The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-05-26

him twice the highest prize. When
Garfield made him his premier this
amounted to a declaration of war,
whether so intended Or not, and
probably was not so meant, against
Conkling and the whole Grant fol-
lowing; for Blaine will be the power
behind the Garfield throne.
Conkling lisa phenomenon. With
intellect, learning and will-power
such as would make him an idolized
leader of men, if he were endowed
with, a better temperament and
kindller nature, Conkling's Lucifer-
like pride, scornful superciliousness,
unyielding dictatorialness, irrascible
insolence and intolerable vanity.
make him well hated by everybody
except the poor dogs be employs in
running his New York machine and
who are content to lick his iordly ~
hands for the crumbs of his favor.
He feels himself an Agamemnon,
and in spite OF his unpopularity be
is power in his party, not only by
his real ability, but even more by
his waiting ambition and sublime
assumption. Conkling would rather
'reign in hell than serve in heaven
But to reign in the present admins
tration he knows is now impossible;
for his old enemy, Blaine, is really
its head and is debating the most
important appointments and even
filling them with Conkling's mortal
foes. Years ago Blaine gave his
vanity an objectionable thrust in
that famous House debate wherein
he painted Conkling's picture, never
to be effaced, as ''strutting turkey
cock"-a Inning so true to life, so
inspired, that it cannot fade. More
recently Blaine thwarted his plans
Of ambition by causing Grants de,
feat at Chicago. TIL again Blaine's
man, Garfield, wheedled Conkling
and Grant at Mentor into lending
their efficient aid in carrying the
election. And now cheated of the
best fruits he had hoped for from
that victory, Conkling, like Hannah,
sees Modecai-Blaine sitting at the
kings gate, welding the sceptre of
power and, with spiteful memories of
his own disappointments, welding
it evidently with a set purpose to
humiliate and chagrin him. Those
who knew the naughty and domi-
neering spirit of Conkling NAV
guess, but none can measure, the
bitterness and hate which rankle in
his soul as he contemplates all these
doings of his inveterate and willy
adversary. And a deadly conflict is
waging.
AS for Grant he has skunk away to
Mexico trying to take things as
quietly as he can, evidently feeling
like the swearing man did on GER
tain occasion, that it is of no use to
cuss because it is impossible to do
justice to the subject. But we are
going to have amusement enough
without him. Those jealous, curly
headed Radical boyines, Conkling
and Blaine, have begun their bull
butting in a lively manner. Two
big bulls once met midway on high
bridge and locking horns began to
push desperately. Presently they
got cross wise Of the bridge and at.
ter a hard struggle one butted the
other off into the river far below
The victor, startled at the sudden
of his adversary and
at the yawning abyss in front, began
to back in terror away from it until,
Fool-like, he bucked off the other side
Of the bridge. So may it turn out
n this rencounter of the believing
Radical champions and in the end
leave less pretentious but more de-
cent leaders of the heard in peace.
ful possession of the political COW
pasture.
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