Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-20
TIE OUTLOOK.

already discussed necessarily occurred toths
politicians at Albany, and the result is that
Conkling's strength has been melting away
from the moment of his resignation, whiie
that of his opponents has been increasing
in corresponding ratio. The facts thaS
public opinion, so far as it has found ex-
preston hitherto, is manifestly with the
President in this quarrel, and that Judge
Robertson's nomination has been received
with significant enthusiasm by the New
York SENATE, also show that the resign
ing Senators failed to estimate the con-
tingencies accurately, and that they have
made a mistake which threatens to be irrep-
arabic. Nor has the importation of Gen.
eral Grants name into the controversy
tended to help Conkling at all. The pub
LEGATION of his letter to Senator Jones only
proves that he somehow thought he had
lien upon this Administration, and that IL
he is determined to cling to Conkilng 1t Is
because he knows that Conkling In all his
maneuvers has been keeping in view the
next Presidential campaign. Conkling
himself indeed has not left any doubt on
this head in the minds of his associates,
for he has never hesitated to declare that
he meant to work for Grants nomination
in 1854, and it is consequently much more
than presumption that if he had been
vested with the Federal patronage of his
State he would have used it to that end.
The implied threat that Grant may be
brought up to Albany to work for Conk'
ling, and that in the last resort he him
self may be put forward as a substitute
for his friend, is eminently calculated to
consolidate the opposition. For it is quite
as much because he has been leading
supporter of "Grantism" as because he
has been personally arrogant and dom
ineering, that Conkling has enlisted
against himself so formidable an element
of the best minds of the Republican party !;
and should Grant be made to play
prominent part in the Senatorial election,
there can be no doubt that the determine
ton to stamp out the whole movement
will be stronger than ever. The men who
are now using their best endeavors to de-
! feat Conkling and Platt are the same men
who refused to accept Grant for third
term, and who rebelled against the unit
rule. They thought that both these
issues had been settled at Chicago, but if
they find now that the snake was scotchea,
not killed, they will resume the unfinished
work with fresh enthusiasm, and it can
scarcely be doubted that they will com.
plete it.
The undisguised intention of the " stall
warts to bring Grant forward again in
1884 of necessity compels the anti Grant
element to lose no opportunity of thwart-
ing that purpose. They cannot afford to
let Conkling play rule or-ruin game with
the party in the meantime, and they will
not let him if they can prevent it. OF
course it is by no means improbable that
General Garfield has aspirations for a Sec
ond term. So much has been often enough
asserted, and it is plausible. But if it be
| the fact nothing is clearer than that he
must combat all efforts to use his admins
tration as mere warming pan for Grant,
and especially he must guard against the
capture OF the most important Federal
offices by the friends of his past and
| future rival. That Grant himself fully
appreciates this is shown, far too openly, in
mis- letter to Jones. 1t is true that he mis-
interprets the situation in one respect, for
he ascribes the war which is being made on
his faction to desire to punish those who
upheld him at Chicago. This is either a
blunder or a concealment. Probably he
knows as well as any man that Garfield is
too wise to take useless revenges. The
war upon the Grant faction is concerned
with the future, not with the past. 1t is
intended to prevent the possibility of
Grants nomination in 1884, not to punish
those who supported him in 1880.
The Grant men have themselves to
thank for this war, moreover. By their
outspoken boasts of what they meant to
DO they challenged the antagonism OF all
who did not believe that Grant ought to
be President again, or who had Presiden-
tial aspirations themselves. General Gar
field opposed "Grantism long before he
went to Chicago, and therefore there is no
from his personal ambition. Mr.. Hayes
had no ambition for himself, and though
he had some beliefs, they were too feebly
held to amount to much in practice. The
present Admins tration is very different
one. 1t no. only knows what it wants,
but it understands how to secure what it
wants 1t does MOI attempt the impossible
by compromises which could only drain its
power, but it begins by striking at the
very heart of the rival faction, and strik
lag such blows as indicate a settled and
vigorous purpose. General Grant has
doubtless reason to feel chagrined. for it
really looks now as though his faction had
been check mated. Conkling ia his right
hand, and he knows it. Take Conkling
out of politics, and the disappearance of
Grantism will be rapid and complete. The
indications are that the contest about to be
held at Albany is the final one, and that if
Conkling and Platt are defeated there all
talk about nominating Grant in 1854 will
have to be abandoned as an idle dream.
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