The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-11
MR.. CONKLING AGAIN.


large space in the public eye, it il
not strange that renewed criticism
upon his principles, his powers of in
teIlect and personal traits, is INDUCED
IN freely. One Nh. Whitridge, who
eTer he is. has an article in late
copy of the International Review, in
which he proposes that Conkling Is
no kind of q great man, and sets
about to prove it. General Grant
having said that Conkling had true
greatness-Grant is Judge of those
things, you know-Mr. Whitridge in
forms us that the country has been
mistaken in that regard heretofore.
In order that we may remain no
longer ignorant on this point. MIR.
Whitridge, who knows all about it
proceeds with many arguments, sound
andunsound, to prove that the Oneida
brave is quite a common man indeed
He says that although Conkling has
invariably resisted every steal and
raid on the treasury, that he opposed
she salary grab and that he is found
an the right SIDE of financial questions
every time, and that he has some of
those other traits on (which We have
been in the habit of booking a. public
virtues. at least until the cor.igent
Whitridge arose, are not TO count for
Conkling on account OF then lack OF
Importance. The true test Of great
ness, according t. this SAGE, /, to be
found in the number Of bill, which
nave been fathered and run through
by the kaickarbacker statesman. The
mauncr Of this test i, orgiual with
Mr.. Whitrii-e He SAYS that while
Sherman succeeded in getting the
vote on seven and sixty-threc hun
dredthS per cent. Of his bills, Conk
ing is only entitled TO credit of five
aud eigh,v-Seven hundredths per cent.
IN other words, if YOU had bet that
John Sherman waS the greatest man
1T the two. vou would have won the
:t,lov'> mpaey tatt va hnt with , b.
.wc per cent. The logical Whi;ridg'
further says that Colslings speeches
manifest great deal OF strength and
vigor, but are. in certain .shnsc,
atke.i that is. without clothes, We
infer. If beauty unadorned is the
most adorned, it looks a. tthe preach
ments OF C,nklmL have received
4 compliment TO which The critic
would not have considered him ELI
titled. We read further that the
Utica mans efforts In the way of
making speech contain such rep
Editions OF quotations and phrases as
tyro might bc guilty of. but not a
statesman and that those people
whose habit IL has been to listen 10
ConklingS utterances with untutored
glee have been deceived have had a
sort Of strap game, or cup and ball
game, played upon them. They
couldn't find the Joker. ANY ''strong.
" passionate man." such as George
Francis Train, Dennis kearnev
Crazy Jack Rogers, of New Jersey. or
Chinaman Perkins, have been in the
past, might have done the same, or 8
little better, in the way of milking a
speech. When it comes TO the
discussion of Mr.. Conklins's powers
as lawyer, there the astute Whit
ridge collars and throws him bodily.
The percentage test is once more
turned on, and we learn that Conk
ling has only six cases before the
supreme court to Mr.. Edmund
nineteen. Besides, Roscoe has beer
guilty of appearing professionally be
core a Judge whose appointment he
had been Instrumental in securing
That settles it. NJ mau could ever
We a great lawyer and Do such Il thin
As that. o. course H. gentleman o
The bar has heretofore 50 far forgot