The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-26

certainly feels. In an interview with Hiscock,
who called upon him to engage his support
in his candidacy for the Speakership, Conk.
ling said:
"Mr. Hiscock, you ask me for my support for the
! Speakership. Now, my dear cir, I ask in advance,
what kind Of 8 man I am supporting. There are, In
this sad vale Of tears, two kinds Of Republicans. II
you belong to Q certain class, who are beneath any
language, however contemptuous, you must not look
to ne. By God, sir, if there is sny one thing upon
which / pride myself, it is the fact that I am q Repub.
lican, q stalwart Republican, if you please. There il
no milk and-wate business here. No sniveling hipoc-
risy, or selfish cant. To all loyal Republicans I am a
friend. To the insipid, make believe Republicans,
who make an endless practice of being superior to
their wicked party associates, / am q sworn, unshrink-
ing tireless enemy"
Hiscock then asked what he wanted as
pledge for his support. to which Conklin G
emphatically replied.
It is subject that will take some time for me to con-
slider. I am free to say I like you. You have never,
to my knowledge, played the sneak or hypocrite; but
by God, if you were my own father or my own brother
| would want to know in advance exactly how you
stood upon one or two vital things before you could
q AJ EAppOAGs 4 ~ youjo AAl ~ IL - AAssoUS AA ~
yond any personal feeling. 7 should want you to be
able to statisy me that you are loyal to the stalwart
element Of the Republican party and that you have no
sympathy with the treacherous, traitorous, mendaci-
GUS and hypocritical conspirators who are now seek
ing to betray the coming President into a contemplate
disregard of the men who made him to-day all that he
is. By God, sir, (said Mr.. Conkling, with increased
fire and energy), there is going to be in the future q
square line of action drawn. The men who carried the
last campaign on their shoulders, aud who secured a
hard earned victory, are the men who will not be
overlooked. The same power that made, can again
undo. So when you come to me to ask me for my
support, you must first be certain where you stand at
the present time, as well as the future. The loyal, stall
wart Republicans do not propose to allow the cunning
sneaking, hypocritical, feather-headed Ohio breed Of
milk-and-Water men to rule. We have submitted
quietly, believing that relief would come In the natural
order Of things.
It is believed Hiscock will accept the con-
ditions imposed by Conkling, and become q
formidable contestant for the Speakership
Of the next House, and then will open the
bitter struggle which has been %slumbering
for eight years, between elements which are
vitality a~ntagonistic, and while it may be that
the money power represented by the 'sStal-
warts" may succeed at first, the result can
not be doubtful, for the heaviest battalions
are on the side of the Liberal leaders.
The forces within the party are pretty
evenly balanced, if we do not count upon
the heavy lobby interest which the Stalwarts
can bring to bear upon the committee mem
ber's and which must be taken into account
in forecasting the result, and it becomes in
teresting to speculate upon the influence OF
the Southern members, who have again,
through the split in the Republican ranks,
become the power which will decide, at least
in the present contest, the result of the strug-
gle.
If we annalyze the varying sets Of interests
ia the country, and leaving out the spirit of
bitterness manifested by a certain element
in both North and South, and which will
fairly balance each other, we shall find that
there is a measurable degree Of unaminity
between the states of Ohio, Maine, Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado,
Oregon, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Georgia and Texas, on the issues
affecting the West, and the spirit of democ-
racy, and Vermont, New Hampshire, Mass
achusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, and the Cardinals, whose instincts
and tendencies are aristocratic and imperial
istic. Pennsylvania is doubtful, the W sets
Of conditions being about equal in strength,
but having q tendency to leave the StalWart
ranks. Kentucky and Tennessee are also
doubtful, from the feeling Of bitterness and
an inability to recognize the logic Of the re-
suits Of the war, and they may be found on
the StalWart side, simply because it is OBJ
posed to a Republican administration.
The utterances Of Conkli~g will not admit
Of compromise, and the position assumed by
the Garfield wing has forced the matter to a
point from which there can be no retreat
without utter defeat. Blaine will animate
the Liberal wing, whoever leads it in the
House, and his recent overtures of peace to
Southern members, and bis hearty reception
BY them leaves hardly Soom for doubt hat
Garfield will derive q Thorough support from
the House members CT those States above
enumerated as having interest with the North
ern Mississippi States.
The dilemma Of the North Is the oppor-
tunity OF the South, and if its professions of
amicahle feeling and forgetfullness amount