Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-16
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A New York correspondence of the PHI.
adelphia Record says: The city has
been alive with sensational political Cos
sip during the past week There has
been war in the Republican camp AZ
headquarters-bitter personal wal fare.
Senator Conkling when he was here took
Jewell to task r the defeat in Maine, and
openly charged MIN with Incompetence
He has never liked the little, bobtailed
clam from Connecticut as Boss Shep-
herd ire verently termed Jewell when
ne was in Grants Cabinet, and he has
| now succeeded in making his point thar
Tom Platt should have control of the
canvass SO far as the State of New York
is concerned. Jewell is angry, and
threatens to let Connecticut slide, and
Arthur-who does not expect to he Vice
President, but hopes to be United States
Senator's inclined to be Jealous of
Platt, who is looking toward the Sena.
torship. The city has been rife with ru-
mors also in reference tn the proposed
disposition of Garfield from the Presdcn-
tial ticket. II was said at on. time that |
Arthur was to be promoted, and again |
that the real object of ConkIings tour
to the West was to persuade Garfield to
Withdraw i'll favor of Grant. Can it be
possible that this was the object that
took Grant, ConkIing and Logan to Gar
fields bone at Mentor on Tuesday of this
week A genuine political sensation is
the detection g f Senator jones' of Neva-
da, from the Republican ranks jones
has never been much Of Republican,
but Is an original Grant man, and is the
personal and devoted friend of Roscoe
Conkling. One day, at his home in Ut-
ca, Mr.. Conkling said to mo that Sens
tor Jones was one of the nblest men in
the Senate, and the best posted man in
that body on the silver Lii. He ADDED
such an Impression upon him that he had $
! pbsen'etl. himself from his seat in the Sen.
ate III order to vote upon the silver bill ,
In point of fact, Senator Cunkling on that ,
i ~, being, as we all know, an enthusi- |
lStlc horst marine, escorted Mrs. Sprague 6
to Chester, Pa, to witness the launcn of r
Dne of John Roach's steamships Wheth-
- o1AO 'ii' "a VA. VI SpldSuc " dS tIc |
more responsible for this detection, or for {
he 'favOrite son of New York; going
back on Wall street, il for the public and |
ex-senator Sprague to determine Among |
the weeks canartls Was one to the effect |
that Jay Gould had pIanked down $780,
600 for the Republican campaign in Ohio
and Indiana. This is. of course, absurd, 1
1t costs Mr.. Gould 4; very large sum an Il
Tally to keep up the Tribune establish.
nent, aud he does not afford himself,
more than one partisan luxury at a time
so far as he talk Of Hancock's election
ltfecting the stock market goes he can f
AXE all the risks that August Belmont o
al. afford to take, and he knows that h
he country will be run us much more
under Democratic rtlr II
1r. Tilder has contributed handsomely |;
" tho campaign fund. He drew his W
heck for 100000 and sent it to the com II
littee, and has contributed 81 200 addi- II
ional for campaign clubs in Columbia 81
nd other interior counties. Senator
'arnum, chairman or the Nat ional DEM
cratic Committee, has done exceedingly
having covered Nh. Eng
sh's check for $25, 900 with his own Cor fl
100000.
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