The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-10-04

stout resistance Af Senator Conkling.
The spirit of hostility 10 which ex-
preston was then given was doomed
to reappear Iii the 3 Chicago Conven-
ton of 1880, and again in the special
session of the Senate after President
Garfield's Inauguration ;'and the road,
from that.starthng poinl, leads direct.
lysto the tableaux III which Cohkling
and Piatt appeared as chief actors,
and to the trsgcdy in which Guiteau
assumed to act alone for the whole
body of stalwarts.
Arthur and Cor,e,l having boen
si,nullnnoouslv re,novcd from iicir
posts IN the Nav York snstom. housp
h 1879 for ,be;r deaance IN the mia
rules al The civil service .reform laid
down by the Hayes ndmini.tratio,,
The Rcn,,bl;can S,ote Cnnven,,on Z,
New York' In that year ac,iny mn
t.er.the direction of Conkliny somi.
natod Cornell for Governor md
placed T Arthur NJ tbe head of Tho
State Central COMMITTEES. with az.
pectancy of A ,seat IN tbe Un;r,a
States Senate wlnn tbe farm q, Krr-
man (Demo.ratl should exnire Ii
that campaiyn Il wa. an onen sec,c,
that Gen. Arthur. at tho head of tho
Republican T,mmany aud Kellv nj
Inc mead. .ofthe Democratic Tammany
comnsss tbn elec,ian ~ TsrnaII ~
deed tbn inti,naie allisucs of ibo
iwo Tonn.n an1 of,ha ~ 1,..aS
ers had haon a., % Oman - secro, @ ~ cor veass @
Fach Lod rece;vad snhs,an,;ai hana
fits Tro,n'tho o,her a,,T ,he TOO yvoro
bonnd taga,har 1,ornoll ,gas o,oc,od
and ,hn,neyt ston was ~ sa.uro =
DELEGATION from Naw Uorl forCr mn,
in the National Rennblican !G,nvan'
lion IA, ma A r,h,,r nrorsd yai,a
ble Aid In bis chief spd ,vss ,an,od
second. IN Conklin9 as ono nj ,he , fo,'r
delega,es ~ arao 70 Chico.o Wy w.
T6e his,ory of that ,,nn,o ~ III Ji,,a
s,ruyole which Ied IN 10 tba mo,a;,,a
,ion Of f,arfcld In jppno ieoo u rrnsh
In tho minds of ia neonIe ssHa,.
Garllnld had hcon no,,,na,oJ on ,ho
siy,h dsy tha convon,;on ,on. - 80
cess viii tho Observation-Disclosures n a,
Nav York i,n;yl,t MI, wo,,lJ ,,s \, - a
candidate enr
49, ~
VIE VICE PRESIDENCY. 'i'Ve
The New York delegation tbere.
fore. spent the interyel,ing hnur In
caucue. with closed doors Mr. Iovi
lP. Morton. now Minister TO France.
declined TO be considered ma n cand,.
,lato. Vice President Whecler I,icut.
Gov. IIoskins and ex.(iov, Wood.
ford we're presenled without fxvnra.
bic response. The seuse Of he eau
Gus was so largely in favor of Artl,ur
lthat. after half mn hours ,alk ali
other names being withdrawn II was
| determined 10 present his alone,
When the convention re-assembled,
late III inc afternoon OF Tuesday,
June .. thore were speeches OF full
some hatltery OF Arthur, and the
NOMINATION was made III short order,
WINE these speeches were being
snowored down upoh'New York as
offerings OF peace, and the roll call
wasreceiying us almost monotonous
response, me impcrious Senator iro u
New ork affected TO DC an indiner-
en-, spec'a.or 10 the proccedings' and,
lndeeu aiiected an ar, as II the SOP
'hrown 10 MN was altogether made.
qua'e 70 heaiing me grievous wound
when Trabts defeat iad lniiicted,
Neverlheiess, Twas wen Understood
'na. .he nomination OF Arlhur was
uic'a,cl W ConklinS himself, ana
aispa'ches 10 the llmes, q uay or Two
ia'er, made IL appear tha'' as Conk-
l,hs naa o'her plans concerning a
oenatofiai coiieague, the nomination
o' Ar'nur reiieveq MN OF 'eihparrass-
meht an 'ha' quarter. sal
The popular interosf In the results
or the convention so quickly central.
| lied upon Garfield's nomination and
followed all his movements that Ar.
thur was practically. unknown TO Tho
crowd and wholly uusoupht by them,
There was, indeed = an ebullition OF
enthusiasm by the Ninth Ward Re.
publican Associstiom on the pvenino
when Gen. Arthur returned TO his
residence, on Lexington Avenue
New York, but ttook the local presi
to find 1t, and the campaign biogra'
pber to embaIm 1t. The expression
Of the country on both the nomina
tions, as then gathered up by the
Times. was almost unanimous ex'
preston that the choice of Arthur
,Ia' mas s.ane, ,.S,a. an anson. " P'esiuon
mayoS, Gaa,, anu a,. naiEs',o" Js y. Asunu' Gnu.
@ u o 49,. o,v 80, ,as ~ a"u ~. nno. ,na.
m " .,,,,,;as ;ns .sa,. sIea hoa , no p'a.a?l" :
o WIZ" S .a'.,a va, aV,a ', nau ''en noo.i"a
,sO' ',;ano a "our v,b p.o.e s oaAess ,oss y
." VIZ m."e~ % .s,hu a,. ,yan,a. 'o',e. =
IUy,s'Jo T.',.,s .,. ~ "o ". "o..nauvn ua.cu
ssy 80, .aa,,. us :" p'u"ss p'asuuor Nv.
80 o.a ;oa .;,,n,,. a"e ~. ~ ',.,,, ~ o = =
m"s m'l.y, A.. ~ ,,oa"s s's, no'"ns noN
~ ~; n,yon IT.. " p'e;.sS .r.., ~ a".h' !
,suau, po;'. - uo"o.l"' .'
amun,y Oa.1unS' ~ o',a ."e o.ro'o .
no"sp"pc' prooi'ieaueio' o'er foa'
"
Inc ONO delegation. was itself 81
much responsible for the nomination