The daily gazette., 1879-09-08

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1t'was just in time, sinc0 nearly nix.
tons of gold was deposited 1t the Office
on Thursday 10 be assayed, and the
amounts received yesterday were also
very large. These amounts will in the
course Of business have to be paid for In
few days. A ton Of gold. 1t may be
noted, 10 worth . little over t50O, 200.
From this II ,appears that When Q man
says his wife Is worth her waghtih gold,
he means - supp0s ING she weighs l20
pounds about 1000.
From the Phila. Telegraph,
Senator ce.s,.:S 81 : rseslAsssis'
Senator Conkling Is something more
than an exceedingly fortunate man; be
is . particularly shrewd and an aggrrs-
siveiy courageous one. II nybOdy here
tot re doubteA this. cooiirinaEion of its
truth Is fnily supplied by his victory In
Wednesdays Saratoga contest frit was
his victory solely and wholly. He won
it, too, by sheer audAcfty, not stopping
for one instant TO conciliate the powerful
enemies who elrt him about. Id ,as-
sumed strength which he did not real
ly possess, bat the assumption was car
ried so mxgnificiently as to intimidase
the weak and TO win over to him the
wavering. The maj ,rlty for his inSp,
than Conkling had expected Il would Be
by several votes, AMI it. WAS achieved
simply by his superb assurance ard the
aggI essiveness of his attitude towards
his opponents. He held "the machine"
firmly in hand, and knew that II IL did
not break, his success was certain; but
political machines a'e notorious for get
ting out Of order ut the critical moment,
aud If ConkllDg had shown the leasi
doubt or indication on Wednesday be
and his candidate would have been de-
feated. 1t was his bold front, his ALMOST
ms, lent splsy of power, that brought
con usion upon his enemies and secured
his triumph. One canuot help aduiring
his pluck, nor help recognizing in him
the singularly shrewd, cunning leader.
But there is nothing better in him either
to admire or recognize he Is an excel
lent politician, and that Is ths end Of IL.
The curious part Of It all 10 h ow man
Of SO little moral force, whose aims are
all selfish and for the sglory of Roscoe
Conkling, eau dominate men so much
better than hinselE Vice-Preside. {
Mhe, Ter came sailing down upon the
convention, firing In advance his heav-
lest guns at Hon. A. b. Cvrnell, but he
ha scarcely got Into port before Mr..
moor him triumphanty into the presid-
ing chair of the convention, where he
maneuvred him as he desired. II any
thing, ii was rather worss than better
with Mr.. sloan, whose detection, GOT
from the opposition at the most oppor-
tune moment, secured a number Of votes
for Mr.. ConkliDg's man. As for Mr..
George William Curtis, who stands be
fore the country as the apostle sof civil
| service reform, and who stood before the
convention as the representative of the
Hayes administration, he opened bis
mouth only once, and then to ask that
The aisles be cleared. Conkling had it
all his own way; it was his convention
his candidates, his platform, his affair
altogether, and, all things co.'s dured, 1t
is fairly enti led to be called, without
dersion, "the greatest effort ofhis life"
The administration at Washington may
give out as much as they please, without
deceiviDg any one as to he truth, that
they enjoy with Mr.. Conkling his superl
personal triumph. They enjoy II as thu
child enjoys the desc of litter aloes, ant
no better. This m an who Is nominated
by the Republican State Convention o
New York for Governor 10 The identi.
cal man that the administration, against
the protest of Mr.. COnkllng, cOutemp
tuously turned out of oiiice;..alid to say
that they enjoyed his nomination il u
say Z at they are capable OF enjoying Z
most huml ting defeat, for it is impos
slble to assume that they do not under
stand the full significance of the Sara
toga triumph.
As for M. Conkling, 1t ia declared
that he was not fighting for Mr. Cornell
or to humiliate Mr.. Evarts and Mr.
Hayes, but for the advancement of Mr.
Conkling. This IL extremely probable
as Mr.. Conkling always contends fol
that gentleman, aud though he may ap
pear 10 be striking great blows for some
body else, they are always struck fol
himself. What he did at Saratoga wa
to demonstrate to the Republican part,
Ompletely, controls the machinery o
his party 10 that State. In effect an,
fact he was the convention; what he hai
yet to do to finish his work, there begun
IL to elect the ticket he nomi mated. 4
he can do that, be viii become Ut once
most formidable candidate for the Pre-
sidency ga bigger man than old Grant,
. or than Secretary Sherman or Senate
Blaine, In the National Republican Con
vention, for 10 he can car Nav Yort
this fall for such dead weight stat
ticket, there is no possible reason I
, doubt that he can carry it next fall fo
! the Presidential ticket. Admitting tina
he carries 1t next November, he wi
have secured a tremendous grip upo
the convention, for 1t is admitted by a
E parties. on every side, that whicheve
party elect its candidate for q Governor /
New York this year will elect the Pres
e lent next year. The Democrats wi
+ need but iorty- even votes to secure til
victory; they will get fifteen of them l
/ indiana, sure. All they want, then, al
# tho thirty five Of New York, which M
Tilden gave them In 1876 and which /
promises 10 give them again.
= But suppose Mr.. Conkling holds the
!, instead Of Mr.. Tilien? In that case, Il
" pro- pect will be very blue for Messl
y Sherman and Blaine, for the dark hoi
r will not be Grant, but Copkhng. 1t W
thought significant that, Mr.. Conklis
It being a candidate, should, in his Sar
Is tOga speech, introduce 1.-THE Quiet Ma
ID in terms Of highest praise. IL was 81
Ne nidcant, but perfectly consistent Con
n ling knows that Grants chances are n
that at most he will receive no more tn
a complimentary vote, and that VIII
l. that I'll all have been recorded, the col
le plimentary voters will give real vol
,e Il Grants oman COnklipg. When
" made that fine speech about tho gre
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