The daily gazette., 1879-11-15

SENATOR C0NKLING SOMEWHAT IN
DOUBT AS TO WHAT HE SHALL DO |
WITH HIS VICTORY.
A correspondent Of the New York
World, writing from Utica, N. Y,
speaks as follows of Senator Conkling,
his achievements and his embarrass
ments. -
The friends of Senator Conkling claim
that he has won great victory In this
State, and they are prepared to use it, as
they assert, "for all that it is WORTH" To
say that they are jubilant only feebiy
expresses their sense of the situation. 1t
is their boast that they now hold the
whip, and that the President and all
Presidential aspirants must take tickets
for Utica, climb the hill that leads to the
Conkling mansion and send in their
cards for an audience, If they expect
anything to be done in 1890 for Repub-
cansm. "Hayes knows what's what by
this time" said burly Republican yes
to-day. "Cornell, whom he turned out
of the Custom House, is Governor, and
Conkling can name his own man for
President. Besides, he will choose the
next Senator, and that will be General
Arthur-another man whom Hayes
hates. l tell you what, boys, Conk's a
hard man TO beat, eh?" To which the
bystanders gave mild assent, as there
were none of those present who held or
wanted office, aud these are the only
classes in Utica with whom "Conk" is
personally popular.
During the recent canvass Senator
Conkling and his friends were very reti-
cent. They could not be induced to
open their mouths on any point. They
waited to see whether they could claim
a victory, and were equally ready to DIS
claim all responsibility for defeat, and
throw the blame on Hayes, Evarts, and
| Sherman for presuming TO interfere with
"Senator Conkling's canvass" The plea
| of Conkling's sickness was mere sham,
as everybody in Utica knows. There
was no time when he could not have
gone upon the stump and spoken. He
drove around every day and walked out
every night (taking long strolls when
he thought people would not meet him), i,
and his study light burned until early
morning. "Malaria" was an excellent
excuse for not assuming responsibility in
canvass, but it was wholly fictitious
excuse and fraud upon those honest
Republicans who believe that Conkling
gives thought to anybody but himself.
This selfish Senatorial policy having
eventuated all right at the recent cleo
ton, the friends of the Senator now
speak plainly and declare that General
Arthur is his choice for United States
Senator, ,and that William NJ. Evarts and
all other claimants must now step down
and out. OF course all are aware that
Arthur's choice would be the most often
sive possible to the President and Cabi
net, but that is Just what the present
head of the Republican machine in thi:
State most ardently desires. When A
b. Cornell is holding the Gubernatoria
reins at Albany and General Arthur is
comfortably ensconced in Senatorial
chair at Washington, the vengeance oi
Roscoe Conkllng upon Rutherford B
Hayes will be complete. And OF course
with this highly moral result the party
that contains all the morality ought to be
satisfied.
In fact, Conkling's morality is sublime
in its impudence. He had the sublime
impudence to stand up at Saratoga anC
dictate a nomination for Governor o
the Empire State, and then he and hi.
friends gathered on the hill here an(
over their cups smiled and chuckled a.
they sent out bulletins of "malaria" II
Blaine, Evarts, Sherman, and littl,
Woodford, who were perspiring at tn,
laborng oar on the stump. All of thes
highly moral gentlemen wrought un
tiringly for the hero of ex-Senato
Sprague's shotgun. Aud now the,
have the pleasant satisfaction of seein!
Conkling fully recovered and on his wa,
to the Supreme Court, in full vigor ant
fine feather, to earn 5000 fee. Evel
as he does this he plays the State sharl
trick. In order to cover up the Republi
can process of counting out Democrat
State officers rumOr is telegraphe
throughout the land that Conkling
dead and thus public attention is divert
ed from a great public scandal. Eve
the bittercst enemy of "Conk" Gas th
average Utican delights to term him
. must admit that he has been Brilliant
! smart in this campaign-almost as SINAI
as Ben Butler.
One thing the Senator will not do thi
year-he will not interfere at all 6
Albany. His lobby friends know b
Q previous experience that where the Rad
cal majority is so great as it will be {
Albany it becomes unwieldy and grossl
!. corrupt. The probabilities are that til
? will be Legislature controlled by I'll
!. Black Horse Cavalry Of the lobby, as
! is not up to the average of previor
Legislatures in ability and experience
. At least this is true of the rural district
|. where Conklingism prevailed in IL
d selection of inferior men. The Senate
" will simply ask of the State Senate tn;
!, q at all hazards they shall save the head
y his old schoolmate Smytb, the Superb
tendent of Insurance and this will
= done. Smyth gives freely TO the part
knows great many Senatorial secret
and is altogether too valuable man
lie be removed. Indeed the Senator da
not quarrel with Smyth, aud that is Il
}. end Of it.
So much for what the Senator will {
| with his triumph, but there is one ina
ter that he really does not know he
to handle, viz, the Presidential nomin
. ton for 1880 Conkling fances he is alb
to dictate upon this point, and propos
to tell the Republic an party of lthe Ur
led States what to do, leaving to the
n the alternative of losing New York
they do not follow his dicuation. Al
he figures the sum out somewhat in ii
u hs tConkliug) Will Jas a matter of cour
cuntrol the pal alronage for the next TO
, years, and that will very nice thu
=: Indeed. Bat the trouble is to get Ora
out of Office at the end of feur years ,si n
evervbodv believes that the "Americs