The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-16

TIA NeS York IrlbuW OIL SATURDAY III
sJi,o,iL under the head oil Estates
,,,,.bIDn remarks upon. the fact that
.oo,tor ConkIing has now been IN the
..nv, for fourteen years, and what hos
No ,y.f done in all that time to entitIs
rimt, bs called s!alesmSn2 "WhOt one
mn,,re hll ho originated or advocated
s.,b such iorcs a. to link his name with it
Nh, N.;i,us histoy% "FFom
g,,tto las. he has been nothing but an
os,ei, i,bb.r" "IIis Statesmanship
M, b.ep that Of the feed trough" .
when every sn,Ier passes for a general,
II, C,rk,ins may rank as q statesman.
gshoaps,riot Of the flesh pots"
This gentleman has chosen to foster q
,,vrel with the President because the
I,uer, alter having first appointed a mum.
ha,oI Mr. ConkIing'S friends to high po.
lRtc.i position, chose afterwards to ap.
Doin. ,,ahish position one solitary friend
olN, Blains's; because, in other words,
bs .op,in,sd, as collector Of the port Of
S.E York, Judge Robertson, man who
ru elected a. a delegate to the Chicago
Convention by the Republicans OF his dis.
,,ic, and V hose preference Tor the Presi.
lsncy wss Blaine, aud who announced
thl. he would not obey the instructions Of
he State Convention to 90 for Grant. He
bansn Of high character, and nobody
d,pues bic fitness for office.
Now contralt with the fourteen years
peord oI NJ Conkliug the record oI Gen.
GGAeds administration during the short
tine has been in power:
"T5e financial achievements Of the ad.'
min.n,on have surprised the world.
Within two months time, tho fiscal posi-.
lonti the government has been CON.
p.eleIy Yeyolu,ionized. The plan which
secretary Window submitted to the Presi.
dent and hs Cabinet contained more
s.slesmsnship than can be found In Sen.
IDr COnkIiGg's whole career. Wisely
Ia'a,en @ S,," ,Dg ,H,;gOsn. ''S s,poas: p"U!
S wv" Te..1iu ,.a4, n.as"'n.eI ~ "1'oS' nno
SIX per cent bonds, WhiCh one month
iel amounted to S3i 549 67l 80 yearly, to
" .,o ".rT ". Soo Soo" E-V -" Wv ""I P'UOHD
@ INy ,no w. @ snua S"S,us % a. =, ~ Tno PeTp'e non
W, s' ''iie ,n ~ V.'.le "yVus Ht1VVV,uoU
ys All W" senator ino Go'iT'anS 90 mSS uoHe'
sSoSI few ctRces r' ~
In ml,,bp to tbia record ope Of the
s,, se,s Of ,be pSy aIministration b,a
been 10 ube,,,b and e1rose r,scsls in The
p.,l ,srvlcs oi the country
omen TS,s.S y, No, 'Huo o nS1 oeSn oia. o,THSn
lI.ndef' % 40 not can'e him to hesitstei he
HmpiY 'deiS the Poatmaster'General and
lne AUottty Henersl to!spare not q single
T1nnHso hRa been plnndsrirg. Day after
W! y lns Investigations advance some
,i IN mcall'y is uncovered, and another
S.l WI o' many thousand dollars Is stopped.
5 S'loie all la done the President and the
iS.IlaS'etuehetsl mean to save Tor tho
p P,Ip.s several ml'Ilons yearly which have
,h I',ne'Io peen stolen, aud hope to make
ZIP wy PosiS' service sell sustaining. Mean.
/, ;%UUe, ~ vt, " " ~ seha'ot GonkIing has done
HGesS T., ,s 9n PERSONS and papers implicated
r,nsS ',IS"s nSos " v'i,ly ,httfesde1t be-
Snit him ' '"''' are eO' hXeu precisely to
SUI, T, nun
Ihe Ir'Out expresses the opinion that
mo other administration IN ,be bi.,,,. ~
,hs rorr,,v h.a aaa. ,,." ~ '"o history OIL
o N'u""! "AS ever accomplished so