The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-31
The Old Row Between Blaine and
Conkling.

Special to the 81. Louis Globe -Democrat.l
WASHINGTON, July 23.-In discussing
the Conkling- Lamar affair, which nov
seems to have vanished in words, it il
evident from the conversation of Re
publican Senators that they are not en-
tirely in sympathy with Mr.. Conkling
Several OF them, recountine some O.
the former controversies of a. sirxdi,r
character, in. which the Senator from
New York has been a conspicuous ant
an aggressive party, recounted the
time of his parliamentary tilt will
Blaine on April 80, 1866. The subjec,
under discussion was the III estigatior
of Provost Marshal General Fry fol-
frauds charged by Conkling in the
Provost Marshal's Department of the
Western Division of New York. Blaine
had criticised Conkling's voIubility Of
speech. and charged that Conkling wa:
prosecutor in the ease, and produced 9
letter from Assist,sat Secretary of Wal
Dana to Conkling, and read the Law
against the latter acting IN this capaci.
ty. This ConkIiug denied, and Blaine
Wishing to interiect q remark, Conk.
ling said, II do not wish to have any.
thing to do with the member from
Maine, not even so much as to yield te
him the floor. If the member from
Maine had the least idea of how pro,
fonndly Indifferent I am to his opinion
on this or any other subject personal to
me, l think he would hardly take the
trouble to rise here and express his
opinion" And, in apologizing to the
House for delaying the proceedings, he
characterized Blaine's interruptions as
"ungentlemaniy and impertinent.
Blaine, awaiting his opportunity, tool
the hoor, and said: ''As to the gentle
mans crnel sarcasm, I hope he will moi
De too severe. The contempt of that
large minded gentleman is so whiting,
his naughty disdain, his gradiloquen,
swell, his majestic, supereminent, over.
towering, turkey gobbler's strut has
been 80 crushing to myself and all the
members of this House, that know il
was an act of great temerity for me to
enter upon controversy with him. l
know that within the last five weeks. az
members of the House will recollect, an
extra strut has characterized the gen>
tleman's bearing. 1t is not his fault;
it is the fault of another. That gifted
and satirical wiiter, Theodore Tiltop,
of the New York Independent, spent
some weeks in this city. His letters,
published in this paper, embraced, with
many serious statements, little jocose
satire, part of which was the state
ment that the mantle of the late Win
ter Davis had fallen upon the member
frr.n New yA-h. ri-S~ooatIemaf. sDo;.
it seriously, and it has given his strut
additional pomposity. The resem-
biance is great. Hyperion to aSatyr;
Thersites to Hercules; mud to marble;
dunghill to diamond; a slnged cat to a
Bengal tiger; whining puppy to a
roaring lion. Shades of the mighty
Davis, forgive the almost profanity of
that Iocose satire" The Senator from
New York kept his seat in silence.
Since that day to this DO word of a
personal nature bas been exchanged be-
tween the gentlemen. In debate, at a
public meeting, at an evening entertain
nent. or at dinner party. they meet
but never speak. Their conduct, how
ever, tempered by the proprieties of
good society, has been 80 directed that
their personal hostility would not be
recognized by persons not cognizant of
their relations.