIhXent," I
THE BARGAIN AND SALE.
Mr.. Conkling's words respecting the
Electoral Commission alone area very |
significant. He says: ''Soon after !
lie Electoral Commission begun its |
work | was aware that something |
wrong was going on. / ought 10 Aave |
it at first when Hayes and |
lis friends were found bittsSly OPP
posed to my being put upon the Com |
and as strongly ahKiois that |
Norton should he there. / 4new of |
his opposition at the time, @but at
ributed it to the fact of my hold
ng the opinion that the Nife-Presi-
lent had no power to count the vote |
II favor of either Hayes or Tilden.
from the moment the Commission
,egan its work | had an uneasy feel
ng that something evil was ailoat.
was sure, though L could not get
lOld of any thing tangible, that John
sherman, WatterSOn, Foster and 9TH
r Western men, had their heads to-
,eth6r and We're plotting something.
There was no effort ILSnow of to get
ne within the lines but once. A mt
ual friend came to me and said Wat
erson would like TO meet nE Isaid;
Very well; the next time We otOtbe
louise | will be happy to mfet him..
We We're introduced day OF two af-
ar, and had few comihOn-place
'ords together. The sanA friend,
Ex-senator Stewart, of NevSS q, urgt d |
fe several timetsafteFward tekvgoxaasi
nj on him, GtneN said Watt SOM &C.
red to have me dine With fIlm. i
eclined, and at last said: "Look |
ere, Stewart, / don't know vghatyour
biect is, but | tell you plainly that /
ave nO time now for dining with
members of Congress-, aud
on may as well understand It,
"Stewart seemed TO be offended,
nd went away apparently in III
,mper. That was as near ss 2 came
! any Of the hargaih-makefs But
mink everybody knows that there
as an intrigue going on between the
outhern Democracy and the friends
f Hayes, and that tile wires between
Washington and Columbus kept the
lhio man thoroughly Informed as 10
II that was going on in his behalf.
"Putting this and that together, l
'as pretty well convinced there was
Dttenness in louisiana and that an
fort was making TO stfiie all inquiry.
knew nothing, so [ could not speak
nd when the COnlnission eleter1liued
OF TO go behind the returns there was
0 choice left but to indnrre the regu-
II returns as presented. was not,
} sneak candidly, sorry, however,
lat an engagement made long before,
nd which could not be delayed, pre-
ented my presence at the vote on
iQuisiana, ] had made my arrange
,on' - :" hH there, but the vote was
for day tfroni SATURDAY ~
TOnday.) This pOs%poHement threw
le out of my calculations, and was
)scnt. | am frank to say that then
ld there was something not exactly
raight about that Louisiana busl-
eSS.n
PEN PICTCRES.
Here are Mr.. COnlziing's pen pic
Tres of the SoutherR se.ders: Sena-
II Lamar is unquesA4InAhly the ablestt
them all; Gordonk " arrogant and
but b'sSU means Drill
ant: Hin has vcryHttle honor, even
his own State, and his opinions are
laDgeable; Butler, of youth Carolina,