Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-18
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
Senator Conknsg's opening Cam
paifn Speech In New York.

New York. September 17.-SenatoI
Conkling delivered . speech tonight
After an eloquent allusion to the gran
deur and blessings Of the Republic
Conklins said: The Democratic party Il
tho Democratic candidate. and I an
against the ticket and all Its works
Tho general issue confronting rs Is IL
itself and It's bearings sectional. woult
that It were not 30, but II Is. 30. Ir
twelve States OF the Union the approach
ing election 10 to be no more than
farce, unless. ~ somstimss happens. 1,
be turned TO Q tragedy. In several Of
th. Southsrn States there 10 . Rspubli'
can majority ; bat all the Southern
States alike, without exception, or with
ont doubt, are relied to count upon the
Democratic side and score 1873 Electoral
votes. There ID to bs NO free debate. nc
equal rights, no true expression In these
Ststes. and yet he who discusses these
questions must be told In the coarse par.
lance Of the day: "Hs waves the bloody
shirt"
The Senator denounced the proposed
count In some Of the Southern States
founded on the last census, and read
General Grants recent speech. In which
be says: "The Democratic party. a.
now constituted and controlled, 10 not q
at party to trust with the control Of the
general government" The South con.
trolls the Democratic party, and In Con-
press Southern members hold absolute
SWAY. Should . controversy arise 70.
Rarding the Presidential election and the
election be thrown into the House, the
vote. being taken by States. the South
would cast nearly all the Democratic
votes, aud In the Senate for Vice Presi-
dent the Democratic votes would come
from the same source. In the event oil
q Democratic success the Southern end
OF the Democratic party must be to the
Northern end as the locomotive 10 to the
tender. The South has control OF all
the working committees OF the Senate.
On every committee there IL . majority
Of Democrats. aud OF these the majority
In all cases consists OF Southern Sena.
tors. The same conditions prevail In
the House. There are forty.tvo com
mittees, and the chsirmsn OF twenty-five
are from the South. All the committees
arc 80 constituted that the majority ID
Democratic and OF the majority more
than half 10 Southern. During two
years, while this absolute power In both
houses has been 90 lodged. the existence
Of the veto power and the approach Of
the Presidential CANVASS have suggested
urgent reasons for ''going slow" Many
expected bills have not been introduced
many that have been introduced have
not been pressed; some that have been
pressed have run against such obstacles
Of opposition as TO secure present post.
ponement or some modification; but
Whenever the hour strikes that the veto
power 10 In Democratic hands, put there
by Southern votes, whatever . solid
caucus DEGREES will be written. That
caucus will DO controlled by those who
represent by less than one-ssvsnth OF the
people OF the Union and more than one
fourteenth OF the producing. CONNER
cial, industrial, tsx-paying and property
interests Of the country. The Senator
read official figures Of the Bureau oil
Statistics to prove this assertion.