The daily gazette., 1881-05-17

THIRD EDITION.
STALWART 7.
CONKLING AND PLATT
RESIGN.
ACTION THAT MEANS FIGHT .
IxNKs or RATTLE I'M THE REPUB-
LICAM PARTY DRAWN SHARP
Am APPEAL TO NEW YORK.
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AcrloM THAT MEANS FIGHT

LHCAM EA@k1 V1A " n AANA /
Am APPEAL TO NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON, ID. G., May 10, 1881.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate the following communication
WASHINGTON, ID. o., May 10, 1881.
SIR-Will you please announce to the
Senate that my resignation as Senator OF |
the United States from the State OF New
York has been forwarded to the Govern
or Of the State I have the honor to be,
with great respect, your obedient SER
Yant, Roscoa CeNxLiEe.
To Hon. Q. A. ARTHuR, Vice Prest.
This Communication was received with
great sensation, which was heightened
when the Vice President laid the fol-
lowing fefore the Senate -
SRNARR CRANBEn, May 16, 1881.
To Hon. G. A. ARTHUR Vice Prest.
EIR-I have forwarded to the Govern
on Of the State of New York my resigna-
EIon aS 1enseer of tha United States for
the State Of New York. VIII you please
announce the fact to the Senate With
great respect, your obedient servant,
4. @. PLAIr.
A hum Of astonishment followed the
reading of the communication, and MIR.
Hill, Of Georgia suggested soto uoee that
@this would be q good time TO elect
esicers Of the Senate"
THE DENocRATIc PURPOSE.
Senator Vest said: "We will go
right ahead, confirm the Presidents
nominations at once, and send him a
message asking him II he has any
further business to communicate. If
he has not we will adjourn imme-
diately. The Democrats are in ma
jority again, and We propose to do
business" Senator Dawes was asked
what he thought of the situation.
ssThe weather Is decidedly cooler" re-
sponded the dodger, ''and it seems
very agreeable" Senator Johnston of
Virginia said: 81 understand that
there is no doubt of the reelection of
Mr. Conkling to the Senate. It is res
ported on the Republican side that If
Robertson In confirmed and Mr.. Couk-
ling comes back he will hereafter pur-
sue an independent course, upholding
the cause Of Btalwart Republicanism
against the milk-and-water policy of
his associates" The Democrats are
in high Rlee over the action Of the
New York Senators.
TMR DEMOCRATS ON THE SITUATION.
Among the Democrats the feeling ID
one Of entire complacency. They un-
derstsnd precisely what the movement
means and may be depended upon moi
to interfere. Personally their view
coincide pretty closely with the side o.
the Administration Senators. From
conversations with perhaps dozen o
the more prominent Of them the viey
they take may be said to be practioall
that MIR. Conkling must fall in genera
estimation by reason of this aot. A
they look at it, and indeed as MI
COnkling himself declares it to be, b
has resigned, counting upon the Ney
York Legislature TO re-elsct him, tina
ID, he declares by his resignation tina
he owns the Legislature, and that own
ing it he must have his own creature
elect him in order that he may attacl
the Administration as the representa-
tive Of New York Republicanism OF
that issue only.
@ARFIELD NOT MUCH DISTRESSED.
When friends called upon the Pres
dent he treated the matter lightly an
said he had been advised this mornin
Of the forthcoming resiguationes;that tf
Administration was not In the least di
concerted, and that the sun would III
and set tomorrow the same % whs
Conkling had been In the Senate. II
members Of the Cabinet, with the exec
ton Secretary Hunt, met ct the Whi
House early this afternoon and talk
over the matter informally with d
President, and unanimously reached Il
conclusion that II any one had been hu
IL had not been the Administration.