Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-14
THE CONKLIKG MARRIAGE.
Roseoe's Strange Behavior About IT,
What is Said About the Senator.

What is Said About the Senator.
UTICA, n. Y, May 6.-The chic.
theme of conversation at Utica i:
about Senator Conkling's strange be
hayior in regard to his only daughter
wedding with Nh. 0atman. 1t seems
hat the senator had remarked ia
some one who had spoken of his new
Son-in-laW:
Not my son-in-law, sir, but Mrs.
Conkling's on-in-law. l do not know
him.
Conk. don't know Mr.. Oatman
exclaimed a conductor on Mr.. Dat
man 5 division of Samuel Sloan's Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western rail
road. Why, if l was in the super
intendents place, l wouldn't recog-
nIze COnk. Oatman Is a gentleman.
and everybody likes him. Why. |
knew Conk. thirty years ago, when he
married HoratiO Seymour 5 sister. and
| tell you HOratio Seymour's sister
married Roscoe when he wasn't hall
50 much Of a man as Mr.. 0atman. |
don blame the Seymours for not rec
ognizing Roscoe at FIRST, because be
was rather a weak specimen but
Bessie Conkling couldn't have mar.
ried a better nan than our superin-
tendent. He's young and handsome.
and a gentleman every inch Of him. if
he did learn a machinists trade"
1t seems that, through a ludicrous
mistake, word got out that Roscoe
COnkling sent his congratulations the
night of the wedding. One of Sena-
tor COnkling's particular friends in
Utica IS Mr.. Proctor. proprietor of
Boggs hotel. Well. Mr.. Proctor.
who is a cultured young man. and a
strong supporter of Roscoe, was one of
the ushers at the wedding. Well,
while he was at the wedding. a big.
fat, three page letter came to him. at
the hotel, from Senator Conkling.
The clerk thought that, of course
it contained wedding congratulation
from the Senator, aud sent it on up 10
the reception. Mr.. Proctor opened
it, expecting to read a sweet %congratu-
latOry message from Conkling TO the
bride and groom. Everybody held
their breath until the seal was broken.
aud then they found that the long let
ter was about engaging rooms for the
summer at Richfeld Springs for a
Mrs. Jewell. Mr.. Proctor tried to
keep the matter a secret, but a guest
who was a party to the disappoint-
ment let it out.
When | asked General McQuade-
a son of General MeQuade who
recently died in Utica-about the
wedding, he said
Why, the people in Utica daren't
talk about Conk. They are all bull.
dozed. Conk. has bulldozed the whole
town, and not a man dare say a word
above a whisper. But / tell yor
Conk. was always a selfish dog
Wife? Daughter? There's nothin.
sacred to him but Conkling. a nice
fellow? Why, Conk. was an idiot be.
side Oatman, twenty-five years ago
Bessie Conkling has married well
The ~Seymours all like her. She is ,
Seymour all over, Bessie is. tn,
Seymours, you know, are plain. do
nestle people. Why, Horatio Seymour
wears the same hat he has worn fol
thirty years; and hat old horse of hi
I've seen him drive for eighteen years
No, COnk. is not a favorite here il
Utica. He's got a certain set bull
dozed into going for him but. if h,
were to fall into the canal tomorrow
nine men would pass before n woul,
pick him out"
But Senator Conkling is a SCUM,
Republican, isn't he Z" | asked.
u"Conk. a sound Republican No
Why, don't you know he refused 4
vote for Fremont in 1856? He 20
over in the Know Nothing pasture
and trained around with the Fillmore
ties. Did you ever hear the iok.
DAVE Hackett got on Conk 2"
: told General McQuade | hadn't
Well, Conk. was running for con
gress in 90. He was making
speech up at New Hartford. talkin
; about the red eye of battle. and bo,
| the Democrats were 'gibbeted ON Nh
crossroads of public opinion. and
= Does the senator always use thes
termsP' | interrupted.
Z "Yes, always. Well. after III
speech, Davie Hackett got nm an.
sked Conk. why he didn't Vote "a
John G. Fremont.
e Because | was very busy. and w.
5 out of town-and | knew the e%lectio
y would be so overpoweringly Republ
4 can that my vote would not be neec
e ed, replied Conkling.
Yes said Davie, L knew a ma
g once-Jake Mason-who went to
donation where SIX farmers were
contribute a jug of milk a piece. We
one man, a very mean man. thourI
10 1t would not make any difference ri
contributed water in place of mill
Il so he filled up jug with water nm
IS took 1t to the donation. When he D
there, he turned it over the hung aI
i ran into a barrel where the OH.
farmers had poured their milk. M
y what do you think was the result
Why, every one Of the six farme
j. happened to be as mean as Jake Nj.
son. They all brought water. No