New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-11

There WAS once little boy Who tnrlfcnEi
his grandmother by saying. There. grandma
I've eaten an the Cherries you gave NO. and
snow if you don't give mc -iApcur" ID ~"ai-
g. low even one of the pits And thc old i'dy
in great trrpidaUon immediately gave him uie
sixpcnce The vcraciou. historian dos moi 'n-
form ~. whether the cherry -cator was assisted
I'm intimidatin- his grandmother hy gang oi
vocifclou- urcl.n- Who stood around bowling.
-Giyc him the -iyprucc or hrll hil himself
with the chcuy-pii-, and h'rr"ad divided
with lin the proceeds oi tho enterprise; hui
undoubtedly hc was. That Kind oi not l-''H
apt 10 haze crouic- Who arc eager 90 forward
his schemes and divide the profits. for ihf
benefit. however. of thr senior senator from
Ncw-Y ok. who's just up" threatening o mHhr
way with himself if be- cannot have aIl hr
wants. and of thc mobile band oi devoted adhr-
rents who arc wildly beating thr air and oIil-
ing upon the Administration 90 lct hm have
his own way lest hc swallow thc cherry pits and
tlr away to boz 900 angel ou the wings of parity
phlitis-wo beg to remark chat thi- Was 900 c>-
ccptional, indulgcnt and timid grandmother
and that there j. uo record OF thc Same hoy IS
PLAYING the ohcrv-p.i ou hcr thc second lmr.
No boy can do that -ort of thing lbuualy un-
les. hi. grandmother Is bon hcr doa-c. The
Republican party J., always iudll-rut and -ome-
times timid. hut bot yot 900 bis dota-c.
By grace of the Republican party. senator
Conking ha, for twenty years held yc1 high
and important public positions, and large
part of the time ha, welded enormous power.
For eight year. Doe had absolute control of %
larger amount of patronage than aut other half
dozen Senator, W bile his influence go the
White House was such that ITS occupant de-
fcrrcd % his lightcst wish, ordering tIc formal
tiles of official intercourse $50 ns 90 conform Co
his preiudiccs and adapting bis social relations
Ia his whims Threatened with diminuuon Ot
this absolute power in 1876, be- for q long time
held himself in suspense between the two
parties while his opponents openly glouod To-
his impending aposiacy. But Doe swallowed no
cherry pits though he got 100 ,iypcnCc, and his
indulgent grandmother gave him more chcuic-
in the shape Of Il reelection in ISIS. Toward
an Administration which rescued thc Rcpubli-
can party from the pit Of disaster into winch
his favorites and his policy had plau-ed 10, and
which did more IN four years to command the
gratitude of the party than ho i'm twenty, he
maintained an attitude of contcmptuous hos
tility and the character of its most bitter per
sonal and political foe. Defeated in the at
tempt % regain his former Dictatorship by put
ting upon the party the candidate of his and not
their choice, hc fell again into sullcnnc-s aud
for time refused to be conciliatcd, even by
the selection of his nearest friend for second
place. There was more talk of cherry pits, but
he presently abandoned the idea cd siicdc and
concluded to help save the party upon v blch
bis own political life depends.
And now wc have him again, as of
old. demanding the whole and threatening
mischief to the party if hc Is not hunorcd.
Unless Lo is allowed To have BIS own
way in everything he Will make 70 split in
the party. And then WHAT why, then" cry
all the little fellows who are his distinct mes
senger boys, we shall lose Ncw-York and lose
the Presidency in 1854 Oh, we shall, ch /!
Well, what will Mr. Conk.ing lose he
comes mp for reelection in lss4 Do we
understand that because he CAME have every
thing now no is going 20 spite his grandmother
by swallowing cherry pits and fading away
with political collie iu lSS1F Iadu't hc better
think twice about it--as herctoiorci A dis
cousolate grandmother may survive lor grief,
but the boy that climbs the golden stair with q
stomach full of cherry pits never comes back.
We are told that Mr.. Conkling is o very great
man, and that the Republican party cannot
AFFORD to offend him. 10 is a very great man. it
is true. He has q deliberate manner and most
| afiuent vocabulary. No man can pOise longer