Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-19
EX-SENATOR SARGENT INTERVIEWED.
Ee Evidently Thinks conkling Right and
the President Wrong.


SPECIAL By TELEGRAPH TO TIE RECoBD-UNIoN.I
NEW YORK, May 1Sth.-Probabl) the nearest man
| to Senator Con4ling living, who shares his entire
confidence and yet is his most open political oppo
nent is his brother, Frederick a. Conklng OF this
city. In interview ne said The Senator is in
earnest. He did not make up his mind suddenly
He has been IRVING at this determination for the
past ten days. Conkling expects to be returned,
| but will rot be- have been during the past week
at Albany, and l know the state OF feeling in the
Assembly. Senators Conkling and Plat cannot be
returned If he had known the true state OF
affairs at Albany he would not have tiken
this step. He means to have Cornell accept
| his resignation, 50 that he can go before
the Legislature and Lave his course in the
Senate Endorsed by reelection. Co, nell will not
dare to parley with the resignation, but must &C.
cept it, and let the Senators so before the Assembly
Ny brother is too supremacy honest, too far above
all species of ndireetion to for ore instant allow
any Of what is called Z" management" in his case.
He does not mean this as an attempt to morally
coerce the President by threat to resign, at the
same time having an understanding with Cornell
that his resignation will not be accepted and after
his point is gained retake his seat upon request
to withdraw his resignation. He did not DO this in
order to be reelected to Platt's pace-a full term
Of six years. in order to get it out Of the Presidents
power TO defeat his reelection at the end Of his
present term four years hence. My brother is
INCAPABLE OF ANY TRIoKERY.
He is above all such business He feels that Presi-
deut Garfield grossly wronged him in hsprivilege as
Senator, and being poweress to resist what he be-
lieves to be Presidential encroschments, by reason
Of the bad faith of his Republican colleagues takes
this way of appealing to his constituents He will
be disappointed at Albany. careful canvass of the
Assembly convinces that the anti Grant Republi-
cans viii refuse to go into caucus, and will COM
Dine against the caucus nominees. There are seven
Democrats to twenty five Republicans in the Safe
Senate Fourteen of the Republicans will refuse TO
90 into caucus In the House are ferty-six Demo-
cats, one Independent and eighty Republicans. A
minority of these from observation will stay out OF
the caucus. The result will be that the caucus
Misunderstanding and Platt-wiil be defeated,
and the anti Grant Republicans will combine with
the Democrats and elect in Conklng and Platts
places an independent Republican and Democrat.
am convinced that this will be the
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in conviction and more resolute in purpose
than the anti Grant Republicans. They Of the
best men OF the Republican party, quiet, well-in-
| formed, knowing exactly what they want and
Robertson is well calculated to hold them They
believe, and go do l, that Conkling is much for
Grant now at Chicago. None of the reasons
given by the press, explaining the Senator's reasons
for his attitude nor those alleged by himself
are the real ones. The Senatorial CO rtesy" plea
| is not the true plea don't want to say anything
damaging to the Administration. did all | cou'd
to defeat it, ard willing to give it fair chance
but if YOU remember what my brother said about
Garfield's pledges at Mentor last February and a.
the White House since the Inauguration, you may
make your inference regarding the reasons my
brother has for asserting less Of confidence in those
who should be fully trusted. Cornell could no
mora have been Governor without Conkling than
tramp could, and yet every paper controlled by Cor
nell in the State eovertly Opposes Conkling My
brother is
DISGUSTED WITH POLITICS,
And has been for long time. He has often toll Inc
how sick be was of the whole business, and how
anxious he was to get out OF it. He finds he can't
trust the politicians. Ii not returned he will prac
tice law. He can make 800, 900 year. He is the
best living lawyer-a better lawyer than Webster
but if he gees out OF Office he will not 60 cut OF poll
tics. lie will become strong man for Presidential
candidate in 1851. would he glad to see him de-
feated 1t is time the Republican party is dis
solved. Conkling is strong enough to keep the rot
ten Republican party going for while longer
hail his probable defeat, because | believe it will
hasten the inevitable wind-up OF The bad party he
helps to maintain.
WILL net AGREE.
ALBANY, May leth-It is pretty well settled that
the Senate will not agree to go into an election to
fill the vacancies in the United States Senate.
THE NEW YORK SENATE.
ALBANY, Mag 1Sth.-In the Senate u. Mccarthy
presented remonstrance from forty six citizens OF
the village of Homer against the reelection OF
Conkling and Plat. He read it himself, and added
that all the cizens Of the village except two had
signed it.
President Robertson ordered II printed.
Senator Bixley moved that 1t be referred to the
Committee on Grievance.
Senator HolbTook moved that It be referred to
the Committee Gil Salt
Senator Sessions said " Salt won't save them"
RoBERTsoN's BELIEF.
Judge Robertson says it is his belief that neither
Conkling nor Patt will be reelected. "Why do
you think So p asked correspondent. because"
he replied, p ompty and earnestly, "their party Is
falling to pisces. Their men ars coming over to me
by the dozens, and what they say gives assurance
of the fact that the successors OF Conkling and
Platt will be two Administration Senator'S
DECENTRALIZATION IN THE CoNKLING RANKS.
NEW YORK, May 1ssh.-Ths Posts Albany special
says: There is evident Generalization in the ranks
OF the Conkling men this morning Everett strong
machine man, comes oat for the Presi lent, and
others are likely to do the same before night Many
will hold that the Yiadicaton should come from the
people. Two papers ahoat to day-o1e agrees
that the signers will stand by the President the
other pledges them not to vote for Conkling, Platt
or any other opponent of the President It is as
lators this afternoon. Petitions, dispatches etc,
from all parts pouring in, protesting against
election.
ALBANY, May lSth.At twenty minutes to 2
o'clock, while the Senate was in Committee OF the
Whole, Senator Lord in the chair, telegraph
operator entered and handed Senator Robertson a
telegram. buzz Of excitement, ran around the
circle, and business suspended Senator
Robe rtson handed the telegram to Senator woodip,
who quickly read the contents and coming toward
the desk, said, Come down from there Lord
What we in move the committee rise"
Senator LORD then put the motion, which was de.
clared carried In the meanwhile Robertson had
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