Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-26
The StaIwarts Weaken Their
Chances by Sending
Out Feelers.
Probable withdrawal Of Platt
from the Contest.
Garfield Indignantly Sets Down
on the Rumor That
He Is to Name a mpromiss Can
didate.,
ALBAN Y.

Conkling in Possession Oh some 1roet
State secret-scrsps Of Ancient History
to be Brought In to Add TO the Dramatic
Effect.
ALBANY, May 25-Conkliny is be-
lieved by his strikers to be pregnant
with some portentous State secret which.
when revealed, will knock The admins
tration out OF water and cause it's de-
tenders to hide their heads in sorrow
and shame. Then will the loyal Repub-
licans lie down and implore Lord Roscoe
to dance on their necks. 1t is evident
that Conkling intends to
Belittle the President.
il he can, by pretending that he is
mere puppet in the hands Of the un-
scrupulous Blaine OF Maine, and that
were he free from the baneiul influence
OF the Cabinet Msphistopheles, and un.
der the guardianship OF a pure and un-
defiled statesman like the gentleman
from Utica, everything would he lovely.
His plan is TO make it appear
that his fight with the adj
ministration is a mere incident in the
struggle with that very dreadful man,
Jay Gould's Mr.. Blaine. GarfieId's
connection with the Maine monster is
most unfortunate; but IL he gets in the
way OF the Conkling locomotive when it
starts to butt Blaine off the track,
catastrophe cannot be avoided. Uni
Il L., ha falf Tor thu
doomed President; but as he has chosea
such fellows, there is nothing lett TO be
done but prepare Tor the funeral. One
OF the most sensational chapters IN
Conkling's tale OF horrors will,lt is said,
be true and veritable history OF the
manner in which
The Presidency Was stolen
from Tilden and given to Hayes. Blaine
and Garfield are to be shown up as the
arch conspirators. When Conkling turns
the bulls.eye on them. 1t will be seen
that Blaine carried the jimmy and drill
and Garfield transported the dynamite,
and that they both together committed
the atrocity.
The next task will be that OF proving
that the administration has
Sold Itself to the Monopol es.
and that Garfield and Blame have de-
clared war on the msrtyred ex-Senators
in obedience to the behest OF Jay Gould
and his fellow money kings. There is,
unfortunately, grave reason TO believe
that he can satisfy many intelligent peo.
pie as to the truth OF the first part OF
the monopolist proposition, and it would
excite no very great surprise ii direct
chain OF circumstances connecting
Gould with certain questionable admin
istration acts were uncovered; but IN
setting himself up as an advocate OF the
people against the enctoachments OF
monopolies Conkling will be apt to get
himself into trouble. How he can at
tack monopolies and in the same breath
ask the election of his friend Platt, who
is the president of one Of the most pow
eriul corporations in the country-vn:
the United States Express Company
and OF necessity a representative OF mo.
nopolies, is not clear.
An Anti-Mouopoly Structure.
with Tom Platt as a cornerstone would
be too ridiculous for any use. ConkIlng
could only hope to win on this platform
by persuading Platt to withdraw and
another man in his place;
but as no such contingency Is liable to
occur, the fortunes OF the two men seem
10 be linked strongly together. In spite
OF the apparent absurdity OF the thing,
il is understood that snti.monopoly is TO
be one Of the leading features in the
Senatorial platform. Ii may kill Oft
Depew and at the same time bury ConS.
ling and Plstt, but il Conkling should
10 run for Governor next fall,
as II is now intimated he will do,
he will be- q gamer after all by the
move. lie will have no Platt 10
handicap him, and it is not improb-
able that he has this very point in
view. In the event OF his reelection
to the $, ate he will need hobby on
which to ride into popular favor again.
Anti-monopoly may serve the purpose.
Certain il is that he can never hope to
run for governor on his shape alone and
win. He cannot "mash" an entire
State by an exhibition of his manly
charms. Conkling's strikers are kicking
up big dust to obscure the many
Phenon-enally Mean
traits in his character, and they would
like to induce the public to forget that
their chief gave up his two seats in the
Senate in a pet because Garfield took a
morsel OF patronage away from him.
They will keep this in the background
as much as the Half.breeds will let
them, because there is nothing heroic in
the situation from that standpoint.
Refuse 10 Join the Caucua
ALBANY, May 25.-The following let.
ing:
SENATE CHAMBER. ALBANY
May %, 1881.
Hon Geo. III. Sharp, Chairman of Ass,m.
bty Caucus Commiitee:
DEAR SIR:-The Senate Caucpe Cor,-
mittee have given the question Of call.
ing q caucus earnest deliberation. which
the gravity OF the situation demand
The U. =. Senators from this St.te have
resigned and thrust upon the Rspuhli-
can members Of this isxislaturs thS n.
ternativs OF supporting or antaeon-