The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-05-21
The Great Sensation.

II LuS SictteSb SeiiSdtfUIl. SlflCc lDe
last presidential election, was the
sudden and previously announced
resignation, last Monday, of Conk-
ling and Plat, the United States
senators from New York. For sew
eral weeks Conkling had prolonged
the dead lock in the senate, Oh ac-
count of President Garfield's nom
ination of VIM. III. Robertson as
collector of customs at the port of
New York. The only objection
Conkling had to Robertson, per
sonally, was that Robertson was
not a Conkling man. A few days
ago the president startled the sen
ate, and particularly Conkling and
his friends, by withdrawing all his
New York nominations except Rob
ertson'S. This narrowed the osten-
sible cause of the dead lock to the
question whether the business for
which the executive session of the
senate was called, viz: action on
executive appointments, could pro
perry be INSTRUCTED, because one of
those appointments was distasteful
to one or two senators. Conkling
and a few of his friends appealed
to the president to Withdraw Rob
ertson's nomination, but the presi-
dent had too much sense and firm
ness to place his neck under Conk-
ling's foot, and declared that the
nomination must stand, leaving it
to the senate TO confirm or reject
it. Conkling, seeing that Robert |
sons confirmation was inevitable, !
suddenly resigned his seat in the
senate, persuading his colleague,
Plat, to do the same, thereby Civ
ing the Democrats control of the
senate, and vainly hoping thereby
to make the president odious in the
eyes of his own party, and evident
ly expecting that, after Robertson'S
confirmation, he and Plat would
be reelected by the New Y ork gen ;
eral assembly, now in session: thus
also administering a public rebuke
to the president, and scoring a vic
tory for himself.
My lord Roscoe made a fatal t
mistake. Robertson was confirmed l.
without objection, and when the Il
news of his confirmation reached
the New York senate (of which
body Robertson was memberl, it .
business for q few min ,
ntes, and fairly howled with delight, .
Republican senators mounting on =
chairs and desks, and cheering :.
themselves hoarse over RObertson's !
success and thepresident's triumph. q
at the same time the Republicans 6
IN many New York towns and cities =
fred saluteS of one hundred guns
n honor Of the president, and a
arge number of Republicans in i
Doth houses of the general assem- c
bly, signed a written pledge not to :
vote for Conkling's nor Platt's re- t
election. c
Mrs. Garfield was right when she
said her husband was disposed to 1
De stubborn when opposed, and as Z
he has now shown his intention and d
ability to be president, and as he II
declared, in his inaugural address, Q
lis purpose to promote the best in
erests OF every section of the
Union, we are inclined to think
hat southern democrats missed a r
chance to show their appreciation
If his really friendly disposition >
owards our whole people, and >
hereby to encourage and strength
N that disposition, when they ;,
omitted to fire salutes in honor of !,
lis victory over the most malignant :
'nemy Of the South since the DAYS :.
If Stevens, Morton and Chandler.