New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-17


of the Senators will | am confident. 30 much 10
consolidate the party ly p!tting I n'H- III mn
right light As 10 the cicci any stch ai-'' ,ft ~
have with Mr.. Garicid'r Admin -''ht', 'l.'' ~
hard matter I" venture any guess "i''"' W. ''''
probably. can tell.
FEELING II cry AID FEDERAL "TIICIS.
I'll. feeling in and around the CITY iiall "'' Il
first ono Of intense surprise. The" were i'W "'"
y,onld Lelicye at The outs, ihat IN" news ~a- lr.
C.npbli,ais AMI Democrats alike N.nrhi " an
indication Of weakness ON the part If Nr. t"nNIs.
eaid a we'll known Repullican " | think senator
Conkhng has made Tia mistake of his IT,. IT, 'AS
thrown away thu advantage he pos .r-~'' li"''I-
cally he shaped the cours OF Senator llit rs wen
ms his own Politicians are proycrhlalv nn-'' 3"
trnst A GOOD many # IA. member of the AS-.n-
hlv ,,Ln L.,v. boon rnuut"d for senator '"nh'ih4
may tc found M" side al tn N"'"''iT ~ '
VIII The election for senators comes 'Ip, va
iority az fine E,ImhlicanS in the STAT" : nae 3l'l
think in favor of the Administration. '"Nt ilN'
and Hiatt may ind II not 81 easy matter q i'F
think Ia obtain reflect on and vote 0l '"nl'drh'''
TLc f,t i. Eat for somcic there h"> be- ma grow
ing feeling on the part OF kcru, .ranI ,,r' ~,
Conklmf was dI,a~ H',ns,rn'd 70 antago.
ME- ME-" the present A'mil-tratcn as he an,aeo-
hs own way in ever, thing. they would mol lo.i""
hn For practical purposes, they say, II ms '"ul ~
is to be- foliowed. the Administration might as well
The frw Republican Aldermen who were at he
City Han declined Z" say what w"nl h"thc pi"n,1nr
action of the follower, Of Senator tomkhiG. "'y
admitted however. that there was likely I" }" Il
very ,,IionS detection IN case MI T. "nNinv 'naI.
omen war OF the Administration. They cautiously
wished Ia await further developments before NY INK
anything. ,,,o
in and about the Post Office uilnca and IN" hlrd
States Courts would copt the new. al ne res eit
t;ons of the Senators as true. When II Vas iHiN
confirmed. and there was no longer room i"i 'l'"nt
ing its correctness the utmost sur 49, Si I",,,
Tested. Some of the supporters 81 MI '"hhI'"N
spoke Z" TN. TS @s ms e%ar ,' n. +" ' %hrr fG
victurv came in. the only reply vas that II shower
the senator to be statesman, and one VII"
would not quietly suner defeat. Nht OBJ
lcct hc was To gain by the step none "i
his supporters seemed able to c.pa'n. ON
The 9th. HAND. friends of the Administration were
surprised by the action of the senator. bat they
did not attach the inp"riancc To- II MihIh Ms ~
rIircr. did one official though' that il placed Mr.
Conklng on about the same plane ~ john Kelly.
Both were "kickcrs" Who would not Subrht L" "i'-
position. 1t seemed 10 him that the division IN thr
partv N0Iid destroy the Chalccs of the l'Pnnhc"hS
In this state for this year NJ least bn NE hcic'l
that ultimately the breaking up OF ' Boss RUE
Vouid lac a great benefit To the party.
