Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-27
GIVE US A REST!
Roscoe Conkling Begines to Realize
HIS Mistake.
The Democrats Don't Propose to
Help Either Side.

ocrats declare they have their own
party work to do, and feel they
would deserve and receive punish
ment if they did not vote for two of
their best partisans. They indig-
nantly deny that there has ever been
the least intention or thought of
helping either section of their OPP
ponents. The Democratic caucus
committees of both branches of the
Legislature met last night and agreed
to issue call to-day for caucus,
which will be held Monday
evening in the senate chamber.
Everything indicates that there will
be no caucus of the Republicans.
Efforts have been made to learn Just
where Governor Cornell stands in
the contest, but without success. He
had lengthy in erview with Conks
ling and Arthur, but will not talk to
any one else Conkling and Arthur
have shown a change of demeanor
since they have been in the city.
Those who claim to know say that
Conkling feels that he was induced to
come here on false information, and
that he was not here more than q
half hour before he saw that a great
mistake had been made.
A telegram was received here yes
terday from the Republican mem
bers of the New York Produce Ex-
change, urging the return of
Conkling and Platt. A large num-
Der of others, giving the same aG-
vice, were received from individual
signers. Also the following:
"NEw York, May 25.
"To Senator Mccarthy:
"Your letter covers the ground
admirably It is faithful and fear
less response to the pronounced SEN
timent of the Republican press and
people.
"(Signed). THURLow WEED.
The stalwarts do not show this
morning much progress in securing
| signatures for the caucus. 1t is said
! by those who claim to know that
they have only At signatures; others
say they have only 35. The paper
is not shown to any one in way to
exhibit the number of signers, 50 no
one can say positively how many
have signed.
New YORK, May 26.-The Evening
Posts Albany correspondent teln-
Craps to that journal as follows
The story about Conkling denounc~
ing General Arthur last evening is
strictly true, although a great effort
was afterward made by the two to
give another impression by parading
through the corridors arm and arm.
Conknng and Arthur and some others
were IN il room wi h the window wide
open and the shade up. A thin
door was the only separation
from another room in which
were several persons who were
on the watch for news. MIR. Conk-
ling upbralded Mr.. Arthur for not
" fixing" Messrs. Mccarthy and
Wendover, Of the senate caucus
com mittee, in his interest. He also
blamed him for having promised the
votes OF more senators and members
than he could deliver, saying, 'You
have brought me ul' here to do the
dirty work of ward politician.
You don't know enough about poli-
tics to run board of llage truss
tees. The story havi, 6 spread, an
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scenic effect, bnt it did not succeed.
The story strictly tr ,e.
The Con mercial Ad ertisers cor
respondent says The friends of
Conkling are doing their work well.
You may discredit all reports as to
the failure of the Republicans to
obtain suffi lent number of sigma
lures to their call to compel the
caucus in spite of the Senate caucus
commit ees revolutionary action.
They will show the paper to no one
until they are ready to publish it and
Issue the call. They have alrea ly
got more than enough signatures,
but they desire to leave the half
breeds with only corporals guards
at their backs. The raucus will most
assuredly be held under the regular
call.
The Telegram's Albany special
says the prosp, ct this mprning is not
very hopeful for the stalwarts.
After working with might and
main all day yesterday and
all last night they have
been unable to secure the necessary
titty-four votes TO go into the caucus.
They say they have forty-nine and
that in the course of to>day they
VIII secure the enainder, and then
: I'll lor caucus this evening will be
issued; There is good reason to be-
"eVe tnat they will fail to secure the
requisite five votes.
W. In the Sena to-day Senator
Woodln presented several remon-
s RANGES against the return TO the
United States Senate of Conklino
and Platt. These remonstrances
he said, were from citizens in vari,
Gus parts of the State; one signed
by 1000 citizens of his own district.
He moved to refer them to the COM
mittee of the whole, and supported
his motion by lengthy speech, re-
via,yipn tho aot;op Of tbo t,x,o Co.,