New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-21

voted for il, but il WAS lost IL Is S'rahge ''','
Mr.. Conkling should have forgotten this li''le
incident; ne looked % the time ~ II ne "ou'"
never forlet il rs long as he lived. No iur-
tber attrmpt was made to OvcTtuIn the action
Of tbe Districtr. and. instead the policy was
adoptcd of intimida'ing the delegates mo
pledges for Grant. Many of the Chicago d'I'-
ratcs. however. were not present, and ai'tr-
wards refused to acknowledge the pleuge
which. Mr.. Conkling SAYS, was "implled.
II would appear that Mr.. Conkllng purP''cN
sought to give false impression concern
ing Jude. Robcrt-on's position lie says
@Whcthcr Judge Robertson was or was ho'
= himself bound not only by honor but 10y eN-
snrrsslv ,,iyin, his word, bcromcs quite I'M
81 material in view Of the claim etc. Inns Is Il
Good deal more than equivoration. number
Of DELEGATES to Chicago did pledge themselves
in tbe Utica Convention to support Genera
Grant, but Judge Robertson was not one OF
Them. and MIR. Conklng must have known IT
,rLou he ,,,otc his letter. The delegation from
the Westminster District was unanimously
against General Grant, and the 'Wo 'hi''G"
delegates. Judge Robertson ana Uchr'"'
Hustled gave no pledges to betray the WISHES
of their constituents
In one mart of the letter, Mr. Conklinc, speak
inc for himself ami his colleague, says: we
have not asked the nomination OF one person
- IN any office in the State" THE TRIBUNE has
since printed the statement on unihpra'hani'
authority. that only a short time before Ju"S'
Robertson was nominated, Mr. Conkhns en-
deayorcd through Mr.. Platt to have J"hh l.
Smyth nominated for Collcctor-a nomination
which would have been greeted with indignant
protcst throughout the State, and even among
MIR. Combines OWN warm friends.
The letter saws that sixty Republican mem
bcrs of Assembly protested against RohrriNon''
confirmation. The Albany correspondents sAl
there we're only ffty-Scvcn, ana th'y "'"
not really protest against the c"nlIn'tlon'
They protested against interference 10y VI"
Legislature with the prcrogail'ro l "iir senators
to vote as they thought proper III the matter
Resides miSrrurcs, tins fact. TIE Ictt'f
concealed the other one that with lo6 Rrpnb-
Ecnns i'm the Legislature ont of 100 members
the resolution approving the nomination passed
both houses unanimously
The letter SAYS that Mr.. Nicholas Fish was
~rcady to remain at his post If permitted I" Il"
$50" and gives the impression that %" VAS 10
Ice forced ont of the diplomatic >cl'lc'. I'r
Washington di,mtchc, have shown lHi thi~ L.
utterly incorrect. AZ best. VII Conhlns a.
serted positively what hc did not know posi-
lively.
80 much for downright pcrvcrsi"n~ OF iari~.
As for incor,i>tcncic--thc na'ur l. l"-i"n.
For cxanplc. tie >ci-cou>iilntod adt"cIir "l
~ Senatorial courtesy" gives the names of >cna-
tor.whoynfcl for General NoUi;i'~ confirmation
a. Collector in executive session. The politician
who has made it The habit of hi, life +" ~nrcr ~
newspaper. and regard them ~ utterly m
worthy of c1cdcncc holds the President and
MIR. Blaine Responsible for all the unhind
things the newspapers and the Washington
CORRESPONDENTS have said at him and yet l.
not ready To bc held Responsible for the
Wri.glcr" letters of his organ. The poh'lci1n
who has steadily ,uccrcd At civil service lie
form based his oppo-iuou to Robertson Largely
ON Reform grounds and then j. confronted
with the fact that hc uicd to have one ct his
own men appointed without any regard to the
new principles lac piou>ly profc,Scs.
But the whole letter il one grand incon.'s-
tcncy. MI Coulluc'- friends clam that he i-
Il statesman and hc has been believed +" -lHr"
that mrr,,>ion. Vet hi letter J.. simply a
! frank statement TINT if hc cannot control the
! Ncw-Yorh Custom House hr may we'll with
draw from the Scua.r. Ii i, a confession that
/ TN, claims hi, friends have made ioF h'n have
| been inconsistent with tire fact Of his cllrcr.