Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-17
PRESS OPINIONS.
In the Hands Of the Legislature.

NkW 1Ohk, MAY ne commercial
says: "The case of Senators Conkling
and Platt is now in the hands of the
Legislature Of New York, and it is TO de.
eide whether or not it approves the &C.
ton they have recently taken. The new
elections can take place a week from to.
morrow il the papers are received in
Albany TO day, as the Revised Statutes
provide that in case OF vacancy occur
ring during the session OF the Legisla.
ture it shall be filled on thesecond Tues
day after the notification is received"
Contemplate and Childish.
The Post comments as follows on the
re Sgnation OF Platt and Conkling: II
they have resigned in pet because they
have not been allowed 10 have their way,
the act is contemplate in Its childish.
ness. II their object is TO revenge them
selves on the President and Republican
party, not only is the proceeding undig-
nitied and unmanly, but it is not clear
how it can be eifectual ii they are seek
ing the endorsement OF their conduct by
means OF reelection. The experiment
is dangerous one to make with legis-
lature that little while ago unani.
mously approved the nomina-
ton of Robertson. Perhaps, after
all, the simplest explanation is the true
one. Perhaps Conkling and Platt have
concluded that il the Senate is any thing
more than an instrument for the distri-
button OF patronage, their occupation is
gone and they can do the State nc fur
ther service. Ii this shall turn out to
be the true cause, the grateful people will
treat them magnanimously and will
even spare the obvious comment that
nothing in their political life has become
them like their leaving it.
Send Them Back by an Almost Unani-
nous Vote.
The Commercial say: The two Repub-
lican Representatives OF the State,
whose electoral vote gave Garfield the
Presidency, are compelled, in selt-re-
spect and honor, out OF regard for the
honor and dignity OF their State, to
leave two seats OF New York in the Uni
ted States Senate vacant. The intelli.
gence falls with a crushing weight on
the hearts OF the Republicans of New
York, who admire and esteem Conk-
ling for ms purity, fidelity and COM
manding ability. 1t will shock the Re-
publicans all over the United States.
Cenkling's motives, no doubt, are for
the good OF his party and the reasons he
has assigned to himself for
his course will no doubt satisfy his
friends. Their regret will be none the
less deep, and there will be general
desire from one end OF the State to the
other, and, indeed, with the exception Of
of the small, malignant politicians who
have brought this calamity on the party,
from one end of the Union to the other,
that the State, whose honor and self
respect have been thus vindicated by
her chosen representatives, may send
them back again to their places by an
almost unanimous vote. Let the Re-
publicans at Albany do their duty.
If Beaten, Will 1t Brush Him or Make
Him Greater Than EverP
NEW YORK, May l6.-What the news
papers say OF the nominations.
The Sun says: The resignation OF the
two New York Senators is highly sen.
sational proceeding, and the only argu'
ment that can be represented to Justify
such a manifestation is that AS Repub-
lean administration and the Repub-
lican majority of the Sem
ate have resolved to appoint
to that office in this State, which con-
troll the opinions and votes Of the great.
est number of men determined and
uncompromising, antagonist OF Conk
limo and his followers, an antagonist who
ia at the same time the most cuanlng
and most pertinacious OF politicians,
and as this seems to involve
the policy OF unsparing hostility teward
the two Senators, it becomes proper for
them to return their trusts into the
hands of the Legislature, in order 1t
may either adopt and commend this
policy. or on the other hand
NAV condemn the policy and
set the seal OF its appreciation on the
two Senators by re-electing them once
more to the offices which they have now
resigned. 1t is nominal as well
as very far reaching complication
which Mr.. Conkling has now
added to the previous difficulties
of the Republican situation, and
all intelligent citizens will await
with unaffected interest to see how it
comes out; but il Conkling should be
beaten in the Legislature as he has been
in the Senate will such disaster crush
him or will it make him greater than
ever? Events will answer.
Lost His Head.
The TriJrns SAYS: From any point oi
view il is the act OF man who has lost
his head. or at least has devised dra'
matte episode in order to hide the
ignominy OF his complete and utter route
To Force Somebody's Hand.
BROOKLYN EdgL, Dem }: The mani
fest object, as the gamblers would say,
is Ito force somebody's hand" Whose
hand, is the question. One obvious
effect of this manoever will be TO make
the Republican party OF this State take
sides without delay, and either support
| Coukling or be split from stem to stern.
His Return Now will Not be an En-
dorsement.
The New York .S1dts Zeitung does not
consider the probable reelection OF the
Senators by the Legislature "a vindica'
ton for Conklng. In order 10 have bis
course yindicated, it would have been
necessary for Conkling TO postpone his
resignation till alter ihe Legislature had
adjourned sine die, and then 90 before
the people at the next election for mem
bers OF the Assembly.
A Display Of Spite.
Urea, N. Y, May l6.-The H,ralc
will say that the wording OF Senator
Conkling's letter proves the resignation
is display OF spite because the Presi
dent refuses TO surrender to their con
troll the functions OF his Office.
Should Rejoice ct Garneld's Triumph.
AUGUSTA, Ga, May l6.-The Chronicl
SAYS Conkling has been an aggressiy,
and malignant ene1y OF the South
which sholld rejoice at the triumph o
President Garfield and the defeat o
Senator Conkling. that personalism il
politics which seeks not only cenirs
States but federal administration, shoul,
be rebuked and stamped out.
a Bigger Man Than Garfield.
NEW YoRX, May l6.-The Herald SAYS
Conkling has rights which even th
President is bound to respect. He
an older and better soldier in the rank
OF the Republican party than the Pres