The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-30

Martins Ferry, The Weekly Times, came
out on Saturday. I. Is handsomely and
readably got up, and gives abundant
promise Of life and thrift. Mr.. Meek's In.
dustry and good taste, appear to decided
advantage In his first Issue. .... g
PERHAPS the best commentary We can
offer on tho letter from Weston In this
issue Of the IN%rELLloEScEn, Is the follow:
ing clip from the Republican, published at
that place. 1t refers to Il preceding letter
from the same correspondent:
"Somebody from Weston writes 10 the
q 1NrELLloKNcEE asking o few questions on
the Garfield. Conkling trouble, aud signs
himself'A Conkling Man. The world do
move, Weston should be proud that she
has one Copkling man. We have heard
OF no other" NIX
1t is no disgrace Tor a man to be in a
crowd by himself, but, generally speaking,
1t is q sign OF oddly and sometimes Of
pervereity. We do not charge either upon
our correspondent. Still the fact that he
is so iearlully alone among so many intel.
ligent Republicans is in the nature Of an
. argument against him.
Our correspondent talks about 'bad
faith and public dishonesty" being re.
warded by President Garfield in the up.
pointment Of Robertson as Collector OF
New York. To show how little there Ia
in the use Of such language we beg 10 refer
him to the following unanimous endorse.
ment Of Judge Robertson by the present
New York legislature, stalwarts and all:
WuERrAs, 1t Is officially announced that
William II. Robertson, Senator from the
Twelfth district has been appointed DOL.
lector Of the Port OF New York; therefore,
Resolved, That while this body will lose
the services OF one Of its ablest and most
upright members, the country at large will
be the gamer by his promotion to another
sphere Of duty.
) Resolred, That the thanks OF this body
are due and are hereby rendered to the
President for the nomination OF Senator
Robertson, and that we cordially Join in q
request to the Senate OF the-United States
to promptly and heartily confirm the
action Of the Executive.
Us. AS has been we'll remarked, the Legis.
lative approval Of Robertson's nomination
was given at q time when the Legislature
was acting as a free agent. Mr.. Conkling
had not sent any instructions to the con.
trary to his strikers and followers. Even
the machine" men OF the Legislature
were Of opinion that the President was
acting fairly In the distribution OF the New
York patronage. They knew that Conk.
ling men had been appointed to high
places at the seat Of government, in for
eign Diplomatic and Consular service and
throughout the State OF New York. They
recognized the fitness Of making some
acknowledgment Of the anti oukling
wing Of the Republican party in New
York, without whose influence Garfield
would not have been nominated, and with.
out whose cooperation he could not have
been elected. They knew Judge Robert
son to'be the most conspicuous represent
tative Of the anti-Conkling wing, and were
aware Of his ability and integrity. Hence
the spontaneous, unanimous and enthusi.
astic Endorsement which the nomination
received at their hands.
Why does not our correspondent quote
US right in his answer to olr firstquestion?
We asked what right had Mr.. Conkling to
make Judge Robertson's position at Chi.
cago q ground for dead. locking his nomi.
nation in the Senate, This is a different
thing from dead.locking the Senate on the
Malone business. Mr.. Conkling is the
Il man who kept Robertson from being
confirmed for q month. And he did it
after the endorsement We have quoted
had been given by the New York Legisla.
ture to Robertson, which endorsement
was made by the legislature with a full
knowledge OF Robertson's position at Chi.
cago, and Of all his relations to the bolt
from Conkling's band Of third-termers in
the convention. W .- go We.
AS to ConkIing's right to resign, the al.
gument Of our correspondent seems very
loose indeed. If any. Senator has the
moral right to resign his public trust every
time the President sends in a name that
may be Objectionable, or even very often
sive to him, then have we a very loosely
constructed form of government. Why
did not Sumner resign when Simmons was
made Collector OF Boston over his earn.
eat protest? And by the way, Senator
Conkling assisted in that Job, which is On.
other specimen Of his present consistency.
Why charge W Robertson's nomination
to Blaine's hatred Of Grant, after his en-.
dorsement by the whole lot OF stalwarts
and half breeds in the Legislature? Were
they actuated by hatred to Grant? We
presume hardly. Why then did they en-
dorse Robertson, whom they knew we'll
(because he isa member OF their body
and whose Chicago record they also knew
well, for his present promotion? This il
where the meat Of the matter lies.
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