, 1879-08-21
SPRAGUE.CONNLING,


grave for the willow 10 decorate.
spRAGUE.C0NKLING.
Mrs. 8prnEuo Said to lie Anxious to Shield
AFR. Conkfing-0ne Of 1ler Statements An.
n'yzci-An Explanation Expected from the
New York Senator.
Correspondence Nffc 1avt 7ttnes
NAnEAoAHsETT PfKK X. l., Aug. is.-1t was
not expected by the friends Of cx-t}ov. spraguo
that he would mike public reply to Mrs.
6pra1uefs frat statement, and tic general feeling
ut thu fies, in Providence, and in Newport, wss
That Mrs. Spsaguu would not seck to address
the public again, except under great proyoc1-
tton. Ono Of Mrs. Spraguc's friends, upon BE-
tng aske1 whether that lady Lad not been d.
rcctfJ ipsulted ard grossly compromised 1nauy
mouths aEo, when several Warrington COR
respondents alluded to tic uncommon rcJa~
ton supposed to exist between her
and Senator Conkiing, pretended that Mrs.
| eurague MAS not aware OF those reports. Ex-
| Gov. Spraguo says that he ia surprised at this,
as Ills wife is a habitual reader Of very many
| newspapers, mud Ia Interested In nll newspaper
gossip. fIe himself takes vcrr few papers,
never reads them carefully, mud often passes
| week without reading paper. Lie has not
looked at any Of the public prints since the
| sprague's additional statement, and can.
not ciIcctualiy object tn her making ns
many more us sho likes. Ilc declines te
hez us was naps s as % na
mate aud faithful friends puts Il, lie docs two
things, :" lie hulds the fort aud keeps quiet"
hut he Is of the opinion that Mrs. Rprague's
mn!n cndeavor is 10 shield Senator Conkliug,
ind, in Mr.. spraeue's opinion, the Senator peeds
shielding Indeed. The Ex-Governor Ia not I'M
pressed hy Mrs. SpFaguc's statement that Sen
ator conklinE came to cauunehet to Influence
aecmcnt OF tic bankrupt cstatc, with which
| The Ex-Governor Inns nothing whntevcr
to do. Practically, the whole SpraEuo property
d III the hn1als and under tho control of tue
Trustee, Mr.. Zacharlah Chafec. Mr.. Chafce's
position may atd uny not be tenab!c in law, hut
until this Is decided In court OF last resort hr.
Chatee considers bis authority complete. Hence,
A1s. Alnasa Sprague. the cx.luvernors brother,
Is treated BY Mr.. Chafee as one u hia employees,
who gets paid III pronurtion to the saiue of ILLS
work. lle does not receive stated salary, but
cirrus bis living as gentleman In the spraguc
otDce. 1t Is said tlat lse Governor
l!as not received penny from .Mr. Chutco or
tic estato for over sir months, Tor thu rcason
TINT he has done no work. 1t Is doubtful
whether Ar. Chafce would give him anv posi-
| tIuu. The Trustee does not consider the tx
Governor q steady workman, and, ualcs. he
n,ade All unqualified APOLOGY. he would not be
granted admission to iir ci,alte's ol'icc. The
Trustee ts not interested iu Mre. Spsaeue or
| HEE HIElNi1 4uI%uHEfs 4AkG AIl LII l1lH.
headed and coo.-lIearted business men OF
Providence, he deems her extremely OK
trAyagant, mud, as Que OF the sprague
cred!turs sa5e ncf'hcr.thc nla'cs nor uie females
Cllafce. The latter has 10 objection to tho c1-
Governor occupying Canunchet, with Or without
!lts wife, but he objects TO hrd. spraGuc being
in charge, or being there alone. Nur does lie
allow the ex.lovertlor to sell anything beloug-
Ing to tho cssatc-not eyen . basket og fruit
or load OF hay. shoull the cx-Gorcr-
nor undertake to do anything Of the kind,
both he and Ills fantly would be removed
tho Sprague estate would terminate until tho
day Of flnnl settlement, when they would re-
ceiyo the portion which might be due them.
