The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-01-13


Mr.. Conkliua. with . v'.nhiirn~col
- Il ATsfg.r' I s5GS'pg out Of .
hr,i a,f' ".tihN', AT, walked gtngeilT
boat luc S,,it" this afternoon, dis
playing q l5t' ot. cray Il "f an
rN.rNoldinasy itngs Pud. Mir Conk
IinB had on also a par OF very tight
boots. Their p,nchrng might have 80
counted for the Loot OF dissatisfaction
upon his face, the dissatisfaction
sprang frcm another cause. The Times
dispatch Of last sunday evenlnG an
nouncing the persotr1 artob s made
upon him by tn next administration,
related a story that IS 30" common
property IN the cloak rooms; Mr:
uQt h iiSsdanypf the reports That had
h6epi fr0ipf inc u time circulated about
BIS old enemy Blame entering The Cab
met; but when he came to investigate
The matter to-day he Eaa laughed NJ by
his brother Senators for beng 5" much
ucriod tIetrnesg Nears gcry Sasta-
, tor upon theA 1ogeoblll2g6 GiveAMr.
oukiiuP assnCanc. of the fact that
Blaine was 20 he the premier oithe new
administration ln the gossip aud
! smoke Of tie clnak>ro0ma, before thu.
sputtcrinq, crackljng wood fires and
| apou the rad.ieather sofas, the tails To-
Law IAN upon til" Garfield Conbl Ing
phase Of the situation. One senator
>si,l: Il think Garfield makes a mis-
f4nkeein ruakjng II needless euemy Of
CU0kling. II he begins 4 tight on hlm,
he will surely fall"
"Wlry should ne fail?' said another.
1t Is only il personal 'htl.Fr' III Az
other leaders of the party are treated
we'll, do you think Mr. COnkting is
personally so popular that he eau en-
list any Of his associates TO make a
fgttf' Stss
A Senatorial friend OF Conkiing said
that he would 60 WITH nm ~ any fight
he should make. ara ne also Thought
that If ConklinG should be selected as
a target for the blalnesGafie1d admins
istration it would Only result in enlst>
ing for him sympathy ana support
Bat the current OF opinion dId not tend
that way. The general beiiei was that
Mr.. Blame could make IL very nnple2s>
ant for Mr.. COnk'Ing, ana whatever
following hCnnkiing might secure
among Ropnbhcana couid hr more than
counter balanced ny aia from the
southern men VINO FAY hrea 81 very
polite 70 Blame wllh'a "" ia-t two Or
'hreo weeks. ASIDE nom NE feeling
over the promise OF C9oklIng being
left ont IN the c"ol Siial'w "f the adj
mlnistratl"n. The unt'ay ieaIina among
the Grant men egnd;p'',i they are
very much tiSSalSh'o win Don Cam
o
Til" sherman Inhnehcc - reported as
haYing captured him. so that the Grant
people can no longer dep'rl on HIM
ffe keeps away from the , n"fe y IS
in constant communications with the
Garfield people. Evidently he IS beng
c~onsnltel by the powers 70 be, ard THIS
annoys the Grant people. They are
not being consulted. All the news they
have ahant coming events they get from
outsidc o lroaS. That Is one at The
cspeciall4 annoving features Of the sit
uation. No II asks them what they
uouli like. No mysterious messenger
comes 10 them Ter answers, They are
in a state Of anxious sn9p"nse, about rs
enViahte france nl nlhd ~ tfat OF a hau
waiting Tor Il b"latel train. Every iu-
NOR ~frirhtens them, for they fear the
worst. But throughout aIE thus gos>
sip tho Garfield people say that the