New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-26
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PLANTATIONS.
iBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRlnUNEl
A,p.Sy MAY 25-Mr COnkling has had to take
medicine to-day as he did yesterday Inc n"N'S y,
trntb administered to him have been regular ~ "''
40 lheral If is only lust to hun to say that SO iaf
scan be learned. he has taken them gra'e.ulS'
has always absorbed the whole spooriui, anu "'N
even shown q desire to coDciliate the doctor. II
nh interesting fact that the men who arc anu "''o
heon avowedly his friends hut find themselves nm
able to support him now "a'"
change of attitude from the letter OF
RESIGNATION. Mr.. Conllmg has been told
bv n number of his political friends in the LesiNla-
tnr, that they sympathizcd with him in hlS dhcul-
ties with the Administration, not becaueo they han
affections 10 Judge Robertson. or did not brli"Fc
that friend of the Administration should hc C"lec-
tor but because they did not think tho two senators
from New-YOrk had been rightly treated III the
matter They could not however approve the res
icnations by which the control of the United States
Senate was thrown into the hands of tbs Democratic
party Their constituents we're almost unah-
imous in condemning, and their own jung
pent was against IT. These things were Slh
not of course by the Office holding class of COnk-
men who as a rule are under no obligations to Mr.
Conkling but have always given him reasonably
steady support and ar friendly to him. They are Re
publicans with more ovo for the party than for any
individual in it, and close observers of public senl-
ment They that the course OF Mr. Conklihg
and Mr. Platt in thrilstng themselves like wedge
between the two sections of the party forcing them
wider and wider apart is one fraught With danger.
and they want to see the two obnoxious candidates
withdrawn.
The conferences of so-callcd anti-Conkling stall
warts which have been beld within the past two
days. have bOcn made up mostly of men OF this
stamp though there is reason TO suspect that active
Conkling mcn crept in among them decoys.
Should the Administration men be induced TO 90
with them into caucus in the confidence of success
It is believed that the decoys would go back to
their real places as COnking men, and the game
would De baggcd. The friends of the Administra-
tion have accordingly stcrnly refused 10 listen TO
the voice of the charmer, and so far as the project
had any such bearing it has failed The facts re-
main however, that most of the men
concerned in it sincerely feel that the can
didacy of Messrs. Conking and Platt is
grave misfortune to the party. and that they sent
deputation to Mr. Conkling to tell HIM so. saying
at the same time that they did this because they
were his friends, because they feared ne had been
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wanted him to kgow the exact situation. These
men probably represent twenty votes in the Legisa
ture Some of them have since signed the anti
caucus pledge in Difference TO the wishes of their
constituents, but many of them will be likely 10
vote for Mr. Conklng if he is nominated by caucus
containing majority of the Republican members.
In reply their representation il is stated that the
ex-senator said he glad TO hear what they had
tosay, and knew it said ia kindness. lie
free with his explanations of the past, but gave
them no light 50 far can be discovered upon tho
future.
MR.. CONKLINGs "REMINISCENCES.
In all the conversations the ex-senator has had
since he came here a great deal has been said which
is stale and q great deal also which is not worth
setting down. Some of his statements, however
have the interest ofnoyety, and one or two may he
thought surprising He has told the story Of the
nomination of Robertson and of the designations
many times. II is in substance as follows: Tic
called at the White House with Mr. Ilatt shortly
after the Inauguration. They found the President
overwhelmed with people. but they had talk over
matters in general The President said: u shall
stand this rabble for week, but then shall stop
1t, settle down and 90 to work" The ques-
ton Of the New-York Custom House was then
raised, and the President was asked whether
he proposed to make any change there.
The President said "No. General Merritt
has bat one year TO serve, and | think he may as
well serve it out" Senator COnklng replied 81
tunk you are mistaken think You will find IL is
two years. They then canvassed the dates of Cen
era Arthurs superscdurc etc. and found that there
were two years yet This seemed to bring "A change
In the Presidents mind They parted with an under
standing as Mr.. Conkling and Mr. Platt regarded it,
tha' II any change was contemplated they should
De informed Tic next thing Mr. Conkling knew of
desk bearing the words For Collector. William II
Robertson" lie went over to Mr.. Platt and asked
him II he had been consulted He had not neither
had Mr.. James. Then the representations detailed
III the letter OF resignation Were made
Mr.. C0nklng has also made the statement ,vIicb
will perhaps surprise some that n. Jid NOT - With
OF the union of the Republican Senator's viN' g.
ator Malone. lie has stated here in the most pos
tive terms that he advised against the alliance as
unwise and likely TO prove troublesome but the Ad
minlstration favored il and he yielded his opnnsi
uon. Yet when the Robertson matter came mn tbe
administration apparently did all in its power to en-
barrass the republicans in their union with Mr. Ma
none by constantly sending nominations and giving
lhe Democrats every few days fresh EXCUSES for their
demand To go into executive session. Mr. ConkIiug
sag that II there had been clean docket the dcad
t%e neea hot nave lasted and the organization of
B1t the most une xpected statement of all is that il
M VINO originated the policy of gnaton.
ConkiIng has told his friends that shortly beforc
. Judge Robertson was confirmed Mr.. Platt ossnpeJ
MN that an adjustment Of the whole matter ,yos
o. hui9' mr. Conkling cave hint as to what
we proposed adjustment was. But soon after and
on the day on which, at later hour ihe Letter
oI resignation was written Mr. Patt came into bis
sSest,ssn ttsng e he said al gone" The promised
receded. Then Mr. Platt said shall S"aign nad
ssS, sSe sae Of this case in the Senate next We'd
sesaa ss,S my Informant states that Mr.. Conklnc
il you resign iii resign. edo too ei"sI Mr. 70 resign
@ aadea aiter moment "but you can't resign nn,S
ann a slate your ease next Wednesday; in the elcc
s.on oi SenatoIs Tuesdays count. The Legslatnro
cigns nave adjourned by Thursday. and II wouId |
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