Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-05-18
THE..LORDLYH ROSCOE.

TuE..IORDLYH ROSCOE.
On Monday last Roscoe COnkling,
Senator in the United States Senate
from the State of New York, resigned
his seat in that body, inducing his
brother Senator, Platte also resign MS
seat and 90 out with him. This Is
about as amusing Bit of news as II ls
surprising. The reason given Is tnat
President Garfield did not consult sald
Senators when making all his appoint
ments for that State. One important
appointment Conkling has, for more
than a month past, been endeavorlng
to defeat but finding it would be con-
firmed, and the President sustained, ne
flies in the face of both the Executive
and Legislative branches of the Gov
trnmept. and now resigns his seat ratn-
or than submit to the will of the major
ity. For a long time ConklIug mas
been regarded as the most Vindlctlye'
ambitious and dangerous man In the
r epublican party, and ii be now only
goes to private life entirely 1t Will De
good for the party and for the country.
This act reveals to all his malignant
character. The attempt to insult the
President and his brother Senators will
meet with it's merited contempt. The
Government will 60 on better without
the aid-or hindrance rather-of this
imperious spd dictatorial Senator. He
was once well described as q "strgtIIng
tn key gobbler" The people OF New
York should be glad ofthe opportunity
to fill his place with better man.
DK. GILKEY HOME AGAIN.
Our citizens are plessed to again see
upon our streets DR.. j. M. Gilkey. who
has just retured from Yucatan, State
of Mexico. 1t is, perhaps, not gener-
aIly known that for some fifteen years
past DR. GiIkey has found it necessary
for bis health to visit warm climate
every winter. His constitution being too
fe eble to stand the winters Of the north
be goes south, leaving his family here
whom be returns to every summer II
possible. We have meyer seen hlm
look better than he now does. fuca-
tan and it's chief city and capital, Meri-
da. is his home when south, and
where he successfully practices his pro-
fession while there His account. given
US last week, of Yucatan is quite inter-
esting. lie states that neither frost or
snow is ever known there, the weather
being always nearly as mild as here at
present. The country, WHICH hereto-
fore has been racked and torn by the
many revolutions that take place in
Mexico. he states is now peaceful and
prosperous Railroads are being built
and the export trade of Merida. city
of some thirty thousand people, has
been quadrupled within the last few
wears. Coffee, rice and cotton are rals-
ed, but the chief article of culture is
kind Of hemp, which is made and ship
ped to all countries. The people ore
mixture of Spanish and Indian and
generally small in stature. He has no
doubt but that when Mexico comes to
have stable government it will become
great and prosperous country. The
many internal wars and changes OF
rulers, ftllowed by the many and heavy
taxes that the people haye to pay, have
kept the country back. Taxes he states
are pledged and collected by the Gov
ernmcnt for years in advance. ihe
Doctor mentions many other features
of Yucatan which we may refer to
again.