The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-11-25

The Brooklyn Eagle prints a version
of the deal between Garfield and Conk'
ling at Mentor, which, the paper says,
was given to them by Conkling Repub'
licau who has become offended at Conk-
ling. 1t says:
"Conkling, on arriving at Mentor, dis
covered Garfield in low spirits and ready
to concede his defeat in advance. He
was whining over the attack on his rec
ord, and 80 crushed that his ambition
was utterly used up, 80 much so that he
had but one desire, that was to see the
end OF the campaign come, and with it
cessation of the delving into his past
record. Conkling saw his opportunity
and proceeded to take advantage Of it.
He told Garfield all was not lost by any
means, and that his election could yet
be accomplished, but not by the men
who had the canvass and control. If he
would put himself in the hands of the
men who only could wrest victory
from defeat, all would be right in the
end.
Unless Garfield was willing to do this
he (COnkling) would take no other part
than that of making the few speeches
which he had come to Ohio to make
and these words revived the dropping
hopes of Garfield, and he signlfed his
willingness to do anything which would
result in triumph over his political
enemies. Conkling submitted four pro-
positions to Garfield, and these were
First, that the campaign must be turned
over to the Grant men to conduct from
that time out to the end. Second, that
that the patronage of the States of New
York, of Pennsylvania and of Illinois
must be distributed solely by Conkllng
Cameron and Logan respectively. Third
that Conkling must be- consulted in the
formAti IN of the Caolner, and fourth
that Merritt must be turned out OF the
Custom House, and especially must Rob
ertson and Hustled of WestChes,er, Bird
sail OF @ leens, Woodln of Cayuga, and
Sessions OF Chaulauqna, all of them oi
New York, be utterly Cast aside and IL
nored, the very men who In Albany mad
made the nomination OF some other ma1
than Grant al Chicago possible, and VINO
in the latter days of the Convention,
brought about GArfeld's nomination.
"All of these conditions were eagerly
embraced by Garfield, and the story fur
ther goes that COnkllng reduced them TO
Wrlung, which instrument Garfield i'm
medlaUely signed, aud the bargain aud
sale WAS complete. Pne word was pass
ed along the line, and those VINO Wer5
closely watching the campaign Will re-
collect tnat at about this time the ma
chine men of New York State Gprang III
to an activity IN Dena.i Of Carl sid tney
had not saown before. People will also
recoleCt mat Just about that time the
statement wa published In the metropo
Titan papers that Governor Jewell mad
bA9n compelled to turn over the real
control Of Tho Convass to I. G. Platt of
O5Wego, who ls one of Conkling's most
trusted leaders, and that Jewell was 20
rem ain to the end figure mead mercy
of .ue 20 nmltcee,
Shortly after the election there was
meeting in New York of the chiefs of the
third term movement, and at this meet
ing lC Is said that the patronage was all
parCeled out; that the Sherman, Hayes
and Blaine elements in the party were
all left out in the cold. The Senators
BlrdsalI Woodin, Robertson, Wagner
aud Sessions, who we're called the rebels
last spring, and who go bitterly opposed
Conkllng at Chicago have been very
blue since the Mentor conference. IL
was some days before they knew lts con-
ditions, and they find that the apple of
vlc,ory they cluJCned 80 jOyously at chi
CagO has turned to ashes upon their lips.
Tney have, under the circumstances, no
political position or future unless they
can turn things again in their favor.
This of course, means Grant for 1884
Conkling's power will be something su.
perlanVe. lie now controls the State of
New York without any Of its patronage,
through the Republican Governor, Cor
neil, VINO 10 his creature. Under the
Mentor deal he will control all of the
vast Federal patronage which fails to
New York-the Custom House, the Navy
Yard, the Post Offices and the Internal
Revenue Offices. With a Legislature
Republican in both branches and will
ing Republican Governor, he can ia le-s
than twelve months, come to the control
of the patronage of New York City, un-
less there is deal between his Lleuten
ants, Arthur and Kelly, deal which,
though reported, Kelly denies"