The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
coNKLMa AND BLAINE.
Why They Never speak-Ths IN
pleasantness Of April, 1866.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: In
discussing the Conkling Lamar af-
fair, which now seems to have van
ished in words, it is evident from
the conversation of Republican
Senators that they are not entirely
in sympathy with Mr.. Conkling.-
Several of them, recounting some
OF the former controversies of q
similar character, in which the Sen
ator from New York has been q
conspicuous and an aggressive par
", recounted the time of his parlia
mentary tilt with Blame on April
80, 1866. The subject under dis
cussion was the investigation of
Provost Marshal General Fry for
frauds charged b Conkling in the
Provost MarshaPs Department of
the Western division of New York.
Blaine had criticised Conkling's
volubility o: speech and charged
that Conkling was prosecutor in
the case, and produced a letter
from Assistant Secretary of War
Dana to Conkling, and read the
law against the latter acting in any
such capacity. This Conk-
ling denied, and Blaine, wishing to
interject a remark, Conkling said !:
& do not wish to have anything to
do with the member from Maine,
not even so much as to yield to him
the floor. If the member from
Maine had the least idea how pro-
foundly indifferent l am to his
opinion on this or any other sub
ject personal to me, 1 think he
would hardly take the trouble to
rise here and express his opinion"
And, in apologizlng to the House
for delaying the proceedings, he
characterized Blaine's Interruptions
as "ungentlemanly and imperti
nent." Blaine, awaiting his oppor-
tunlty, took the floor and SAID /:
LAS to the gentleman's cruel sar-
casm, l hope he viii not be too Sc
we're, The contempt of that large
minded gentleman is So whiting, his
naughty disdain, his grandIloquent
swell, his majestic, superemlnent,
overpowering, turkey-gobbler's strut
has been so crushing to myself and
all the members of this House, that
/ know it was an act of great tie
merity for me to enter upon a con-
troversy with him. 1 know that
within the last five weeks, as mem
bers of the house will recollect, an
extra strut has characterized the
gentleman's bearing. 1t is not his
fault; it is the fault of another
That gifted and satirical writer.
Theodore Tilton, of the New York
Independent, spent some weeks in
this city. HIS letters published in
that paper, embraced, with many
serious statements, little jocose
satire, that the mantle of the late
Winter Davis had fallen upon the
member from New York. The gen.
tleman took it seriously, and it has
given his strut additional pomposi-
ty. The resemblance is great
Hyperion to a Satyr; Thersites to
Hercules: mud to marble; dunghill
to diamond; a singed cat to Ben
gal tiger; q whining puppy to
roaring hon. Shades of the mighty
Davis, forgive the almost profanity
of that jocose satire" The Sena-
tor from New York kept his seat in
silence. Since that day to this no
word of a personal nature has been
exchanged between these gentle
men. In debate, at public meeting,
at an evening entertainment, or at
dinner party, they meet but never
speak. Their conduct, however.
tempered by the proprieties of good
society, has been so directed that
their personal hostility would not
be recognized by persons not cog
nizant OF their RELATIONS,