The daily gazette., 1881-06-04

and Garfield had made up his Cabinet.
Now, what do we find said of these
men by the journals that denounced
the Democrats because they differed
with themf We give in another col
umn what the Tribune says of Dorsey,
and below one short extract of its
frequent denanciaLion of Conkling,
that our readers may know the sort of
men the country has been controlled by
during the past decade under Grant
and Hayes. That paper says:
.sThe vote for Senator on Tuesday
must have had painful interest to
Mr.. Conkling. He has refused to be-
lieve what some true friends have
told him respecting the public feeling
towards him and his course. Around
him have gathered the false sycophants
who always surrounding an imperious
and arrogant man, and he has pre-
ferred their pleasing deceptions to the
naked and unwelcome truth. So
there came rude awakening, when
be who had descended upon Albany as
if he owned the town, the Legislature,
and the State found that he had beg
ged in vain for the votes of two thirds
of the Republican members. Did his
mind 60 back to his treatment of
Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner,
Reuben Z. Fenton, and others who
we're once more potent than himself
in Republican councils ? Adler and
worthier men not few have been
treated with indignity and injustice
within the past twelve years, by this
fallen leader. Never has he paused t.
consider what services they had REM
dered to the party, the State, or the
country, what abilities and merits
they possessed, or what wisdom in
council or hold upon the confidence of
the people. If his "machine" could
crush them, he moved it, and crushed
the more gladly because they were
men well worthy of public respect aud
confidence. 1t has been Mr.. Conk-
ling's policy never to leave politically
alive man who might divide with
him the honors and the powers OF
leadership in this State. For years he
succeeded remarkably. General Grant
made him sort of Pro- Consul for Now
York, and he had just the talent to
make every little office count in the
organization of a personal power.
But in the end everybody Is stronger
than any body. The man who tries
to rule in free country as if it were
a section of Turkey or Russia, though
he may prevail for season, will 20
down at last.
Bossism was beaten on Tuesday. 1t
was not merely defeat Of Rose
Conkling as an individual. Men voted
against him who admire the man, and
would gladly follow him further if the
people would permit. Among lie
people themselves Mr.. Conkling holds
a higher place than he has ever de-
served. Within two weeks lie has
forced men to remember that, i'll all his
many years of political lite he has
never framed an important measure,
has never made himself the principal
defender or champion of a single pub
lie policy, has done not single thing
that anybody can remember to make |
his State or his country more prosper
Gus, except as he has helped party |
TO which Others have given direction,
ideas, measures and policies. And yet |
intelligent men are found who still |
speak of him as "great Senator"
and regret that such man should be |
taken from the councils of the country.
Mr.. Conkling personally would have
had more support and more votes than
are given to Mr.. Conkfing as a Boss.
There was his fatal weakness. He |
system of political man
igement of which the people are
Tired ; which they have seen work
great injustice and great mischief
which they feel is insulting to them
and bad for the country, and which
they mean to crush. Probably Mr.. |
cannot yet understand this. |
He could not understand that he was
beating his head against stone wall
when he began to oppose the adminis-
tratiOn without reason. He could not
understand when he resigned that the
people were against him, aud weie
more powerful than his machine. He
could not understand, on Tuesday
morning, that all his power could mus.
ter only thirty-five votes in the Legis-
lature. But the truth is that The peo-
pie hate Bosssm, and are going to
make an end of il.