Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-20
Publ. crinica On ccnklins's Course.


plain that Mr.. Conkling, as the Boston
HroH says, is getting all the public opihio"
he cares for, and perhaps mole Inc gen
eral sentiment of the nation Is overwhelm-
ingly in favor Of the President in the uni"r-
tunatc controversy Tn Chicago i"''F-
OcCaA stands by Cnuhlimg, G'c.i.'i"s t''''
'lhcrc ale two mon in tie Country, at least
to whoa self-raspcct is more t!an "iiire
two men who will not sit silently and see
their STATE antac,u,a.d, enemies 81 tArl'
party rewarded. AMI continue 10 retain ti'it
seats IN a lcdy which agrelts ana swallows
TIE enforced iL,.;Hnily. Senator tonkllhs
and hi. col, a ne have exercised an undonp'-
cd pi,ilrsc, have taken manly course, and
have done that which few public men w"hlh
dnr,. to do in the face ID an angry and power
fuI executive" An the other Chicago pa
pers criliciSe severely tie course Of MessrS.
Conhl.ng and Plat. The 1rT'HHe says II
isa test whether OF mol the executive power
nr The general government shall be surrender
ed 10 the legislative power, With the under
standing that two members of one branch al
the legislature shall, in rotation, have the
privilege OF debating nov this power "i''ll
be used :" and the Times says: IN Is III
umnh for President Garfield, which lie
country will regard as mere important than
that wIici, placed him al the head Of It's Pc
liiical organization. For it is II settlement ii
The uucstion which has leen unsettled
Throughout three preceding rcigns, namely
.heth,r the President or the Senator from
New : o,a stall exercise the Office OF Chief
magistrate"
The Cincinnati papers are also severe %.
the New York Senators. The COnm6rcid'
says ''tl.tir act seems 10 resemble one OF
childish prinlencc or disordcrad vanity rath-
or than the expression oi strong mans con
sideraic policy. As far as possible
the sham appeal TO their constituency made
by the New York Senators should be made
| real and the verdict Of the country at large
obtained upon the rule or ruin policy oil
yhisl: the resignation is the official declara-
ton Tie Gds,t,t says that the perform
ancc makes r.orc conspicuous that oihcc pa
tronagc Is Conkline's whole existence Tie
| Detroit Tot aad TriJuHe says: The Re
publican party will insist that tie New ior.I
Legislature canno, safely or properly JON
Conkl:ng ani Plat in making war upon
| Republican administration = and the Mil
I 1t 'hnl#
| linz counts upon returning 10 the Senate
with greatly increased prestige by reason oil
reelection at the hands of the Legislature
that was elected last year, he will find he has
greatly mistaken tLc temper Of the people.
The people recognize Garfield as President,
and they will sustain him in making such
nominations - Office as he thinks proper, ana
| in having them considered AMI acted upon by
the Senate"
As is the West, 50 are the Middle states
and the South. The Philadelphia Press says
| that if '.ihe Senators imagine that their
| chief lEucion and dearest p-erogative is To
control the federal patronage in their respect
I've States. they do well to resign when this
privilege is denied them; and the EfeniaS
T,hgra.A says: The President las sue
cceded in maintaining the integrity of his
prerog4l:ycs. but the Republican party has
suffered in consequence. tonklinS rs de-
fcatcd and he should be, and in his defeat
Is as piiiablc 4 figure as even chrome Jove
could well be-" The NORTH im6ricda be
heyes that the Republicans of New York
cannot afford to indorse Mr.. Conkling.' The
Richmond State SAYS: at is new thing in
our politics, and if done merely through
piquc is not wanting in some of the elements
of revolution. if not of secession, treason and
rebellion. As 10 its effect on the administra-
ton, We think that cen be very easily pre-
dicted. 1t will strengthen the hands OF MI.
Garfield" and the DesPitcd takes some
what similar view, saying: Never before
did a senator resign because he could moi
dominate the President of the United States.
| Never before was there traitorous reslgna-
ton. Even Senators who resigned In 1861 did
50 because their States had, in Their OPINION,
Withdrawn from the Union and they had
no right TO their scat" To complete our llst
of Southern papers the Augusta Ca thr0a-
i i5I, says. mir Conkling has been the az
grcssivc and malignant ei.cny OF the Souih'
which should rejoice at the triumph OF Pres
ident Garfield and the defeat Of Senator
ConLlinr. That porsonalism in politics,