Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-08
HAYES AND OONKLING.

MIR. Hayes has committed the overt
act, and Conkling has opened bitter war
, fare on his administration. Let demo-
: Gratis prepare themselves to enjoy some
fun at the expense Of these parties. for
| 1t seems to be their intention to make it
quite hot for each other. The trouble
arose over the New York custom house
changes. AT the last session of congress,
when the NOMINATIONS of Messrs. Roose-
welt and Prince were sent in by the pres
ident. the committee on commerce. of
which Mr. Conkling is chairman and to
which the nominations were referred,
addressed communication to the presi-
dent asking for the grounds upon which
hlessls. Arthur and Cornell were remov-
ed. No reply was made to this request
and the senate rejected the nominations.
The president having become convinced
that the appointments of General Mer-
ritt. MIR. Graham and Mr.. Burt to be-
collector. Surveyor and Naval officer OF
the port of New York respectively would
be rejected, directed the secretary of the
treasury to prepare communication to
the senate giving the reasons why Ar
thur and Cornell were removed. This
communication, signed by Secretary
Sherman. was presented to the senate
IN executive session. 1t is a very long
document and contains more reasons
why the Old officers OF the custom house
should have been removed than the mer-
chants of New York who transacted
daily business at the custom house under
General Arthur's management ever al
legged.
AT the conclusion of the reading of
The letter motion was made that it
should be given to the public. Senator
Conkling opposed this motion in an ex-
ceedingly bitter speech. He attacked
the administration in the severest man.
ner, and discharged his venom against
the president from all the points he
touched. He called attention to the
presidents charge that General Arthur
had used the New York custom. house
to induce shippers to enter their goods
at the port of New York in preference
to other ports, and. lnsiuuated that it
was bid Tor the votes OF senators from
states where there are rival seap rrts.
He defended Messrs. Arthur and Cornell
from what he termed the malicious and
untrue charges made against them, and
said that Mr. Hayes had sufficient high
opluiOu Vi OeueTdl ATLuuT aOlIlLy 10
tender him a foreign mission ii he would
res gn the collectorship of the port of
New York. The senator from New York
alluded to the president as mir. Hayes,
the so-called president" and designated
Secretary Sherman as his clerk. Not
once did he speak of the president by
his title, but called him simply "Nfr.
Hayes" Mr.. Thurman jocosely observe
ed that he was sorry to notice the lack
of respect manifested by the senator
from New York, and added that he felt
bound to defend any gentleman from
Ohio. 81 have not assailed any gentle
man from Ohio" retorted MIR. Conkling
',my remarks were simply in reference
to Mr.. Hayes" Mr.. Conkling went on
to say that it would be manitestly unfair
to permit the publicati OF Mr.. Hayes
charges without first giving those gem
tlemen chance to reply. and he moved
the reference of the communication to
the committee on commerce and sug-
gested that the reply of the gentlemen
accused should be made public with the
charges.