The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-12
C0RKLING2itD BLAINE. ,
Why They Never sp&k--Tho Unpleasant.
ncss OF AIrll, 1900.
st. Louis aiobe.D Democrat,

st. Louis Gid be- Democrat.
IN; discussing the Conking- Lamar
affair, which now seems to have van,
ished IN words, 1t IS evident from tn b
conversation Of Republican, Senators
thatthey are not entirely in sympathy,
with MIR. Conkling. Several of them,
rccounting some ofth former contro-
versles OF u similar character, in which
The Senator from New York has bccn
conspicuous and On aggressive party,
rccountcd tho time Of his parliamcnturv
tllt with Blaine on April 30, 1866. The
subject under discussion was the i,iyesI
tigation of Provost Marshal General
Frye for frauds charged by Conkling
III the Provost Marshal's Department
OF tho Western division ofNew York.
Blaine had criticised Conkling's yolu-
putty OF speech, and charged that
ConkIlng was prosecutor in the case,
and produced a letter from Assistant
Secretary Of War Dana to Conkling,
and read the law against tho latter
acting. IN any such capacity. This
Conkling denied, and Blaine. Wishing
to intcrject a remark, Conkling said:
g! DO not wish to have anything to do
with tho member from Maine, not
even so much as to yield to him the
floor. If the member from Maine had
the least idea how profoundly indiffer-
cnt am to his opinion OH this subject
personal to me, think he woald hard
ly take the trouble to rise here and
express his OPINION" And, in apollo
gizing to the House for delaying the
proceedings, he characterized Blainc's
Interruptions as "ungcntlcmanly and
impcrtincnt." Blaine, awaiting his
opportunity, took the floor afid said:
GAS to the gentlclnan's crt,el sarcasm,
| hope he will not be too severe. The
contempt of that largc-mindcd gentle
man is so willing, his naughty disdain,
his grandiloquent swell, his majestic,
supercmincnt, ovcrpowcring, turkey
gobblcr's strut has been so crushing
to myself and all the members Of the
House that | know it was an act of
great tcmcrity for me to enter upon a
controversy with him. [ know that
within the last five weeks, as members
of the House will 'rccollect, an extra
strut has characterized the gentleman's
bearing. 1t is not his fault; it is tho
fault Of another. That gifted and
satirical writer, Theodore Triton, of
the New York Independent, spent
some weeks in this city. His letters,
published in that paper, embraced, :,
with many serious statements,i little
jocose satire, q part of which,, was the
statement that the mantle Of the late
Winter Davis had fallen upon the
member from New York. Tie gen
tleman took it seriously, and it has
given his strut additional pomposity.
The resemblance is great. Hyperion to
Satyr; Thersites to Hercules; mud
to marble; dupghill to diamond; a
signed cat to Bengal tiger; a whining
puppy to a. roaring lion. Shades Of
the mighty Davis, forgive the almost
profanity of that jocosc satire. -. The
Senator from New York kept his scat
i'll silence. Since that day to this no
word Of a personal nature has been
exchanged between these gentlemen.
In debate, at q public meeting, at an
evening entertainment, or at a dinner
p ry, thu y.meei blln ver Speak. The I
conduct, however, tempered by the
proprieties Of good society, has been
SO directed that their personal hostility
would not be recognized by persons
not cognizant Of, their relations.