, 1881-05-05
MIR, ooNKLrNG's GRIEVANCE.

It has now become perfectly clear that Atrs
Conkllng's sole ain In to control tho New
York Custnm-fI6usc. Wllnt ambition lies
behind thls purpose Is necessarily matter
Ut conjecture. Perhaps ITO person snye Mt.
Conkltng could state positively wl,nt Ills d.
slrcs and Intentions nrc. Political nggrall-
tlizement a!one hardly accounts for the .oter-
mined and uncompronlls!ng effort he Is maxi
Ing to obtain absolute dominion over that
sinesS institution, lt-is only certain tint
nothing olso will satisfy him: All .tle OK
ternni evidences have pointed to tlIfs fact,
and It Is notably confirmed by Afr. Conklthg
himself, as reported III tic speech lio made
before tue recent session OF tho Republican
calcns. - -. ,.~ q.
There nro so,no very significant features
about tie sclnt-conlilential addruss 3fr.
C0nkllng Is reported to haye Inaio TO ILLS Rg-
publican colleagues. LIE Il represented rs
having dlso1amod all credit for the New
York nominations wllfcl, have bcoli 1nsie
heretofore, and generally attributed either
dircctly to his influence or to mn
understanding that thoy. would be tlc-
ceptnble to him. lie d[Sowns James, tho
Postmaster General; Morton, tho Minister to
France; WoodforaI, Distrtct-Attornoy In New
York, and Nil the other mon FROM his Stnto
who have heretofore been clnssetl among llis
supporters a1,d followers, Including his
special henclsmai,, Arthur, Illuminated for
Vfce-prcsIdent Mt tho Chicago Convention by
the Dlalno md Sl,crmnl, n,cn for. tho express
purpose OF p'acattng Ills Lortshtp. lie SNys
plainly TINT lie expected to secure tho con-
troll at tho Treasury Department, which
wonttl Include the New York Guston,.I House.
ind, falling III tllat, Illus dcmanLed antl COLI
t!nrcs to demand the Cussou-lIouso itself,
and will be satisfied witt, nothing else.
Its rather remarkable tint Mr.. Conkllng
should make such Il deau SGT, upon tho
Custom.llouse. II political ambition hlollo
animated him ho would naturally incline to
. wider distribution Of tho Government
patronage placed ut his disposal. AIlepub-
llcan with future polttloal aspirations would
ratller haye Ills retatners scattered through
out different pnrts Of Republican. StaA
than confined within the limits of o1lu Demo-
cratic city. Moreover, Alr, Conkl1ng is repre-
sentel rs dwelling upon the fact, rs liz states
1t, that he has received hut llttlo conssdcTa-
ton from tho Republican Administration Of
tue past four years, nild fs apparently to bo,
trentHtl III much tho Snl.e ,nnl,ner by the
Republican Administration Of tho next four
years. The Inference froMl thls way Ut atat-
Ing tho case Is, tllat Mr. CoaAliNg Is growing
very indifferent to n party whlcl, has shown
Itself Indifferent to his lntercsts, and that ha
docs mot cnra whnt harm n,ay. como to thnt
party through his conduct. liz must have
tho Custous-Iiouse, or the heavens shall fall
But Mr. Conkling Inns not always bcon' su
ravenous for tle control Of offices. 1l.a fol-
lowing IL m extract from one of his own
speeches nIatlo ten yeara ago, botore le be.
chn,0 il Doss:.
WAL Republicans In tho faco OF tho onon,y, and
cuuae, whloh Ii ii elreut to osurt to tho other
e!Ae. lcfvy teslssa !dQsks lN!vc ft1t se to their
Ml.st. or *ss!ea tu l,str 1esat :Whv ottsu q jste
II elsFIaa that hs 1kkttcs tteendet on sH,tls, au.l
he cannnt have losprlnratcd 10 t.uch lhat n!All
eause t,t ncts uft tol }sau tDUu Frl,. Batuu cau-
not entrap mcn With hn cuasao ant bRtl u Giasu
sSa sswas ss saa q? sos sS%' i q nS aSsis tsss
tho tost mon ia the iounbliHAt. tarty ai,1 p1sot
tns and tst III. .s,as sH :tgus FssrA
soul ffeliDs tetNcess f1llrfdas's, and The ttkst
uow diEerunt Ills position OF today. Ite
now nlukes open war OH II lsepubltcau Press-
dent becausa ue Executive will not suErcI-
.les the appointing power to hlm, mud es-
peelaIy tbs appointment ot tie officer who
managea tpS Custolu.llouse through which
pass two-tA!pla Ut ti6 Imports OF the wllola
Nation. -
Nj. Conk!ing seeks to furshar stgen gthsn
his peculiar demands for tue Cust0n-lIousa
by lntrencttak hlmsole behind tho Reput-
lIpan leaders Of Nsw York Stats. lie pre-.
tends that thero Is no way to satisiy thess
lenders except BY giving him tConklin9) tha
right 70 appolMt the Collector ut tho 1'oFt, pt
New York, aud thereafter boss asM direct
the management vt tho Ouston-3iouse. llo
would Aaye the President aud the country
helsYa Tint the leaders do not care q whit