The daily gazette., 1880-09-24
ONE LAST GREATEST EFFORT
TOO MANY.

On the morning following the evening
of the delivery by Senator Conkling of
the last greatest effort of his life &C the
| Academy of Music, New York, the
Erening Telegraph said Of he makes
few more such speeches as that of last
night between now and November, we
are satisfied that the real patty leaders
will wish that our advice had been TIA
ken"-which advice was to the effect
that it would be to the welfare OF the
Republican organization to discover the
relations existing between It and Mr..
Conkling and his set. We believe we
were quite alone among our Republican
contemporaries in the character of our
honestly expressed criticism of his
speech on that day. But since then
they have had time to cons der the pith
Of what he is pleased to dignity by the
name of his argument, and the general
tone of such Of our contemporaries as
are not ofthe uperserviceable sort shows
that they have, with rare exceptions,
adopted our views of the speech and Of
Mr. Conkling's unfortunate appearance
in the campaign; for as such do they re-
gard it, and as such must all intelligent
| Republicans regard IT,. The purpose of
| gu appear anu vi
upon the platform is to make votes, To
! convert the unbelieving, to give stability
to the wavering, to convince the doub'-
full. Ii Republicans were all mere par
tsans of the political machine sort, and
not more interested in securing good
| government than machine triumph al
the expense of the country, Mr.. Conk-
ling's speech might be beneficial to the
lt,t I,Is
least, are at least supposed to be,patrots
first and Republicans afterwards, his
speech is calculated to work infinite mis-
chief to the party which permits his affi-
liation with it. This is not our opinion
only, but 1t is an opinion that IS now be-
ing very generally expressed by those
Republican journals which best express
Republican sentiment. They recognize
that the speech was not made so much to
help the election of General Garfield as
to enable Mr.. Conkllng o glorify him
self, and to keep General Grant promi-
nently before the country. For while
he devoted pages of his four hours ad-
dress to the latter, he gave but seven
lines OF halting, niggardly commends-
ton to the former, and only then when
called upon by disguised Republican
to say something about the candidates
Of his party.
He did not make his address to ad-
vocate the election of Garfield for the
impression is even more general now
: than before the address was made that
the Grant Syndicate would not be
greatly distressed if Hancock should
, be elected. of them all, as the Nation
lately observed, General Logan Is "the
only one of the Bosses attached to Gen.
eral Grants fortunes who has vet
taken any part in the canvass" And
1t might have been added, the part he
has taken has not overtaxed his limit,
ed mental or great physical powers,
, for it has been of the very slightest
, and most perfunctory sort. Senator
, Carpenter reports that his physician
has advised him ito avoid excite
3 ment - and never did physician find
, a more obedient patient, or the Repub
lican party in its time of peril more
/ lukewarm or Indifferent Republican
t Mr.. Cameron's health is also too pre-
t canous to permit him to assist in tn,
! election of the candidate who defeated
the candidate of the Grant clique, anC
Mr.. Conkling's assistance is not of 4;
? kind to estimate too highly.
) Mr.. Conkling's speech was notabl,