New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-18
tate to say that they hccyo Mr. Conkling suggested
or at least approved the .p,cch.
TIE CONKIING PHAEISETS.

tate to say that they hclicy" Mr. Conkhg sUegcS'"
or at least approved the -pcch.
THE CONKLlNG PHArIsrrS.
1t in the key which all his intimate friends and
his managers are now using. He * trying to raise
a hue and cry of corruption against the l"gisla-
turc which shall distract the counscls Of
the members. prolonr the session. and help
to an adjournment This is the whole ohlrct "i
the so-calcd Investigating Committee. II Is the
object of all the talk of the Conhlin- managers.
They using every effort To spread abroad th" ldra
that Mr.. Conkling is being "cru-hcd here by cor
ruption and they tell the street corners how the
price OF members has risen. aS Mr.. bcprW - v"t"
went from - to 81. and from - 10 -. and $50
on. The fact is, it has been stated III these
dispatches before, that large proportion of the
abcst and best men in both houses are voting
steadily for Mr.. Dcpcw, and that some Of the most
con,picuou>ly independent and upright supporters
he has are men who have come to him recently.
One of Mr.. Conklings most intimate friends hrdvcly
asserted the other day that every vote Mr. Drp"w
has received over twenty has been bought.
If the roll Of changes was examined
il would he found that the men who have come to
Mr.. Dcpcw since hr has received twenty votes are,
MANY of Them among the strongest and clcanc>t
men in the Legislature. As it has been stated IN
these dispatches, twenty of the thirty-clght COM
mttce chlinncn of the Assembly arc supporting
Mr.. Dpcw for senator and one more l. absent SICK;
Only eight are supporting MIR. ConhIinV If these
twcnty-onc men, including the ch1lrmcn Of most OF
the impor ant committees of the Assembly, are
such a st Of rascll~ n Mr.. ConklinGs rep
rcscntatircs are now irving to persuade the
state they arc Speaker sharpe ought TO
explain how hc came 70 put the Legislature of
the year in the hands Of such men. The same thing
is true in the senate There are thIr'v-thrcc com
mlttccs in that body tW cnty zone of these have de-
pew senators for chairman and orly ten have Conk
ling Senators for chalrrucn. The character of this
Legislature is certainly rs good that Of Of It.
predecessors and facts like these oi themselves dis
prove the silly lh"lS of Mr.. Conklms'- tools
upon tn" character Of a Legislature Whose FotcN le
has begged for i'll vain.
CoNKiING MN DISGr~Trp
1t ought TO hc added. however. that number Of
the CunLling men rNprr>>cd their disgust with IN"
s,crcl, A. both iuludcious and unjust. Onc of ~"
frmc>t friends Mr.. Conkling has. when ask /
his opinion of II. simply said: "Drriul. Rul"
or ruin" sccIn~ 10 hc ,h" Co"hlinr policy with
inli, ilu1i, a, with ,hc Republican p1r'Y. An IN
stance Of his rc,cucciul habit has iusl C. IN" 4"
helt. Mr.. Roberts A~>omhlynAn from the INA
district of Oucid, Comfy. j. ilc only 'n" Of th"
I rec A>sriuhlymcu from Nr. t"uk ~ county "h"
is votiut against mm. Nht VA MI nnkl .ut i'-
vcncc! \ tpu.I.I va ,rnt 90 ti.1 i"t ia" iI"-
du,tion of Nr. EorrI'~~ hIuk ar""uut ~n'" ih"
1O'h of Nav before tn. -o-c;'d lrN"-i gt'lng "u-
mlttcr Clti7cns of inca say lhat hi- clII Ter =
excellent and il there has been a,> ~uNiI' ION mere
on the part Of anyone that hc hid ,.u iiI.ru'rl
corup,ly II has been C"n''ncd t' VI. "nhIInt
managers whose minds show an ht t~i'ri'di 'iNllt
| IN that direction. II D, supposed that tiri Wiui'd
| io a>~n, rate Mr.. Rohcri-> u1I.c "t'h 10" - tnda
Well MI Robert. h,ld "i ih" 'ti ii II =" gu ~ ''-
hauk account and tcl,gflph'd tp 81" bank. "id'tlnf
thai II h. u,u, puhn l. ,h"v,d lG>t nc u.tii,i,-
| iion of slOO since the ioth "i May!