New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-12

remember them produce them rs factors IN
great political contest. dwell upon the smile ana
tea part of this remarkable article only because oi
its significance as to the and motive oi the
whole.
Second-The tone of the article treats the President
as the tool of Mr. Blaine. This is simply dlSrcspec'
full and. d.undignifcd. Mr. Blaine Is not IN POSITION
to take part in the present fight II ne were II Wou'u
not be so persistcnty forced on to HIM lie drupo'u
Mr.. Conkling once. eighteen years ago; ana 'ha'
great man has never found an agreeable opportunity
to renew the contest till now, when Blame 'ahho'
reply and when, by so doing it helps him IN diS-
graceful effort 10 skuk the fire of his real opponent
ly seeming to force fight with one who cannot re-
ply STRATEGY, my boy, strategy
7Lird-The article directly charges General Tar
field with being profuSe of promises during the cam
paipn and even of going to Ncw-York IN August on
purpose to make promises. Now | happen L" kn'"
something on the promise subject. ana R"o'l IVA!
about the trip 10 New-lork. During large par VI
the campaign. had general charge Of General Gar
fields correspondence. My general directions were
to make no promises to any one II "cn'tai var
fields personal conduct was consistent WIN u'~
Instructions no promises or pledges were hau' n'
ond the general statement that hr desired to treat
all Republicans fairly. As to the tripi" NeW-l"Tk
wish to he somewhat particular. III, H7GH corrc-
srn.cccs SAYS after describing the iul pr >pcct
of The Republican party AT the time. General Gar
GeM. in son OF despair, suggested confcrcnr" IN
tlr. City OF Ncw-York Of the leading
mr.. of the party from all sections Of
the country This statement is ,anG"lchrd
letwecn two paragraphs setting f"rih
the desperato straits Of the Republican cauS al the
time. And why WAS the p,ril' H.capsr. a. tins
article admits it was not known whether C"nkiing
end his friends would support the E'puhAcauti'kr krt
Vow. the facts ar. that The ONLY Han ihcr" ever
were serious doubts about was Senator C"nklihg.
and il was his friends, and hot General ''art"lds'
who suggested the New loit conference. and who
pressed General Garii"l 70 c'"~u' {" u and attend
il. First they urged him to attend the meeting Of
the National COMMITTEE ~ July. wh.,h hc declined
10 do the desire Of Combines friends iis to la'"
him meet Mr. Conkliu-. An,r tie National Com-
mitfcc was orc.ni.cd Nr Cuuklr2', friends still
did not know whether Zee Was going to take part n
The CAMPAIGN and heartily support the t'hct"r not.
So they suggested the August conference and ~
sisted on General Garicid- attendance, Vhllc many
others were opposed To- tie conference. oT Il u "aS
held were opposed To General GaIii' Ids attendance.
| went 10 Ncw-Yor; at General CAri lI', request
to see what the situation WAS that demanded lis
presence before he would decide whether +" attend
or not the lcttcr, and tclr-rnus that reached hm
on both sides Of the cas- being generally vague and
unsatisfactory. was tolA ly senator Dorsey. Sec
rctary If the National Committee. that thoy didnf
know what Mr Conklinc was going 10 q" in tl"
canpailn and that they wanted a meeting between
him and General Garfield whchtho. hoped would he
satisfactory to Conlin. and al least would >cttl"
the question a. tohs course. Mr. porsN did not
seckto discui>cth fact tlai hcihou-h Nr. Conklinc
wanted some sort of conditions or ASSURANCES l'-
fore be would actively support th" lch"t lie I'-
sired ne to urg, Garfield toc"inc and sad tit hc
! ink Ortb
hut he thouglt hc wanted To talk win l'arnr! on
a general policy. and wanted 10 have hin Wh r.
he could look him in The "ycS. asked MI dorsey
to send for General An>ou G. NcCc"S. and state IN"
same facts to him. saving that II hc would unit"
with me voud urge General Garfield To attend ne
conference. General Met ook was sent Tor. iir
came and senator Dorsey again stated the clS".
McCook told him that IT meant that Mr. Conkbng
Vas contemplating trcI'l ~: tL&i 10 c!iA"r lpn,c
conditions before r p;uTtcd the tIckct a. :" ~nuik
do nothing was simply trachcry. Nr. Dorsey N1id
Yoii may call II ,, h3t-v,r Won Ic-r lA,, stated
tn facts" inc matter dis lsS,cd 81 consider
able length nu,i the tra! result Wa That alr"'d
10 rcturn 10 Mentor ,hc IL NJ day Ii rlor 'n iat"r
Of hu,rg The oouicrrdr" and of ('rn'rt' ""riN lp
altcnd'u1. not 10 m1hc p''.-"- "I CON, i.""N %Ht
Mr. CoukInr. hut io tlWart Dab, itra h"t'. llhN
wa- he pnrpo>' for "h' '''n'i'i ''r'rf f'''r"t'
the Augu,, 'onicicucc. Iio" Wei d. aa'. e "'d i'
known 10 III, counify.
Now the tn ptati"n str"rc T." indulge in -"in'
comment. Iht SDijrc l. >nr,, 'tiyr: in' "li. in,
,lulg,. IN only one. Suirr~" all ih"i L. snd "b"'i
General GaIi.cld's promise. ar. ('c'r'~ t" h'
,ruc: 1t only proN's that ConhlWg AMI
III .fo.iowcrS were not willing { lrp"U a I'pnh-
l,cautIc.,rt a, loval honest kIU'iI a. -h"rd ll.;
onl, ou cOadiI iIou,-oul, tor ;' n"a"l- a1d iI"il
tie lrA,t, an! fishes. This j, ihr .lc"ri' q. d>-
graceful story Matched 0ut and told NOW Aitci ciFlt
months of incubation. in such hni ha~'tr tones %.
ONLY one man ia thr iitcd >ttt,- O.. master of. !
am oih to clo-c a, ii'o >.'d f'"thcr TRAITORS Dr.
hi, rsi inaugural. IAc!c q, NOR &" rtN l" Ii VIII
s.lyr IIpNN- 81. Nc u'i-
''' j Gsa,sg,on. Nay I1lN-I.
SEVEN HUNDRED DOlIAr~ r"H \ Letter.
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