, 1881-01-11


lie has been nil his llfo in politics.
but without making reputation us statcs-
l,lal,. lie Is working tH'tttcfan.wfth nh tint
the nR,hn implies. 1fe llns served tw0 terms
In the 1tnuse Of Representatives, ll0s bc"1l |
for n number Of years Chairman of tho Rt-
publican Executive Committee, tho directing |
power nf the Statc Committee, ni,d made n
political sensation Mt tho famous Rochester |
Convention OF 1877, where Str. C0nkling
pounded nway Mt George William Curtis u,l-
I'll lie fairly beat tito blood out Of Ills facc,
mid left It rs White ns shcct. Mt. rlatts !
sensation came earlier. 1lo Ind been ils.
appointed cal.!tslnte tor l'ostniastcr.fsencr
utl.ler lINyes, and was made temporary
Chairman by the Conkling men. Ills s,mecl,
WIS n via1cnt nttack upon Hayes, which
threw the minority Into a rage. Tllcn MI.
ConklIng dill
4 CHARACTERISTIC THING.
It had hcell. tic program to mako the
Senator himself permanent Chafr,nai,. 1lu
allowed himself to l,e etcc.ctl, ausl. thcn de-
clEnlng, nominated pIatt In speech of the
most eorgcoasty complimentary character.
The minority 1,owlcd a,tti writhctl. but It was
Of m i,sc. l'!att WIS elected, ami tic Conk-
ling rule Of always fighting to hurt-w'ltclL
1t must he admitted. wnrks we'll 1T politics.
WIS ieatsScl tSta' 4htt ID I'll auSu!ute hlucHAtto
MIN. Tho nnti''nael,ttle men. However. rc-
gard him with nloro favor tllan any other "f
tho 1nnclItt,e candidates, lecnuSc they believe
tlnt, u ne sl,ol''u he elected, ne would mol
be utterly s,Ibstryfent to C0nkllng. lie Inns
rs much ability to fornl 0p3nions as tho ayer
arc member 0f tho Scnnto tn-,lny, md COLI
siderable degree Ut Independence,
This question of tho relations Of the new
CeIirtcr to Mr. GpnkItnv f)lays nn flfnlislnrly
large part Ill tho discussions here aliu
III Albnny. Privately good many OF
tic ConkllnR men tavor crowley nc
cause lie ''as sohct!n'es ahowh tno courage
WHEN very ley oi taom possess-to go
10 Ionk,!ng anu 'e'l h''n ho IS lliaklus ,ois'
take' Iiils tnkes more fhl1cK lhah might no
supposed. Co1klng seldom tOlcrntes sug-
gcsttons, md criticism never. Let n nows-
piper editor, for example, who may have
given him manly support for years. venture
80 nlucl, rs to suggest In the frlcntllicst way
that certain course Of action Is rer1laps un-
wise, nrltl lie Is hurled out of the communion
at once, while Nil the Gambling tcgions gnasl
their teeth Mt him. Crowley In rntller MI III
tercsttng character. The sui OF an Irish .Iay
laborcr, lie l,as raised himself pretty well up.
1ie Inns been n member Of tho State Scnntc,
United States District-Attorney for his dis
tflcI f0f tW0 tcrlns, NNi n1eMucT Oh congress
for two terms. lie Inns strong face, Is n
fine speaker, and u popular man. But there
is MI element ot tragedy in Ills candidacy.
lie Is practically n bankrupt from causes
which ho might layo controlled. and lc is
playing for this high stake with tho mir OF tles-
pcratcly anxious man. Ills rcligion,-wl,ich
Is tint OF Roman Catl,olic,-hts cfrc.n.
stances, and tho conviction TINT ho has not
got the solid ability rcauisit for the place. aIl
toll agninst him. The Vicc.1'resttlcnt.c'ect
Gen. Arthur, nnd nil his clrclo OF political
fr1onds arc warmly for HIN, and Mr. Conk-
lIng's next friends make It n rttlo to speak Of
lin In terms of tho greatest admiration.
TIE ONE CANDIDATE WHOM NO ONE EVER
: SUSPECTS ,,
OF any SYMPTOM, even ulo sllghtest4 OF l''''l"
ViaualiIy' u Low I. Mor'on' 30 1ar as per
sohal feeofA goes Mf. alottoh makes the
| 1host leslectnpIe tlsute atinne ti'o tohk''he
cais11aates. llo S1ahds III tne ITont RANK OF
neW y 4o1ks so,lu et,zems ',:s LIS lecora III
eo,'R9ess, thousH ius otll'lah', nus oeen OK
cciie'H' lte pcea1! llo III pooe ooy' alu nus
Ach1tVeu wealth. by Ills OWN cXG1tI0ffSs DuC