The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16
CoNKLrvc ON .ErrsrTCays.
He Claims 10 Have Created t:s~ Party in New
York. but >ays cs~y arc kiH- fsaG, and
ThrcEtrn. % 10, ave Ihesa.

Il just ransl.t The lon Lewis I..vr-nce Of Utica
-rcpoIted the wc!,h!cSt oi tLat liz. and known
TO he Conkiinss most icv-rt TorshiPPcr-and by n
dexterous twist ~ his rnrrs, ,ir vanity. I managed
to secure u gcui interview !r5n Ike venerable gem
tleman. Mr.. Iawr,i~r SAIL;
"lou know tha, | know al i'out CoaSiing.
was with hiia " N.lia E;.a s,il .r winter of 1857.
during the Electoral Cam'ais s;u;;. aud dned with
him daily. Our iIi, Tcsurs. OF the most init
mate chaT=.gt,r, AMI iei ten yuI that learned
most heartily 20 dys.>e tEs Eeialiican ring masters
who hustled Hayes iHtn nfirt. which he had
never been elected. knew. R> well Conkling
did. that Hayes iaI a.v,-r ,cgs -lce:, and always
enjoyed his jokes n;,t the <l;lrIcSs who
were pushing him into office. One night was with
him ii his rooIi. si.ri,:iy s;.rOkis, while Conkling
walked up and doan Ike lion. At last. he broke
out: i-awIeiee, can't Scsp company with this riff
ran any longer. They Tutrcn with corruption,
and, after having taken everything else, they
boun:l to steal tine Presidency Sherman reeks with
plumber. Wheeler Is NirtuoGs lug-rollrr. Stanley
Matthews woull s.!l his su..l for office. As for
Hayes. be is simply pious sneak. ready 10 give
money 20 be President, and to drop on his knees in
tears, if caught at it. have n great mind get up
in the Senate and denounce the whole thing. tomor
row, and call ON honest Republicans to give the eer
tiOn to Tiden. to whom you a- we'll as I, know il
belonss.' told him it would drive him into the
Democratic party and he said, Let il drive: there
are more gentlemen AMI fewer hogs than with US
These were Just his words, and ns happened TO
think Of Governor Seymour just then, I thought so
too. Tom Spri-,s came in. soon after, and he said
the same thing. too-ask Sprisgs about it-and We
thought the work was all done. But another influ-
ence which could mt reach then-a lady. I'm
afrad-turned the Senator into neutral. Now,
let me tell you, Mr.. Reporter, that similar deal is
going now. I've been t.4lkias with Conkling To-
day, aud lac has been daIanin. the Republican party
up hill and down. lie says-and its true-thnt
he created the Repubii.an party in this State,
and himself alone carried the last fur Presidential
elections by his good work at disputed points, and
now they have gratitude for him. They ought to
have reelected. him unanimously, and now they bag
gle him like dogs over a bone. lie said to me :
Lawrence, If these ours don't come down and crawl
at my feet they always have donr. Ill accept the
offer of Democratic votes and become independent
with David Davis. and, mark my words, that will
carry with il the Democratic Presidential nOmina-
iion for 1854 What will that be by way of revenge
| told him 10 do it. lie has morr friends to-day
among the Democrats than the Republicans llora-
tiO Seymour j. Ills Lrths rim law. and every nhuen-
tia Democrat in Central New York will be delighted
to receive him iaio the party. | know that. | am
certain that the community will hc startled. in few
days, by the announcement that tine Democrats have
joined forces wiia The Savarts and returned Conk-
ling and Herman 10 the Srnaic IL will bc u Demo
cratic team practically. Put that down for the next
scnsItionr'-N J.. Cor Washington Post