The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-14
GRANT ON GARFIELD.
AN INTERVIEW WITH TIE e. .psEsrpsrr
nc .e.,s Chicago Reporter All About
III" Trip To MEXICO. and rhen pro-
ces"s TO Pepper tho President
rHis action In the Case
OF C"ns hing Whom he
l.auds ~ the Nktes

Chicago, June lS,--Genersl Grant "A.
companied by Mrs Gran,, Colonel Fted
Grant and wife and Mrs. Sharpe, arrived here
Yesterday morning. Owing to poor health.
Mrs. Grant and the genera will remain here
till Wednesday, WHEN he win proceed directly
to New York.
Toa Morning News reporter he said: II &C.
complished the purpose for which l went 70
Mexico having obtained all that I went
for without any great difficulty, dspite the
attempts of certain newspapers and persona
here TO create opposition through talk al
annexation, etc. The srticles pubisht a bv
the Chicago papers were copied into ,hose
OF Mexico, snd ut first they aroused a MIA
opposition, but went before congress. ana snd
In a abort speech told them what ! wanted.
and they gave me my charter a once. No
charter was ever before congress 20 short
q time.
The road will be In all about seven
hundred miles long, running from the Civ
OF Mexico through Pueblo "a tho Pacific
coast, while another branch must 20 down
70 the fulf. 1t will be great benefit "a
Mexico, in developing the resources Of The
country and to the United States, Tha
charter provides for the completion Of tho
road in ten years, but In all probsbilitiesit
will bc finished inside Of three years. -Four
surveying parties arc already at work. /
shall very likely return there next win.er,D
In regard to the situation Of affairs In
Albany, General Grant said III you want
TO snow what think ofihe manner in which
Mr. ConkliDg has been treated by tho presiS
dent and BY bis colleagues In tho senate, /
will toll YOU without any hesitation. think
II most outrageous; and il you want to know
where lstand In the present contest, l will
tell you that lam with Conkling and Plstt.
Conkling Is my friend, and
has been warm supporter Of
mine, but for al that | did not owe near 40
much to him as does GAheld. II is true
ConkliDg did not support Garfield ia the
Chicago convention, but be saved him In
November Without New York state Gar.
field could not have bsen elected. ana with.
out Conkllng's aid the state would not have
gone Republican. Whenever the state has
gone Republican in past years, the cause
could be traced TO Oonklipg and his personal
efforts. When Isay that Gsifeld owes more 70
Conklng than l do, l do not mean to under
estimate the obligations that am under 10
him; but was elected once without the state
Of New York, and when 1t did 90 for me, /
would have been elected without II. .
When Oonkling went 10 Warren and COM
menced his vigorous campaign for tho 70.
publican party and Garfield, matters
looked very serious Doiest wac
almost certain. Il was thon and I
only then that the Republicans took heart,
and from that time the tables turned.
Ocnkling went into the campaign because
he was a republican and because DC desired
the success Of tho republican party, mot
hecruse Of any trade he had made with
Garfield. 1t was In accordance with
the resolutions that were offered In the
national convention, pledgipg the support Of
every delegate to the candidates nominated.
whoever they might bo. This was done
because several had declared that II I Wa
not nominated they..would bolt. In regard 10
the Mentor treaty, Of which wa have heard
SO much, there was not word Of truth 10
tho sensational reports ths! were published
concerning what occurred during opr visit
We were in tho state speaking, and In CON-
plance with Mr.. Gsrnsld's Of repeated re-
quests, consented TO call at Mentor. u
Il could DO done without putting
ur much out Of the way. Oonkllng said be-
would 90 with me. Arriving At 0arfeld'S
housc, we found crowd OF pe,ple there,
probably one hundred and fifty 10 all. Wo
went into the house and sat down and talked
with Garfield and others present, but not .
word was said by Mr.. Cotklipg or myself 10
Garfield in the way ol trade or bargain,
nor was there any understanding OF any
kind arrived at. All that We said while with
Gar ld was In general way, and could
he heard by the crowd, as, In fact, Il would
have been impossible for Us TO say any thing
that the crovd could not hear. Allthis talk
about the Mentor treaty is all nonsense.
have no doubt that when Conkling resigned
be did 80 with the intention Of keeping out
Of politics and out Of the senate, and think
he acted wisely. He was sick and disguised
with tho condition Of affairs, he had been
insultcd by the president and slighted by tho
senate, There Is or should be q great deal
In senatorial courtesy, which means simply
|
makes an appointment In any state and
fails 10 elicit the approval Of the Two sena-
toH from that state, tho meter ends there
and tho nomination ends there
and IL rejected. If.republican:scnators from
any state object 10 nomination
tho rest Of the party 10 expected 70 support
them In tho matter without exception. The
same Il, Of course, true Of the democrats. Ia
this case II was coalition against Conkling,
and ho accepted II a. such. In the A0i
place, Il was an insult, and doubtless intended
90 such, on the part OF Garfield 10 over selecl
for the New York oollectorship this man
and political enemy Of ConklIpg
and was probably chosen for that reason. j
don't believe Il ever would have happened Il
Blaine bad not been Ia the cabinet I know
nothing personally Of Oonkline's purposes ol
intentions, having neither ssen or heard blu
since The affair happened, but from my kuoWl
edge Of him, and nom what have learned q
those who have talked with him, ! am Of "
opinion that he won't homo 10 slay, bul
% you know, no sooner had he got oul w
q series Of attacks we're made o. hln
through the prsss, end from III Qung>es !!
wa ala that 10 scssd iion pstaialss sai
was inclined 70 sulk aad play ~ child, b
cause hs could not have thla61 y cult him
All these stories seem 70 emAnAie iron
the white house end thAl locality
Alter be was out they could not le> hin ~
|ln psace. OouklIne b proud man, end
presume he sald Vkon all thseo ooalonpllbll
stories came 10 As eara i will shov IN
sSsn." 90 ga - = vi ia 70 h icc. IL; vssi
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