This statement, which Is authoritative, dtsposes
r!stel Canoncllct to help tn doIye legal or ex-
ecutiye questions connected with that or any
property formerly o. now held br the spraguo
fumily. Ex-uoy. spraguo colncllcs in this
view. Practically hc has nothing: to DO with
tic cstato now, aud It Is not certaIn that ne Will
in the future. Io Is living ut Canoncllet Oh
suifcrance.
apparen.'y Oh the Instrumentation Of some Of
the Sprague creditors, that the ex-Goycrnor
should bo elected from Canoncllet, anil that
s1rs. sprague should be placed IN Charge. is not
entertained BY h1r, Cnafee, and is warmly op.
posed by lhe priucipa' creditors, win nno nota-
b!e exception. This exception Is Mr. Nelson W..
Aldrtch, mcmber of Congress for this district,
TIC gentleman Hll0 scut lot lletr Llnek 11tcF
Aldrtch T. ut Newport to-day, an4 beyond
creditors, but he Is IN tho Creditors
Stsf %s i se aass s sfo;Rssf M " Gsssf bss
sou, who ts thu managing editor of Senator
Authony's papcr. lu thts way Mr. Aldr!eA was
probably I'D to hctp III shielding Senator ConA-
ling His connection with TIC action of Senator
Cunkllns's friends was certainly accidental. Mr.
| Aldr1ch IL young man, quito frank and Ecncr-
ous, very anxious to n.aka Ills nlArE, but not the
pccr Of either Senator Anthony or Senator
| Conkltng. They seem to harm used bulh Mr.
Alarich and MI. Uanic!son rs they thought
best, ut,d the latter ute ruportel to bo heartily
dlsgustcd with tie whoae affair aud tleir cou-
Thu relations between Mr.. anl Mrs. WIlltntn
aprague do not belong PROPERLY 'n tho public
juuruaIs, unless they curry thrtA there u!tul-
selves. THIS has bcc1 done deliberately BY Mrs.
Hpraguo For tAo present, the ex.tioycrnos aud
bis spirited MifG at peare Anl Il II not i'm
probable that they will bacu4t reconctlcu to
each othcr, as they hayo on many prcyiuns occa.
s[ous. Thu cx-toycruor la errultc, irregular, uaa
not capable of forming grtat policy anu car
rying 1t out. Ills enomrs charge him with
| bpul, careless In lla statements, a!ul both la
n,1u h!s family adlnit tlMt he has used lia wife
on several ocrasious tn an unbccoln!nE 1uant'er.
Mrs. Spraguc. OH tho otllcr band, is known TO
l,aya provoked The cxGoyoruor III many ways
60 Us to drive hun away fTo.n the tahla out oil
tts Aouss. This Is tho statun,pa. Of Mr.
SpraEue'S own mother, aEEeatiy'reapteteu !aoy,
WIN lives III Providence. 1Ie relatives Of tiat
ex-Govcrnor declare tilat he an4 hs wtfe Will
bu on goou terms agatn, unless Mrs. Spsague
prefers different course. While ut l'royida1irs
tic cx-Eoycrnor is known to haye carrIuA him,
soli with dignity and sobrety: lle Ia always
Irregular In Ills habits lle Will fart Tor twelve
hours IN succession, a.Nl u'cn resort u tic bot
| tia. This has BEEN Ifa custoIn for thu fast
twenty years, ard helps to exp1u!n h9s painfully
BensItiyo temper. Ills commercial asil paltstra
position IL utterly gone. lie has uo soeial I'LL!
b!tiu, an,l rutlrs lIsltkcs pol!te aocIcty.
, Sunatur Conkllng's prcscncs Ut Cauuuchat has
not becu accounted for, Alu ho IL known to hayt
waited ut Newport unttl u wns certain tle ex
: t,oyegnor was absent. TlIcn ha went TO Canul,
. chut, liz was received ut the lanlns by Mrs
spraSue. asll how he installed himself 4
CujIoncliot IL testified to by tho German teacher