Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-08-14
CUNNING FOR A SENATOR.
Ex-Governor Sprague Elects Senator
Conkling from His House.

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Ex Governor Sprague Elects Senator
Conkling from His House.
Special to the Cincinnati Gazette.
NARRAeANsErr PIER, Aug. IL
Ex-Governor Sprague has a man
sion at the edge Of this place, of
large dimensions and much beauty
of position, having number of
ocean and inland views of rare att
tractiyeness. Owing to the fnan-
cial difficulties of the Governor the
house and grounds are to be sold in
September. With view to eeono.
MIXING, the Governor has sought in
vain to have his wife curtail her ex>
penditures. On Friday last he re-
turned home from Providence to
find his house in possession of Mrs.
Sprague and seventeen guests,
among whom was a German music
teacher named Linck, and
United States Senator Rosaoe
Conkling. He ordered them all to
leave, in peremtory language, and
after running away Linck, the
Governor got his shotgun and fol-
lowed him to the village, declaring
that he would kill the small game
first, and return to the hunt of the
larger game, Conkling. Not find
ing the German, he hunted Conk>
ling until he came on to him at
Blllington's restaurant, on the
beach. From an eye wctness to the
scene that here ensued, your COR
respondent learns that thus conver-
sation substantially took place:
Sprague to Conkling.-D-n you,
if you ever cross my path again I'll
shoot you.
Conkling-What have l done to
you, Governor I have always
treated you well.
Sprague-You are a id liar.
You have insulted me. You have
come to my house without an invi-
tation.
Conkling-No, I did not; you
invited me. You will think better
of this tomorrow. You are
drunk.
Sprague-You are a lying son Of
b..
Conkling-Don't you call me
that again, or l will strike you with
this umbrella.
Sprague-Recollect what | tell
you! 1 always keep my word.
will kill you if you ever cross my
path again.
With this Sprague rode away,
and in a few minutes Mrs. Sprague
oame in a carriage to the restaurant
and talked some time with Senator
Conkling, after which she went to q
friends house and remained, while
her carriage was used to convey the
Senator to the train. She has gone
no one seems to know just where
Her friends blame her exceedingly
saying that the Governor is devoted
to her and his children, while she il
cool and unfeeling TO him.
The matter of the music teacher
was simply one of whisky, econom.
and dlsregarded view, and disre
garded wishes, not of jealous. q
Towards Conkling the Governor
seems to have shown signs o
Jealousy heretofore. Washington
was rife last winter with reports a
to the intimacy of Mrs. Spragu
and Conkllng, and here, I am toll
by residents, the Governor had pro
hibited him his house on this &C
count. Of the authority of thi
latter fact I am doubtful, but of th
Washington scandal there is n
doubt. ss5 ..l...-54 .-.,-
A gentleman here of high char
acter, who has known Mrs. Spragu
from her infancy, discredits all tale
as to her infdellty, but says sh
has the will and imperiousness of
devil, and by its force and by he
bad Judgment she caused her father
the late Salmon 2. Chase, to com
NIT many of his most serious mis-
takes. aaqI II
Conkling appealed personally an
successfully to the New York Her
aid to suppress this scandal, br
every paper in New England
loaded with it to-day, as are nearl
all of those in New York.
!, The general verdict here is tn,
Spregue w.s drur'1, but somewhs