Postmaster Pearson Thought thai me 'iN lS''m ~
the ranks p. o>t unfortunate. ant he was very
sorry that 1t existed A. To we i'NII H''t ~
lead to lac said he was not enough al Pohl'lah l"
predict. 49, ,
Absolutely nothing about the matt"y. except what
tlc oiS,aich shown him lay tire reporter contained
Being without Information ~ 10 what c"uts" Nria-
tors Conkng and lltt intended {" pursue. he
rould give opinion rs to the probable cicr' "i
their T, Signatiohs np"n the parry. .l
,icoIgr Bliss said he knew nothing except what he
wh,t tir intentions Of senator's Conklil- and Ilatt
wer He regretted the division in the party bui lac
gould not say what II would lead IL"
BIrs OF TALK WITH REPUBLICANS.
rx. alderman John W. Ja,ohus. whom President
Uavcs nominated for United states Marshall when
nsked what ne thought of the rcSigna'ions. SAD
al don't know what TO make Of the matter.
think it will do the party more harm than can ho
known now. The hes, way would have been for
Mr.. Conklnc TO have allowed the nomination to he
confirmed without further trouble This looks too
much like foolish move"
ExCongrcSSinan John ID. Lawson, who Is one OF
Mr. Conkng's warmcst admirers, was in the A>tor
House corridor Yesterday talking with Captain Mil
ward who offered some resolutions In the AAISt
Assembly District Republican Association recently
cou,eInlIing President Garfield and supporting sen
eur Conklng. Tine resolutions were amended. Sink
INC ont tire words Condcming the President.
what did YOU consent to allow the resolutions ("
ne amended for ~ savagelv asked Mr.. Lawson.
"Wrll could not contIol those trmlncrs ana dlh
not want the resolutions tabled" replied Captain
hilWard " | would like To know why you cOul'lnt
control the oreanization! said Mr.. Lawson rather
scornfulv Just at this point he was asked what ne
thought IF the designations of senators i'latt ana
ConLnc II makes Senator Conkllug President
In 1854" exclaimed Mr.. Lawson. and let the half
breeds do their worst"
president If the XNth Assembly District Rcpnbii-
can Association, and isregarded rs stI'nT machine
man. said 81 don't know what to think OF IT.
am afraid il will not accomplish any good to the
nayty Ia say the least Judge Robertson is greatly
abused man. lie was Republican when the party
was tirst Organized. and when 1t took good deal Of
courage TO be one. liz has carried his district when
no other Republican could have done ~, ana ne
does not deserve the opposition that Is being shown
to him.
II suppose we can consider this the greatest effort
of Conklings life said well-known kclubIican
official " He prefers To- give the tnitcd states Sen
ate 10 the Democrats rather than lose one appoint
mcnt in this State. Now that he has gwen the
Democrats control he ought 10 retire for good
"Ihey expect to be rcelected,' said sheridan
Shook but that depends on the couI, Of the ann
machine members OF the Legislature. II they refuse
4" 90 into cancus they can probably defeat Conkliug
md latt liz that case they Will be held ny rs dis
organizers, which is one OF the tilng. '"hkIlhg
probably counts upon. The people of this country
hnwcvcr will undoubtedly condcmn such a childish
display Of ill-tenpcr and bad Judgment, and 1t viii
hurt only Conking IN the end. lie is nearing his
political end and this is one of his dying kicks
Collector Merritt avcrse TO expressing any
opinion IL depends upon their purpose IN resign
Ing" lac sand. II they resign because they wish
to ret rc from public life finding themSc Ives IN oli
positinn 10 the Administration, that perhaps Is all
right even though ii does leave the senate tempo
resign Ia make fight IN the Legislature for the pnr-
pose of seeking vindicatOn.' that i quite another
matter Ii will not be considered very great
principle on which To make contest. But then the
people don't vote ON H. but the legislature winch
was not elected with such 2 contest y, klrTi ,,v
what 10 think about il. 1t is certainly very I'M
fortunate thing for the Republican party: haie
very high regard for Judge Robertson AMI believe
him an honest and able man, and think he would
make q good Collector. But nothing surprised me
MIR, than To see General Garfield, who went into
nation that was certain 10 cause sncn W uol
The wing of the party that Judge Robert nd
n c"i,nlcration but il could have been given other
places that would not have cansed tins trouble nr
we're plenty of men who could have been nominated
for Collector aud who would have gwen satlsiac-
ton Tor both sides. ] don't know what grounds,
ncr.onal and otherwise Senators COnkling and