The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-06-18
IN TnE 'rE1noEs or DEATH.

Judge Robertson TO the CollectOrship of the
Port Of New York, it did not create much
comment in journalistic circles, being ac-
cepted as one Of those little jars iaseperable
from even the best regulated families but
now that the quarrel has assumed the pro-
portions of the biggest kind Of a row, they
are filled with the greatest apprehension.
The NeU York Times, one OF the stauchest
Republicau dailies in the country, forsees
tho result of the Senatorial strife in New
York and addresses to the Republican mem.
bers of the Legislature and especially to the
supporters of Mr.. Conkling, some vigorous
remarks ON the advantages of harmony and
unity. 1t says "There must be an end to
the frittering away of Republican votes, if
there is to be any election this year, or, in
deed, if the State is to be represented by Re
publican Senators at all. The Republicans
who persist in voting for candidates who
have quite as little chance of the election as
Conkling and Plat, are pursuing course
which must lead to party disaster us surely
as that of the men to whom they are nomin-
ally opposed"
These observations coincide with the COM
ments we have made on the same subject in
the last two weeks. ot-headed mpulsive,
wrapped up in the success Of some particu-
lar faction in which they are individually
interested, they have not, until now, paused
to observe the disaster which threatens all
alike. They see It when, perhaps, it is too
late to avert it. Wise words and sagacious
counsel, might have availed two weeks ago.
The breach has been widening daily since
and its results must prove fatal, provided
Democrats act with good sense and judgment
and improve the opportunity which so aus
piciously presents itself to them.
General Grants recent remarks on the sit.
uaton in St. Louis, Chicago and elsewhere,
viewed from party standpoint are highly
indiscreet and can only serve to still further
exasperate the Administration wing of the
Republican party and compel them to stand
and die by their colors if need be, however
much they may have desired to clasp hands
across the bloody chasm, week ago. There
isnow no way of bringing about harmonious
relations in the Republican party. The feud
is irreooncilaGle. Conkling with all his
boasted power, his gr, at personal magnetism
and adroitness in manipulating party wires
is losing ground inch by inch, slowly, but
nevertheless surely. His friends in office
know that as soon as the Albany struggle
ceases, the era of decapitatou will begin and
they are trimming their sails to catch any
little Administration breeze that promises to
blow them into a safe and lucrative official
harbor. With them it is question of bread
and butter and not of principle; hence their
lukewarmness. They know that the Ad-
ministration has resolved to have an admin
istration party in New York, and to build it
up at whatever cost, by all the appliances
known to American politics, and they do not
propose to be left out in the cold if they can
holp it.
Conklng out Of office, without infuenc,
and patronage, to dispense to the hungry
horde of sycophants, who have followed
fawningly at his heels for years, is vastly
different person to-day, from the imperiou
political magnate, to whom the whole Re
publican party did homage but few brie
months ago. Conkling, Grant and the coterie
which would have forced a third term upor
this country and in that way compelled it t.
take step toward imperialism, have only
themselves 10 thauk for their downfall
They may charge Garfield with bad faith
mlsrepresentation,di ,dissimulation, ingratitud
and other things, and he may be guilty o
them, but il is the most natural thing in th
world, especially in politics, for a politician
to want party lie can control. With Conk
ling omnipotent in the Senate, in his owl
State and throughout the country, Garfield
hands were tied and his ambition abridged
but with Conkling politically dethronec
and an administration party triumphan
throughout the land, the possibilities of th,
Presidents becoming his own successor ar,
enhanced. His chances in this respect wer
never good, but they are no worse to-day
notwithstanding the quarrels in the part,
than on the Fourth Of March when he tool
his scat
The controversy is one from which tn,
party cannot withdraw. There will .e al
administration party in every State. Her
in our own State, war has been declare,
against Cameron. In Ohio John Sherman
sits behind the men who sold him out il
Chicago. Logan will have to haul down hi
colors or be destroyed in Illinois,'nd through
the country, East, West, North and South
Il is the same. Every Republican must p l
on Garfield collar, or step down and out.
If any one thinks President Garfield un
Willingly took the step which has led to al
this trouble, he labors under a mistake,
idea. He had counted the cost and knew
like the adroit politician he is, the kind of
rumpus it would create. He -ellized tina
N sit meekly at the feet of Conkling mean
ruin, while to fight his way through tn
ranks of the opposition, presented the posi-
bility political success in the future. Ii
any event he could not be worse or than h
was
There is no averting the impending doom
OF the Republican party. Garfield is deter
mined on his side, and Conkling has to
much honesty and high courage to reced
even in the smallest degree from the positio
he has taken. That he will not be returne
to the Senate is certain. What then II
will become the acknowledged head of Ii
Republican opposition The indignities th,
have been heaped on him, will arouse a
the intense bitterness of his nature, and b
National reputation as a statesman will pi,
increased force to the attacks on the Admin
istration, which will surely follow his d
feat. There is a special Providence in th
Republican quarrel, for without it the co
ruption which has been fostering at Was
lngton these many years and permeatii
every department OF government would co
tinue to exist. The Administration in SCI
defence, will be compelled to sit down
the grounds that made Grants and Hay,
Administrations Infamous and try in eve