The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-22
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THE CONKLMa MARRIAGE.
ROscOe's Strange Behavior About It-What Is Said
About the Senator,

Utica, N. Y, May 6.-The chief topic
of conversation in Utica is about Senator
Conkling's strange behavior in regard tc
his only daughters wedding with Mr.
0atman. 1t seems that the Senator had
remarked to some one who had spoken
of his new son.inlaw
"Not my son.in.law, sir, but Mrs
Conkling's son'in!law."
"Conk. don't know Mr.. Oatman !" ex'
claimed conductor on Mr., 0atman's di-
vision of Samuel Sloan's Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western Railroad. "Why, il
was in the Superintendents place
wouldn't recognize Conk. 0atman is a
gentleman, and everybody likes him.
Why, l knew Conk. thirty years ago,
when he married Horatio Seymoura
sister, and l tell you Miss Seymour mar
ried Roscoe when he wasn't half the
man Mr.. Oatman is. l don't blame the
Seymours for not recognizing Roscoe at
first, because he was rather weak spec
linen but Bessie Conkling could not
have married better man than our Su-
perintendent He is young and hand
some, and a gentleman, every inch OF
him, if he did learn a machinists trade.
It seems that, through ludicrous mis-
take, word got out that Roscoe Conkling
sent his congratulations the night of the
wedding. One of Senator Conkling's in
innate friends in Utica is Mr.. Proctor,
proprietor of Bogg's hotel. Well, Mr..
Proctor, who is cultured young man,
and a strong supporter of Roscoe, was
one of the ushers at the wedding. Well,
while he was at the wedding, big, fat,
three.page letter came to him, at the ho-
tel, from Senator Conkling
The clerk thought, of course, it con.
tanned wedding congratulations from the
Senator, and sent it on up to the reCep-
tion. Mr.. Proctor opened it, expecting
to read sweet, Congratulatory message
to the bride and groom. Everybody
held their breath until the seal was bro
ken, and then they found that the latter
was about engaging rooms for the sum-
mer at RiGh6eld Springs for Mrs, Jew
ell. Mr.. Proctor tried to keep the mat
ter a secret, but guest who was party
to the ppointment, let it out
When I asked Gen. McQuade, son
of Gen. McQuade who recently died in
Utica, about the wedding, he said:
"WhY, the people in Utica daren't talk
about Conk. They are ali bull'dozed.
Conk. has bulldozed the whole towns and
not man dare say word above whis-
per. But tell you, Conk. always was a
selfish dog. Wife?-daughterP There's
nothing sacred to him but Conkling,
Why, Conk. was an idiot beside Oatman
twenty-five years ago. Bessie Conkling
has married we'll. The Seynours all
like her. She is a Seymour all over.
The Seymours, you know, are plain, do
mestic people
"But Senator Conkling is sound Re-
publican, isn't her" l asked.
"Conk. sound Republican, No. Do
you not know he refused to vote for FIRE.
mont in 1862 He got over in the Know
Nothing pasture, and trained around
with the Fillmoreites. Did you ever
hear the joke Dave Hackett got on Con-
kling2" ... ......
1 told Gen. McQuade I hadn't.
"Well, Conkling was running for Con-
gress in '5S. He was making speech
up at Hartford, talking about the red
eye of battle, and how the Democrats
were 'gibbeted on the crossroads Of pub
lie opinion" and"
"Does the Senator always use these
termsP" interrupted.
eyes. always. Well, after the speech,
Davy HaCkett got up and asked Conk
why he didn't vote for JEo. G. Fremont"
because was very busy, and was out
of town, and l knew the election would
be so Overwhelmingly Republican that
my vote would not be needed" replied
Conk.
"Yes," said Davy, IT knew man once
Jake Mason-who went to donation
where six farmers were to contribute
Jug of milk apiece. Well, one man, a
very mean man, thought it would not
make any difference if he contributed
water instead of milk; so he filed jug
with water and took it to the donation.
When he got there he turned it over the
bung, and it ran into barrel where all
the other farmers had poured their milk.
Now what vas the regultP Why, every
one of the six farmers happened to be as
mean az Jake Mason. They all brought
Water, Now, Mr., Copkling," asked DaYy
"where would the Republican party be
if every man should be as mean as you
and Jake Mason?"
"Hackett," said Gen. McQuade, fused
up Roscoe in New Hartford"
"Did you know Roscoe when he was
young mani" | asked the General,
eyes; we studied law together in the
same Office, Conk. is not scholar; but
he was always full of glittering generali-
ties, He was always a cuckoo. He was
always ready-like Theodore Tilton-to
shine in borrowed plumage, Do You re.
member Conk's speech on the Electoral
Commission2 Well, that speech was all
dig gested from Jonn Biglow's book. Con-
king meyer got off an original idea in
his life / tell you he's parrot--a cue
koo. He'll want to come home and stay
with young 0atman before he dies, mind
what say"
"Did he give his daughter house2
Some say 3d." asked.
"Pshawl-nol 0atman has rented a
house here, and his wife, the Seymours
and Mrs. Conkling are perfectly happy,
while Conk. is down at Washington gsz
ing at the stars" !" ELI PERKINS.