The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-02
Mr. f,onklina's Fan.

Mr.. Conlxling's Fan.
II Il NOT wise to halloo until you are o"'
:, ~. Goods. vet we must say that the news
Tram Albany indicates that pol'ticai'y mr.
CoSxlIvo Is as dead as mackerel. Wn'ls.
70 have maintained all along that ne coulo
~, he reelected unless the Democrats
should take pity on him and un'te 'ne''
forces with his, It being impossible for ire
Administration men to support an a"'.
Administration candidate, "a kepuo''c'"
and an Administration man being, so we
commended. the same thing) YET we
had never supposed that Mr.. CoSKLiNas
q mach,nev would suffer such an uuc'
coI,anse "a befel II on Tuesday. Never pe'
fore in the history Of the worla-we
were about to say. but that "ou'.
be going too far-was the power
patronage so thoroughly exemplined. nj.
(,oxxtfxc had been the Dictator OF the
Republ,can party IN New York State. HIS
will had been law. GRANT made him TOT
eight years the distributor OF all the Federa'
Offices in that State. No man could either
GET. or continue to hold, Office unless Mr..
CosKLlNG was willing TO honor him WIN
his endorsement. Whenever the primaries
were held, his benchmen controlled them.
When he walked into Republican s'ate
Convention the entire body with insignin-
can't exceptions sometimes) abased itself at
bis feet, aud its members feasted upon bis
smiles and felt as il they had been too hish'y
bouored u he touched their hands even
with his gloves. And State Legislature
felt that II bad enrolled itself on the scroll
OF Fame II II had hadth privilege OF elect
Ing him United States senator.
The aniably obstinate Mr.. HAYES could
not hold out against Mr. CoNKLING. lie
dlspleased the great Senator bv putting,
merritt into Office, hr.. -.ssafterwarus de-
clinea -, =, so boss his own appontees IN
LEV York State. He 10 effect followed
General GRAMS example aud allowed Mr..
CoxKI.rSc TO use The thousands OF Federal
place.hoIdcrs in that state as his obedient
servants and the executors OF his partisan
orders. Mr.. HAYES, in q WORD, surreh-
dered 10 Mr.. CoNKIJNG. The imperlous
manner OF the stately New Yorker over
ybelmed the Ohio President. and he con-
tented himself with having begun TO nght
him. He never finished the conflict.
Enter GARFIELD and BLAINE. MI. CoNK-
LING bad seen them before. He had served
in the House OF Representatives with both
OF them and in the Senate with one OF them.
In those bodies he had met them upon
level. He had measured their strength ana
their beligerency, and when they went into
the executive department OF the Govern
ment be felt that he could command, II not
their positive cooperation, at least their
negative acquiescence in his political
schemes. Mr.. HAYES was the slool.plgeon
that led Mr.. CONKLING into this trap. His
example was TO be followed by GARFIELD
and BLAINE, so the New York Senator had
concluded. Alas, for Dir. COMBINES
fame, name, and future. GARFIELD ana
BIAIyE were found not to be HAYEsEs.
They knew as welI-nay, much better
than he-the power Of Government pa
tronage, and they fully realized that they
and Mr.. CoNKLING no longer stood upon the
same plane. They knew their vantage
ground. They availed themselves OF the
leverage which the Government patronage
had placed in their hands, and stripped him
In two weeks time naked to the skin. Like
MAcBETH. be must now bide the peltings OF
the pi,iless storm. He is without follow
ing. without influence, and without party.
He must feel as did Mr.. WEBSTER when in
1871 he asked, -" Where am L to go?" so
with Mr.. CONKLING. Where is be to 90!
To what party does he belong!
How could Mr.. CONKLING commit such a
blupder Y-and, by the way, how fully he
must now realize what TALLEYRAND meant
when he said that in a statesman blunder
Is worse than crime. How could Mr..
CosKl.ING have been so wofuily deceived as
TO his strength in his own party! THERE'S but
one explanation. His oyerweening vanity
had led him to believe that the Difference
and respec, and honors paid TO and showered
upm him in New York State were due to
his super.cxeeIlence--toth fact that be was
not made OF common clay. Like NAPOLEON,
MIR. CoNKLING claimed that be was not as
other men-.bat is, was not to be governed
by The same rules. nor held TO the same ac-
countabili.y. And he determined i'll a.
moment OF madness (whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad
that be would demonstrate or Illustrate to
Mr. GARFIELD and Mr.. BLAINE his extraor-
binary popuiarity-how he held the New
York Legislature in the hollow OF his hand,
and how he could command the votes OF
the law makers Of the Empire State OF the
Union. lie tried the experiment. The re-
suit we have already stated, so far as that
result Is known. The end is not yet, but
we do not think there is any chance for Mr..
CoNKIING to succeed. IL he is desperate,
he will now try to appeal to the people
even at tie risk of destroying his party.
Governor CORNELL will, however, so it is
said, allow no appeal TO be made to the PEG.
pie, but will save his party by recalling the
Legislature as soon and as often as 1t ad
journs.
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Honest Money.
We trust that General MALONE will not
forget "honcst money" when he constructs
his platform. We would be charmed 10 see